Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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ONTONAGON — The seventh annual Barbecue Cook-off for Life, held Saturday, generated $6,074 for the Ontonagon County Cancer Association. This raises the total amount raised by the event to nearly $40,000. All the funds raised are used to assist Ontonagon County cancer patient with medical expanses. Tom Domitrovich and Griff Roehm, who chair the event, said it would not be possible without all the volunteers, barbecue teams, 48 business and individuals who gave monetary donations, 13 firms and i...
HURLEY — Elementary and middle school students from the Hurley K-12 School took a different route to school Tuesday, participating in the school’s first Walk to School Day. Students, parents, teachers and staff members lined up at Super One parking lot in Hurley and walked west on Center Drive, dressed in Hawaiian shirts, leis and other tropical garb. There was music and officers from the Iron County Sheriff’s Department and Hurley Police Department escorted the walkers along the route. “Ever...
BESSEMER — All area Catholic youth in kindergarten through 12th grade are welcome to a summer program, Totus Tuus, set at St. Sebastian School in Bessemer from Sunday, June 16, through Friday, June 21. A team of college age students from the Diocese of Marquette will lead attendees deeper in the faith through prayer, skits, talks, games and more, a news release said. The team is spending eight weeks in parishes across the U.P. sharing the gospel message and promoting the Catholic faith. ...
HANCOCK — Ever since her class took a trip to Michigan Technological University’s Rozsa Center about a year ago, Ewen-Trout Creek fifth-grader Elise Besonen has dreamed of performing on that stage. Later this month, she’ll get to fulfill her dream — in a big way. Besonen, 10, will be one of the musicians performing at the opening ceremony for FinnFest USA 2013 on the evening of June 19 at the Rozsa Center in Houghton. Her vocal talents caught the eye of festival chairman Jim Kurtti, of Hancock...
WAKEFIELD — Getting a reservation at Sunday Lake Campground can be a hard thing to do, according to discussion at Monday’s city council meeting in Wakefield. The first day to reserve a spot for the season is Jan. 2 and interested campers are lined up at City Hall or call on the phone that day to reserve a spot. “We know that day is going to be crazy every year. It’s worked that way for the past six years,” said city clerk Jennifer Jacobson. The campground has 90 camp sites, 79 with water and...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Gogebic County Road Commission member and Ironwood Township resident Art Lyons spoke to the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees during a meeting Monday about improving roads throughout the township, specifically, Section 12 Road. “If you don’t do that road this year, you are just going to fall further behind,” Lyons said. The board discussed the possibility of chip sealing the road in the future, but Lyons said that the commission can’t financially do that. With budgets b...
ONTONAGON — More than 250 friends and parishioners celebrated the fifth anniversary of the ordination of Holy Family Catholic Church pastor the Rev. Michael Jacobus at a dinner Sunday night in the church hall. Jacobus was named pastor of Holy Family by Bishop Alexander Sample just four months after his ordination. He thanked the people of the parish for the way they received him into their own. He said he planned the dinner so that he could celebrate with his family. “You are all my fam...
MERCER, Wis. — Saturday was a beautiful day for a bike ride for the 148 riders gathered in Mercer to celebrate Lupine Junefest, despite a lack of lupine this year. Linda and Glen Gilbert from Shawano, Wis., enjoyed their second year at the race on their tandem bicycle. “It’s the only time he listens to me,” Linda Gilbert said from the front of their two-seater. The Gilberts planned to ride for 50 miles on Saturday. The festival also offered planned routes for 10, 20 and 26 miles. Festiva...
IRONWOOD — “The Porkies is a place full of wonder and legend. It’s a wonderful place for imaginary crimes,” Henry Kisor, mystery writer, told a crowd of about 20 Saturday morning at Ironwood’s Carnegie Library. Kisor discussed his fourth Steve Martinez mystery, Hang Fire. Martinez is the fictional police officer in Kisor’s novels who keeps finding another mystery to solve in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Hang Fire is a term which refers to the misfire of a muzzle loader, said Kisor. The book is ab...
