Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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NEW YORK (AP) - A Norman Rockwell painting titled "Saying Grace" sold at an auction on Wednesday for $46 million, a record for the Saturday Evening Post illustrator and for any American artwork sold at auction, Sotheby's said. Two people on the telephone bid against each other for nine minutes before the hammer came down, the auction house said. The buyer's identity wasn't disclosed. The painting had a pre-sale estimate of $15 million to $20 million. The $46 million price includes a buyer's...
IRONWOOD - The eighth annual Santa's Headquarters project has its gift distribution today from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Ironwood Memorial Building. This year, the project will help 205 families in Gogebic County, providing gifts to 425 children. According to event organizers, the numbers are up from previous years. "This shows that a lot of people in our community need help," said Jim Mildren, project organizer and volunteer, "There are a lot of hard-working people in this community, and...
BESSEMER - Kikkebusch Glassworks, a glass-blowing studio and art gallery, opened in Bessemer Nov. 23 in the old Presbyterian Church. Holiday customer traffic was good all weekend, Doug Kikkebusch, owner and glassblower, said. "It was a banner day Friday, and we had a steady stream of people all weekend," Kikkebusch said. "It exceeded my expectations." Kikkebusch started looking for a building for his studio and gallery space when he moved to the area from Chicago a couple years ago. He was sold...
From 4 to 8 inches of snow was predicted for tonight and Wednesday throughout the Gogebic Range and cold air is expected to follow. The National Weather Service warned the snow could mix with rain, causing some potentially hazardous driving conditions. A spokesman for the NWS said if the front shifts farther to the east, it could increase snowfall totals. The storm was moving out of the Rockies and tracking into the Upper Midwest, combining with moisture that was streaming up from the Gulf of...
LANSING (AP) - A pro-hunting coalition on Monday received the go-ahead to collect petition signatures aimed at protecting Michigan's ability to hold wolf hunts, putting in doubt efforts to stop the hunts at the ballot box next November. Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management, which includes the Michigan United Conservation Clubs and various hunting organizations, will try to gather 258,000 signatures for the citizen-initiated law. If enough are amassed, the measure would go to receptive...
NEW YORK (AP) - Power up and shop. Millions of Americans took advantage of online deals ranging from free shipping to hundreds of dollars off electronics and half-price clothing Monday, which was expected to be the busiest online shopping day of the year. The spending surge on so-called Cyber Monday came after a disappointing holiday weekend in stores. And it showed that Americans are increasingly comfortable buying items on tablets and smartphones. Early results showed online shopping was up...
BESSEMER — About 72 disabled veterans in Gogebic County are newly eligible for property tax exemptions on their homesteads, John Frello, service officer for the Gogebic County Council of Veterans Affairs said. The veterans must appear before their municipality’s board of review in December to apply the new exemption to the 2013 tax year. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed Senate Bill 352 on Nov. 12, amending the property tax act to include permanently and totally disabled veterans, as well as individually unemployable veterans. The exemption pre...
BESSEMER - Mr. and Mrs. Claus made an appearance at the annual holiday event held by the Knights of Columbus and the Daughters of Isabella in Bessemer Sunday morning. The Knights of Columbus and the Daughters of Isabella held a joint pancake breakfast and bake sale/silent auction at the St. Sebastian School. The Knights of Columbus organized the breakfast, which included a 50/50 raffle. The cost of the all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast was $7 per person and free for children under age 12....
MERCER, Wis. - Santa arrived with a tray of cookies and mingled with partygoers at the senior Christmas party held by the Mercer Lioness Club on Sunday. The Mercer Lioness Club held its annual senior Christmas party at the Mercer Senior Center from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. The club provided food, drinks and various prizes for bingo. Club member Cheri Stratte said the party starts early for the locals. "People start stopping by around noon," she said. The party included door prizes, bingo,...
