Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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DETROIT (AP) - President Barack Obama is bringing the minimum wage fight to Michigan. Michigan, as it turns out, is already fighting. Obama, who has endorsed legislation to gradually raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 by 2016, will speak Wednesday on the issue at the University of Michigan. Democrats in the U.S. Senate are planning votes on a bill, but Republicans are working to block it. Similarly, GOP lawmakers in Michigan are unlikely to embrace a minimum wage hike,...
HURLEY — Hurley mayor Joe Pinardi was re-elected in Tuesday’s general election. He ran unopposed for the two-year term, and received 285 votes. Eight candidates also vied for six seats on the city council. Four incumbents won re-election, including: Joanne Bruneau (259 votes), Steven Lombardo (255), Jamey Francis (227) and Robert Lanctoe (220). Also winning seats were newcomers Jay “Budgey” Aijala (185) and Terry Seibel (169). Incumbent Charlene Mussatti was not re-elected, receiving 158 votes, and candidate Stephen Karasti finished with 12...
HURLEY — Darryl Mattson and Maria Sokol were elected to the Hurley School Board of Education Tuesday. They were among three people seeking two open seats on the five-member board. Mattson, of Kimball, received 785 votes. Sokol, of Hurley, had 725 votes. James Clement, of Saxon, finished in third place with 329 votes. Incumbents Joel Enking, of Oma, and Mark Wendt, of Montreal, did not seek re-election. Mattson and Sokol will join Joe Simonich, of Kimball, Mike Fontecchio, of Kimball, and Dave Pajula, of Montreal. — Cortney Ofs...
MERCER — Incumbent Micki Pierce-Holmstrom and newcomer Noel Brandt were elected to the Mercer School Board of Education Tuesday. Brandt tallied 377 votes and Pierce-Holmstrom had 350 votes. Paul Juske finished in third with 246 and Tanner Hiller finished with 238. Brandt and Pierce-Holmstrom will join Kelly Kohegyi, Deanna Pierpont and Denise Thompson on the board....
MERCER — It was a tight race for the Mercer Town Board of Supervisors during Tuesday’s general election, with five votes separating two candidates. Incumbent James Lambert was re-elected to the board with 420 votes. Challenger John Sendra edged out Victor Ouimette 348-343. Incumbent Charles Schroepfer did not seek re-election. — Cortney Ofstad...
MONTREAL, Wis. — Mitchell Koski won re-election as mayor of Montreal in Tuesday’s general election. He ran unopposed and received 114 votes. Two incumbents were also re-elected to the Montreal City Council, including Karen Secor in Ward 1 with 116 votes, and Joseph Leoni in Ward 2 with 52 votes....
IRONWOOD - State Rep. Scott Dianda, D-Calumet, toured three downtown arts locations Monday, including the Historic Ironwood Theatre, Downtown Art Place and the Art Studios on Aurora Street. While at the theater, Dianda listened to Bruce Greenhill, executive director of HIT, who discussed the renovations done to the building. "So many communities across Michigan would die to have this theater," Dianda said. At DAP, Dianda said the displays were "beautiful," and he was impressed by the...
EAST LANSING (AP) - A vicious ice storm that made Christmas week a nightmare from the Midwest to Maine shattered hundreds of trees at Michigan State University, where inch-thick layers of ice snapped thick limbs and trunks of stately towers that had stood for generations. It was a distressing sight for a campus billed as an urban forest where scientists since the 1800s have kept records of every tree, where native oaks and maples coexist with exotic Siberian elms and Japanese pagodas. But amid...
IRONWOOD - With today's rapidly changing technology, textbooks, pencils and paper are becoming things of the past in the classroom. Teachers and students are finding creative ways to discuss different subjects, including the uses of PowerPoint, iPads and other software or devices. In Ted Sim's eighth grade history class, students are assigned three projects on the Civil War. The first involves events of the war, the second covers battles and the third involves main ideas or themes of the war....
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - A law enforcement sting operation targeting adults who prey on children in northeastern Wisconsin has netted 19 arrests. Authorities say several men are in custody on possible charges of child enticement, trafficking a child and use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime. The three-day sting involved about 75 officers from at least seven agencies who posted an ad on Craigslist.com. It didn't take long before the responses started rolling in, investigators said....
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) - Two Wisconsin brothers lost their trucks in Lake Winnebago after the vehicles broke through thinning ice. Robert Lobajeski's truck went through the ice first after the pair finished riding their motorcycles on the ice. His brother, Brett Lobajeski, tried to pull the truck out, but his truck went in, too. "We were finished riding for the day and I was out picking up the cones to get them back on the truck," Robert Lobajeski told The Reporter Media. "I just drove off the...
HURLEY - People explored a variety of items during a craft fair Saturday at the Iron County Memorial Building in Hurley. According to event organizer Kathy Koski, all of the proceeds from the fair benefitted the Iron County Memorial Building Restoration Committee. Seventeen vendors participated in the fair, including homemade bakery, wooden toys, rugs made by the Iron County Historical Society and a raffle for a quilt from the Northern Lights Quilters Guild. "We have 17 vendors, but we have...
