Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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LATHRUP VILLAGE, Mich. (AP) — Food stamps are getting more common at farmers markets around Michigan as a growing number of recipients look for locally grown food and sellers reach out for new customers. “It’s opening up a world of access that has not been there before,” said Kathy Forzley, manager of the Oakland County Health Department. “It’s a perfect match in terms of it has tremendous benefits for the families and it also provides a new customer base for our local farmers.” In 2006, when...
BAYFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Beginning in 1857, lighthouses began shining across the Apostle Islands, guides for sailors and fishermen and witnesses to shipwrecks and rescues, to family life and presidential visits. But advances in technology overtook the lights. Automation eliminated the need for keepers, and their island homes were locked up and largely left to the ravages of time and nature. Now the National Park Service has embarked on a $3.5 million project to turn back the clock and restore l...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The $4 million project at the Carl Kleimola Technical Center on the campus of Gogebic Community College is set to finish on time, said project foreman Bill Tregembo, of Angelo Luppino, Inc. Some electrical work will be completed through the end of the week, and carpets need to be installed, Tregembo said. All inspections have been completed. Keith LaFave, of Excel Fire Protection, was installing sprinkler systems on Thursday. Josh Pekuri, Lindquist Electric, was getting r...
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning stood at attention in his crisp dress uniform Wednesday and learned the price he will pay for spilling an unprecedented trove of government secrets: up to 35 years in prison, the stiffest punishment ever handed out in the U.S. for leaking to the media. Flanked by his lawyers, Manning, 25, showed no reaction as military judge Col. Denise Lind announced the sentence without explanation in a proceeding that lasted just a few minutes. A gasp could b...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Ninety-three students stampeded into the Campus Suites at Gogebic Community College on Tuesday, their induction into dorm life the first experience living away from their families for many. Students living at the suites this year come from as far away as New York, said dean of student services Jeanne Graham, although most come from throughout the Midwest. “The suites provide a nice community atmosphere,” said Graham. “It’s a good living and learning environment.” Orientation...
BESSEMER — An effort to recall Bessemer School Board member Bill McDonald sustained a setback Tuesday when the Gogebic County Election Commission rejected wording on a petition seeking a vote on the issue. The woman who is attempting to recall McDonald, fellow school board member Sheri Graham, said she would seek to file another petition to recall McDonald, omitting language the panel found objectionable. All three members of the election commission — probate judge Joel Massie, county clerk Ger...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Scholarship Foundation received a $50,000 donation from the late Thomas C. Basso, formerly of Ironwood. Basso died on June 24, 2013, leaving a donation to the foundation. In 2003, Basso’s mother, Dorothy, left a $20,000 donation in honor of her late parents, Axel and Lena Wickman. The donation was presented to the Ironwood Area School Board of Education Monday. Superintendent Tim Kolesar wass amazed at the generosity from former alumni. “I think that one of the n...
BESSEMER — Daniel Vander Velden, former dean of students and athletic director in Oshkosh, Wis., will begin duties as high school principal and athletic director today, after being hired at the Bessemer Area School District’s special board meeting Monday night. Vander Velden was selected from a pool of 15 applicants, five of whom were interviewed. Contract negotiations have not been finalized, but it is anticipated that his contract will be for three years. “I am well aware of the pride that...
BESSEMER — City Manager Michael Uskiewicz told Bessemer City Council Monday night that FEMA payouts for four small projects have been approved for up-front payment, including $2,306 to fix a sidewalk and drainage on Clayberg Street. Another $6,922 will pay for labor and equipment used when dealing with flood issues this past spring. Altogether 11 projects were approved, with a total reimbursement from FEMA of $67,300. It is yet unclear what portion the state of Michigan will kick in toward r...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area School Board of Education discussed possible actions to alleviate parking and possible safety issues for the Safe Routes to School initiative during a meeting, Monday. Superintendent Tim Kolesar presented an action plan for the project, including changing bus routes, not allowing parents to park near specific entrances anymore and other possible changes. One change is having all of the buses pick up students at the handicap entrance on Pabst Street at Luther L. W...
DETROIT (AP) — The city’s biggest employee union, retirees and even a few dozen residents filed objections Monday to Detroit’s request for bankruptcy protection, the largest municipal filing in U.S. history and a move aimed at wiping away billions of dollars in debt. The filing by the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Michigan Council 25 also came before expected objections from two city pension systems, bond holders, banks and others who hope to convince federal Judge...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — After nearly a lifetime of devotion and passion for ski jumping, ski flying and Copper Peak, Charlie Supercynski was inducted into the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame with the Class of 2013 on Saturday night. Supercynski was enshrined for his “longtime outstanding service to the sport of ski jumping” along with sixteen other inductees at the Big Powderhorn Lodge in Bessemer. The event was held on the Gogebic Range for the first time and drew nearly 150 people, which was t...
By KATIE PERTTUNEN [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic Range Woodcarvers hosted a class at A.D. Johnston High School over the weekend, drawing eight aspiring and experienced carvers. The club has been meeting regularly on the first and third Wednesday of the month for close to 25 years, said president Allen Archie. But the special annual class with visiting instructors has been going on for 14 years. Veteran carvers Elaine and Fred Stenman come from St. Cloud, Minn., to teach c...
SAXON, Wis. — Snowmobiles on snow is not uncommon, but snowmobiles on grass? That is something entirely different. Hundreds of people spent Saturday afternoon at the second annual Rolling Thunder Vintage Grass Drags at the Iron County Fair Grounds, sponsored by the White Thunder Riders of Hurley. Attendees watched classic snowmobiles race on top of grass, in excess of 80 miles per hour, with many machines from before the late 1980s. In addition to the drag races, visitors also participated in t...
HURLEY — Ricky Kelly of Hurley has spent a lot of the past 20 years helping people at the Paavo Nurmi Marathon. It was her turn last Saturday to cross the finish line after, of course, helping to make sure Wisconsin’s oldest marathon started without a hitch in Upson, Wis. Then, more than five-and-a-half hours later, she crossed the finish line to a sea of waiting volunteers, especially those from the Hurley Lioness. First she smiled. The tears rolled in right away. “That overwhelmed me and broug...
Reading the story this week about a border collie that was stuck in a tree for a few days brought back fond memories of my pooches. It seems Laddy, a 7-year-old, vanished from his home in Iowa. The clever pooch made a break for it when he discovered the battery in his collar was dead, so the electronic boundary his masters had designed didn’t work. The family desperately searched for the dog, found two days later 10 feet up in a tree by a neighbor, who heard Laddy barking. He took a photo of the...
