Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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The Gogebic Range Trail Authority held a cleanup session Saturday afternoon along Trail 2, a snowmobile/ATV trail in western Gogebic County. Volunteers met in Bessemer early Saturday morning before gathering in Hurley to begin cleaning the trail back into Michigan. Volunteers were headed up by GRTA treasurer Lisa Hetfeld, GRTA secretary Christina Youngberg and ATV club president Ross Kolesar. A total of 22 people participated in the cleanup, including members of the Western U.P. Trail...
IRONWOOD - Friends of the Library hosted its annual spring book fair at the Ironwood Memorial Building on Saturday to offer bookworms great deals on used books and raise money for the Ironwood Carnegie Library. "People donate books from the community, and then they come and buy books," said Gayle True, a member of Friends of the Library. "It's just like a big old recycling of books." True said the Friends have been hosting the book fair for many years. "It seems to be real popular and people...
WAKEFIELD - The days of the old police car with the CB radio and spotlight are over. The radio and spotlight are still there, but Sgt. Glenn Gauthier, of the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post, said the role of a state trooper is becoming more mobile, and the vehicle is making that a reality. "This is a trooper's office," he said motioning to the dark blue Dodge Charger with the red cherry button-light on top. The vehicle is loaded to the dome-light with technology, some of which has been...
IRONWOOD - It's not every day that a father and son dress up in green gowns and walk a stage in front of hundreds of people, but that's exactly what happened at Gogebic Community College's commencement ceremony on Friday. Jim Chiapuzio, 51, graduated with an associate of applied technology degree, and his son, Jordy, 20, graduated with an associate of arts degree in criminal justice. "I'm glad to be done," Jim Chiapuzio said. "It was hard, though. After being out 33 years and then having to do...
OMA, Wis. - About 25 people attended a tourism workshop on Thursday to raise awareness of the industry's importance to the Iron County area. The workshop was organized by the Iron County Development Zone and the Hurley and Mercer chambers of commerce. The first speaker was Cindy Burzinski, director of Vilas County Tourism and Publicity, who also sits on Gov. Scott Walker's Council on Tourism. Burzinski discussed the economic impacts of tourism for Iron County, customer service statistics and...
MERRILL, Wis. (AP) - Prairie River Middle School teacher Mark Pugh didn't know what to expect last school year when he started hanging posters around the school, inviting students to participate in a wooden canoe-making workshop. For the past several summers, Pugh, a technical-education instructor at the school, has been trekking to Brooklin, Maine, to attend courses at the WoodenBoat School, a prestigious program that teaches niche skills related to the art of wooden boat-building and repair....
MARENISCO - Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District superintendent Bruce Mayle discussed the possible consolidation of the Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco school districts on Thursday evening at the Marenisco Township Hall. Consolidation of the two districts will appear on the August ballot. If passed, the move would occur on July 1, 2015. The presentation was conducted to discuss issues regarding the proposed consolidation and Mayle introduced the history of the school districts,...
By KIM ZECKOVICH Special to the Globe IRONWOOD - John Garske will be the commencement speaker at Gogebic Community College's graduation ceremony this evening at 6:30 in the Lindquist Student Center gymnasium. Garske, a Ferris State University graduate, received an associate of science degree in surveying and topographical drafting in 1973 and a bachelor of science degree in land surveying in 1975. He serves as the president of Coleman Engineering Company. Coleman employs 90 people, including...
"Don't listen to anyone that says you can't do it," said Gogebic Community College student Melissa Baldwin, of Ironwood. She's been told she "can't" again and again, but has defied that statement many times over in her life. Baldwin will graduate Friday evening from GCC with an associate of arts degree in criminal justice, with a concentration in corrections. With a cumulative grade point average of 3.84, she is graduating with high honors status. Baldwin began attending GCC in the fall of 2012,...
IRONWOOD - The general contractor for this summer's Ironwood U.S. 2 reconstruction project said Wednesday work on the detour route will begin around the middle of next week. Tom Schneller, of Snow Country Contracting, Bessemer, addressed about 85 people Wednesday evening at a meeting at the Memorial Building. The session was set up by the Michigan Department of Transportation, which is overseeing the project. The 2014 work will be from the tourist park to Curry Street. "We'll make it a successfu...
IRONWOOD - Last month the Ironwood School Board voted to move students from Sleight Elementary to Luther L. Wright School and students, teachers and parents alike are preparing for the transition. The board approved a majority of the students in the district under one building at LLW and students in pre-kindergarten and the alternative school attending Sleight. The Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District offices being rented at LLW will be moved to Sleight, according to the board's plan....
BESSEMER – Some students head south during their spring breaks to get away from the cold. Others use the time off to recuperate and relax. But 20 students who have taken a German language class at Bessemer's A.D. Johnston High-Middle School took a trip to learn firsthand about European culture. "In history class, right now, they're studying the Cold War," said teacher Tracy Rowe. "Here we are in the middle of Berlin; you talk about being in the Cold War, we're right there." Rowe, who teaches mat...
IRONWOOD - Representatives from area organizations and law enforcement agencies came together for a forum on drug abuse in the area, hosted by the Gogebic and Ontonagon Human Services Coordinating Board at Gogebic Community College Tuesday. Attendees watched presentations from a variety of groups, including the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Tea, the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team, Michigan State Police, Western U.P. Substance Abuse Coordinating Agency and NorthCare Network Substance...
BESSMER - Residents of the Bessemer Area School district rejected a $4.98 million bond referendum to improve the district's two buildings on Tuesday by a slim margin of 62 votes. 33 percent of the 2,800 registered voters in the city and township came to the polls, which were held from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Bessemer City and Township halls. The BAS bond referendum failed by a vote of 431-493. Dave Radovich, BAS district administrator, had been spearheading the bond proposal, and was less than...
IRONWOOD - Hundreds of families made their way to the Pat O'Donnell Civic Center Monday for the annual Range Shrine Club 3-Ring Circus. According to Ray Niemi, Range Shrine Club president and circus chairman, the event originally took place at Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, before moving to the civic center. This year marks the 52nd annual Ahmed Shrine Circus with organizations across the country and Niemi said it's something kids look forward too all year long. "It's an opportunity...
