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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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KIMBALL, Wis. — The annual Midsummer Festival is set at Little Finland on Saturday. The event celebrates the longest day of summer (which was actually on June 21), commemorated by many Scandinavian countries around the world. Also called Juhannus, in celebration of St. John, the event focuses on bonfires that were lit to protect against evil spirits believed to roam freely when the sun was turning southward again. At Little Finland on U.S. 2 in Kimball, the traditional bonfire is still lit, a...
HURLEY — On Monday night, the Iron County Land and Zoning Committee will host a public hearing on draft ordinance pertaining to mining in the county, specifically the proposed iron mine in Upson. The 6 p.m. hearing will be at the Iron County Memorial Building. The Gogebic Taconite mining company has found a number of provisions that cause a "real problem" in the draft ordinance, if not corrected. "The initial draft has a number of provisions that would make it impossible to mine here," G-Tac spokesman Bob Seitz said. "It is an initial draft, s...
BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners reluctantly agreed to sign an interlocal agreement with the Western Upper Peninsula Alliance Wednesday for workforce development and training programs. Board members have frequently expressed dissatisfaction that the Michigan Works program in the county has been reduced to a single employee, but they felt they had no choice but to sign the agreement. The new WUP alliance, beginning July 1, also includes Baraga, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties. The agreement replaces the W...
IRONWOOD — Local youth in the Ironwood Carnegie Library's summer drama camp have been working together since early last week to prepare for a performance Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the Ironwood Memorial Building auditorium. The kids, aged 11 and up, are from Ironwood and Bessemer. Under the direction of Mary Hansen, the youth will perform, “The Golden Rooster,” “The Bremen Town Musicians,” and “Henny Penny.” “I'm very, very proud of these kids,” Hansen said. “Some of them have never been on stage...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a historic day for gay rights, the Supreme Court gave the nation's legally married gay couples equal federal footing with all other married Americans on Wednesday and also cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California. In deciding its first cases on the issue, the high court did not issue the sweeping declaration sought by gay rights advocates that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry anywhere in the country. But in two rulings, both by bare 5-4 m...
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved a motion to accept a recommendation from the Iron County Mining Impact Committee to hire a lawyer in assisting the county with the mining project in Upson, Wis., during a meeting Tuesday at the Iron County Courthouse. Committee chair Leslie Kolesar recommended the board approve the hiring of attorney Christopher Jaekels, of Davis and Kuelthau in Milwaukee. According to Kolesar, Jaekels has “extensive” experience in mining litigation as we...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Construction is rolling right along in the Carl Kleimola Applied Technology Center at Gogebic Community College. Twelve workers from Angelo Luppino, Lindquist Electric and other local subcontractors were busy Tuesday preparing for the drywall to arrive, said foreman Bill Tregembo, of Angelo Luppino Inc. “There will be a lot of lighting. It was 26 feet up in the air before,” said Jon Werkmeister, automotive technology instructor. The department is gaining floor space and l...
IRONWOOD — It’s likely a farmers market will be added to the attractions at Ironwood’s Depot Park, but not anytime soon. City commissioners on Monday discussed the possibility of setting up a market with community development director Michael Brown. “There are lots of opportunities out there,” Brown said of the park, which will serve as a trailhead for a statewide non-motorized trail, as well as a focal point for snowmobilers. Brown said a city resident who moved here from Minnesota, Rich Duncanson, first brought up the possibility of a farm...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Kiwanis Club has boosted a local group’s efforts to build bicycle trails in the Copper Peak area. The Kiwanis Club Tuesday presented a $1,000 check to Brad Kusz, of Ironwood, trail boss for the Western Michigan Bicycle Club. Kusz said three loops of mountain bike trails are being constructed and the first loop should be completed by the fall. Kiwanis Club member Jim Mildren said the money donated to the club was raised through Go Ride Our Gogebic Range trail rides. The...
