Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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It's no secret that northern Wisconsin's winter has reached the "very severe" stage, as reflected in Department of Natural Resources readings. The Winter Severity Index reading at Upson stood at 107 through the end of February. A reading of 100 is considered to be very severe on the DNR's scale. The index measures days with snow of at least 18 inches and temperatures below zero, so at least another 20 points could be added to Upson's total for March. The same holds true for Mercer, with a...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Eighty-five people took part in the last official snowshoe walk of the Superior Snowshoe Group under a beautiful moon at the Wolverine Ski Trails Wednesday. "You could not have asked for a better evening," said Sam Davey, one of the event's organizers. The last walk of the season was followed by a potluck, along with a cookout. "Everyone brought some amazing food to pass around along with hamburgers, brats and hot dogs on the grill," Davey said. "No one went away hungry with...
IRONWOOD - Three Ironwood eighth grade students were named the local winners of the 45th annual America and Me Essay Contest recently. Angelina Jarvi placed first in the event, while MaKenzie Marshall and Madison Clausen placed second and third. All three received award certificates, and Jarvi's name will be engraved on a plaque for permanent display Luther L. Wright School in Ironwood. The topic for the 2013-'14 essay was "My Personal Michigan Hero." Jarvi wrote about her mother, Marshall...
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — A gray wolf that fled Isle Royale National Park across a Lake Superior ice bridge and was found dead on the mainland had been shot with a pellet from an air gun, officials said Friday. The 5-year-old female, nicknamed “Isabelle” by researchers who monitor wolves and moose on the island park, was described as a loner that had been bullied by other wolves. She escaped this winter, seizing the rare opportunity to traverse at least 15 miles of ice separating Isle Royale from an area along the U.S.-Canadian border. Isabe...
IRONWOOD - Sixteen high schools, including 26 teams, competed in the annual Spring High School Quiz Bowl Invitational Tournament at Gogebic Community College Thursday. Schools were Bessemer, Chassell, Ironwood, Wakefield-Marenisco, Baraga, Hurley, Bayfield, Phillips, West Iron County, Hancock, Phelps and Houghton. Many schools brought more than one team to the tournament, including teams for both varsity and junior varsity. Ironwood High School's first team edged Houghton High School in the...
By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor When it comes to shepherd's pie, there are those who toe a rather strict line, and there are those who go with the comfort food flow. The former group will maintain that shepherd's pie must be made with only certain meats and certain toppings, and must be prepared in a certain way. I fall into the latter group, a freewheeling bunch willing to reinvent shepherd's pie based on whim and convenience. In my case, so long as there is a meat - any meat will do - on the...
HURLEY - The Iron County Board of Supervisors moved to evict the LCO Harvest Camp and Educational Program from county land during a special meeting Thursday. For more than an hour, members of the county board met with legal counsel to discuss enforcing the county's camping ordinance. In December, the Iron County Forestry, Recreation and Parks Committee approved a recommendation to the county board to have the camp evicted for being in violation of the ordinance. People cannot camp on county...
MILTON, Wis. (AP) - A special wheelchair with attached skis has made it possible for a disabled dog to play in the Wisconsin snow. Shiela Lund, of Milton, told The Janesville Gazette that her 10-year-old border collie came home in January, dragging her hind quarters. The dog, Kadee Mae, had broken a bone in her back and was partially paralyzed. But the dog was otherwise healthy and energetic. "I needed to see what I could do to make her life enjoyable and mobile again," Lund said. She ordered a...
BAYFIELD, Wis. (AP) - The popular ice caves on Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands will soon be closed due to ice melt, officials said Wednesday. Access to the caves will close for the season no later than Sunday night, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Superintendent Bob Krumenaker said in a statement. The season was "the longest and best one anyone can remember, and certainly the most popular," he said. "Spring is coming, the ice is weakening and we can see the edge of the ice pack coming...
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - One Wisconsin town among the many dealing with frozen waterways and clogged drains because melted snow has no place to go has tried an explosive new approach: blowing up a creek. Town of Onalaska officials hired an Iowa-based blaster to stick several hundred sticks of plastic explosives in the frozen Sand Lake Coulee Creek and blow it up on Friday. "It was awesome," said town chairman Rolly Bogert. Officials turned to explosives because when it rained on Feb. 23, the...
TRAVERSE CITY - After months of planning, organizing and preparing, the work paid off. On Tuesday morning, "History Prize," an international tourism event organized in Ironwood, won the Jumpstart contest during the 2014 Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Tourism. It was one of five statewide proposals competing at the conference. According to History Prize organizer Mara MacKay, the feeling is "tremendous. It is such a relief, but also joy for the future," she said. "It is such an honor of t...
LANSING (AP) - Olympic gold medalist ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White were honored in Lansing on Tuesday while visiting the home state Capitol they once toured as school kids. Gov. Rick Snyder and legislators paid tribute to the first Americans to win an Olympic ice dance title. They grew up in suburban Detroit, where they still train, and attend the University of Michigan. Snyder said they are "Michiganders through and through" and residents could not ask for better ambassadors for...
KALAMAZOO (AP) - Western Michigan University's new medical school will be named after the founder of the medical technology company Stryker Corp., officials announced Tuesday. The Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine will be housed at the W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus downtown and welcome its first class this fall. Dr. Homer Stryker was a Kalamazoo orthopedic surgeon and medical device inventor. "Dr. Homer Stryker's lifelong efforts to develop innovative medical products...
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield city council held a public hearing on its five-year recreation plan Monday evening. No public comments were made. The council adopted resolution 213, which approved the plan. It also approved a capacity agreement with American Electric Power for 2016-17. City manager John Siira said the council had a similar agreement with Great Lakes Utility. However, now that the city is working with AEP, a new agreement was necessary. The council approved a 35-page Title VI...
Temperatures in the 50s and sunshine across the Gogebic Range on Monday carved a substantial chunk out of winter's snow accumulation. Ironwood posted a 55-degree reading by 3 p.m. The high for northern Wisconsin at that time was 57 at Arbor Vitae. The melt-down won't last for long, however, as the National Weather Service predicts a Wednesday high for Ironwood at 13. Although Ironwood recorded a high of 40 for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Monday, the snow didn't melt much on Sunday because it...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees had a somber meeting Monday after the passing of the Ironwood Township fire chief Jamie Peite. Peite died unexpectedly March 5, and in honor of his service to Ironwood Township, the board started the meeting with a moment of silence. Later in the meeting, the board heard a brief presentation from Dennis Ireland of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Local Assistance State Team. The group has been assisting the Ironwood Township...
By SARA MOULTON The Associated Press Invented in Buffalo, N.Y., during the '60s, Buffalo chicken wings have become a national favorite. Big surprise! If fat is where the flavor is, and if everyone's a sucker for flavor, Buffalo chicken couldn't lose. A mad scientist dreaming up the Frankenstein of comfort foods might've come up with something very like Buffalo chicken wings. It starts with the fattiest part of the bird - the wings - which then are deep-fried, tossed into a vat of melted butter...
BESSEMER - Bright sunshine, mostly clear blue skies and temperatures in the low 20s welcomed participants of the annual snowshoe walk offered by Bessemer American Legion Post 27 Saturday afternoon. About 20 area residents came out to enjoy the warmer weather and help stave off cabin fever for Saturday's event, offered by the Legion to help the post and give the community something to do, Commander Russ Johnson said. Walkers made an hour-long trek through Bluff Valley Park, traveling between 1...
