Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors held a restructuring meeting at the Iron County Courthouse in the wake of the April 5 elections on Tuesday. The composition of the board remained largely unchanged from their previous meeting in March, as the only contested position with two or more named candidates on the ballot was Iron County supervisor for district 12 and that race was ultimately won by incumbent candidate Opal Roberts. The position of county supervisor for district 6 was on the b...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Area junior/high school students took a field trip to the Historical Ironwood Theatre on Tuesday morning for a screening and discussion on the film " Coming Up for Air; It All Happens in a Moment." The film "focuses on the struggles and the uncertainty that family and friends of a person experiencing mental health issues go through," according to a press release from Gogebic County Community Mental Health. "It really isn't focused on suicide,...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - After a brief surge of colder weather and some light snow accumulation over the last couple of days, the National Weather Service in Marquette is predicting warmer weather across the U.P. by the end of the week. "Right now with the lake being roughly freezing, maybe a few degrees above freezing here and there, it doesn't take much to get any kind of energy transfer from the lake to the atmosphere," said meteorologist Joe Phillips of NWS on...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — Following the Iron County general elections on April 5, Joanne Bruneau was appointed the first female mayor of the city of Hurley. Bruneau outlined her plans for the next two years in broad strokes for the Daily Globe on Tuesday. “My goals are to improve the city’s infrastructure, secure infrastructure money for repairs that need to be done and work with the department heads to keep the city running as efficiently as possible,” Bruneau told the Daily Globe. Bruneau said that she was initial...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD – The city of Ironwood is hosting its 19th annual spring cleanup behind the Ironwood Public Safety Department on 123 W. McLeod Ave. from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 29 and 8 to 11 a.m. on April 30. There will be no charge for this service. City staff request that residents use the entrance off Alfred Wright Boulevard to enter the unloading area on the cleanup days. “We really encourage people to take advantage of this if they have anything they need to get rid of,” City Manager Scott Erick...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - The city of Bessemer Downtown Development Authority is considering applying for a loan against its future revenue in order to be able to have a more aesthetic curb appeal following the U.S. 2 project. The city has the option of having colored concrete laid down to provide a visually-appealing separation of the highway curb and the sidewalk from Mill Street to Peck Street. "It's all about what's going to make this town stand out as different...
BY CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Downtown Development Authority was focused on how best to spend its monies to help grow the businesses in the community, during its meeting on Thursday night. The Downtown Development Authority approved popup shop funding for Melissa Anderson owner of Mel’s Cuts Barber Shop. The shop is located directly across from A.D. Johnston High School, in the small green building at 101 East Lead Street. Anderson grew up in Bessemer and graduated from ADJ. She said she has 24 years exp...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - As Christians everywhere celebrate the culmination of Holy Week this Easter Sunday, local pastors are focused on guiding their parishioners to a closer relationship with God and the promise of salvation. "This year's theme is keeping our eyes on the heavenly or on the holy," said Pastor Keith Mullikin of Wesley United Methodist Church in Ironwood and the Wakefield United Methodist church in Wakefield. "We're so focused on the mundane around...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield sewer system was overwhelmed with surface water due to heavy rains and melting snow on Wednesday. “The rain coupled with snowmelt placed extreme pressure on the City’s sanitary sewer system,” city officials announced on social media. In an effort to prevent untreated wastewater from backing up into residents basements, city manager Rob Brown said that city staff took action and began releasing untreated, highly diluted raw sewage outside the sanitary sewer system. The water w...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER – Two ballot proposals for the Aug. 2 election in Gogebic County were approved by a narrow margin of 4-3 at the county board of supervisors regular meeting on Wednesday. The proposals are levy renewals for the Gogebic County Medical Care Facility and animal control program. The proposals are to renew the levy of 0.6 mills for the medical care facility for 2023-2026 for the continued payment of “maintenance of effort” costs and to renew the levy of 0.2 mills for HOPE Animal Shelter and the p...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Planning Commission adopted bylaws during its regular meeting on Tuesday night. “Planning Commission bylaws are a necessary step in the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Redevelopment Ready Community program,” city manager Rob Brown said. The bylaws delegate the process for the election of commission members, their terms of office, member removal and replacement and other details about meetings, records, quorum, conflicts of interest and duties. The commiss...