Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - Since 2005, numerous agencies across Iron County have come together to respond to cases of domestic and sexual violence. The Iron County Coordinated Community Response Team is a partnership of six agencies or departments in Iron County. According to Malinda Peterson, team chair, the group started after three individuals in the county died as a result of domestic violence. "These deaths signified the realities of the issues on how our community responded to domestic violence cases,...
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - For years scientists have theorized about how large rocks - some weighing hundreds of pounds - zigzag across Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, leaving long trails etched in the earth. Now two researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, have photographed these "sailing rocks" being blown by light winds across the former lake bed. Cousins Richard Norris and James Norris said the movement...
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan peach farmers are harvesting a significantly smaller crop than usual this year after an especially severe winter. The U.S. Agriculture Department forecasts that the state's crop will be down about 50 percent from last year, the Detroit Free Press reported. Extreme cold wiped out most peach buds in Macomb, Oakland and Lapeer counties, southeast Michigan's choice peach-producing regions, last winter. Bob Tritten, a Michigan State University Extension fruit educator, said...
HURLEY - Grab a fork and prepare to dine on authentic Italian cuisine during the annual Festivale Italiano in downtown Hurley on Saturday at 11 a.m. According to Dorrene O'Donnell, executive director of the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce, a popular attraction of the annual festival is the food. "I've been told by people that one of they big reasons they come back is for the food, because it's authentic Italian food," she said. "These local chefs have been working on their craft for years and...
ONTONAGON - Ontonagon Labor Festival officials learned Highland Copper president Dave Fennell will be the parade marshal at the Festival Parade Sunday at 2 p.m. The Ontonagon County Economic Partnership has spearheaded an effort to welcome Highland Copper by distributing "welcome" signs around town. Fennell received a law degree in 1979 from the University of Alberta and practiced corporate and resource law until 1983 when he founded Golden Star Resources. During his term as president and CEO,...
MUSKEGON (AP) - Replicas of two of 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus' ships will be staying in Muskegon for a week. The 65-foot Nina and the 85-foot Pinta, both of which made it to town on Tuesday, will remain docked at Heritage Landing until Sept. 2. They will be open for tours beginning on Wednesday. "They're just awesome to see. To see back in history is great," Cheryl Eyestone told The Muskegon Chronicle. Eyestone, of North Muskegon, said she didn't see the replicas when they last...
After a busy summer for many area schools, staff and students are preparing for the start of a brand new academic year next week. Ironwood Ironwood Area Schools will start its first year of Luther L. Wright as a K-12 facility with classes beginning Tuesday. Sleight Elementary students will start at 7:55 a.m., with classes ending at 3:05 p.m. Norrie Elementary and L.L. Wright's middle and high school classes will begin at 8 a.m., with Norrie classes being held til 3:10 p.m., and LLW's running to...
Michigan and Wisconsin have established programs over the years to offer younger individuals the chance to hunt. According to the Michigan's Department of Natural Resources website, the Mentored Youth Hunting program is designed to introduce youth under the age of 10 to hunting and fishing, offering a "package" license for $7.50. After acquiring the package license, youth hunters under the age of 10 are then able to hunt turkey in the spring and fall on private or public land, deer and small...
NAPA, Calif. (AP) - Ten seconds before a severe earthquake in California's wine country caused the ground to rumble throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, a university lab in the city of Berkeley got the alert that the seismic waves were rolling its way. The lab is testing a prototype of an earthquake early-warning system that California is pursuing years after places like Mexico and Japan already have them up and running. Sunday's rolling magnitude-6.0 earthquake near Napa has led to renewed...
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College's Board of Trustees heard a positive update regarding the school's Academic Quality Improvement Program. Larry Gabka, who acts as AQIP coordinator for GCC, updated the board on a recent check-up visit by AQIP and told trustees the school received a clean report of program accreditations and federal regulation compliances. "In my opinion, this is as good as it gets for a higher educational institution," Gabka said. "Really few schools get a report as positive...
