Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] LANSING — Governor Gretchen Whitmer awarded more than $1.7 million in Neighborhood Enhancement Program grants on Tuesday, including $45,000 to the city of Ironwood and $30,000 to the Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency. According to the release, these grants will help make necessary home repairs, energy efficient upgrades and neighborhood amenity improvements. The release says these rehabilitation activities can be used to lower costs for homeowners. “Every Michigander deserves a safe, aff...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] HURLEY - The Aging and Disability Resource Center of the North will host the third annual "Across the Borders" Senior Information and Awareness Walk on the Iron Belle Trail from Hurley to Ironwood Depot Park from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will feature booths spread out across that segment of the trail, from more than 20 local organizations which handle the care of seniors in various locations across both Michigan and Wisconsin. These include human service...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] ONTONAGON - Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park offers a scenic overview of Lake of the Clouds, but some people may be unable to fully experience the view because of their colorblindness. To make the overlook more inclusive to people with color deficiencies, park staff unveiled two scenic viewers with filters that help them see colors on Wednesday. "Color blindness can make visits to nature less appealing. While people with normal color vision s...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council agreed to “get the ball rolling” for work on Second Avenue by authorizing Jeff Seamandel of the consulting firm MSA Professional Services to bring a contract for them to sign to their next meeting in July. Street Commissioner Scott Santini said that this project will run the length of Second Avenue from Bernard to Iron streets. Seamandel said that work would not start until 2026. He said that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation would take out the aspha...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — Park progress provided good news at Monday evening’s meeting of the Ironwood City Commission, with members approving two projects aimed at enhancing two city parks. Commissioners voted to approve payment of $8,400 to Coleman Engineering Company to complete a survey in relation to Phase 2 of the city’s Southern Beltline Trail Acquisition. Community Development Director Tom Bergman noted that the city received a trust fund grant in 2018 from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to purch...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The city of Wakefield planning commission considered implementing an ordinance to regulate chickens on residential properties. According to city manager Rob brown there is a surplus of residences that maintain chickens within the city. He said under the current code residents are allowed to have as many chickens as they would like as long as they are not within 175 feet of another dwelling. He said the current code is very vague and doesn’t event specify whether or not roosters are permitte...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — Staffing shortages were the driving force behind several items that the Iron County Finance Committee discussed at their monthly meeting on Thursday, including a possible wage raise for county employees for 2023. Prior to the meeting, county supervisor Thomas Thompson asked that the wage raise be put on the agenda for discussion and possible action. Thompson said that he supported an increase in county employees’ wages, but he thought that the raises should be set by the department hea...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - After a related public hearing that drew no public comment, the Ironwood City Commission passed a new fiscal budget of $15,180,000 on Monday evening. The new budget, for which the vote was unanimous, will cover the fiscal year starting on July 1 and ending on June 30, 2023. "The budget is a living and breathing document that can be amended at any time throughout the year," reminded Paul Linn, finance director and treasurer. Linn, who presented...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — Persistent rain on Saturday morning reduced participation in two normally popular annual events in Mercer: the Lupine Junefest and the Mercer Bird Fest, both based in Carow Park. However, the people who did participate did not let the weather get in the way of a good time. That included nearly 100 bikers who chose varying Junefest routes that included the pleasure in seeing pink, purple and white lupines in full bloom along roadsides and next to various bodies of water. Brothers Bill W...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — Despite the rain, members of the local LGBTQ community and their allies celebrated the second annual Pride U.P. Saturday in Ironwood’s Downtown City Square. The event featured vendors, a free community lunch and live music. Some of the booths offered miniature pride flags, stickers and T-shirts. Some children ran around the park collecting the little flags and stickers, and hula-hooped to the music. Many people had various pride flags dra...
BESSEMER - The Bessemer Downtown Development Authority is seeking bids to have the concrete removed between the curb and the sidewalk between East Sellar Street and East Colby Street on South Sophie Street. DDA staff person Samantha Dorr said that funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development only covered the concrete demolition up to the southmost point of Sophie Street and cannot cover the north three quarters of the street. According to Dorr the city can pay for the...
WATERSMEET - Pint-sized pomp and circumstance took the lead on Thursday as Watersmeet K-12 School celebrated its kindergarten graduation in the cafeteria. Superintendent and Principal George R. Peterson, III provided the welcome, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance by the "Class of 2034." James Williams Jr., tribal chairman of the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, thanked teachers and noted the importance of education before leading the tribe's drum band in an honor...
BESSEMER – The Bessemer Planning Commission went over a draft ordinance to regulate short-term rentals during its regular meeting on Tuesday night. “It’s very thorough, there’s no question about it,” said councilman and committee member Terry Kryshak. The ordinance will require all short-term rental companies provide the city with a local agent. City manager Charly Loper said this person would have to be available to accept phone calls on a 24-hour basis, have a key for the property and be able to get there within 60 minutes. The ordinance...
