Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAKEFIELD - The fifth annual Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department Ice Fishing Contest was held at Sunday Lake and the Wakefield V.F.W. on Saturday during Michigan's Free Fishing Weekend. The contest brought out 661 ice fishermen, including 459 adults and 202 children. Each one went home with a door prize. "The ice fishing contest has been going on for 30, 40 years and the Fire Department took it over from the V.F.W. five years ago," ice fishing contest volunteer, Mike Yon, said. "The Ice Fishing... Full story
CORNUCOPIA, Wis. - The sea caves along the south shore of Lake Superior near Cornucopia continue to draw thousands of spectators daily, according to Apostle Island National Lakeshore officials. Officials said the site near Meyer Beach on Wisconsin 13 between Bayfield and Cornucopia set a record Saturday of 11,000 visitors. They estimate a total of 54,000 people have visited the sea caves so far this winter. No Sunday numbers were available at press time. According to the AINL website, there... Full story
SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania woman charged with her newlywed husband with killing a man they met through Craigslist admitted to the slaying in a jailhouse interview with a newspaper and said she has killed more than 20 other people across the country, claims police said they are investigating. In an interview with The Daily Item in Sunbury, 19-year-old Miranda Barbour said she wants to plead guilty to killing Troy LaFerrara in November. She also said in the interview she has killed at... Full story
BESSEMER - Faculty and staff in the Bessemer School District participated in a mock shooting drill Friday during an in-service day. The drill was held at A.D. Johnston School, performed by Bob Berbohm, emergency management director for Delta and Schoolcraft counties. Gogebic County Emergency Management Director Jim Loeper also attended. All staff members were informed of the drill and participated in various scenarios, involving a shooter in the hallway while teachers were inside classrooms,... Full story
CHEBOYGAN (AP) — From the bridge of the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw, northern Lake Huron looks like a vast, snow-covered field dotted with ice slabs as big as boulders — a battleground for the icebreaker’s 58-member crew during one of the roughest winters in memory. It’s been so bitterly cold for so long in the Upper Midwest that the Great Lakes are almost completely covered with ice. The last time they came this close was in 1994, when 94 percent of the lakes’ surface was frozen. As of Friday, ice cover extended across 88 percent, according... Full story
BESSEMER - After more than 40 years of seeking a solution to keeping the Oman's Creek boat landing from frequently washing shut, it appears some action is on the horizon. It might not be the near horizon, but the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners learned Wednesday that the Department of Natural Resources at least has the Lake Superior site on its radar. Eric Cadeau, a planner with the MDNR, said a long-term plan alternative is to construct a 120- to 160-foot long groin into Lake Superior... Full story
HURLEY - The Iron County Finance Committee heard a presentation from CenturyLink Thursday regarding the county possibly upgrading to enhanced 911 services. According Iron County Emergency Management director Stacy Ofstad, Iron County is the only county in Wisconsin without enhanced 911 services. Enhanced services allow the dispatchers to gain more information from a phone call, versus asking questions of the person who has called. Using technology like pictometry and GPS, the moment a phone... Full story
WAKEFIELD - All it took was the click of a mouse for Ryan Johnson to meet the love of his life. He and wife Trisha's story of falling in love was selected as the winner of the Daily Globe's 2014 "How I Met My Valentine" contest. In July 2006, Ryan came home from work with intentions of deleting his online dating profile. He said for months he saw the same people, nobody new, and he was tired of meeting people in bars. However, just before he was going to delete his profile, he had a message... Full story
HURLEY - Gogebic Taconite continues to drill for core samples, as well as beginning the bulk sampling process, at the proposed iron ore mine site near Upson, Wis. On Thursday, crews continued to drill, with a goal of 15 holes in total. Ten holes are in Iron County, and five are in Ashland County. The process is similar to the rounds of drilling done last summer, but there are more holes this time. According to Bob Seitz, G-Tac spokesman, the company is using two drilling rigs in different... Full story
CAIRO (AP) - Spanish archeologists have unearthed a 3,600-year-old mummy in the ancient city of Luxor, Egypt's Antiquities Minister said Thursday. Prosecutors accused nine people including three Germans of smuggling stone samples from pyramids. In a statement, Mohammed Ibrahim said the rare find in a preserved wooden sarcophagus dates back to 1600 BC, when the Pharaonic 17th Dynasty reigned. He said the mummy appears to belong to a high official. The sarcophagus is engraved with hieroglyphs and... Full story
