Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — The Hurley City Council learned on Oct. 13 that a potential investor had backed out of the city’s pending Cobblestone Hotel project. Stacey Wiercinski, the city’s clerk and treasurer, said the news had been received from Mark Gutteter, the developer working with Cobblestone Hotels Inc. on the hotel planned for U.S. 51. However, said Mayor Joanne Bruneau, “They are still interested in the project and are looking for a possible local investor.” There was much better news for the Hurley Public Library. “The county has agreed to pay the...
HURLEY - A preview of a project proposed for Wisconsin 77, well in advance of its planned 2030 start of construction, was presented in a Wisconsin Department of Transportation public involvement meeting on Oct. 15 at Hurley City Hall. WisDOT Project Development Project Manager Maryjean Hoppe and Project Development Supervisor Dan Erva were joined by Heather Clegg, a design consultant for Alfred Benesch & Company, a national firm that has offices in both Wisconsin and Michigan. They presented...
HURLEY — With nearly half a million dollars less in state aid among its hurdles, the Hurley School Board presented its 2026-27 budget and levy at its annual district meeting and budget hearing on Monday. “We have to make up that half a million dollars in the levy, so it’s going to be an increase this year,” said Board President Leslie Kolesar, who was elected to chair the meeting. “We’re still trying to work with the legislature to come up with a better plan for school funding. I’d say make sure you vote.” The gathering approved the bu...
WAKEFIELD — Wakefield’s own Low-Income Energy Assistant Fund Program got a supportive start on its second year of existence at the Oct. 12 meeting of the Wakefield City Council. The council unanimously approved the renewal of a one-year memorandum of understanding with the Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency to handle the program’s casework. “They already execute several other programs with water assistance, power assistance, various other income-based programs, so they have the efficiency and the backbone of their structure to be able to...
HURLEY — A phone call described as “threatening” made for swift action at the Hurley K-12 School on Oct. 9. In response to the call at about 10:30 a.m., the school notified law enforcement and went into a Code Yellow lockdown. Officers from the Hurley Police and Iron County Sheriff’s Office were quickly on the scene and thoroughly searched the school building and grounds. “Both the Hurley Police and County Sheriff, after completing their investigation of all the details, they believe it to be a non-credible threat,” said Hurley District Ad...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — News from airport manager Jeremy Busch highlighted a relatively brief Monday meeting of the Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board. In his manager’s report, Busch told the board that the airport will be the site of a Michigan State Police defensive driving course for teens on Saturday and that snowblower manufacturer Toro will again rent space at the airport this winter. He also reported discussing a property, described by administrative secretary Kristi Freeman as “right by our driveway,” with Ironwood Township Supervi...
ASHLAND, Wis. - The power of connection: An important part of survival in our rural area. And it's also vital in surviving breast cancer. Laura Martinsen, social worker at the Northwest Wisconsin Cancer Center in Ashland, spoke with The Globe about how the power of connection relates to breast cancer. Earlier this year, the national nonprofit organization Living Beyond Breast Cancer selected the NWCC, a 50-50 venture between Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center and Essentia Health, to be one o...
BESSEMER — The Bessemer Area Schools Board of Education approved several hirings and appointments on Sept. 28. Among them was the hiring of Stephanie Lewis as a temporary fifth grade teacher, effective Oct. 5, for the remainder of the 2026-27 school year. Other approvals were for the following appointments: — Stephanie Mattila as the Parent Advisory Committee representative for Bessemer Area Schools — Brittany Bennetts as athletic director and event coordinator under a 2026-27 contract and — Tara Graham, who was nominated and certified as the...
WATERSMEET - Clad in orange shirts, some 100 participants set forth from Northern Waters Casino Resort in Watersmeet on Sept. 30, on the sixth annual Remembrance and Healing Walk hosted by the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. The walk, a two-mile loop down U.S. 45 and into residential streets and back, was led by Tom McGeshick Sr. in a golf cart, along with his granddaughter, Ellana McGeshick. The elder McGeshick bore a ceremonial stick with the message "Bring Our...
BESSEMER — The Board of Education for the Bessemer Area School District opted out of expanding its sex education program. The decision occurred at the board’s latest meeting on Sept. 28. K-6 Dean of Students Max France, who also teaches physical education and health to ninth graders, raised the topic to the board after attending training for the Michigan Model for Health’s “HIV and Other STIs” unit curriculum, which he presents in his Health class. He previously taught health for the Hurley School District. “They went through some things that...
IRONWOOD — How best to serve students at varying levels of academic growth was the subject of the most recent meeting of the Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education. The discussion at the Sept. 21 meeting followed K-12 Principal Melissa Nigh’s report on scores from exams taken during the 2025-26 school year by several Ironwood seniors, juniors and sophomores in Advanced Placement classes at the Luther L. Wright K-12 School. After taking the following AP classes, Ironwood students’ scores on corresponding exams, with those who passed earni...
IRONWOOD - Before last Saturday's commemoration of the Pabst Mine cave-in disaster and rescue a century ago, the Ironwood Carnegie Library saw some 70 people fill its new addition on Sept. 24 to hear a roundtable discussion of between-the-lines history from a time when mine owners ruled the range. Moderated by Miners Memorial Heritage Park historian Ivan Hellen, whose fascination with the cave-in spans 15 years, the discussion featured author Bruce Cox of Wakefield, whose work on a range of...
HURLEY — At a relatively brief Monday meeting, the Hurley School District Board of Education approved a change of providers for the its school-offered vision plans, which are brokered by USI Insurance Services. As District Administrator Kevin Genisot told The Globe, “USI is our current broker for our health insurance plan, and in talking with them for our region, they want to offer this. They came across this provider for vision that they’re going to offer to all the districts as well, so we’re taking advantage of it.” The change is from Sun Li...
IRONWOOD — With the new school year safely launched, the Board of Education of the Ironwood Area Schools heard a variety of reports — one prompting an innovative idea in education — at its regular monthly meeting on Monday. For superintendent Dan Martinson, another busy month is hot on the heels of a bustling September, due to the push for a proposed bond of $12.5 million for Ironwood Area Schools. The bond will go before the voters in the Nov. 3 election. “We're going to be hosting a bond information night the 14th of October, which is a We...