Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSMER - Residents of the Bessemer Area School district rejected a $4.98 million bond referendum to improve the district's two buildings on Tuesday by a slim margin of 62 votes. 33 percent of the 2,800 registered voters in the city and township came to the polls, which were held from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Bessemer City and Township halls. The BAS bond referendum failed by a vote of 431-493. Dave Radovich, BAS district administrator, had been spearheading the bond proposal, and was less than...
IRONWOOD - Hundreds of families made their way to the Pat O'Donnell Civic Center Monday for the annual Range Shrine Club 3-Ring Circus. According to Ray Niemi, Range Shrine Club president and circus chairman, the event originally took place at Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, before moving to the civic center. This year marks the 52nd annual Ahmed Shrine Circus with organizations across the country and Niemi said it's something kids look forward too all year long. "It's an opportunity...
MERCER, Wis. - The Mercer Spanish Club celebrated Cinco de Mayo, hosting a fiesta for community members at the Mercer School on Monday. Cinco de Mayo, or fifth of May, is a holiday in Mexico, commemorating the Battle of Puebla in 1862 over the French. The holiday is popular throughout Mexico and in the United States. Students got into the holiday spirit, whipping up traditional Mexican dishes, including quesadillas, Spanish rice, Mexican wedding cake and Mexican punch, filled with fruit....
BAYFIELD, Wis. - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore staff members have been working on improvements to the Little Sand Bay Harbor. Around five years ago, floating finger piers were damaged by the ice. Since then, only two finger piers had been useable. Last year, National Park Service funding for needed work became available. The design of the finger piers was changed from floating to permanent to better withstand Lake Superior's ever-changing conditions. Pilings were driven last fall. The...
WAKEFIELD - Members of the Michigan State Police Dive Team recovered three stolen firearms from Plymouth Mine Lake Sunday. The firearms were recovered, stemming from a joint investigation by the MSP Wakefield Post and the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department. Last November, a string of breaking and enterings were reported in Gogebic County, and a suspect, Anthony Michael Adams, 32, of Ramsay, was arrested Dec. 9. According to Det. Sgt. Jorge Cruz, Adams was arrested on charges of first and second...
BESSEMER — Voters in the Bessemer School District will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote on a proposed bond referendum. The $4.98-million, 19-year referendum would provide for updates to the district’s two school buildings. This is the second time the school has had a referendum on the ballot in recent months. A $6.78 million referendum was rejected by voters last year. If passed, the funds will be used for flooring and external building repair, mechanical and lighting systems, a security system with cameras, an asbestos and lead aba...
By MIRANDA ANDERSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Organist Dave Wickerham performed a matinee concert at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Sunday. He played such classics as "Easter Parade," "Joy to the World" and "The Windmills of Your Mind," which was featured in the film "The Thomas Crown Affair." He also accompanied a silent film, starring the classic Hollywood duo of Laurel and Hardy. Wickerham also played modern numbers, including a variety of blockbuster movie themes. During...
HURLEY - Local residents will tie up their shoes for the ninth annual Brian Nasi Memorial Heart Run/Walk Saturday in Hurley. The event starts at 9 a.m. at the Hurley K-12 School and features a 5-kilometer walk-run, one mile walk-run and a mile walk-run for children under 12. According to Gerry Traczyk, a member of the Hurley Lioness, said the event is very popular. "This is a family race, with a lot of people participating," Traczyk said. "It's one of the first races of the season, so it's a...
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis on Friday publicly backed his new economy czar, who is overhauling the Vatican's administration amid grumblings from some Holy See bureaucrats about a perceived abrasive and secretive style. Francis acknowledged Cardinal George Pell's "tenacity" in calling the imposing Australian the Vatican's resident "rugby player." Francis echoed Pell's call for a new way of doing business at the Vatican in urging Holy See employees to embrace a "new mentality of evangelical...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel threatened tough sanctions Friday on broad swaths of Russia's economy if Moscow disrupts Ukraine's May 25 presidential elections, putting President Vladimir Putin on notice for harsher penalties even if he stops short of a full invasion. Standing side by side in the White House Rose Garden, Obama and Merkel sought to bat down the notion of any discord between the U.S and European approaches to dissuading Putin from inte...
WAKEFIELD - After a month of collecting donations for its first ever food drive, the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post delivered more than 1,500 pounds to St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry in Bessemer Thursday. Throughout April, troopers collected donations throughout the community to help the pantry. According to Lt. Donald Horn, the troopers decided to help a charity, and wanted to do something "people don't always talk about. "People don't always talk about donating food, so we wanted to do...
BESSEMER - City officials officially ended the water let-run for Bessemer residents on Wednesday. The order has been in effect since January, with about 450 people told to keep their water running. The city provides water services for around 1,100 customers. Neal Nelson, foreman for the city's water department, said the center of the city has been the biggest problem because many of the water mains aren't very deep. Though the pipes are about 5 feet in the ground, Nelson said pipes that were 6...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Soon after the ferry began to tilt, there was nervous laughter, jokes about the Titanic and talk of selfies and Facebook posts from the doomed high school students huddled below deck. But the lighthearted atmosphere soon turned serious as the listing worsened. Fear began building, and one student asked, "Am I really going to die?" The shaky video - at times poignant and heartbreaking as the teens said last words to their loved ones - was found on the cellphone belonging...
By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor How many breakfasts in bed does it take for a mom to get sick of breakfast in bed on Mother's Day? Rather than test the theory, I decided to go in a different direction this year. I wanted to create a light, yet still filling dish that would work well no matter what time of day it was served - brunch, lunch or dinner. And I wanted it to play nicely with whatever else was served. The solution was deliciously easy - a salad of shaved fresh fennel and red onion tossed...
IRONWOOD - Spring really is on its way, and nothing shows it better than the blooming of flowers. If the winter weather ever subsides, the Downtown Ironwood Development Authority plans to hang flower baskets again this year in the downtown area near Memorial Day. With the installation of new lights and planting of trees last year, as well as improved parking, the flower baskets were like the "crowning touch" for a fresh downtown appeal, DIDA chairman Tom Williams said. According to Williams,...
Proposed budgets by Gov. Rick Snyder may allow for consolidated schools to receive money if application deadlines are met, grant proposals are accepted and there is still money available. Bruce Mayle, superintendent of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, held a meeting Tuesday to inform the public on consolidation. The meeting was attended by many residents interested in the proposed consolidation of Bessemer Area School District and Wakefield-Marenisco School District. Signed...
CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden says its new baby giraffe is a girl. The zoo says 7-year-old mother Tessa gave birth to her calf Monday morning. The event was featured live on Twitter. Mother and daughter will be visible through the viewing glass at Giraffe Ridge. It's Tessa's third calf in three years. She gave birth to Lulu in 2012 and to Zuri in 2011. Zuri broke her leg in a stall at 7 weeks old and had to be euthanized. Tessa and her mating partner, Kimba, have been...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education performed it's annual evaluation on superintendent Tim Kolesar, during a special meeting Wednesday. According to board president Steve Thomas, the format used by the board calculates a total percentage from different aspects of the evaluation. The evalutation took place under closed session, and during open session it was revealed Kolesar was rated "effective" at 70.91 percent. Members of the board also had requests for Kolesar, including...
