Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon County Board Tuesday settled a long standing lawsuit aimed at a Revolving Loan recipient who was in default. Spencer Ward had obtained a $117,000 loan from the Revolving Loan Fund to build and operate Woulo Creek Kennels. Only a small part of the debt was repaid. Following a closed session the board agreed to settle the suit for $4,000 a month for 11 months. The county also agreed to accept some of the financial obligations of the Economic Development Corporation. The... Full story
MERCER, Wis. - Area residents are invited to the third annual Women's Heart Healthy Brunch Feb. 8 in Mercer. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mercer Community Center. According to event volunteer Gerri Reynolds, attendees are asked to wear red to support Heart Awareness month in February. "It's a nice occasion to dress up, and it's free to attend," Reynolds said. "It does get more and more popular each year." The event is sponsored by the Mercer Health and Wellness Program, Iron... Full story
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin man who became lodged in the windshield of a car that struck him said he turned to the driver and said, "Hello, I'm the guy you hit on the bicycle." The driver did not respond, but continued on, running a stop sign and hitting another vehicle before he arrived home, the cyclist, Steven Gove, told HTR Media about the Saturday incident. The man finally noticed Gove when he stopped the car outside his home. "He looked at me and said 'Who are you? What are you... Full story
The Martin Luther King holiday brought a return of cold weather to the Gogebic Range Monday after a warm winter weekend. Temperatures returned to around the zero mark and today's high was forecast at only 3 degrees. There was only a slight chance of snow in the forecast, but lake-effect precipitation fell steady throughout Monday morning in downtown Ironwood. The National Weather Service's Marquette office issued a wind chill advisory extending to 10 a.m. today, saying 20-below to 30-below... Full story
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield-Marenisco school board discussed updates on the proposed consolidation of the Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco school districts at its meeting Monday evening. Superintendent Cathy Shamion said a new website of unknown origin, considerconsolidation.com, has appeared on the radar. The website includes a presentation on the benefits of consolidation between the two districts. It also offers a survey for local residents. A group of citizens, not acting in consult with... Full story
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area School Board held its annual organizational meeting Monday at Luther L. Wright School. Officers were all re-elected, including Steve Thomas as president, Ed Rickard as president pro-tem and Marilyn Nezworski as treasurer. During the meeting, the board discussed possible insurance options for student athletes after three families made claims to the district after their children sustained injuries during sporting events. According to superintendent Tim Kolesar, the... Full story
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Account information stolen during the Target security breach is now being divided up and sold off regionally, a South Texas police chief said Monday following the arrest of two Mexican citizens who authorities say arrived at the border with 96 fraudulent credit cards. McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said Mary Carmen Garcia, 27, and Daniel Guardiola Dominguez, 28, both of Monterrey, Mexico, used cards containing the account information of South Texas residents. Rodriguez said they were used to buy tens of thousands... Full story
IRONWOOD - It will be a while before the Smithsonian Institutes exhibit makes its way into Ironwood, but volunteers and project leaders are already planning ahead. More than a dozen citizens attended a meeting Friday to discuss the planning process to have the "Museum on Main Street - The Way We Worked" exhibit from the Smithsonian come to Ironwood. The exhibit is set to arrive in April, and will be on display at the Downtown Art Place from April 4 to May 31, 2015. Ironwood will be one of five... Full story
ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon Township Library is looking for a new librarian. After more than seven years Eric Smith informed the Library Bard that he has accepted a position with the Mason County District Library at its main branch in Ludington. There have been many changes to the library in those seven years, and Smith said he is proud of the advances that he and library assistant Laura Lahaie have accomplished. He noted that groundwork for those advances were already laid by his predecessors.... Full story
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin deer hunters have hauled their kills to roadside taverns or gas stations to be counted for decades, hanging around after the work is done to slug beers, swap stories and show off their trophies. Now, though, the tradition, camaraderie and spending in-person registration generates are in jeopardy. The Department of Natural Resources has proposed moving to online and telephone reporting as soon as this fall. Gov. Scott Walker's deer trustee, Texas researcher James... Full story
DUNMORE, Pa. (AP) - Between the mysteriously banging doors, the odd noises coming from the basement, and the persistent feeling that someone is standing behind them, homeowners Gregory and Sandi Leeson are thoroughly creeped out by their 113-year-old Victorian. So when they put the house in northeastern Pennsylvania up for sale last month, they advertised it as "slightly haunted." Then things got REALLY weird. There were calls from ghost hunters. An open house attracted lots of curiosity... Full story