IRONWOOD - A handful of kids took part in the Gogebic County 4-H Youth Shooting program, which has held weekly meetings during the summer to teach local children safe shooting techniques. Students learned how to aim and shoot with a range of weapons during the program that was held at the Superior Range Shooters Club, located on 32 acres of land just south of Copper Peak, on Black River Road in Ironwood Township. "We start off with air rifles, pellet guns, and then we went to .22s," said Gary...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] WHITE PINE - Prairie Plant Systems, owners of SubTerra in White Pine, said it has completed its purchase of the Traxys Power Group Inc., which includes the White Pine Power Plant, White Pine Copper refinery and Upper Peninsula Power Marketing LLC. Brent Zettl, president and CEO of Prairie Plant Systems, will be president of all three groups, while Steve Walsh, president of TPG Power Holdings, the former owner of TPG, will be CEO of White Pine Electric and...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission decided Monday to again conduct a city deer hunt, but it will be scaled down from previous years. In approving a 2014 archery hunt, city commissioners rejected a recommendation from the parks and recreation committee that the hunt be suspended because of a lack of deer after a very harsh winter on the herd. The commission approved a hunt that will include issuing 50 permits, down from 100 in 2013. It will be the ninth year of a city hunt, City Manager Scott E...
By RYAN JARVI [email protected] BESSEMER — Bessemer school officials held a public meeting Monday night to provide additional information regarding the issue of consolidation which has caused confusion and concerns throughout the community. More than 50 people attended the meeting held in the A.D. Johnston High School gymnasium that followed the school’s Board of Education meeting. “If there is a vote, or when there is a vote, we want people voting with information, voting with their head and not their hearts,” said Dave Radovic...
BESSEMER — Bessemer school officials will host a public informational forum on consolidation in the A.D. Johnston High School gymnasium following the school’s Board of Education meeting Monday night. The consolidation of Bessemer and nearby Wakefield-Marenisco School District has been expressed by some community members as an appropriate path to improving the area’s education. A consolidation proposal was placed on the Aug. 5 primary election ballot this year, but was removed following a court order in June. Bessemer schools sued County Clerk...
PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS - The twangs of banjos and bass drum stomps were sent throughout the Porcupine Mountains this weekend and heard by hundreds of people who sat on blankets, in fold-up camping chairs or beneath tents, under threat of rain from the gray skies above. The 10th annual Porcupine Mountains Music Festival drew one of the largest crowds yet to the three-day event, which features a number of performers from all around the country and world. The semi-circle of fans, which climbed high...
BESSEMER - Marty's Goldenaires Drum and Bugle Corps held its annual fundraising picnic at Bluff Valley Park Saturday. "The corps started in 1950," said assistant musical director Dustin Pitrone, "And we've been having our picnic every year, consecutively, since 1980." The event was open to the public, free of charge. Activities included kids' games and face painting, a bake sale, raffles, live music, concessions and a cookout. "We hold this event to support us functioning as an organization,"...
HURLEY - Little Finland held its annual potluck Sunday afternoon. "This is our membership picnic," president Sonja Luoma said, "We've had this at least every year since 1980." Average attendance is about 40 people. "Our membership is large, about 250, but they're kind of scattered all over the place, so not everyone is able attend," Luoma said. Dishes included bratwurst, potato salad and various casseroles and salads. "It's not necessarily Finnish food," Luoma said, "It's just whatever anybody...
BESSEMER - New waste disposal services begin Sept. 2 in Bessemer and with it will come a change in pick-up days and no more blue trash bags. At its meeting Monday, the city council approved a resolution establishing the trash and recycling collection fee of $17 per month with the city's new provider, Eagle Waste & Recycling, Inc., of Eagle River, Wis. Residents who have received water or sewer services through the city will continue to get a bi-monthly utility bill, with the new trash and...
IRONWOOD - With classes set to begin Monday, Gogebic Community College administrators are gearing up for another busy year. "The whole of our existence is working with students," GCC president Jim Lorenson said. "While there's been a lot going on here during the summer break period, obviously when students and all the staff are back, it's a much more exciting time." Jeanne Graham, dean of students, said the college won't know its official enrollment until after Friday, when students are no...