WAKEFIELD - More than 50 people braved frigid water temperatures for the eighth annual Polar Plunge benefitting Regional Hospice. Jumpers took to the shores of Sunday Lake in Wakefield to dive in honor of friends and family members who suffer or have suffered from terminal illnesses. According to Mary Oberto, volunteer coordinator for Regional Hospice, the event last year raised nearly $15,000, and the totals from this year's fundraiser would be released sometime later this week. "All of the...
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield Public Library held an open house for former library board president Eugene Maki Sunday afternoon. Maki served as board president for 50 years, until this past winter when he decided to step down from the position. "Well, I want to give somebody else a chance," said Maki, "I'll miss everything they have and the people who work here." "I'll miss his leadership and knowledge of not just our library, but all libraries," said library director Denise Engel. "He's the...
BESSEMER - Regional Hospice of Bessemer recently hired three new faces for its organization: the Rev. Kurt Kovanen, social services worker Jennifer Rye and social worker Ken Hansen. Kovanen was hired last October as a part-time chaplain. "I provide spiritual support, encouragement and a listening ear," he said. "My goal is to be with and help people as they complete their lives' journey." Rye brings 22 years of social work experience to Regional Hospice. "My hope is to support the community in...
"Mr. Ranger! Mr. Ranger! I think I see a squirrel track!" "What's a cedar tree used for?" "My ski poles are too long!" Children have lots of important things to say when they go to the woods, and that's what 54 second graders from Ironwood's Sleight Elementary School did on March 11. They were accompanied by volunteers, teachers and guides from the U.S. Forest Service on a cross-country nature ski on the trails at Wolverine Ski Area in Ironwood Township. Their nature ski was a chance for these...
Cold temperatures and snow in other parts of the country adversely impacted the local cross country ski business this winter. Despite the setbacks, many trail organizers said the season went well, with "excellent conditions" all around. ABR Ski Trails in Erwin Township close Sunday at 5 p.m. According to co-owner and operator Eric Anderson, the plan is the same each winter. "We plan every year to normally go through the last weekend in March," Anderson said. "We had a good season, lots of...
First, the good news: There's no chance of snow or rain today or Sunday in Ironwood and the high will reach 46 degrees. Then, the bad news: There's a 90 percent chance of precipitation on Monday and Tuesday. With a high of around 40 predicted, it would likely come down as rain, but it could create more of the slush that made driving hazardous on Thursday evening. Ironwood received a mix of rain and snow into Thursday evening, with .39 inch of precipitation recorded at the Gogebic-Iron...
DETROIT (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday extended federal recognition to the marriages of about 300 same-sex couples that took place in Michigan before a federal appeals court put those unions on hold. Holder's action will enable the government to extend eligibility for federal benefits to the Michigan couples who married Saturday, which means they can file federal taxes jointly, get Social Security benefits for spouses and request legal immigration status for partners, among other...
MARENISCO - The Marenisco Township Police Department is warning of "increasingly dangerous" conditions on Lake Gogebic. MTPD rescue units, along with the Lake Gogebic Fire Department and Marenisco EMS, have conducted several retrievals of vehicles stuck in deep slush on the lake. The rescues have occurred in areas 500 yards or more off shore and out toward the middle of the lake. Areas of slush up to 3 feet deep exist under a light snow cover. Snowmobiles operating in the areas are subject to...
With many residents thinking spring, local winter attractions are wrapping up in preparation for warmer weather. Frigid weather dominated the ski season, leading to a drop in numbers at local ski hills and on snowmobile trails, despite excellent conditions. Snowmobiling In Iron County, snowmobile trails are set to close on March 31 at 11:59 p.m. According to Dorrene O'Donnell, executive director of the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce, it was a "steady year" for snowmobiling, despite sub-zero...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Mary Foster, of Bessemer, recently returned from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., traveling through a college organization at Ferris State University. Foster, a 2011 graduate of A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, visited the nation's capital as part of College Republicans. "I just joined the group this semester," Foster said. "It was the first semester it got back and running after a few years of not having it." Politics is...
ANN ARBOR (AP) - Great Lakes levels will continue rising and falling in often unpredictable ways and people should learn to deal with the changes instead of trying to tame nature with costly engineering projects, experts said Thursday. Donald Scavia, director of the University of Michigan's Graham Sustainability Institute, announced a wide-ranging study of ways to adapt to up-and-down water levels during a seminar at which about 50 Great Lakes policymakers, scientists and advocates debated...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Six companies and two municipal entities have offered to pay a total of $56 million to help with the massive cleanup of contaminants in the Fox River in northeastern Wisconsin, a project estimated to cost $1 billion. If a federal judge approves the settlement among state and federal authorities and two American Indian tribes, the eight parties could be released from claims that they were partly responsible for polluting the river with PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls,...
