Week of November 14, 2024

  • Ironwood soon to have new personnel on board

    By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — Members of the Ironwood City Commission learned Monday evening that the city is close to welcoming a new human resources director and an assistant finance director. City manager Paul Anderson said that final hiring decisions have been made, and he hopes to have employees for both positions on board as of December. In other news, commissioners also approved resolutions relating to removal and abatement of blight on the following properties: 130 N. Mansfield St., 249 W. Oak St., 614 N....

  • Big Powderhorn

  • Bessemer honors veterans with program, breakfast

    By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] BESSEMER - "Freedom is not free." Keynote speaker Sgt. 1st Class J.J. Aspinwall reminded the audience of that fact at a Bessemer Veterans Day ceremony. "It comes at a cost," said Aspinwall, who is a recruiter at the U.S. Army Recruiting Station in Ironwood. Aspinwall said his time in the service taught him "resiliency, teamwork and the true meaning of courage," and he encouraged veterans to engage in community service when their commitments to the...

  • Wakefield-Marenisco supports veterans with ceremony

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield Marenisco K-12 School held a Veterans Day ceremony on Monday afternoon, with members of the community attending in support. This year's guest speaker was Ret. Lt. Col. Dave Manki, U.S. Army. Manki gave a speech about the importance of Veterans Day and its history, as well as the role that veterans play in the United States. "War kills people, it maims people, it destroys things and wastes money," he said, "but there is always one...

  • Bob Delich wins Marenisco Township supervisor race

    By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] MARENISCO TOWNSHIP — Bob Delich won the race for Marenisco Township supervisor in the Nov. 5 general election. The Globe stated otherwise in a Nov. 7 election report. Although Rob Dorgan, a Green Party candidate, was unopposed as of the Aug. 6 primary, Delich later entered as a qualified write-in candidate. Delich beat Dorgan by a vote of 133-121 in the general election race. According to Gogebic County Clerk Ramona Collins, an additional seven write-in votes were left unresolved after all...

  • 2024 election canvass complete

    By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] GOGEBIC RANGE — Canvassing of the Nov. 5 election results has been completed in both Gogebic and Iron counties with the latter county reporting only one nominal change. In Gogebic County, Clerk Ramona Collins noted a few major issues on Tuesday. According to her, there were 473 unresolved write-in votes for county mine inspector but no official winner. Nobody declared candidacy for that race. Collins added, however, that Dan Wood of North Ironwood was elected to the position of county drain...

  • Mercer honors its veterans at community school

    By BRENDA MOSELEY [email protected] MERCER - The Mercer K-12 School was the site of a Veterans Day ceremony celebrated in the town of Mercer. James F. Hannemann, a retired major from the U.S. Marine Corps and commander of the Mercer Area VFW Post 9536, was the master of ceremonies. Members of the Color Guard from the same post presented flags. Hannemann is also president of the Mercer School Board. Steven C. Finco, retired commander from the U.S. Navy, gave the keynote address. A...

  • Ski Swap

  • Bessemer City Council tables action on clerk/treasurer

    By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council voted Tuesday evening to table action on appointing a new clerk/treasurer until a committee can negotiate related terms. The vote also included the temporary designation of Mandy Lake as being responsible for that role in the interim. Lake had been hired as the clerk/treasurer in the fall of 2023 and then also became the interim city manager earlier this year. Tuesday was her first day as the official city manager. Councilwoman Linda Nelson referred to deputy...

  • Plans for airport structure still in limbo

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — At its Monday monthly meeting, the Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board discussed a potential hangar for airline usage, hearing input from James VanSchaick, regional manager of Denver Air Connections. Airport officials have been waiting to take action on moving forward on a hangar or garage project until they heard input from the airline itself. The board also has been attempting to get a representative of the airline at a meeting for several months in order to clarify possible interest. At...

  • Hurley City Council passes 2025 budget

    By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] HURLEY — On Tuesday evening, the Hurley City Council passed a 2025 fiscal year budget of $2,600,933. The action followed a public hearing that drew no comment. Clerk/treasurer Stacey Wiercinski highlighted revenue hikes, which include $16,000 from state revenues, $11,000 from transportation and $12,000 from personal property taxes. She added that expense hikes include 5% raises for the clerk and two other office members and 3% raises for other city employees, as well as a 23% rise in health...

