Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WATERSMEET - Thirteen Nimrods walked across the stage and received their high school diplomas during Watersmeet Township School District's graduation ceremony on Friday. The school's gymnasium was full of graduates' friends and families there to witness commencement for the class of 2014. Hayley Garrison, class secretary, gave the valedictorian address and said not every high school student is lucky enough to know all of their classmates, but she was. After listing the fond memories she shared...
NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP (AP) - On a recent sunny, unseasonably warm afternoon at the Yellow Dog River, just off of the Marquette County Road 510 bridge, more than a dozen people were in the water looking for bugs. Macroinvertebrae, to be exact. Having donned waders and separated into teams of three and four, and armed with 5-gallon buckets and sturdy nets, the crews spent half an hour in the water doing a "river dance," using their feet and the nets to stir up cobble and sand to get at where the...
HURLEY - Kindergarteners learned a different kind of alphabet Thursday at the Hurley K-12 School during a bike safety presentation by the Hurley Police Department. Students learned the "ABCs" of bike safety from Sgt. Chris Colassaco, who explained that each spring, bikes should be checked for three things - air in the tires, brakes and chain tightness. Eggs were used to show the importance of helmets while riding bikes. Colassaco taped an egg inside of a bike helmet, and dropped the helmet to...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Public Safety Department has placed a speed trailer along McLeod Avenue to help insure drivers respect the posted speed limit of 25 mph on the U.S. 2 detour route. Lt. Mike Rimkus of IPSD said officers are monitoring drivers' speeds along the route using both moving and stationary radar. "We're proactive, with our officers out in marked squads patrolling the detour frequently," he said. The IPSD has had some complaints of speeders along the route, but Rimkus said...
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College's Board of Trustees heard that a number of schools in the Copper Country are showing interest in its Early College program during an update at its meeting on Tuesday. Calumet School District is completing its first year of the program, with about 85 students participating at GCC's Copper Country Center. Stacy Crouch, director of off- campus operations at GCC, told board members that several other schools in the Copper Country, as well as Ironwood High...
IRONWOOD - Local residents are invited to an informational meeting regarding the proposed cultural tourism event History Prize tonight at Theater North. The meeting is from 7 to 8 p.m., featuring a discussion with History Prize founder Mara MacKay. MacKay will update attendees on the 2016 event. History Prize won the Jumpstart competition at the Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Tourism in Traverse City in March. History Prize will feature historic reenactments, collections and fixed...
IRONWOOD - With construction along U.S. 2 diverting traffic on a detour through downtown, local emergency responders are coordinating with road construction crews and other agencies to insure response times aren't effected. Beacon Ambulance Service provides services to Gogebic and Iron counties, and parts of Ontonagon County. Drivers also provide transfers for Aspirus Grand View Hospital, which is located east of Beacon's Ironwood station on U.S. 2. Though construction has redirected eastbound...
HURLEY - Forty-one third graders from the Hurley K-12 School donned gloves, grabbed trowels and planted flowers along Silver Street in Hurley Wednesday. Joy Schelble, of the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, prepared students for the planting by speaking in classrooms. Schelble is the county's horticulturalist, and asked students why flowers are planted in the city each year. "The first student looked at me and said, 'To take care of the environment,'" Schelble said. "The nex...
MARQUETTE (AP) - The record-setting cold that gripped Michigan last winter continues to leave its mark, with ice floes showing up on the shore of Lake Superior over the warm Memorial Day holiday weekend. Some of the warmest temperatures of the year drew people to the beach in the Upper Peninsula, where they found abundant ice floating just off shore at Marquette. Pat Black is executive director of the Marquette County Convention and Visitors Bureau and says the ice has "become kind of a tourist...
MACKINAC ISLAND (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday his most immediate legislative priority is making sure lawmakers approve state money to help resolve Detroit's bankruptcy case, but added he is hopeful that a recent bipartisan deal on raising the minimum wage bodes well for reaching another deal on road spending. The $195 million bankruptcy legislation, which won bipartisan approval in the Republican-led House last week, is up for consideration in the GOP-led Senate. The Republican...