SAXON, Wis. - Volunteer firefighters were roused from their beds around 3 a.m. on Wednesday to respond to a fire in Saxon Harbor, Saxon-Gurney Fire Department Chief Stacy Ofstad told the Daily Globe on Wednesday. Thanks to their rapid response, Ofstad said the fire was extinguished around 7:30 a.m. and there were no injuries. The fire was contained to a beach on the east side of Oronto Creek, Ofstad said. The fire destroyed some driftwood on the beach, but Ofstad said that mother nature helped p...
IRONWOOD - Ongoing problems at the Historic Depot Park in Ironwood prompted the Ironwood Parks and Recreation Committee to consider setting a curfew on the depot park pavilion at their regular meeting on Tuesday. Committee chair Sam Davey said "the kids are just out of hand" at the park and proposed the curfew so they will have to leave the pavilion by a certain time or face charges for trespassing. The committee discussed a curfew time of 7 p.m. or 30 minutes before sunset, with the exact time...
IRONWOOD – Ankur Rungta, a business owner who hopes to open a retail marijuana establishment called QPS Holdings on 100 W. Cloverland Drive in Ironwood, recently presented an amended site plan for his establishment to the Ironwood Planning Commission, which was discussed in a public hearing on Thursday. Director of Community Development Tom Bergman clarified to the commission that QBS Holdings does not have a retail marijuana establishment license and is not pre-approved for one. However, they wanted to amend their already proposed site plan i...
WAKEFIELD - Monday's beautiful weather was a great send-off for kids finishing their final day of the year at Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School. In celebration of the event, the kids lined up to receive icees and popcorn and then hung out with friends on the athletic field. The scene was totally relaxed, unlike the past couple years when the COVID-19 pandemic put a consistent damper on any and all activities. Students told the Globe that recent months had felt fairly normal, or as sixth grader...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Economic Development Corporation hear a presentation from Lisa McKenzie, an assistant regional planner with the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region office, about the results of WUPPDR’s housing study at their meeting on Wednesday. McKenzie said that the study was funded by the Economic Development Administration as part of the Pandemic Response and Resilience Plan of 2021. The study covered Gogebic, Baraga, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon cou...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY - Kindergarteners from the Hurley K-12 School received their diplomas in a Thursday graduation program, but not before they performed a song and shared with the audience their dream careers. The long line of tykes took an extended snake walk throughout the school auditorium before lining up on the stage to perform the song "What I Am" by the rapper Will.i.am. Music teacher Jesika Cane directed the kids, who all wore matching turquoise T-shirts over...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — Registration is open for the second annual Gogebic Community College and Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District summer camps. “It is really exciting. It’s the second year we have tried to do some programing targeting middle school students,” said Glen Ackerman-Behr, director of workforce development at GCC. Last year’s program consisted of one camp in Gogebic County and one in Ontonagon County and Ackerman-Behr is excited about expanding the camps this year to include five different...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - All Saints Early Childhood Education Center in Ironwood held a graduation ceremony in the Downtown City Square on Thursday. This year, there were eight graduates from the school's kindergarten program and 13 graduates from its 4K program. After leading her graduating class in prayer and reciting the pledge of allegiance, kindergarten teacher Nicole Hissa invited her students on stage one at a time to accept their diplomas. As they came up,...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — At its monthly meeting on Tuesday, the Iron County Board of Supervisors passed an amendment to the county’s land use ordinance recommended by the Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee. Assistant Zoning Administrator Gerry Nasi explained to the board that there were two major changes to the ordinance in the amendment. “One is to take the burden off the district attorney and place it on court council (for helping the county deal with property violations). The other...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — In anticipation of the today’s last day of school, kindergarteners through sixth graders from Luther L. Wright K-12 School in Ironwood on Tuesday played on the school’s track and football field and in the school gymnasium in a “blast off” to summer. The event was coordinated by the Ironwood PTO. “In the past, we’ve called it ‘field day,’ but this year, we totally switched it up with the bounce houses and stuff, so we called it ‘summer...
Chris Ouellette, a spokesperson for Xcel Energy based in Eau Claire, said Tuesday morning in an email at 10:30 a.m. that 4,700 customers were without power in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in Michigan and Iron and Vilas counties in Wisconsin. By noon, the number without power was down to 3,947. At 1:30 p.m., 3,643 customers were without power. Ouellette said crews were out responding to a number of locations where a problem was reported. One problem, perhaps a tree down on a power line, could mean one set of customers were without power there,...