Pile it up and they will come. In a brutally cold winter, Lake Superior's ice formations continue to attract thousands of tourists and local residents, from Bayfield to Little Girl's Point. An estimated 4,000 people have been walking along the Lake Superior ice to the sea caves near Bayfield every weekend. Likewise, hundreds of people have been carefully edging out on the blue ice at Little Girl's Point on a typical weekend day. Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce director Dorrene O'Donnell told... Full story
By ALISON LADMAN Associated Press A box of chocolates? A slice of chocolate cake? So very been-there-done-that. This Valentine's Day, up the ante with your expression of love via chocolate. Rather than simply end the meal with a sweet hit of cocoa, why not use it as the inspiration for the entire menu? Start with slices of soft goat cheese sprinkled with a blend of unsweetened cocoa powder and chili powder, then topped with a Peppadew pepper. Then move on to our flank steak rubbed with ground... Full story
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - It was a sight to make a classic car lover weep: A gaping sinkhole opened beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky and swallowed eight prized cars like they were toys, piling them in a heap amid loose dirt and concrete fragments. It happened early Wednesday morning while the attraction dedicated to the classic American sports car was closed to visitors. "They're all just kind of nose down in the bottom of the hole," said Western Kentucky University engineering... Full story
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Marathon County drug agents have confiscated more than $2 million in marijuana plants in what they say is the largest drug seizure in the county. Sheriff's officials searched a home in Wausau and another in rural Athens after getting a tip from a local delivery company about a suspicious package. Authorities say more than 700 marijuana plants were found at the rural Athens home as well as growing equipment and processed marijuana. Agents seized cash and drugs at the Wausau... Full story
WAKEFIELD - Highland Copper Company, Inc., a Canadian company that recently purchased the White Pine mine project, has acquired the Copperwood project from Orvana Resources U.S. Corp. Highland said Tuesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all rights, title and interest in Copperwood. David Fennell, executive chairman of Highland, told the Daily Globe there is a "world class resource of copper in the Upper Peninsula," and if the resource is properly developed, "it is going to... Full story
IRONWOOD - Seventy area high school students glimpsed into their futures Tuesday at Gogebic Community College. Sophomores, juniors and seniors from schools in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties played a game called "Life Unplugged," allowing them to make choices as adults. The event started off with kids rolling the dice to start families, whether as single people or married; kids or no kids. Next, they traveled to a booth run by River Valley Bank. Students selected a career and were told how much t... Full story
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republicans will vote unanimously for Gov. Scott Walker's $504 million property and income tax cut plan, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday, rejecting a Democratic alternative that spends more on job training and reducing property taxes. Democrats touted their approach, which they don't have the votes to pass, during Assembly debate that began Tuesday afternoon and was scheduled to go into the night. Vos, in a news conference, said the bill will pass with no changes,... Full story
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Any kid who ever tap-danced at a talent show or put on a curly wig and auditioned for "Annie" can only dream of being as beloved - or as important - as Shirley Temple. Temple, who died Monday night at 85, sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers and remains the ultimate child star decades later. Other pre-teens, from Macaulay Culkin to Miley Cyrus, have been as famous in their time. But none of them helped shape... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees held a short meeting Monday evening. During the meeting, the board approved a motion for a pre-payment to the Gogebic Range Area Solid Waste Authority. The payment is $20,000, and according to trustee Kathy Maki, the township is "paying for the garbage collection ahead of time, then having collection costs deducted until the $20,000 is paid back." Maki said if the payments were going by shares of the solid waste authority, Ironwood... Full story
WAKEFIELD - Sheriff Pete Matonich presented the sheriff department's 2013 year end report at the Wakefield city council meeting Monday evening. Included in this report was a count of 43 issued citations, 15 arrests and 46 total accidents. The council also adopted a city closure policy, which reads "the city manager and mayor will decide if the city needs to close due to unforeseen circumstances, such as inclement weather." "I think the simpler you keep it, the better off you are," said member... Full story
