Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 910 - 934 of 9883
MARQUETTE — Michigan State Police and other local law enforcement officials are reminding the public about the importance of wearing a seatbelt as the Memorial Day holiday weekend approaches. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning is launching a “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement campaign that runs May 16 to June 5. Lt. Mark Giannunzio, MSP’s public information officer for the U.P. based in Marquette, said they will have extra patrols out in the coming weeks as part of an effort to remind motorists to buckle up. “In times of...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Luther L. Wright middle and high school vocal students offered their annual spring concert at the Historic Ironwood Theatre on Saturday night. The concert theme's was "world unity and brotherhood," which vocal music director Darin Schmidt said felt appropriate for a community and society just coming out of a global pandemic. The concert began with the middle school choir Ayer Street Voices. The students performed a variety of songs including...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - Several people came to the Bessemer Downtown Development Authority meeting on Wednesday evening to hear a discussion about the possibility of purchasing colored, stamped concrete to be laid down along U.S. 2 as part of the ongoing highway reconstruction project. The idea was to fill the space between the curb and sidewalk with the concrete instead of grass from Mill Street to Peck Street, and the DDA was going to pay for it. However, the...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HANCOCK — There were almost 100 new COVID-19 cases but zero deaths across the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department’s five counties in seven days from May 4-11, a Wednesday briefing from the health department says. Most of the new COVID-19 cases were in Houghton County, which had 60 new cases. There were also 18 new cases in Gogebic County, eight new cases in Ontonagon County and three new cases each in Baraga and Keweenaw counties, for a total of 92 new cases. The seven-day case count went up...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] The Gogebic Range Trail Authority will perform a spring cleaning on Saturday of the snowmobile and ATV trails going from Marenisco west to the Montreal River and the border with Wisconsin, trail authority president Steve Hamilton said. GRTA members will use chainsaws to break down and remove fallen trees that are blocking the way, pick up trash and brush the trails, Hamilton said. State of Michigan ATV trails officially opened on April 1 and multi-use trails are open all year, but Hamilton told the D...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD - After months of anticipation, planning and fundraising to build a skate park on the Eddy Park tennis courts by middle school students at the Wakefield-Marenisco School, a monkey wrench has now been thrown in, which may alter their plans within weeks of opening. Area pickleball players Lorraine Mussatti and Julie Hautala made a request to the Wakefield city council on Monday for permission to create two pickleball courts on the same tennis...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — As warmer temperatures melt the last of the snow, Street Commissioner Scott Santini and Water Manager Gary Lugana provided the Hurley City Council with a public works update at its regular meeting on Tuesday. Santini informed the council that there was a “serious undermining” of a drain on Fifth Avenue in Hurley and he went out for bids to replace the drain. The council approved a $8,500 contract with Ross Peterson Construction for the replacement. Santini said that Cary Park is open as of...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Twenty-eight nurse graduates celebrated National Nurses Day on Friday by receiving pins and their degrees from Gogebic Community College. The college's Associate Degree in nursing program's pinning ceremony took place prior to graduation in a classroom on campus. The event marks the student's successful completion of educational nurse training and transition into the nursing profession. During the ceremony, GCC president George McNulty and...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission set a public hearing for 5:20 p.m. on June 13 on an amendment to the marijuana establishment ordinance. Director of Community Development Tom Bergman said the draft includes licenses for two additional retail marijuana establishments. “I would just say this to the public: this would be their opportunity, then. This would be their opportunity to either talk about going forward or holding the course,” city commissioner Jim Mildren said about the public heari...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] High winds caused power outages across the region on Monday that continued into Tuesday. Xcel Energy reported 1,200 customers in the Gogebic County and northern Iron County were without power Monday evening as crews were worked to restore power, according to spokesperson Chris Ouellette. "There were a lot of trees down on power lines," she said. She said some 800 customers were still without power Tuesday morning as new crews were brought in to...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board agreed to purchase two trucks at its regular meeting on Monday morning. Airport manager Michael Harma reported to the board that his search for a new or used jet fuel truck has been fruitless because he has been unable to find one with the desired type of engine. Board member Brandon Snyder suggested they purchase the rental truck the airport has been using instead. The board authorized Harma to negotiate the purchase of the rental from the vendor at a...