Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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The Gogebic-Ontonagon Great Start Collaborative recently hired two new parent liaisons to serve communities in both counties. Laurie Celeski, of Ironwood, will serve families in Gogebic County and Donna Powelson, of White Pine, will cover Ontonagon County. Parent liaisons work with community agencies, schools and families “to build public support for early childhood planning, provide a customer perspective as a sounding board for the Great Start Collaborative and lend support to the Great Start Collaborative,” Celeski said. “We serve as a voi...
IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood is launching its own facade improvement program. The city plans to spend $2,500 matching facade improvements to four downtown buildings. The $625 per building will be a one-to-one match from the city, according to Ironwood Community Development Director Michael Brown. He said the application period is now open. In the past, facade grants were awarded through the Michigan State Housing and Development Authority, and many building owners throughout the city took advantage of the funding, sprucing up the b...
IRONWOOD - Seven winners were named at the fourth annual HIT Idol competition at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Saturday night. With more than 700 people in the audience, 49 youth and young adults from Gogebic Ontonagon, Iron and Vilas counties competed Friday for the chance to open Saturday night's show featuring American Idol season 10 finalist Naima Adedapo, of Milwaukee. Competitors were featured in three categories - youth in grades five through eight, high school in grades nine through 12...
HURLEY - Local residents braved cold temperatures to browse hundreds of homemade items during the second annual winter craft fair at the Iron County Memorial Building on Saturday. According to event organizer Kathy Koski, the Iron County Memorial Building Restoration Committee holds two craft fairs each year, one in the spring and one in the winter, to help with the costs of keeping the building open. A date for the upcoming spring craft fair has not yet been set. Because of the success of last winter's event, Koski said it was an easy...
IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Community College Lady Samsons lost their chance to start the young season at 3-1 when a comfortable half-time lead slipped away and they fell to Madison College 69-67 on Saturday in the Tri State Classic. Gogebic built a 38-30 half-time lead and at one point in the half held a 34-22 advantage. The Lady Samsons appeared to be in control of the contest. But just under the surface, there was trouble brewing. "We played well at times in the first half and in the second half...
CEDAR,Wis. - A 74-year-old Saxon man lost control of his vehicle on Friday at 4:39 p.m., and the vehicle ended up at the bottom of a 75-foot ravine off of Harbor Drive near Frontier Bar and Campground in Cedar, near Gurney, according to an Iron County Sheriff's Department report. According to the report, Christopher Roby claimed two deer jumped out in front of him while he was driving down Harbor Drive. He told deputies it startled him, so he jumped out of the vehicle while it was still running. The vehicle went down into the ravine, and...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Roger D. Kooping, 64, of Bessemer, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 in Wakefield. He was born on May 15, 1950, in Ironwood, son of the late Wilbert and Mildred (Maki) Kooping. He is survived by a son, Terry, and a daughter, Tina, of Milwaukee; three brothers, Rodney (Susie) of Tacoma, Wash., and Daryl (Ann) and Tim (Barb) of Franklin, Wis.; five nephews, Joe, John, Dan, Jeremy and Aaron; and a niece, Justine; Aunt Bertha Erickson; and numerous cousins. In addition to his...
