Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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...
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) - Isle Royale National Park's inbred gray wolf population remains dangerously low for a third consecutive year, while the moose on which they feed have doubled during the same period - trends that could lead to long-term problems for the Lake Superior archipelago's ecosystems, scientists said Wednesday. Only nine wolves roamed the park this winter - one more than the eight recorded last year, which was the lowest total since wildlife biologists began observing the...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Public Safety Department has been chosen as the hazardous materials response team to cover the entire Upper Peninsula. IPSD Director Andrew DiGiorgio said Monday eight of the 12 officers in his department are training to receive technician 1 certification to respond to hazardous responses and more training is planned. "The IPSD has received well over $1 million in equipment to accomplish this task, including a response vehicle, air sampling and monitoring equipment, prote...
IRONWOOD - More than 100 families attended Family Fun Night at the Ironwood Memorial Building Tuesday. This is the sixth annual event, and families were able to attend at no cost. According to Sue Guenard, director of the Great Start Collaborative through the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, the event gets more popular each year. "Especially this year, with the weather not so nice, it gave families and opportunity to get out of the house," Guenard said. At Family Fun Night,...
IRONWOOD - Just a few days before a new garbage contractor is to begin serving Ironwood, city residents were told Monday the new company will do all it can to make the transition smooth. "Customer satisfaction is my company's priority," said Jim Whittinghill, sales manager for Eagle Waste, of Eagle River, Wis. The company will begin collecting garbage Thursday from customers' 64-gallon receptacles. If people prefer, they can receive 48- or 96-gallon containers, he told the city commission....
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - About 185 local residents sampled some of the best food the area has to offer at the Gogebic Community College Foundation's fifth annual "Taste of the Gogebic Range" Monday at GCC. The event featured 13 area restaurants from Ironwood, Hurley, Watersmeet, Gile and Manitowish Waters, Wis. Attendees received tickets to try samples from each one. Tastes ranged from chicken Caesar wraps to applewood smoked pork ribs to flaming bananas foster and more. Participating businesses...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education voted to move students from Sleight Elementary into Luther L. Wright School during a meeting Monday evening. The move would take place over the summer in time for the start of the 2014-2015 school year. Kindergarten through second grade students will be moved from Sleight to the first floor of LLW. Third through sixth grade students will move from the first floor to the second floor, and seventh through 12th grade students will occupy the t...
WAKEFIELD -– The Wakefield City Council heard a presentation from the Charter Communications Manager of Government Affairs Don Gladwell Monday evening. At a previous meeting, the council approved pole rental rate increases for Charter and Ameritech. Gladwell suggested an amendment to the agreement, which confirmed the owner and Charter agree to an increase in rates, and the amendment was approved by the council. Gladwell was present to address questions on Charter services. He also announced, "...
By SARA MOULTON Associated Press Speaking as a mom and a chef, let me assure you — one of the nicest things you can do for Mom on Mother’s Day is cook for her. Something sweet is best. And my candidate? Comforting, traditional rice pudding. Or maybe not so traditional. Classic rice puddings are made from plain white rice. The grains are very tender, the flavor is kind of bland, and the color is white. In my recipe, which is made using black forbidden rice, the grains are slightly chewy, the fla...
ANN ARBOR (AP) - Evidence of prehistoric caribou hunts on the floor of Lake Huron illustrates the sophistication of ancient peoples whose survival depended on understanding the habits of their prey, scientists said Monday. In a newly released article, underwater archaeologists described a 9,000-year-old, man-made "drive lane" where earlier civilizations had targeted caribou. It was built atop a one-time land corridor linking what is now northeastern Michigan with southern Ontario. The area,...
HURLEY - "It has been growing every year," former Iron County, Wis., Veterans Services Officer Bob Morzenti said of Saturday's 24th annual steak feed at the Memorial Building in Hurley. Iron County Chapter 529 of the Vietnam Veterans of America expected to serve about 450 people before the event concluded on a sunny, but cold Saturday, compared to around 430 last year. It's an annual fund-raiser that was initiated by Morzenti, who is one of about two-dozen volunteers who make the dinner a...
MARENISCO - Corrections officer Steve Greil of the Ojibway Correctional Facility was recently awarded the Michigan Department of Corrections Lifesaving Award for his heroic actions that saved a child's life this past summer. While at the beach with his family on July 5, Greil observed a child floating face down in the water in Sunday Lake in Wakefield. He rushed to bring the unresponsive child to the shore and helped clear a food item lodged in the child's throat. The child began breathing and...
WAKEFIELD – The Wakefield-Marenisco school held its second annual craft fair Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. "It's going to be held every last Saturday in April," said Title I teacher Teri Giuliano. Vendors sold candles, woodwork pieces, Avon cosmetics, blankets and more. Patricia Mann, known as the Crafty Lady, was one such vendor. She sold various styles of homemade accessories, including multicolored, beaded necklaces and "snap bags." This was her first time hosting a table at the fair. O...
The Western Michigan Mountain Bike Club hosted a fundraiser at the Maplewood Steakhouse on Sunday to raise money for five miles of new bike trail near Copper Peak. "If we can continue to build nice bike trails around here, that will bring more people to the area," said Maplewood owner Peter Palm. "It takes people like us to go ahead and make that stuff happen." Palm donated all of the food and the staff needed to pull the dinner off. He said there were also volunteers who helped host the games,...
Iron County regained the dubious distinction of having the worst unemployment rate in Wisconsin in March. According to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Iron County’s jobless rate shot up to 13.1 percent for March, compared with 12.6 percent in February. A year ago, the rate was 13.8 percent in Iron County. Bayfield County, which had the worst rate in the state in February, improved to third worst, improving from 13.1 percent to 12.3 percent. The WDWD said rates improved or stayed the same in all but six of the state’s 72 count...
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) - Ed Mucha always drives slow as he passes the front of the Hagerty Insurance headquarters. It's a habit the long-time car guy and retired tool maker kept for years. Rolling along, his foot off the accelerator, Mucha, 78, gives himself plenty of time to get a glimpse of whatever classic car is on prominent display in the building's circular foyer. This month he drives a little slower and looks a little longer because his is the car in the window, according to the Traverse...
COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. (AP) - The bride wore white, with a veil and a flowing gown. She also wore a nervous grin, the expression of someone who can't believe what is happening. That's because the bride, Paige Collins, had just been given a $35,000 wedding. In an historical farm recently, she married Army Sgt. Cody Bauman in a ceremony complete with flowers, drinks, horse-drawn carriage, DJ for the reception dance and food for 130 guests. "This is really amazing," said the bride, gazing around the...
