Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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ONTONAGON - The sounds of hammers pounding nails filled the room on Nov. 7 and Nov. 20 at the Ontonagon High School Building Trades program lab as 39 area high school girls participated in Women in Construction events. Students spent the day in the building trades lab constructing an eight-by-eight-foot deer blind just in time for deer season. The events, sponsored by the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District Career Tech Education program, were attended by sophomores and juniors from...
IRONWOOD - Winners in the 2013 Ironwood Gingerbread Contest have been announced. More than 30 entries competed. Participants were judged Thursday afternoon. The candy creations and delicious designs were on display at the Downtown Art Place. The display will continue through Dec. 11, though participants were able to pick up their entries after judging. First place participants received $20, second place received $15 and third place and honorable mentions received $10. -Best Children's Entry...
HURLEY - Two Hurley students received awards through the "Wisconsin Knows Children's Mental Health Matters" poster contest. Kindergartners Olivia DiGiorgio and Miley Kadrlik placed in the statewide poster contest, expressing the theme "My Feelings Matter." Kadrlik placed second and DiGiorgio third, and both said they were "excited" about the awards. According to Pam Snyder, Brighter Futures coordinator and mentor supervisor for the Iron County Human Services Department, the contest was...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela was a master of forgiveness. South Africa's first black president spent nearly a third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, yet he sought to win over its defeated guardians in a relatively peaceful transition of power that inspired the world. As head of state, the former boxer, lawyer and inmate lunched with the prosecutor who argued successfully for his incarceration. He sang the apartheid-era Afrikaans anthem at his inauguration and traveled hundreds of...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Santa Claus is taking a break from preparing for Christmas, making a visit to Ironwood Township on Saturday. Area kids can visit Santa during the third annual Christmas for Kids party at the Ironwood Township gymnasium. The event begins at 11 a.m. The Ironwood Township Fire Department will sell hot dogs, cookies and brownies, and free beverages will be available. Santa will visit at noon, and according to Jyl Olson-DeRosso, township treasurer, he will be available for as long...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama is giving military families a first look at the White House Christmas decorations. Family dog Bo, the star of past Obama White House holiday displays, had to share the spotlight with his little sister, Sunny. Two life-sized replicas of the Portuguese water dogs made of satin ribbons are one of the first things an expected 70,000 White House visitors will see this month. Dark chocolate miniatures of the first pets are also part of the annual gingerbread White...
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...