  • Ironwood Veterans Day

  • Iron County passes 2025 year budget

    By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday evening a resolution that acknowledges a 2025 fiscal year budget of $21,438,349. The action followed a public hearing that drew no public comment and included some final tweaks of the numbers. The motion included a millage rate of 4.07 that will result in levy of $6,034,357 being collected in 2025. Board member Roxanne Lutgen said the new millage rate is actually 33 cents lower than the previous one due to a change in fair value...

  • Hurley K-12 School celebrates Veterans Day

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley K-12 School welcomed area veterans, friends and families to the school gym on Monday morning in remembrance of Veterans Day. Guest speaker Kyle Mabie, a member of the U.S. Army Infantry, talked about the importance of gathering and remembering those who have served on such a holiday. Mabie is a 2005 graduate from Hurley High School and has been stationed in Frankfurt, Germany. He also fought in Iraq, earning the Purple Heart. Following his service, he earned a degree in criminal...

  • E-TC upsets W-M for 1st district title

    By JASON JUNO [email protected] EWEN — The Ewen-Trout Creek girls keep adding hardware to the trophy case. And it’s not even basketball season yet. After winning their first U.P. cross country title last month, the Panthers won the MHSAA Division 4 District 97 volleyball title with a four-set win over Wakefield-Marenisco Thursday night. It was E-TC’s first district volleyball title since the MHSAA combined the U.P. and L.P. tournaments into one state tournament in 2000. While the Panthers were favored going into the U.P. cross...

  • Devils fall to No. 1 Calumet in district final

    By JASON JUNO [email protected] CALUMET — Ironwood’s season has ended at the hands of some of the best volleyball teams in the Upper Peninsula recently. Last year, Forest Park made it to the Division 4 state semifinal while only losing two postseason sets along the way, with one of them coming against the Red Devils. This year, Calumet, which was ranked No. 1 in the U.P. poll all year, beat Ironwood 25-12, 25-15, 25-18 in Friday night’s MHSAA Division 3 District 65 final. The Copper Kings have won 18 district championships since...

  • Panthers fall to No. 2 Hancock in regional semifinal

    By JASON JUNO [email protected] HOUGHTON — Ewen-Trout Creek couldn’t pull off two upsets in a row as the No. 2-ranked team in the Upper Peninsula, Hancock, ended their historic season with a 3-0 sweep of the Panthers in Tuesday night’s MHSAA Division 4 regional semifinal. The Bulldogs made the short drive over the Portage Lake Lift Bridge to Houghton High School and jumped on the Panthers for a 25-8, 25-10, 25-20 victory. Hancock’s schedule is as tough as anyone’s in the U.P. They are one of only two U.P. teams to take a set...

  • Ironwood beats Jeffers after two earlier losses

    By JASON JUNO [email protected] PAINESDALE — Ironwood had only won a single set in its two regular-season meetings with Jeffers. But in the Jets’ home gym, with a berth in the district final on the line, the Red Devils came up with their biggest victory of the season. The Red Devils won 25-23, 23-25, 24-26, 25-21, 15-11 in an exciting MHSAA Division 3 District 65 semifinal last week. “We were the underdog tonight,” Ironwood coach Lisa Fechter said. “They beat us twice. They were at least in the (U.P.) rankings sometimes in...

  • Moore, Soltis named to All-Region team

    By JASON JUNO [email protected] HURLEY — Hurley seniors Gavin Moore and Devin Soltis were named to the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Region team. The WFCA announced its all-region teams on Tuesday with 8-player honorees organized into two regions. The all-state teams will be announced Tuesday, Nov. 19. Hurley finished its first 8-player season at 7-2 and with two All-Region players. Soltis made it on both offense and defense — at running back and inside linebacker, “He had a great year for us, made a lot of plays...

Snow Season Report

2023-24 Season Snow: 66.3 in.
2022-23 Season Snow: 253.4
2021-22 Season Snow: 182.3
2020-21 Season Snow:   84.4
2019-20 Season Snow: 169.3
2018-19 Season Snow: 182.8
2017-18 Season Snow: 172.3
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2014-15 Season Snow: 198.1
2013-14 Season Snow: 192.7
2012-13 Season Snow: 223.7


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