IRONWOOD — Saturday morning volunteers gathered at Ironwood’s Depot Park to pick up litter from city streets as part of Make a Difference Day. About 20 people came, said city manager Scott Erickson. After meeting at the Depot, volunteers spread out on their routes, armed with trash bags. “It’s a good opportunity for kids,” said Erickson. After their work, the volunteers were treated to a cookout at the Depot Park....
LANSING — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday requested President Barack Obama declare a major disaster for the state as a result of severe flooding that occurred in 16 counties, including Gogebic and Ontonagon, from April 16 to May 14. Gogebic County officials estimated damages across the county at around $2.6 million, with most of the costs related to road repairs. Gogebic County Emergency Management Director James Loeper told the Ironwood City Commission at its last meeting that the statewide...
BESSEMER — Marty’s Goldenaires began its 63rd performance season April 27 when it played at the Vietnam Veterans dinner in Hurley. On May 25, they played in Woodruff, Wis., during the town’s 125th anniversary celebration. The band’s assistant director, Dustin Pitrone, said that new songs for this summer include “Zoot Suit Riot,” by the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, “Take On Me,” by A-Ha, and an uptempo version of the “Dances with Wolves” theme he arranged. Tom DeCarlo, of Ironwood, has been responsibl...
IRONWOOD — A crew of about 10 people braved 50-degree, rainy weather to advance the brick-laying project at the Ironwood Depot on Wednesday afternoon. With 7,800 bricks to place along the sidewalk, it was no small task. Around 600 of the bricks are engraved with names of families and special designations. Those bricks cost $100 apiece. They are being placed under shelter at the depot, with protection from the rain. “We’re also replacing some bricks that are 25 years old and falling apart...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Renovations at Gogebic Community College's Carl Kleimola Applied Technology Center are well under way, with the steel structural skeleton of the second floor above the automotive workshop assembled. The next step is to lay the steel pans for pouring concrete for the second floor, according to dean of business services Erik Guenard. Workers are installing duct work, said Bill Tregembo, of Angelo Luppino, Inc., Iron Belt, Wis. Tregembo expects to start on the decking Monday, a...
MARQUETTE — Three members of the Daily Globe newsroom received recognition during the 16th annual Good News Awards in Marquette Thursday. Sports editor Jason Juno, community editor Michelle Thomasini and reporter Cortney Ofstad all received awards during the event, which featured 41 award winners representing 17 media organizations from across the Upper Peninsula. “We were looking for meaningful, community-inspiring material, and we found it,” Rev. Geri Hamlen, of the United Methodist Church, sa...
ONTONAGON — Jim Johnson, captain of the Jolly Roger, and his boat crew captured first place in Ontonagon’s recent Eighth Annual Lake Trout Classic. Johnson, who operates the Jolly Roger out of Black River Harbor, and crew members Ron Maloney, of Iron River, and Dennis Forslund, of Silver City, formerly of Bessemer, caught two lakers from Lake Superior weighing more than 16 pounds and also six-pounder. They won $1,200 for first place and $200 for the largest trout. They turned all of their win...
IRONWOOD — Three members of the Class of 2013 surpassed a high goal in graduating on May 26, something superintendent Tim Kolesar can’t remember ever seeing in 30 years of working in the school district. Three graduates had cumulative grade point averages above 4.0. Maighlin Kolesar had a GPA of 4.0309, Ellen Hagstrom 4.0129 and Bradley Torni 4.0001. “That is just amazing to me,” Tim Kolesar said. According to Hagstrom and Torni, the GPAs came as a surprise. “I had no idea until I went to p...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An 84-year-old Florida widow who bought her Powerball ticket after another customer let her get ahead in line came forward Wednesday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history: $590 million. Gloria C. MacKenzie, a retiree from Maine and a mother of four who lives in a modest, tin-roof house in Zephyrhills, where the lone winning ticket in the May 18 drawing was sold, took her prize in a lump sum of just over $370 million. After federal taxes, she is gettin...