MARQUETTE - Eighth graders from Ontonagon Area Schools visited Marquette for the school's annual field trip to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum and Shiras Planeterium on Nov. 13. At the museum, education director Barry James introduced students to the location with a short talk about life on the Iron Range. Students were then "turned loose" to find answers to scavenger hunt questions throughout the museum, teacher Ken Raisanen said. Ontonagon students have visited the museum annually since it...
GURNEY- Santa came early this year to Gurney. Santa's arrival was announced not by jingle bells, but by the sound of the fire siren, and the kids got in line to tell him their dearest wishes and answer the question, "have you been naughty or nice?" Santa visited with about 30 children and their families at the Gurney Community Center on Saturday. He arrived in a Saxon-Gurney fire truck, and brought sacks full of toys for the good girls and boys. Santa, of course, knew exactly what each child...
IRONWOOD - Many area residents decided to shop locally Friday to score some deals for the holidays. Today is Small Business Saturday, a nationwide campaign through American Express to stress shopping locally. "Buy local," Trina (Puisto) Portugal, of Fort Atkinson, Wis., formerly of Ironwood, said, while shopping at Uncommon Goods in Ironwood on Friday. "It's awesome, because you find unique stuff you can't find in the big box stores." While some Gogebic Range residents headed out of town to...
MERCER, Wis. - Mercer will hold its Candy Cane Community Christmas Celebration Saturday, Dec. 7. The Candy Cane Parade will begin at 5 p.m. and travel through Mercer's downtown. Parade line-up is at 4:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Park, across from the Mercer Chamber of Commerce. "Parade organizers spurred participation with a lighted float competition, and word out is that entries are amazing," Mercer resident Deanna Pierpont said. Before the parade, the Mercer School Chorale Group and Bill...
(AP) - The holiday shopping season started as a marathon, not a sprint. More than a dozen major U.S. retailers stayed open for 24 hours or more on Thanksgiving Day through Black Friday, and crowds formed early and often over the two days. About 15,000 people waited for the flagship Macy's in New York to open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Long checkout lines formed at the Target in Colma, Calif., on Friday morning. And by the time Jessica Astalos was leaving North Point Mall in Alpharetta, Ga., afte...
IRONWOOD - In a year when deer are scarce in the western Upper Peninsula, Bernard "Bobo" Kolesar, 88, of Ironwood, recovered from a hunting dry spell this season by bagging a spikehorn. Bobo has been hunting for the past 70 years, but didn't have success for the past few years. He has brought home a prize buck more often than not. He shot a buck at age 17 and followed with 11 straight years of bagging bucks following that first hunt. This year, he braved the frigid weather to bag his buck on...
IRONWOOD - With snow totals continuing to rise, local ski hills, cross country ski trails and snowmobile trail groomers are preparing for what could be a banner winter. As of 7 a.m. Thursday, Ironwood had received 27.7 inches of snow this season, with more in the forecast through the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Indianhead Mountain in Wakefield was expected to open today, with the other ski hills in the area set to open in December. "We pride ourselves on being able to offer a longer seaso...
EWEN - An estimated 65 people of all ages were fed at the second annual Southern Ontonagon County Thanksgiving dinner at the Cloverland Senior Center in Ewen early Thursday afternoon. The meal was provided by the Pelkola family, including Melanie and her husband, Ken, along with numerous volunteers. Before organizing this dinner in Ewen, the Pelkola family volunteered at the community Thanksgiving dinners in Bergland for four years. Last year, the dinner in Ewen served around 36 people, along...
BESSEMER - Students at A.D. Johnston Middle and High School in Bessemer put their stacking skills to use, creating sculptures from non-perishable food items. The event ends the schools annual can drive, sponsored by the high school Key Club. Students were asked to bring items in to a specific class hour, and then use the cans to create statues, sculptures and other creative ideas. Each team had 10 minutes to create its masterpiece, and were judged on the stability, height, creativity and use of...
