Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
"To become thicker-skinned. I'm such a baby and I shouldn't let so many things get to me." - Kayla Mickelson, Hurley... Full story
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... Full story
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.... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
NEW YORK (AP) - It's one of America's great recycling success stories: Every year, hundreds of thousands of discarded Christmas trees are collected and reused. Many are picked up curbside by local garbage collection services and turned into mulch. But there are other second acts for Christmas trees, too. They're placed on beaches to shore up dunes and sunk in lakes as fish habitats. They've even been milled into lumber for use in building homes. How many of the 25 million to 30 million fresh... Full story
MILWAUKEE (AP) - If you've never done a polar bear plunge before, this New Year's Day might not be the best day to start. In some cold-weather climates, hardy souls ring in the new year with a chilly tradition: jumping into a freezing ocean or lake. They describe the experience as exhilarating and say an icy dip on Jan. 1 makes the rest of the year a lot less challenging in comparison. New Year's Day temperatures tend to range from 25 degrees to 30 degrees across much of Wisconsin and... Full story
IRONWOOD - Singer/songwriter Lydia Patritto will perform at Theatre North Saturday, bringing new, original songs all the way from Nashville. Patritto, formerly of Kimball, Wis., graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in music business management in 2012. Since then, she has been "writing a lot" and working at the Musician's Union in Nashville, working with session and live performance musicians. In addition to writing and working, Patritto also manages a band called The... Full story
READING, Pa. (AP) - Highways in eastern Pennsylvania have been reopened after being shut down for hours because of chain-reaction pileups that ensnared dozens of vehicles on snow-covered roads. No deaths have been reported. Pennsylvania Turnpike officials say 35 vehicles piled up Thursday, blocking westbound lanes and causing a 4-mile backup about 50 miles west of Philadelphia, between the Morgantown and Reading exits. Turnpikespokeswoman Renee Colborn says the highway reopened after 5 p.m. and... Full story
MARQUETTE (AP) - With less than a week left until the end of Michigan's first wolf hunt in decades, hunters had killed fewer than half the maximum 43 allowed. Frigid weather in parts of Upper Peninsula likely has kept the hunt in check. Another factor might be that trapping isn't allowed as it is in some other states with regulated wolf hunts. As of Thursday morning, 21 wolves had been killed in the U.P., according to the state Department of Natural Resources. The hunt that began Nov. 15 will... Full story
HONOLULU (AP) - Rounding out a tough and frustrating year, President Barack Obama signed a bipartisan budget deal Thursday easing spending cuts and a defense bill cracking down on sexual assault in the military, as the president and Congress began pivoting to the midterm election year ahead. Obama put his signature on both hard-fought bills while vacationing in Hawaii, where he has been regrouping with his family since Saturday. The bill signing marks one of Obama's last official acts in a year... Full story
IRONWOOD - Local residents sat down for a community Christmas meal at Woodland Church in Ironwood Wednesday. This is the third year the event has taken place, and according to Pastor Mike Hill, the event gets more popular each year. There is no cost for people to attend the meal, and Hill said helping people was an "indescribable good feeling." "I truly believe this is what God would have us do," Hill said. "And that is taking care of each other." Attendees dined on ham, turkey, mashed... Full story
IRONWOOD - Developments centered on Ironwood's Depot Park, including visits from Gov. Rick Snyder and Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, were voted the Daily Globe's No. 5 story of the year. When Calley visited Jacquart Fabric Products in the industrial park, Bob Jacquart, CEO, asked for a show of hands of people in the crowd who had worked on Depot Park improvements. About 30 hands shot up, or half of those at the gathering. Bricks and sod were placed at the Depot, a pavilion was constructed and a... Full story
I was still fiddling with the focus knob on the spotting scope when the duck flipped up and dove for the bottom of the pond. "Uh oh, that's no mallard," I thought, as I struggled to bring the edge between the open water and the snow-covered ice into sharp focus. Through the binoculars, it appeared the duck out on the Bessemer Area Wastewater Treatment pond might be a mallard, but it was really too far to tell at 10 power. Mallards are dabblers, not divers, and this duck was still underwater... Full story
LITCHFIELD, Maine (AP) - Utility crews from Maine to Michigan and into Canada worked Wednesday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses left in the dark by last weekend's ice storm, and people slowly trickled out of shelters to spend Christmas Day at their finally warm homes. But not everyone was so lucky, including Ashley Walter, who was forced to spend Christmas at a shelter in a school in Litchfield with her husband, Jacob Walter, and their month-old daughter, Leah.... Full story