IRONWOOD — A traffic order setting up a no-parking zone near the Miners Memorial Mural was approved by the Ironwood City Commission on Monday. Since the mural was painted on the wall of the building last year, it has become a popular downtown attraction, often resulting in dozens of spectators stopping by and taking photos on any given day. The traffic control order states there will be no parking on both the south and north sides of McLeod Avenue, beginning at Suffolk Street and extending 75 f...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area School Board Monday approved both amendments to the 2012-’13 budget and an $8 million 2013-’14 budget. The budget calls for $1,738,474 in local taxes, around $5 million in state aid and $549,760 in federal aid. Superintendent Tim Kolesar said the entire budget amounts to $7,990,885. The school district is left with an estimated fund balance of $379,875, pending the upcoming annual audit. We’re not in deficit and we’re in no danger of being in deficit,” Kolesar said. Lunch program The board approved a motion to i...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Jon Parker, of State Farm Insurance in Ironwood, donated a 2012 Ford Escape Hybrid to the Gogebic Community College Automotive Technology program. Parker has arranged a partnership between State Farm and GCC with automotive technology instructor Jon Werkmeister to donate a vehicle every year for use as a teaching aid. The project began in December, said Parker. “It took a few months to get what they needed,” he said. The vehicle was shipped from Bartlett, Ill. The partn...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area Board of Education Monday hired a new superintendent- principal combination for the 2013-2014 school year. The board approved a one-year contract with Jim Bobula. Bobula graduated from the Ontonagon school system and has been a longtime teacher, and in the past year, principal and athletic director. The hiring of Bobula came following a letter of resignation of five-year superintendent Gray Webber. Webber spent 27 years as a teacher in the system and was hired i...
HANCOCK — Local nurses, health educators and peer trainers will facilitate a series of workshops to help cancer survivors manage chronic symptoms like fatigue, pain and depression that can accompany completion of cancer treatment. The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department will offer PATH, or Personal Action Toward Health, a series of six weekly workshops that help people learn to manage their own health conditions, in several locations across the Western Upper Peninsula to be determined depending on interest. The health department seeks c...
It’s hard to believe the longest day of the year has already come and gone on the Gogebic Range, as Friday marked the summer solstice. At 1:04 a.m. Friday, the summer solstice arrived, marking the astronomical start of summer. Now area residents are seeking some extended sunshine, like the bright skies of Monday, to dry up last week’s rainfall. The Farmers Almanac predicts an “oppressively hot” July for the Midwest and other areas of the country, but not as bad as in the last two years. The 197-year-old publication also predicts normal amounts...
BESSEMER — Despite wet weather and having to move indoors, the 17th annual Relay for Life went “very well,” according to event organizers. “Even though we were banished inside, it was nice to still have the option to have it indoors,” Carl Fulsher, community representative for Relay for Life, said. Relay was originally set to take place on Massie Field in Bessemer, but was moved inside the gym at A.D. Johnston High School because of rain Friday afternoon. However, 24 hours later, the event wra...
WAKEFIELD — New Beginnings Pregnancy Services of Ironwood hosted its sixth annual “Walk, Run and Roll” event Saturday morning at Sunday Lake to raise funds for families experiencing crisis pregnancies. About 40 people walked, ran or rolled. Each registrant got a raffle ticket, and director Harry Swanson said that local businesses were so generous with their donations that it looked like everyone who participated would get a prize. Denise and Jonathan Haas provided music. The agency served 47 pe...
HURLEY — The Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office has three new faces helping out throughout the summer. Caitlin Ahlberg and Adrienne Fedora will be running the Trailblazers program as AmeriCorps Vistas, and Nicole Hissa is the summer assistant in the office. All three are new to the job, but find the experience to be “exciting.” “It’s exciting because we get to control what we do each day,” Ahlberg said. “We get to plan the program and be in charge of it.” Trailblazers st...
BESSEMER — The 17th annual Relay for Life kicked off in a big way on Friday, despite damp weather. The event was originally scheduled to be held at Massie Field in Bessemer, but because of soggy conditions, it was moved inside the gymnasium at A.D. Johnston High School. “We’re sad that we had to move inside,” Carol Lillar, planning committee chairman, said. “Even though it cleared up a bit in the afternoon, the field is just too wet.” During the opening ceremony, it was announced that almost...
HURLEY — A felony robbery count and three misdemeanor charges were filed in Iron County Court Friday against a Stevens Point woman in a June 11 heated confrontation at the site of a proposed iron mine. Katie Kloth, 26, is alleged to have committed the crimes near the site of the mine in the town of Anderson, near Upson, during a protest demonstration. The criminal complaint filed by Iron County District Attorney Marty Lipske charges that Kloth used force to grab and destroy a camera, wrestling it away from a Gogebic-Taconite employee, who s...
