Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — All it took was a badge for local resident Bruce Cox to be inspired by something from the past. For more than 30 years, Cox has researched streetcars on the Gogebic Range. It started after Cox received a couple of copper badges once used by streetcar line operators from the Twin City General Electric Company. “I wrote a story for the ‘Junk Box,’ an official publication of the Michigan Token and Medal Society in 1982,” Cox said. “I was also interested in the celluloid tokens used... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Things are going “slow and steady” with the Copperwood project, the proposed copper mine in Ironwood and Wakefield townships, according to Dave Anderson, of Orvana Resources. Construction hasn’t started on the site, but the company has obtained all six permits required for mining in Michigan. Currently, employees are finishing the final design on the underground portions of the mine site and refining the design on the mill to improve concentrated grade. “We hope to have all of that done by October,” Anderson said. “Then we’l... Full story
MERCER, Wis. — Winners have been announced for the annual loon calling contest during the Loon Day celebration in Mercer on Wednesday. More than 60 participants of all ages gave their best shots at impersonating a loon. According to Tina Brunell, executive director of the Mercer Area Chamber of Commerce, the event was successful. “Loon Day was again very successful, and the weather turned out beautiful after the brief rain outburst in the morning,” Brunell said. In the age 0-6 category, there were 23 participants and Landon Keberle, of Spoka... Full story
IRONWOOD — Michigan State University Extension will offer a training program for local officials working in planning, zoning, community and economic development starting next month. The MSUE Citizen Planner program will meet Thursday evenings between Sept. 19 and Oct. 30, with the final session on a Wednesday. Local courses will meet from 5 to 8 p.m. at Gogebic Community College. The training includes proper procedure for planning and zoning, knowledge to avoid compromising people’s due process and private property rights and more, a news rel... Full story
HURLEY — The Iron County Finance Committee approved hiring of a third economic support specialist for the Iron County Human Services Department Thursday. At its July meeting, the committee approved hiring of two economic support specialists for the department, as required by the state of Wisconsin. The hiring does not cost the county any money, as the position is funded entirely by the state. According to county clerk Mike Saari, human services director Carolyn Kolson-Janov told him the state m... Full story
BEAUMONT, Calif. (AP) — A growing wildfire chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range on Thursday, damaging buildings, threatening as many as 600 homes and forcing some 1,500 people to flee. A thousand firefighters, 13 helicopters and six air tankers battled the flames as they pushed eastward along the San Jacinto Mountains, a desert range 90 miles east of Los Angeles, said Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The fire was e... Full story
MERCER, Wis. — Hundreds of people walked through downtown Mercer on Wednesday for the 33rd annual Loon Day celebration. Vendors lined U.S. 51, as well as numerous side streets, selling a variety of homemade items, including jewelry, lawn decorations, clothes, food and more. For Linda Barber, of Manitowish Waters, Wis., the event is personal. “The loon is my favorite bird, so I always make sure to come here,” Barber said. “My house is completely decorated with loons.” Barber has been attending th... Full story
BESSEMER — Friday morning at 6 a.m. Bessemer will be featured on “Today in America” on the Discovery channel, which reaches 104 million households. Bessemer’s spot is five minutes long, said city council member Al Gaiss, and the city’s intention in creating the spot was to attract people and businesses to the area to see what Bessemer and the surrounding area have to offer, especially to those sick of the rat race. Mayor John Frello, former Chamber of Commerce president Glen Pavlovich... Full story
DETROIT — Rebecca Swett successfully defended her doctoral thesis in the chemistry department at Wayne State University in Detroit on July 23. Swett’s successful defense of her thesis, “Computational Approaches for Anti-toxin Therapies and Biomarker Identification,” earned her a Doctor of Philosophy degree. She worked on the thesis with professors Andreas Cisneros and Andrew Feig for five years. Swett has accepted a position with a company in Boston and has relocated there. She is the daughte... Full story
IRONWOOD — Tony Fabbri, of Ironwood, has finished a two year labor of love to rebuild a 1959 Cushman Eagle, which he calls “The eagle flies again.” Fabbri owned a small engine shop for 40 years before his retirement. He got the Eagle from his friend Michael Anderson in exchange for getting Anderson’s two Cushmans up and running. Fabbri did everything from replacing the tires, bearings, and engine, to sewing the seat and building parts for the machine, including using bed rails for part of it.... Full story
SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A disabled junk dealer feuding with local officials over his debris-strewn property packed a rental car with guns and ammunition before opening fire at a town meeting and killing three men, authorities said Tuesday. Rockne Newell, 59, had lost his property this year in a court fight over complaints that he lived in a storage shed, built an illegal culvert and used a bucket outside as a toilet. At his arraignment on homicide charges Tuesday morning, a judge asked Newell i... Full story
HURLEY — The Iron County Memorial Building Restoration Committee is continuing to tackle projects over the next couple of months before winter arrives. Tuesday, committee members were updated on the current state of projects during a meeting, including installing new flooring in the main kitchen and outlets in both kitchens and main hall, as well as placing panels in the hall to help with acoustics. According to treasurer Joe Walesewicz, the committee should hold off in installing the kitchen fl... Full story
BESSEMER — A proposal was accepted by the Bessemer City Council to sell the old Presbyterian Church at 400 South Moore Street to Douglas Kikkebusch of Ironwood, for the amount of one dollar. The property had been out for bids for repurposing. City manager Michael Uskiewicz called Kikkebusch’s proposal “intriguing.” Kikkebusch plans to repurpose the building into an art gallery, studio space, and retail area, primarily for handmade glass works of art. His work is currently featured at a gallery... Full story
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — College students consider the University of Iowa the nation’s best party school, even though Iowa City has tried to make its famous bar scene less hospitable to underage drinkers. The Princeton Review bestowed Iowa with the top ranking Monday on a list determined by 126,000 students in a nationwide survey. Rounding out the Top 5 are: University of California, Santa Barbara; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; West Virginia University and Syracuse Uni... Full story
LONDON (AP) — The food of the future could do with a pinch of seasoning — and maybe some cheese. Two volunteers who took the first public bites of hamburger grown in a laboratory gave it good marks for texture but agreed there was something missing. “I miss the salt and pepper,” said Austrian nutritionist Hanni Ruetzler. U.S. journalist Josh Schonwald confessed to a difficulty in judging a burger “without ketchup or onions or jalapenos or bacon.” Both tasters shunned the bun, lettuce and... Full story
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee charged Monday that NBC and CNN are promoting a potential presidential candidacy by Hillary Rodham Clinton, threatening to blackball them from future GOP primary debates if they air upcoming programs on the former secretary of state. RNC chairman Reince Priebus called a planned NBC miniseries on Clinton and a CNN documentary on the first lady an “extended commercial” for a future Clinton presidential campaign. In separate letters to the netwo... Full story
SAXON, Wis. – Droves of fairgoers were met with near-perfect weather as they came out to enjoy the many and varied activities at the Iron County Fair in Saxon over the weekend. The antique tractor pull kept attendees entertained at the grandstand on Saturday with “lots of vintage tractors,” fair board vice president Gene Luoma said. He said he didn’t think any of the tractors were newer than 1960. The kiddie tractor pull also offered excitement, with many entrants in several age groups in both... Full story
SAXON — Nolan Salzmann auctioned off 18 pies at Sunday’s 4-H pie auction at the Iron County Fair, with one unexpected addition; a lamb. The lamb, which missed Saturday evening’s livestock auction, brought in $400 for the 4-H Livestock Club. As for the pies, Melissa Simonar, whose chilled hot chocolate pie was judged grand champion in the youth category prior to the auction, saw her pie sell for $420. The adult grand champion pie was a key lime from Dan Mooreman, and it earned $470. More than... Full story
BERGLAND — More than 70 future fishermen and women brushed up on the basics and had some fun Saturday at the third annual free kids’ fishing clinic offered in Bergland by the Lake Gogebic Chapter of Walleyes for Tomorrow. The event at Bergland Centennial Park featured seven stations with information, demonstrations and hands-on activities on the basics of fishing. Kids ages 5 to 15 learned Michigan Department of Natural Resources rules and regulations and how to set up a boat with proper equ... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP – Charlie Supercynski will be the first Gogebic Range resident to be named to the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held at Big Powderhorn Lodge in Bessemer on Saturday, Aug. 17, at 7 p.m. Six months later, ski flying returns to Copper Peak after a 20-year absence and a strong volunteer effort, led by Supercynski, to get the facility ready. Bryan Sanders, president of the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame, said Supercynski will be cited for h... Full story
BESSEMER — David Rowe, a science teacher at A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, has returned from a trip to Africa with a program called XSci Africa. Fifteen teachers from Michigan made the life-altering trip, including four from the Upper Peninsula, Rowe said. The trip was offered through Michigan Technological University in Houghton. While visiting schools and orphanages in Tanzania, Rowe was struck by how happy the children were with so little. “They are not looking for pity,” he said.... Full story
