Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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SAXON, Wis. — Fishermen braved some rough seas both Saturday and Sunday to participate in the annual Saxon Harbor Boating Club Spring Fishing Contest. There was heavy fog on Saturday and even snow near Outer Island as the thermometer plunged to the upper 30s. Sunday’s competition began two hours after the scheduled 6 a.m. starting horn as Lake Superior waves dashed too high early for safe boating. The lake calmed down on Sunday to provide some smoother conditions. The How-ie Fish won the Cla... Full story
ONTONAGON — The weather went from hot to icy at the annual Cook-Off for Cancer at the Ontonagon Recreation building Saturday. Seven teams of cooks started their grills and smokers Friday night to be ready for the Saturday competition of barbecued chicken, ribs and beef brisket. The meal, open to the public, also included a full dinner. Funds raised from the competition and dinner benefit the Ontonagon County Cancer Association. Tom Domitrovich chaired the benefit, along with numerous v... Full story
Unemployment rose in four of the five western Upper Peninsula counties in April, according to the Michigan Bureau of Labor Information. In Gogebic and Ontonagon counties all the different numbers which define the labor market were impacted. Unemployment in Ontonagon County rose from 14.5 percent in March to 15.2 percent in April. The civilian labor market fell by 50; total employment fell by 75 and total unemployment rose by 25. A year ago, the April rate was 14.5 percent. The Gogebic County jobless rate rose more than one full percentage... Full story
WAKEFIELD — Richie Yurkavich and Polkarioty performed Sunday at a dance at the Wakefield VFW to celebrate “Finland Calling” being on the air for 51 years. More than 120 people showed up, said Carl Pellonpaa. “It’s a proud moment to know that there is so much support for the show after 51 years,” said Pellonpaa. “It makes my heart pound a little bit.” “Finland Calling” is the longest running variety television show in the nation. The show’s host, Pellonpaa, an Ishpeming, Mich., native, penned... Full story
HURLEY — With college entrance interviews and future careers just around the corner, the Hurley School District is helping to prepare students for the future. On May 15, students participated in an interview process to become teachers’ assistants for the 2013-’14 school year. The program has been in existence for many years, but this was the first year that students were required to be interviewed by faculty. “I know a lot of the kids were nervous, because they didn’t know what to expect,... Full story
Ironwood native and Luther L. Wright High School graduate Rachel Cattelan McDonald will appear on TNT’s new competition series “The Hero” with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, as one of nine contestants. The show premieres June 6 at 7 p.m. CDT. Cattelan McDonald is a single mom to her 11-year-old son, Alijah, who is hearing impaired. He’s a straight-A student, and he tap dances and plays guitar. She has tried to teach him not to ever let anybody tell him he can’t do something because of his disability. TNT’s tag line for the reality show is, “Stren... Full story
IRONWOOD — Twenty years and hundreds of customers later, Corrine Alexandroni can still be found behind the counter at Wells Fargo. Alexandroni celebrated her 20th anniversary with the company as a teller on Friday. Fellow employees surprised her with a cake, presents and balloons. “I am very surprised,” Alexandroni said. “I had no idea that they were going to do this.” Alexandroni has spent all of her career in the Ironwood area, and the last two years at the branch office on Cloverlan... Full story
BEMIDJI, Minn. — On Mother’s day weekend, Jill Halberg, an artist from Bessemer, traveled to Salolampi Finnish Language Village in Bemidji to present a gift of five coats of arms she painted at her daughter, Dana Halberg’s, request. The coats of arms adorn the five cabins of the village. The Halberg family enjoyed a Finnish luncheon before presenting the gift to John “Jussi” Hanson, member of Salolampi’s board of directors. Dana Halberg serves as secretary for the board. “When asked by my d... Full story
IRONWOOD — A class of 20 future firefighters, cheerleaders and astronauts graduated kindergarten Thursday at Sleight Elementary School in Ironwood. Niki McRae’s kindergarten class held its ceremony. Michelle Trier’s Sleight kindergarten class will graduate Monday at 1:30 p.m., while Angela Berglund’s kindergarten class graduates Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., both at the school. The Thursday ceremony opened with the class reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and the Wright Way pledge, part of the Ironwoo... Full story
ONTONAGON — Tom Pestka gave Ontonagon Area Elementary School children a glimpse of the lumberjacks and camps of the past at the school recently. Pestka, 70, said he was born in a lumber camp near Ontonagon and worked in the woods for better than 50 years. He said his father, Felix, built 19 camps around the Ontonagon County area. Through the years, he has acquired a unique collection of lumberjack tools of the past, including a cross-saw that is more than 150 years old. In addition to the t... Full story