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Ten eighth grade students from the Wakefield Marenisco School District got up early on Mother's Day morning to wait tables at the Wakefield VFW Post 9084, in an effort to raise funds for a skate park to be built on the Eddy Park tennis courts. The students came up with the idea during a social studies class last fall and presented it to the city planning commission. After some discussion, the commission and the city council approved their id...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — The town of Mercer board of supervisors voted to repeal an ordinance passed requiring that any person residing in the town keep their dog tied and upon their own premises on Thursday. The town will now adhere to the Iron County animal ordinances. “The sheriff’s department and the health department work together with dog bites,” supervisor Eric Snow said. “All that stuff is very thoroughly tracked. I believe it’s not even a three-strike policy. I believe if there’s a second aggres...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer veterans organizations are selling poppies to aid veterans near and far. Members of Bessemer VFW Post 3673 and American Legion Post 27 were out in the community offering the small, red silk flowers for a donation on Friday and will be out again today, according to VFW Post Commander Donna Frello. Proceeds from poppy sale will go towards the service members relief fund to help veterans in need of assistance, said Frello. Locally, the funds help with things such as gas cards a...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY - In Wisconsin, the Iron County Highway Department is hoping to pave some roads in the gap between the winter seasons. Department head Mike Swartz said they have two levels of projects: they maintain county highways by themselves and collaborate with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation on state highways. On the state level, Swartz said they are repaving part of U.S. 51 with a mill and overlay from Iron Street in Hurley to County Road C...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Library will continue to forgive all overdue fines that have been accrued by patrons so far this year and will not be charging fines until after May 27. Librarian Carly Rusch said that the library has not been charging fines since the pandemic began as the library did not want to place a harsh financial burden on those that were already financially strapped. “It was an unspoken fact that we were pretty lenient about charging fines,” said library president Lorraine Mussa...
IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College will hold its 88th commencement ceremony at the Lindquist Student gymnasium on Friday at 6 p.m. This will be the first in-person ceremony the college has held since 2019. The last two years, the college has held its graduation ceremony online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduates from 2020 and 2021 have been invited back to participate in Friday’s ceremony. The college will be awarding approximately 180 degrees and certificates including: 36 Associate of Arts degrees, 43 Associate of Applied Sci...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] As the sun and warmer temperatures melt the sheets of ice covering the inland lakes in northern Wisconsin, many outdoor recreation enthusiasts are starting to take their boats and kayaks out on the water for the first time since the 2021-2022 winter season. The general inland fishing season begins in Wisconsin on Saturday. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Fisheries Management's hook and line fishing guide, the...
ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County Cancer Association officials have announced that the association has received a $10,000 donation from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Chris Maksym, a member of the BCBSM Board of Directors and former White Pine resident, said the aim of the donation is to increase access to affordable health care and improved, quality health care to the region. Maksym said he feels that is what the OCCA does with its free breast and prostate testing programs for Ontonagon County residents and its effort to spread cancer a...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Parks and Recreation Committee met with members of the Gogebic Conservation District on Monday to learn more about the conservation district's services and to request its assistance in developing a forest management plan for the city. Director of Community Development Tom Bergman said that while working with U.S. Forest Service botanist Ian Shackleford about volunteer-coordinated invasive species removal at the Mt. Zion Ski...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - The author of the 2021-2022 Great Michigan Read "The Women of the Copper Country," Mary Doria Russell, was invited to Cold Iron Brewing by the Ironwood Carnegie Library for a "meet the author" session on Thursday. Russell said that the idea for her historical fiction novel "came literally out of left field" as she was sitting in her living room waiting for a baseball game to start one afternoon. She then stumbled upon a PBS documentary...
HURLEY — Hurley Chamber of Commerce officials are preparing for this summer’s running of the Paavo Nurmi Marathon on Saturday, Aug. 13, which will include a new course and several new events centered around Wisconsin’s oldest marathon aimed at getting the community involved. “We are excited about the many new activities that are being added to the Paavo Nurmi Marathon,” said Rita Franzoi, the chamber’s marketing director and events coordinator, in a press release. “The marathon, half marathon and relays are back with a strong committee of...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - For National Arbor Day, Doug Foley - a former teacher at Ironwood Area Schools and co-owner of 906 Tree Service LLC - returned to Luther L. Wright on Friday morning to teach fourth grade students about the importance of trees. The fourth-grade classes of teachers Daniel Negro, Judy Balchik and Rebecca Sim gathered in the school's makerspace room on the second floor to hear Foley's presentation. Foley introduced himself to the classes as an...
