Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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MERCER, Wis. - The Mercer area is gearing up to celebrate Claire D'Loon's "a-May-zing birthday bash," May 17. The annual event features a birthday wreathing ceremony at Claire's statue at 9:30 a.m., followed by a parade at 10 a.m., starting at the Mercer Chamber of Commerce and ending at the Mercer Community Center. The event also features a Mercer Lioness salad luncheon and fashion show, birthday activities at the Mercer Public Library and the Mercer Historical Society will also have...
ONTONAGON - Ten seventh graders at the Ontonagon Area School District recently learned about rock climbing techniques. Semi-retired OASD teacher Jim Waters volunteered to assist the students in gym class as they tried the activity out. The wall was constructed years ago with hand- and footholds of varying sizes, teacher Ken Raisanen said. Waters, assisted by seniors Tony Roberts and Will Schober, stressed the importance of communication needed to climb safely after helping students into their ha...
HOLLAND (AP) - A southwestern Michigan landmark has been revived - and now it's been rededicated. The blades of downtown Holland's 252-year-old DeZwaan windmill began turning again Saturday morning during a community celebration and open house, The Grand Rapids Press and WZZM-TV reported. The rededication ceremony was dubbed "Turning of the Blades." The 125-foot high windmill, which was brought over from the Netherlands in the 1960s, underwent about $760,000 in restoration and repair work after...
MELLEN - Northern Wisconsin is known for its beautiful scenic views, and no one knows that better than Mike Stafford. Stafford is president of the North Country Trail Association-Heritage Chapter and has hiked the area's trails for years. In previous years, the chapter has hosted a spring hike to kick off the hiking season, but had to cancel this year's event partly because of the weather. "I've done this spring hike for many years," Stafford said. "We often encounter some rain, which is no big...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 9-month-old boxer pup named Duncan barreled down a beach in Oregon, running full tilt on soft sand into YouTube history and showing more than 4 million viewers that he can revel in a good romp despite lacking back legs. "It's a heartwarming, wonderful thing to see," said Dr. Bonnie Beaver, a professor at Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and executive director of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. "These animals generally look to us as if th...
By JENNIFER FORKER Associated Press If dyeing Easter eggs with vinegar and color tablets is feeling old, reach for a new duo: shaving cream and liquid food coloring. It's a tactile project many kids will enjoy - especially swirling the colors into the cream. "They thought it was really cool to drop the food coloring into the shaving cream and take the toothpick and swirl it," Sarah Barrand of Caldwell, Idaho, says of her four children. "And the shaving cream will actually even help clean up the...
By LEE REICH Associated Press Chomping down on a rosette of freshly emerging tulip leaves is just the thing to drive away winter doldrums - for deer. Crocuses probably taste almost as good to them. There's no need, though, for us humans to forsake the blossoms of spring bulbs; there are plenty that don't appeal to deer. Daffodils, for example. Deer won't eat them. So plant daffodils to your heart's content without any worry that their tops will be chomped off before the flowers even unfold....
HURLEY — Hurley residents who have been letting their water run to avoid freezing water lines are now being asked to stop, according a press release from the Hurley Department of Public Works. According to the release, customers who were required to have their water running are required to take a final meter reading at the time the water is shut off. Customers can call the city clerk’s office to receive a proper credit on their water bill. Customers who don’t call or let their water run after April 25 will no longer be eligible of a credi...
Spring weather conditions are expected to return next week, but don't put that winter coat away just yet. "You're still going to have some chances of snow in the western Upper Peninsula, even into late afternoon, before it's pretty much over in the evening," Jim Salzwedel, a hydromet technician at the National Weather Service in Marquette, said. Wednesday, snow was falling at a rate of about two and a half inches in a five hour period, with a total amount expected to pile up around 13 inches,...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - With a winter of white outside, all Packer fans could see was green and gold inside when the Green Bay Packer Tailgate Tour rolled into Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort on Wednesday. According to Bob Tervonen, close to 500 Packer fans purchased tickets for the event that will raise close to $15,000 for Ironwood Township and Ironwood volunteer fire departments. The departments will purchase dress uniforms that Tervonen said have been badly needed for years. "This was big for...
IRONWOOD - Luther L. Wright High School's show choir Accent! departed Wednesday on an educational and performance tour to Branson, Mo. The group, directed by Denise Woodward, will open for several shows during the tour, including Legends in Concert at the Dick Clark Theater; Dancing Queen, a '70s show, at Kings Castle Theater; and the Hamner Unbelievable Variety Show at Hamner-Barber Theatre, all in Branson. The singers will also take educational tours in Branson at locations including the...
DETROIT (AP) - Pressure was building Wednesday for Michigan lawmakers to commit $350 million to Detroit pensions, a day after the city reached tentative agreements with pension funds and a retiree group to reduce payouts. The city has an $816 million pledge from foundations, philanthropists and Gov. Rick Snyder to shore up pension funds and prevent the sale of city-owned art as part of Detroit's strategy for exiting the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history. But the state's share still...
BERGLAND — The Gogebic Ontonagon Intermediate School District is hosting two informational meetings dealing with possible consolidation of the Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco School districts. The first meeting is April 29 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood. The second meeting is May 8 at the Marenisco Township Hall from 6:30-7:30 p.m. According to Bruce Mayle, superintendent of the GOISD, the meetings are “not debates” about possible consolidation, but a chance for r...
HURLEY - The Iron County Board of Supervisors held its annual re-organizational meeting Tuesday in Hurley. The board welcomed three newly elected supervisors, Brad Matson, of Sherman; Karl Krall, of Saxon; and Victor Ouimette, of Mercer. During the meeting, Joe Pinardi, of Hurley, was re-appointed as county board chairman, and James Kichak, of Mercer, was re-appointed as vice-chairman. Elections for two committees were held. Larry Youngs, of Hurley; Mitch Koski, of Montreal; Tom Thompson, of...
WHITE PINE - Seventy-seven women celebrated their friendships at the seventh annual Friendship Tea recently at the White Pine Community Methodist Church. A total of $716 collected at this year's tea was donated to the Ontonagon County Cancer Association, designating the money to help fund free mammograms the OCCA offers in October. The ladies of the church began the tea in honor of Mary Jo Hilborn in 2007 as she was battling cancer. The event carried a quilting theme, with many quilted items...
HURLEY – Hurley City Mayor Joseph Pinardi took his oath of office and appointed council members to serve on various committees at the city council meeting Tuesday. Joanne Bruneau was elected to serve as mayor pro-tem and was also appointed to chair the finance committee, with Robert Lanctoe and Steve Lombardo. Lanctoe was also appointed chair of the board of public works, with newly elected members Jay Aijala and Terry Seibel. Appointed to the parks and recreation committee were chairman J...
ONTONAGON - Students at the Holy Family Church in Ontonagon perform the shadow stations of the cross each Lenten season. Behind a scrim with illuminated light, the students enact the 14 stations of Christ's death on the cross. It begins with his condemnation to death and concludes with his placement in the tomb. The presentation is traditionally performed the Friday before Holy Week. Each station is accompanied with a dialogue read by two of the students which connects the station and suffering...
