Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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RHINELANDER, Wis. - Three weeks after starting Nicolet College's welding program, Chad Lawfer, of Minocqua, was ready to quit. Learning the tig welding process was proving to be more than a challenge. "I have to say, there was one point where I had just had it," Lawfer said. "I was ready to walk." But he didn't, digging deep to persevere. On Dec. 17, Lawfer was named Nicolet's Welding Student of the Year. "Lawfer definitely deserves it," welding instructor Warren Krause said. "He could have...
IRONWOOD - It all started with Sunday pony rides in Minocqua, Wis. Nicole Kuklinski, of Ironwood, was about 4 years old at the time and the pony rides led to her love of everything to do with horses. "Oh yeah, I'm obsessed with it - the whole thing," Kuklinski said. "I live for it. It's my life." Now 18, her love of horses and horse shows has led her to become one of the biggest names in the American Quarter Horse Association Show World. At 9, Kuklinski began taking riding lessons at Karen...
HURLEY - The cause of the fire that destroyed a landmark downtown Hurley restaurant has been determined. According to Hurley Fire Chief Darrell Petrusha, a mechanical failure on the ground floor started a blaze that destroyed Wishbones on Silver Street on Dec. 12. Petrusha said he spoke to the state fire marshal and, after an investigation, found no need for the marshal to come to Hurley. "There was no evidence of foul play, and there was no insurance on the building, so there was no financial...
Wildlife artist Scot Storm, of Freeport, Minn., has been named Ducks Unlimited 2014 Artist of the Year. Storm's painting, "Tranquil Waters," catapulted him into his second Artist of the Year title for DU. A full-time wildlife artist since 1999, he won the 2004-'05 federal duck stamp contest and was also named DU's Artist of the Year in 2005. "That painting actually came from a pond on our homestead," Storm said. "I spend a lot of time out there taking photographs with my friend, Tom Martin,...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - With the Christmas travel season dwindling down, airports across the country are recovering from the rush. Airlines for America, an industry trade organization, projected 25 million passengers would fly during the 12-day Thanksgiving period alone, from Nov. 22 to Dec. 3. The numbers jump to 42 million passengersduring the 21-day Christmas holiday period, from Dec. 17 to Jan 6. While 67 million passengers didn't fly through the Gogebic-Iron County Airport in Ironwood, it was...
HOUGHTON, Mich. (AP) - There's no business like snow business so far this winter in the Copper Country, and many in winter recreation and related businesses say things are just starting to build momentum. "The rentals haven't been crazy yet because people don't expect the snow, but sales have been awesome," Brad Barrette, rentals manager at snowmobile dealership Houghton Powersports, told The Daily Mining Gazette of Houghton. Last weekend, he said, rentals were booked solid, and reservations wer...
SAXON, Wis. - There's good and bad news for fishermen who'd like to get out on Lake Superior from Saxon Harbor to ice fish. The good news is that the ice has been forming rapidly with the sub-zero temperatures. The bad news is massive ice mounds are building up along the shoreline, which will make it difficult for fishermen to get out farther onto the lake, where the fishing's the best. There was open water as far as the eye could see at the harbor just a week or two ago. The cold weather could...
IRONWOOD - A group of snowshoers, locals and visitors to the area, braved bitter temperatures as they participated in the second annual Mark Fitting Memorial Walk Wednesday evening, beginning at the Michigan Information Center. This was the first event in the 2014 Superior Snowshoe Walks, a series of such walks to be held every Wednesday at various locations until March 12. Wednesday's walk was 1.75 miles long, traveling from the information center, through the cemetery and back. The starting...
HOUSTON (AP) - Former first lady Barbara Bush remains hospitalized with a respiratory-related issue, but her condition hasn't changed, a spokesman for her husband's office said Wednesday. Bush, 88, was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on Monday, though it wasn't announced until former President George H.W. Bush's office released a statement Tuesday night. "She is in great spirits, has already received visits from her husband and family, and is receiving fantastic care," the statement...
