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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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...
IRONWOOD — The Friends of Miners Memorial Heritage Park will hold the fifth annual Vigil for the Pabst Mine Disaster Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the H Shaft of the Pabst Mine inside the Ironwood park. The group plans to unveil two new historical, interpretive signs at the mine’s G and H shafts during the vigil. The new signs include photos, statistics about the two shafts and details of the Pabst Mine Disaster. The sign at the H Shaft focuses on details of the rescue, while the sign at the G Shaft has...
After significant increases in the water level of Lake Superior over the past few months, the lake level held relatively steady in August and remains lower than long-term averages. According to Kevin Crupi, of the National Weather Service office in Marquette, the Lake Superior level stood at 601.86 feet above sea level on Aug. 1 and ended the month slightly higher at 601.94 feet. August 2013 water levels on Lake Superior were about three to four inches higher than in August of 2012, but still...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans vowed Wednesday to pass legislation that would prevent a partial government shutdown and avoid a historic national default while simultaneously canceling out President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, inaugurating a new round of political brinkmanship as critical deadlines approach. Obama swiftly condemned the effort as attempted political extortion, and the Republican-friendly Chamber of Commerce pointedly called on lawmakers to pass urgent spending and...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A pilot killed this week when his helicopter crashed while attempting to lift logs in an Oregon forest has been identified as a former cast member of the History Channel series “Ax Men.” Portland TV station KPTV reports William Bart Colantuono appeared in season three of the show. Producers issued a statement of condolences to the family and friends of the 54-year-old from Indialantic, Fla. Federal investigators are trying to determine the cause of Monday’s crash. Witness...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in the mass shootings at the Washington Navy Yard, Aaron Alexis, had a history of violent outbursts, was at least twice accused of firing guns in anger and was in the early stages of treatment for serious mental problems, according to court records and U.S. law enforcement officials. But Alexis apparently managed to exploit seams in the nation’s patchwork of complicated gun laws designed to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous people. He was able to buy a shotg...
IRONWOOD — All her life, Karen Winkowski, of Ironwood, was a “Harley Honey.” She loved Harley Davidson motorcycles and the sound they made. A couple of weeks ago, Winkowski was diagnosed with cancer. She was given two days to live, and fought for two weeks. According to neighbor and friend Donald “Lucky” Morrison, Jr., she didn’t want an obituary or funeral. She wanted to hear Harley Davidson motorcycles. “She loved that sound and wanted to hear that rumble,” Morrison said. “It was her dyi...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A potential federal shutdown looming, President Barack Obama on Monday warned congressional Republicans they could trigger national “economic chaos” if they demand a delay of his health care law as the price for supporting continued spending for federal operations. House Republican leaders were to meet Tuesday in hopes of finding a formula that would avoid a shutdown on Oct. 1 without alienating party conservatives who insist on votes to undercut the Affordable Care Act. Even...
HYGIENE, Colo. (AP) — Weary Colorado evacuees have begun returning home after days of rain and flooding, but Monday’s clearing skies and receding waters revealed only more heartbreak: toppled houses, upended vehicles and a stinking layer of muck covering everything. Rescuers grounded by weekend rains took advantage of the break in the weather to resume searches for people still stranded, with 21 helicopters fanning out over the mountainsides and the plains to drop supplies and airlift those who...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Veterans from around the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin staying at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain for short-term rehabilitation or long-term care will now have additional physical therapy options. The VA medical center recently opened a physical therapy, or PT, satellite clinic in its Community Living Center, the medical center’s long-term care and short-term rehabilitation unit. The new PT satellite clinic offers inpatient residents add...
IRONWOOD — A citywide fall clean-up on a sunny Saturday is one example of the many opportunities Ironwood residents have to improve their community. Scores of people lined up their vehicles along the vacant lot on Ayer Street, waiting to get rid of junk, just as they do during the spring clean-up day and the popular annual “Make A Difference” day, when trash is picked up around the city by volunteers. Mayor Kim Corcoran said on Saturday people began lining up at 6:30 a.m., although the event...
MONTREAL, Wis. — A 17-year-old area resident was killed in a 12:08 a.m. Saturday single-vehicle accident on Wisconsin 77 in Montreal in which the female driver of the vehicle received serious injuries. Iron County Sheriff Tony Furyk said the vehicle left the highway, struck several trees and rolled onto its roof, killing the male passenger. When deputies arrived on the scene, they immediately called for the Hurley Fire Department’s extrication equipment. The vehicle was headed west when it appea...
IRONWOOD — The tactics have changed in Ironwood’s blight fight. Previously, complaints were handled by a single city blight control officer, but the Ironwood Public Safety Department took over enforcement of blight complaints in the spring. Citizens who don’t keep their properties clean and mowed continue to face possible action from the city. IPSD Lt. Mike Rimkus explained to city commissioners last week how the city is now responding to blighted property complaints. Rimkus said it is a team effort. He estimated every public safety offic...
GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (AP) — The world’s oldest man, a 112-year-old self-taught musician, coal miner and gin rummy aficionado from western New York, has died. He was 112. Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez died Friday at a nursing home in Grand Island, according to Robert Young, senior gerontology consultant with Guinness World Records. Sanchez-Blazquez became the world’s oldest man when Jiroemon Kimura died June 12 at age 116. Born June 8, 1901, in village of El Tejado de Bejar, Spain, he was known...