IRONWOOD - City commissioners learned Tuesday that since Ironwood's U.S. 2 reconstruction project is now under way, city workers will tackle some water leaks along Cloverland Drive with the reduced traffic there. Bob Richards, of the department of public works, said work on two leaks will begin today and could be completed by Friday. Commissioner Dave Sim noted there's water along the highway from the leaks. Richards said there are four or five other leaks in the city that also must be...
HURLEY - Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and Reed Hall, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Economic Development, stopped in Hurley Tuesday morning to discuss Iron County's struggling economy. Kleefisch and Hall started with a tour of Highline Corporation in Hurley and followed with a tour of Northwoods Manufacturing, a student-ran company in the Hurley K-12 School. Iron County's unemployment rate is the second worst in the state, at 13.3 percent, or twice the national average. After...
BESSEMER - The Bessemer Area School District's Board of Education went into closed session for about 45 minutes at its meeting Tuesday to discuss personnel issues. Board member Bill McDonald was arrested last week by Michigan State Police on three counts of misdemeanor warrants for aiding and abetting in the fraudulent signing of voter petitions that were circulated regarding consolidating the school with nearby Wakefield-Marenisco. Following the closed session, board member Dave Osier read a...
IRONWOOD - The Luther L. Wright High School class of 2014 was urged to work hard to overcome life's obstacles and remember and be proud of their roots during the school's 124th commencement Sunday in Ironwood. "No matter how many times you get knocked down, a little voice inside should be saying, 'You're not done,'" social studies and U.S. history teacher Ted Sim said in his commencement address to the 53 graduates. "When life gives you sour milk, make a chocolate cake." Sim advised the seniors...
HURLEY - Five heads are better than one, or at least that's what the Hurley class of 2014 figures. When four classmates tied for valedictorian honors with perfect 4.0 grade point averages, it was decided they'd deliver the commencement address together, along with the salutatorian. Mark Saari, Cameron Rowe, Samantha Lardinois, Sarah Carroll and Beau Shafer tag-teamed to offer advice to fellow classmates and future graduates on Saturday. Salutatorian Shafer advised his classmates not to take...
HURLEY - As part of the 29th annual Memorial Day Weekend ATV Rally, Sunday featured the Mud Pit Races, which drew a large group of spectators on both sides of the pit. The races were held at the Trailhead on the Iron Horse Trail under sunny skies with temperatures in the high 70s. The primary sponsors of the Mud Pit Races were three area businesses and the Iron County ATV Association. They provided first, second and third place cash prizes in the four classes of racing events. Hurley Fire...
BESSEMER - Residents gathered at Hillcrest Cemetery on Monday to honor the nation's service members during a ceremony hosted by the Bessemer VFW Post 3673 and the American Legion Post 27. The event began with the U.S. flag being raised and the A.D. Johnston High School Band performing the "Star Spangled Banner," under the direction of Stephen Boniface. Mary Ann Bolich, a Watersmeet graduate who served with the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War in 1966 and '67, gave the ceremony's main...
ONTONAGON - Fifth grade students from the Ontonagon and Ewen Trout Creek Schools Thursday learned about the many safety and protective programs available to them in the county. It was the ninth annual 911 program coordinated by Sheriff Dale Rantala with the help of more than eight law enforcement and safety groups. Fire departments, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Conservation, search and rescue, ambulance, Upper Peninsula Power Company, and police officials guided the children through...
WAKEFIELD - Wakefield-Marenisco superintendent Cathy Shamion said Friday the Class of 2014 is a "curious" bunch and valedictorian Brianna Greenough agreed. "Curiosity will not always kill the cat," Greenough said in addressing the graduating class of 14. She said her class wouldn't have accomplished much without being curious. "Talk to someone you don't know," she urged. Recalling how a "diverse" class came together as one on trips, class president Miranda Sibley urged future graduates to "make...
ONTONAGON - A teacher who students said has affected not only their minds, but their hearts, as well, delivered the commencement address at the Ontonagon Area High School graduation Friday. Jon Uotila was the unanimous choice of the seniors to deliver the address and he received a standing ovation from students at the conclusion of his speech. Uotila is a 1994 graduate of Ontonagon and a 2000 graduate of Northern Michigan University in Marquette. He has taught biology, English, American...