Editor's note: The Daily Globe has again counted down the top five local stories of the year. The first ranked story centered on developments concerning Gogebic-Taconite's proposed mine near Upson, Wis. UPSON Wis. - The possible return of mining to Iron County by Gogebic Taconite made news throughout 2013 on many fronts. Controversy over the proposed mine continued, with proponents citing the needed hundreds of jobs and opponents voicing environmental concerns. Currently, the company is...
HURLEY - After weeks of discussion, the Iron County Board of Supervisors approved the employee handbook for county employees during a meeting Monday. The finance committee, along with department heads and other employees, worked on the document throughout most of December, finally presenting the handbook to the full board. Board members had some questions about the document, asking for clarifications. Supervisor James Lambert, of Mercer, questioned the use of the term "at-will" when describing...
HONOLULU (AP) - The government's rehabilitated health insurance website has seen a December surge in customer sign-ups, pushing enrollment past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration says. Combined with numbers for state-run markets, that should put total enrollment in the new private insurance plans under President Barack Obama's health law at about 2 million people through the end of the year, independent experts said. That would be about two-thirds of the administration's original goal...
"To become thicker-skinned. I'm such a baby and I shouldn't let so many things get to me." - Kayla Mickelson, Hurley...
BESSEMER - In April 2013, former Bessemer resident Kenneth Wayne Peters stood trial for murdering his 79-year-old wife, Ethel Grzena-Peters, the previous August. Peters' wife was reported missing Aug. 3, 2012, from their Bessemer home and her body was found 10 days later in Watersmeet Township. Grzena-Peters had dementia and Peters told officers he believed she had wandered off during one of her many walks, however officers found video surveillance of what looked to be Grzena-Peters' truck with...
IRONWOOD - The condemned structure at 213 Bonnie St. has been demolished and work has begun on removing the refuse. Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson told the city commission last week that the removal of the demolished building and the considerable contents is a work in progress. He said different materials in the structure have to be sorted before they can be removed and metal items were trucked away last week. The city is paying Jake's Excavating $53,000 to clean up the blighted parcel....
DETROIT (AP) - Sue Cook is going to the ends of the earth, or what feels like it, to help people try to sign up for insurance under the new federal health care law. The retired nurse is director of a free health clinic in Sanilac County, the largest county in Michigan's Lower Peninsula at more than 960 square miles. And Cook, who also travels the big county in the state's rural Thumb region with a laptop to navigate the troubled federal health care exchange, is finding just how long the road to...
The employment picture in Iron County, which has the highest jobless rate in Wisconsin, didn’t get any better in November. The latest report from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development lists the county with a 13.2 percent jobless rate, compared to 12.1 percent in October and 11.9 percent a year ago. Neighboring Vilas County shot to a 9.5 percent unemployment rate in November from 7.8 percent in October. As a result, Vilas County moved from seventh to fourth in the percentage of residents unemployed. Oneida County worsened from 6.9 p...
MASS CITY — Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment is garnering support for an equestrian campground at the Simar Landing Strip in Mass City. In a letter requesting support from local groups and state officials, Cathy Wainio, of MI-TRALE, noted the organization is in the business of helping build and improve trail recreation across the five western Upper Peninsula counties. The group presently maintains and improves off-road vehicle and equestrian trails under MI-TRALE support and maintenance agreements with the O...
BURTON (AP) - Michigan's lone wild wolverine - the first confirmed since the 1800s - is taking a farewell tour. The stuffed and mounted animal is hitting Monroe and the Flint and Saginaw areas in the new year before "retiring" at the Saginaw Bay Visitors Center at the Bay City State Recreation Area. Stops include the Courtland Center mall in Burton, Castle Museum in Saginaw and the Monroe County Historical Museum, MLive.com reported Friday. The exhibit featuring the animal discovered alive...