HURLEY — Elementary students at the Hurley K-12 School got their hands dirty as they prepared for another harvest at the school garden on Wednesday. Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program Coordinator Joy Schelble and educator Deb Leonard, both of the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, helped students plant a variety of crops throughout the day, including a Three Sisters Garden. “When the native Americans would plant their crops, they planted three different kinds at the sam... Full story
HURLEY — The 28th annual Memorial Day Weekend All-Terrain Vehicle Rally was a “ball,” according to Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce director Dorren O’Donnell. Both O’Donnell and Mercer Chamber director Tina Brunell said the event was a success, with the weather favorable. “I think it went really good,” Brunell said. “The weather was fantastic, and it was a very busy weekend for Mercer and Iron County, as a whole.” For O’Donnell, after a late spring with no trail riding, the good weekend weathe... Full story
IRONWOOD — The Friends of Miners Memorial Heritage Park will host their fourth annual spring cleanup in the park Saturday starting at 9 a.m. Volunteers will meet at Hiawatha Park in Ironwood before focusing on the westernmost area of the park, part of the old Norrie Mine between Burma Road and Alfred Wright Boulevard. “Miners Memorial Heritage Park includes 167 acres of city-owned land and has deep subsidence areas resulting from iron ore mining that occurred during the first half of the 20th ce... Full story
CRYSTAL FALLS — Crystal Theatre’s 2013 “Gem of a Season” opens Saturday at 7 p.m. Theater organist Jim Riggs will accompany the World War I silent film “Wings” on the theatre’s Moller pipe organ. Riggs has toured across the nation, in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand for more than 30 years. During his 20-year tenure as house organist at the Art-Deco Paramount Theatre in Oakland, Calif., he performed at every major Bay Area movie house equipped with a theatre organ. His music has... Full story
IRONWOOD — Ironwood residents were able to attend three ceremonies on Memorial Day, at the Memorial Building, Veterans Monument downtown and Riverside Cemetery. The first ceremony included performances by the Memorial Chorus, under the direction of Denise Woodward and memorial prayers from Father Rob Jurkovich, Rev. Kurt Kovanen and Brittany Delich. The second ceremony including veterans marching through downtown Ironwood to the Veterans Monument, on the corner of Suffolk and Ayer streets. Membe... Full story
IRONWOOD — Seventy-two Luther L. Wright High School graduates were celebrated during the school’s 123rd commencement ceremony Sunday afternoon in Ironwood. “This has been an amazing journey,” superintendent Tim Kolesar said. “You have been tried and tested and you are still standing. … Be proud of all your accomplishments.” Those accomplishments include academic achievement, with 48 students earning scholarships and more than half the class graduating as honor students, athletic triumph, succ... Full story
By KATIE PERTTUNEN [email protected] BESSEMER — Saturday was the Western Upper Peninsula Trail Association’s Inaugural Mud Run in Bessemer behind Stempihar’s, featuring two big mud pits and two six-foot high hills for all-terrain vehicles to traverse. Clubs all over the Upper Peninsula are organizing to get the trails connected from Ironwood all the way to Copper Harbor and Sault St. Marie, said Skip Schulz, president of the U.P.’s Off-Road Vehicle Trail Association. He testified at Michigan State Senate’s Natural Resources... Full story
HURLEY — Saturday’s graduation ceremony at the Hurley K-12 School focused not only the accomplishments of the graduates, but of those who helped them get that far. Forty-five seniors walked across the stage to receive their high school diploma, after thanking parents, teachers, family and friends for their help. At the beginning of the ceremony, superintendent Chris Patritto said that the school would also be recognizing the faculty and staff in the district. “They have a big impact on these... Full story
BESSEMER — Monday morning brought a special Memorial Day service at Hillcrest Cemetery. “For too many Americans, Memorial Day is just a day off and the start of summer,” said Mayor John Frello, “and not a tribute to soldiers who have fallen.” City Manager Micheal Uskiewicz gave the address. Uskiewicz said he was humbled to be given the opportunity to speak at a service honoring service members. “We are a grateful nation and can stand together and say thank you,” Uskiewicz said. “We praise th... Full story
WAKEFIELD — Wakefield-Marenisco senior class president Bethany Engel on Friday recalled good times and not so good times of the graduating class of 2013. There was the day in grade school when an impromptu hockey game broke out and classmate Aaron Fetters was hospitalized after being hit in the face with a makeshift hockey stick. That obviously wasn’t one of the good days. She also remembered all of the hard work that teachers put in to prepare the students for the world away from school. Tho... Full story
