Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - Gogebic Taconite representatives met with residents in Iron and Ashland counties Wednesday, answering questions and discussing topics related to the proposed iron ore mine near Upson, Wis. According to Bob Seitz, spokesman for G-Tac, the event was "really great." It was the second time the company hosted one-on-one meetings, allowing citizens to speak with G-Tac, accomodating those who may be uncomfortable speaking in a public hearing format, or who were unable to attend previous...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - From a field station in northern Wisconsin, where the previous night's low was a numbing 29 degrees below zero, climate scientist John Lenters studied computer images of ice floes on Lake Superior with delight. It may be hard to think of this week's deep freeze as anything but miserable, but to scientists like Lenters there are silver linings: Heavy ice cover may help raise low water in the Great Lakes and protect shorelines and wetlands from erosion. The extreme...
ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon County EconomicDevelopment Corporation with just $30 in the bank is looking to the Ontonagon County Board to assist in keeping the unit in operation. Wednesday, the EDC held its annual reorganization meeting, acknowledging that it does not know what the future of the organization will be with the state actions which removed more than $600,000 in Revolving Loan Funds to a central organizational board, but left the EDC with some of the duties in qualifying requests for...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Television and radio personality Wink Martindale remembers the day nearly 60 years ago when Elvis Presley's first single, "That's All Right," played for the first time on the radio. It was July 8, 1954, and a fresh-faced Martindale was working as a disc jockey at WHBQ in Memphis. He was at the studio when legendary producer Sam Phillips brought by an acetate copy of the song Presley cut at Phillips' Sun Records. DJ Dewey Phillips - no relation to Sam - played the song on hi...
DETROIT (AP) - Faced with another day of bitter-cold temperatures that kept many Michigan schools, businesses and government offices shuttered Tuesday for a second straight day, some residents donned layer upon layer to brave the elements out of necessity or simple curiosity. With record-low temperatures recorded in some parts of the state and wind chills that made it feel as though it were 30 to 40 degrees below zero in places, emergency officials warned people to stay indoors if at all...
PRESQUE ISLE, Wis. - Students of North Lakeland School in Manitowish Waters are the featured artists of the month for January at the Presque Isle Community Library. Artwork is on display through Feb. 1, with an artists' reception set for Thursday, Jan. 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. A variety of pieces will be shown, created from media including colored pencil, acrylic paint, cut paper, oil pastel, clay and dioramas. Work was created by past and present NLS students of all grades, both in Ann-Marie...
IRONWOOD - The first flower of 2014 bloomed in the wee hours of Jan. 2. Sandy blonde hair, blue eyes, a bundle of joy, according to the new parents, Ron and Aubre Hoeft, of Ironwood. Iris Lillian Hoeft was born at 1:26 a.m. on Jan. 2, making her the first baby born at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in 2014. "She's just perfect," said Aubre. "She has her days and nights mixed up a bit, but she's great." "She's great, everything's great," said Ron. "Everything is different. There's a whole new...
DEARBORN (AP) - Michigan residents on Monday watched - and felt - the thermometer spiral downward to dangerously cold levels as they dug out following a multiday storm that shuttered schools, closed government offices across the state and contributed to at least five deaths. Hundreds of vehicles also strained to start in the plunging temperatures or spun out from slick roadways into snowy side ditches. According to the National Weather Service, 17.1 inches of snow fell in Flint, 18.7 inches...
IRONWOOD - "Snowmobile racing in the 1970s was huge in Ironwood," said Tom Auvinen, Gogebic County Fair Board member and Snowmobile Olympus organizer, "but in the 1980s it started to disappear, so now we are trying to bring it back." Auvinen is a member of the United States Snowmobile Association and has been a snowmobile mechanic for over 30 years. He's one of many volunteers working to revive the Ironwood Snowmobile Olympus. In recent years there has been Pro-vintage racing on an ice track at...
IRONWOOD – 10 people competed in the first Mt. Zion ski race of the season Saturday morning. The race consisted of two runs of Giant Slalom. Registration began at 9 a.m. and was open to all ages. Races will be held at the hill every Saturday for the next 8-9 weeks, said director Jim Vanderspoel. To participate, skiers must fill out a one-time form and register for each individual race. The Mt. Zion ski races have been held annually for over 30 years. Team Z Racing will begin on Jan. 10 at the h...
MERCER, Wis. – The Mercer Cross-County Association (MECCA) ski trail will hold a candlelit ski on Jan. 25 from 6 to 9 p.m. The candlelit trail will begin at the cabin trailhead, loop through the woods and an open field and return to the cabin. Refreshments will be provided. The MECCA trail system boasts 18 km of trails groomed for classic and skate skiing. The trail system is available year-round with hiking and mountain biking in the summer, MECCA Secretary Kelly Martinko said. Dogs are also a...
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...
