Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Tuesday’s primary election presents Gogebic County voters with a few key decisions that will impact how the November general election plays out, as well as a proposal that addresses the state’s personal property tax. The statewide measure, Proposal 1, would remove Michigan’s personal property tax and replace it with a local community stabilization. The PPT is a tax commercial and industrial businesses pay on things, such as equipment and machinery. The proposal would reduce the state’s “use tax,” coming from items brought into the state or purc...
To write or not to write; to print or not to print, that is a very big question recently. Many schools no longer teach children to write in cursive, but are teaching instead to print. That program has been ongoing for several years and each year more schools are choosing printing over cursive. The subject became a hot one on my radio show and even in an informal discussion I had after a recent school board meeting. When I registered my dismay that cursive is no longer taught, one man added, “We no longer teach Latin because it is a dead l...
BESSEMER - With vows exchanged underwater or near volcanoes, and reception parties with hundreds of guests and price tags for thousands of dollars, the norm for weddings seems to be shifting toward the more extravagant, the better. But there are still those who prefer something a little more simple. Evelyn Carroll, of Eau Claire, Wis., now goes by Evelyn Lane after marrying Daniel Lane at the Gogebic County Courthouse in Bessemer Friday morning. "To me, marriage is about more than just all that...
SAXON, Wis. - Nicholas Walesewicz was keeping a close watch on his rabbits as the 84th Iron County Fair opened Friday at Saxon. Ideal weather greeted fair-goers as the crowd grew around 6 p.m., while some exhibits were still being entered. Fair board president Tom Salzmann, of Saxon, said while cattle entries were down, the number of 4-H animals appeared to be up, including market hogs. The 4-H animal auction is scheduled for 6 tonight in the livestock ring near the cattle barns. In the...
HURLEY - For nearly a week in June, 36 students from the Hurley K-12 School traveled with eight adults to Spain, the Netherlands and France to experience European culture first-hand. Natalie Patritto, trip organizer and Spanish teacher at Hurley, has taken students overseas since 1992. Her goal is to take students every two years, and has traveled to many different parts of Europe. "My first trip with students was in 1992, and we went every two years, except for a four-year gap during 9-11," Patritto said. "We missed a trip in 2002 because...
HANCOCK - Three former professional athletes who hail from the Upper Peninsula are among 10 new inductees into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. Paul Feldhausen of Iron Mountain spent three years in the National Football League, the late Hugh (Muzz) Murray of Sault Ste. Marie played in two National Hockey League Stanley Cup finals and Becky Iverson of Gladstone had a 14-year career on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour. A pair of former teammates on the University of...