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - The city of Bessemer is considering a less expensive storm sewer layout for the Galena Street and South State Street areas which tie into storm sewer along Mill Street and near the city garage. According to project manager Darren Pionk of C2AE, the storm sewer infrastructure in that area is aging out and needs to be replaced. "It's a major storm interceptor for the city. The work is not included or fundable through the USDA (U.S. Department...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission held a public hearing on Monday to hear comment on an ordinance adding a Human Relations and Equity Committee to the city’s administration. The commission adopted this ordinance by a 4-1 vote. City Manager Scott Erickson said that this ordinance would set up a five-member committee, with members appointed by the city commission. He said that the committee would advise the commission on how to make the city more diverse and inclusive. He said that three mem...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Wakefield residents living in the Plymouth Location have some challenging sewer repairs ahead. City manager Rob Brown informed the council during its regular meeting on Monday that a sewer backup in one property had led to the discovery of an unusual and complicated sewer layout for the district. Brown explained to the council, during his city manager report, that after a backed up sewer had been cleared from one property, the neighboring property immediately begin to have a sewer p...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer library has applied for grant funding to aid with three of its community engagement projects. Librarian Melissa Lupino said that she applied for two grants that are being offered by the American Association of Retired Persons. One of the grants would provide $8,000 for recreational equipment. The equipment is intended to go along with the new Iron Belle trailhead to be built south of City Hall, Lupino said. “The city is working on the trailhead project right behind city hal...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley community was able to come out to the Hurley K-12 School sugarhouse on Saturday to watch as students in the district’s Tappin’ and Sappin’ program produced and bottled fresh maple syrup. During the demonstration students, with the assistance of Darrin Kimbler of Extension Iron County, wood shop instructor Roger Peterson, and science teacher Dan Rye, explained to the community the process of maple syrup making from collecting the sap...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - Bessemer's Bluff Valley Park may soon have a facelift. City Manager Charly Loper announced during the monthly Recreation Committee meeting that she applied for a $100,000 grant from Kubota Tractor Corporation, of Grapevine, Texas, to update the park. According to Loper the company is offering five $100,000 grants and one of the recipients will be given an additional $100,000. She said the company is also offering some "smaller" things as...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Library has partnered with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to provide free COVID-19 at home test kits to the community. Library director Melissa Lupino said MDHHS started a pilot program for the test kits in lower Michigan at a handful of libraries. “It must have gone well, because they opened it up for other libraries to volunteer to be one of these sights, and we threw our hat in and we were chosen to be one of the distribution sights,” she said. The l...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER - Following a recent building study, Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Chair Jim Lorenson concluded that the county needs a new jail. A Jail Committee was formed at the board's meeting on March 23 and it came back to the board Wednesday with a recommendation for a contractor to establish a jail design study. Lorenson said that the newly appointed committee met with Tom Weber, an independent contractor specializing in justice system and...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Norrie Park Community Garden in Ironwood is open for registration to gardeners who want to rent a plot and grow a basic vegetable garden this year. For those who are new to gardening, the Range Master Gardener volunteers and officials with the University of Wisconsin-Madison – Extension Iron County offer help getting started. Plot sizes are 10 by 20 feet. Gardeners who rented plots in prior years will have the first opportunity to renew their plots for the 2022 growing season. The rem...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] The winners of the Iron County 2022 general election were announced on Tuesday evening following voting earlier in the day. The election determined who will serve as county supervisors for the next two years, in addition to members of the Hurley and Montreal city councils, and the Hurley and Mercer school boards. The only contested position for a county board seat was in District 12, where voters had to choose between incumbent Opal Roberts and Hank...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — A water project the city of Wakefield hoped to start this year may have to be postponed until 2023 as a result of some delays that will cause the project to go out for bid in late May or June, according to city manager Rob Brown. Brown said that he is not sure the city will be able to find a company to bid on the project with a reasonable offer so late in the season. The city obtained funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Division for $2.925 million project a...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Parks and Recreation Committee discussed upcoming projects for Miners Memorial Heritage Park at their regular meeting on Monday. On March 28, the Ironwood City Commission approved the parks and recreation committee’s recommendation to submit a trust fund grant application to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for the development of a one-mile lighted ski trail. The lighted ski trail would be located on a one-mile loop of Miners Memorial Heritage Park. Director of Com...