HURLEY - With the announcement that Super One Foods in Hurley will close in early March, local Wisconsin residents will have to find alternatives to purchase items through state-run programs. According to Zona Wick, health officer for the Iron County Health Department, residents who receive support through the Women, Infants and Children program may have to travel to purchase the items they need. "It has to stay in Wisconsin," Wick said. "At this time, Wisconsin does not have reciprocity with... Full story
WAKEFIELD - As the old saying goes, "Age is just a number." That's the case for a group of skiers from southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Each year since 1971, the group of six has met to ski and reconnect. The title of oldest friend goes to Ralph Norton, 89, of Escanaba. The youngest is Donna Holmes, 70, of Bessemer. "I'm the baby of the group," Holmes said. According to Mary Goodwin, 81, of Russell, Ill., the group first heard of the area through ski expositions in bigger cities. From... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Edwin Fisher, 95, of Sheboygan, Wis., spent part of his birthday month the best way he knows how Friday, skiing with friends at Big Powderhorn Mountain. Born in January of 1919, Fisher has been skiing for 65 years, and is happy to come to Michigan to ski as most of "little hills in Wisconsin aren't much of a challenge." Fisher said he's skied "all over the West," but enjoys coming back to the U.P., especially with friends. Fisher, a retired mechanical engineer with the... Full story
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A boy and a girl hanging out with a group of fellow students in a high school gym were shot and wounded Friday afternoon, and up to three boys may have been involved in the shooting, police said. One boy fled and was captured near his home, and one or two other boys were being sought, they said. The shooting happened at the Delaware Valley Charter High School in north Philadelphia around 3 p.m., authorities said. Surveillance video shows a group of about seven students... Full story
IRONWOOD - Area hunters fear the worst may be yet to come regarding deer numbers in the western Upper Peninsula. Hunters voiced concerns about lack of deer to the Department of Natural Resources at a Thursday meeting attended by about 75 people at Gogebic Community College. One hunter said it was the first time in 40 years he didn't buy a deer license. He said there was no need to because there were no deer in his area. Suggestions from the hunters ranged from closing deer season altogether to... Full story
LANSING (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder announced a plan Thursday to make Michigan more welcoming to immigrants and enticing for foreign investment, and he also pledged to free up more preschool slots for disadvantaged 4-year-olds during his fourth annual State of the State address. The initiatives - along with a pilot project for moving some low-performing public schools to a year-round calendar and helping school districts and municipalities detect financial troubles before they need state... Full story
BESSEMER - To receive $2 million or not to receive $2 million? That is the question. During Thursday's special meeting of the Bessemer School Board of Education, board member Bill McDonald was questioned why he believed Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco school districts would be receiving $2 million from the Michigan Department of Education if they consolidated. According to board member Bob Berg, McDonald told his fellow board members in the past he had a letter from the state saying the school... Full story
MERCER, Wis. - The Mercer School District is battling a group of residents who are upset over an increase in taxes as a result of the $300,000 levy passed Feb. 19, 2013. According to an article on the website Blogspot, 40 residents attended a school board meeting to express their "dismay" about an increased spike in their property taxes. The residents said they were not expecting the large tax increase. In February, the district campaigned to replace the expiring $350,000 referendum, adding... Full story
HURLEY - A Milwaukee woman faces a possible prison sentence of 46 years after being convicted Wednesday by an Iron County jury of being a party to trafficking a child for commercial sex acts and physical abuse of a child. The 10-man, two-woman jury found Nikia Burchette, 28, not guilty of a third count of being a party to the crime of human trafficking, however. The jury deliberated only an hour and 15 minutes before reaching its verdict on the second day of the trial. Iron County Judge Patrick... Full story
LANSING (AP) - The Michigan Civil Service Commission voted Wednesday to impose higher health care costs on about 32,000 unionized Michigan government workers. Roughly 70 percent of Michigan's 47,000 employees have union representation. The commission voted 3-1 at its meeting in Lansing to accept wage increases and health benefit terms that an impasse panel had recommended. Commissioners postponed the decision Dec. 18 after deadlocking 2-2 on an alternate proposal that excluded some health care... Full story
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) - When Georgia Rae Mussared's violin progress began flagging four years ago, and with it her irrepressible enthusiasm, her mother, Ronilyn "Roni" Mussared, turned to Google and started searching for a private instructor. Not just any instructor would do. Georgia Rae was particularly interested in honing her fiddling, even more specifically her "old time" fiddling. That's how the Mussareds, of Richmond, Ill., connected with Shawn Drake and began crossing the border... Full story
