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WASHINGTON (AP) — Time running short, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed urgent legislation Friday to avert a government shutdown early next week, and President Barack Obama lectured House Republicans to stop “appeasing the tea party” and quickly follow suit. Despite the presidential plea — and the urgings of their own leaders — House GOP rebels showed no sign of retreat in their drive to use the threat of a shutdown to uproot the nation’s three-year-old health care law. “We now move on t...
DETROIT (AP) — Obama administration officials said Friday that they are sending someone to Detroit to oversee a federal effort that includes millions of dollars in grants to help fix the beleaguered city — a situation one adviser described as “an exceptional circumstance.” Don Graves will coordinate the public and private money going to hire more police and firefighters and clear out blighted neighborhoods, among other things, officials said. Graves, a Treasury Department official, serves...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving closer to the brink of a government shutdown, House Republicans vowed Thursday they won’t simply accept the stopgap legislation that is likely to remain after Senate Democrats strip away a plan to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law. The defiant posture sets the stage for weekend drama on Capitol Hill after the Senate sends the fractious House a straightforward bill to keep the government operating through Nov. 15 rather than partly closing down at midni...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon-White Pine Rotary Club presented SONCO Ambulance with a check for $771 Wednesday as a result of the Rotary Club Log Race over the Labor Day weekend. The money will purchase a Littmann electronic stethoscope and a Welch Suretemp electron thermometer for the ambulance. According to Gina Linna, SONCO manager, the stethoscope offers improved quality and ease of use to help make a clear diagnosis. “It is a state-of- the-art sound sensor which provides a life-like, hig...
IRONWOOD — Students at Gogebic Community College participated in the first ever food pantry/farmers market on campus, Wednesday. The idea for the project came on Tuesday morning, according to Cindy Franck, student outreach and retention coordinator at GCC, after students spoke to staff about not having enough food. “We had a good idea, and we went for it,” Franck said. Campus counselor Mark Wendt said many students are dealing with the changes of not qualifying for food-assistance Bridge Cards...
IRONWOOD — The Friends of Miners Memorial Heritage Park unveiled two new interpretive signs Tuesday at the park in Ironwood during their fifth annual vigil on the anniversary of the Pabst Mine Disaster. The Pabst Mine Disaster occurred on Sept. 24, 1926, when a cave-in at the G Shaft killed three miners instantly and trapped 43 miners for five days. The tragedy made national headlines following the rescue efforts. The signs, located at the mine’s G and H shafts, recount the tragedy and res...
DETROIT — The revitalization of Ironwood’s Depot Park was honored with the Michigan Municipal League’s 2013 Community Excellence Award over the weekend. Ironwood officials accepted the award at the MML’s annual convention in Detroit. The peer-nominated Community Excellence Award, called “The Race for the Cup,” was initiated by the MML in 2007 to recognize innovative solutions taking place in Michigan’s cities, villages and urban townships. It’s the highest and most prestigious award bestowed by...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area School Board of Education heard from students and faculty about the possible movement of the Birchwood Alternative School from Bessemer to Ironwood, Monday. During an Aug. 19 meeting, superintendent Tim Kolesar was asked to make arrangements to move the alternative school out of the St. Sebastian building in Bessemer to help save the cost of renting the building. But with the start of school on Sept. 3, it proved to be an “impossible task,” said Kolesar. Diffe...
By SARA MOULTON Associated Press The first time I ate white chicken chili, it was wrapped in a burrito. And I fell instantly in love. Of course, I’d always been a fan of tomato-based red chili, but the white version — flavored with green chili peppers and thickened with sour cream — struck me as cleaner. And I didn’t miss the sometimes cloying sweetness that tomatoes bring to red chili. So here is my lightened-up version of white chicken chili. It can be eaten straight up by the bowl, over rice...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Seventeen volunteers collected over 36 pounds of garbage along the shoreline at Little Girl’s Point on Saturday morning, part of the Adopt a Beach efforts sustained on shorelines of the Great Lakes by the Alliance of the Great Lakes. Volunteers locally ranged in age from 4 to 70, said organizer Lisa Kinney. Last year the event drew only four volunteers, but this year she had more time to plan, Kinney said. Garbage found ranged from forgotten clothing and shoes to cans to cig...
IRONWOOD – Staff from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, Aspirus Grand View Hospital, the Iron County Health Department, and students from the Gogebic Community College School of Nursing provided flu shots Saturday for the seventh year in a row at the Lindquist Student Center at GCC. Zona Wick, director of the Iron County Health Department, said mostly seniors attended the morning clinic, which included a drive-up service. It was not overly busy this year, but Wick said she hopes as...
WAKEFIELD – The Wakefield Public Library gathered children for a special reading of “Woolbur” Saturday morning. The event was part of the Michigan Reads One State, One Book program, in which officials choose a book for children across the state to read each September and October in libraries and schools as a focus on early literacy in children. To accompany this month’s story hour, Library Director Denise Engel provided sheep and alpaca wool and allowed the children to participate in the pro...
BESSEMER — Organizers are excited about the 35th annual Bessemer Chamber of Commerce’s Pumpkinfest, set to run Thursday through Sunday. What started off as a bet between two locals over growing the largest pumpkin has grown into a large community event with much to offer, according event co-chair Donna Frello. Frello said the fall festival “is sure to have something entertaining for everyone. What a great way to enjoy the Northland and kick off the start of our beautiful season of colors.” Frello and co-chair Annette Lillie are thankfu...
DETROIT — Wakefield Mayor Dick Bolen was selected 2013-’14 vice-president of the Michigan Municipal League Board of Trustees at the MML’s annual convention Thursday in Detroit. Bolen was in Detroit for the remainder of the week at the MML convention, where he was elected by the 19-member board, which includes Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson. Bolen began serving on the board in 2010, and is in line to become the league president next year, which would make him the fourth president from...
WAKEFIELD — Out of hundreds of schools and thousands of students across eight states, Wakefield-Marenisco School pupil Kayla Kalmanek was one of 11 students featured in the annual Xcel Energy Safety Calendar for 2013-’14. Kalmanek, a fifth grader, participated in the contest while in fourth grade and drew a photo with the energy safety tip, “Never unplug electronics with wet hands, or you will be TOAST!” Her photo was selected for the month of August. On Friday, Kalmanek was presented with co...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Five new staff members are settling in at Gogebic Community College. Tara Tregembo, an Ironwood native, is enjoying her first school year as Trio Student Support Services program coordinator. “It’s been so far, so good,” Tregembo said. Tregembo studied at GCC before transferring to Northern Michigan University in Marquette, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. “I think it’s beneficial to students that I am local and a former student here,” Treg...
BLACK RIVER HARBOR — Fishermen braved stormy seas in the annual Black River Harbor Labor Day weekend fishing tournament that was cut short because of bad weather. Black River Harbor Boating Club president Jerry Gerbig said 29 boats competed, the same number as in 2012, with seven boats fishing in the Powderpuff division. “The weather was not the best, but the tournament was still a success,” Gerbig said. “We thank all of the businesses who donated to our tournament. It would not continu...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered an olive branch of sorts to the doctrine-minded, conservative wing of the Catholic Church on Friday as he denounced abortions as a symptom of today’s “throw-away culture” and encouraged Catholic doctors to refuse to perform them. Francis issued a strong anti-abortion message and cited Vatican teaching on the need to defend the unborn during an audience with Catholic gynecologists. It came a day after he was quoted as blasting the church’s obsession with “small-minded rules” that are driving the f...
