Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com As the sun and warmer temperatures melt the sheets of ice covering the inland lakes in northern Wisconsin, many outdoor recreation enthusiasts are starting to take their boats and kayaks out on the water for the first time since the 2021-2022 winter season. The general inland fishing season begins in Wisconsin on Saturday. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Fisheries Management's hook and line fishing guide, the...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Parks and Recreation Committee met with members of the Gogebic Conservation District on Monday to learn more about the conservation district's services and to request its assistance in developing a forest management plan for the city. Director of Community Development Tom Bergman said that while working with U.S. Forest Service botanist Ian Shackleford about volunteer-coordinated invasive species removal at the Mt. Zion Ski...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - The author of the 2021-2022 Great Michigan Read "The Women of the Copper Country," Mary Doria Russell, was invited to Cold Iron Brewing by the Ironwood Carnegie Library for a "meet the author" session on Thursday. Russell said that the idea for her historical fiction novel "came literally out of left field" as she was sitting in her living room waiting for a baseball game to start one afternoon. She then stumbled upon a PBS documentary...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - For National Arbor Day, Doug Foley - a former teacher at Ironwood Area Schools and co-owner of 906 Tree Service LLC - returned to Luther L. Wright on Friday morning to teach fourth grade students about the importance of trees. The fourth-grade classes of teachers Daniel Negro, Judy Balchik and Rebecca Sim gathered in the school's makerspace room on the second floor to hear Foley's presentation. Foley introduced himself to the classes as an...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — City Manager Scott Erickson made plans for his final six weeks as city manager with the Ironwood City Commission Monday evening. He will end his 17-year run on June 6 but will stay on board as city engineer until a new manager is appointed. “I’ve stepped out of the city manager role to allow that position to be filled,” Erickson told the Daily Globe. “I’ll still stay in the city engineering role for a period of time and that would ultimately be to the point that they appoint a city manage...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education approved a preliminary list of Luther L. Wright students slated to graduate this year based on their current grades at its regular meeting on Monday. Board Secretary Carolyn Mieloszyk told the Daily Globe that these students are on track to graduate provided their good performance continues. The board also approved the May 2022 alternative education graduates as well as the graduation exception requests. According to the events calendar on t...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Tuition for students at Gogebic Community College will be going up this fall. The board of trustees approved a rate increase for the 2022-2023 school year during its regular meeting on Tuesday night. Students residing in Gogebic County will see an increase from $130 per credit hour to a rate of $134 per credit hour. Out of district and Wisconsin reciprocity area students will have an increase of $6 per credit hour to $191 and those students...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson is stepping down from his position effective June 6. The city commission met in closed session at the end of Monday’s regular meeting. After the closed session, the commission adopted a retirement succession plan. The commission authorized Mayor Kim Corcoran to enter into a contract with the Michigan Municipal League to conduct an executive search for a new city manager at a cost not to exceed $15,000. Andrew DiGiorgio, director of the Ironwood Public S...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com As of late April, most of the snow appears to have melted in the western Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin, barring some small patches here and there. Of course, the snowmelt has to go somewhere and bodies of water such as the Black River in Gogebic County are at high tide. However, there has been no major flooding on the roads so far, according to Heidi DeRosso, emergency management/911 coordinator in Gogebic County, and Stacy Ofstad, director o...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY - The city of Hurley's first female mayor, Joanne Bruneau, was sworn in at the full council meeting on Tuesday. New alderpersons Joseph Pinardi and Rita Franzoi, who ran unopposed for open seats on the council left vacant by departing mayor Jay "Budgey" Aijala and Steven Lombardo, also took their oaths of office at the meeting. After doing this, the council held a restructuring meeting where they designated their official depositories as...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com MONTREAL, Wis. - A new councilmember was sworn in at the Montreal Common Council meeting on Tuesday. Following the meeting, Steve Fiene is now one of two council members for Ward 1 along with Maleah Cummings. "It's a big seat to fill but I'll be able to do it, to the best of my ability," Fiene said about his appointment. Fiene is filling a position left vacant by Ken Saari, who did not run in the Iron County 2022 general election. Incumbent Mayor...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors held a restructuring meeting at the Iron County Courthouse in the wake of the April 5 elections on Tuesday. The composition of the board remained largely unchanged from their previous meeting in March, as the only contested position with two or more named candidates on the ballot was Iron County supervisor for district 12 and that race was ultimately won by incumbent candidate Opal Roberts. The position of county supervisor for district 6 was on the b...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Area junior/high school students took a field trip to the Historical Ironwood Theatre on Tuesday morning for a screening and discussion on the film " Coming Up for Air; It All Happens in a Moment." The film "focuses on the struggles and the uncertainty that family and friends of a person experiencing mental health issues go through," according to a press release from Gogebic County Community Mental Health. "It really isn't focused on suicide,...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - After a brief surge of colder weather and some light snow accumulation over the last couple of days, the National Weather Service in Marquette is predicting warmer weather across the U.P. by the end of the week. "Right now with the lake being roughly freezing, maybe a few degrees above freezing here and there, it doesn't take much to get any kind of energy transfer from the lake to the atmosphere," said meteorologist Joe Phillips of NWS on...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY — Following the Iron County general elections on April 5, Joanne Bruneau was appointed the first female mayor of the city of Hurley. Bruneau outlined her plans for the next two years in broad strokes for the Daily Globe on Tuesday. “My goals are to improve the city’s infrastructure, secure infrastructure money for repairs that need to be done and work with the department heads to keep the city running as efficiently as possible,” Bruneau told the Daily Globe. Bruneau said that she was initial...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdaiyglobe.com BESSEMER - The city of Bessemer Downtown Development Authority is considering applying for a loan against its future revenue in order to be able to have a more aesthetic curb appeal following the U.S. 2 project. The city has the option of having colored concrete laid down to provide a visually-appealing separation of the highway curb and the sidewalk from Mill Street to Peck Street. "It's all about what's going to make this town stand out as different...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - As Christians everywhere celebrate the culmination of Holy Week this Easter Sunday, local pastors are focused on guiding their parishioners to a closer relationship with God and the promise of salvation. "This year's theme is keeping our eyes on the heavenly or on the holy," said Pastor Keith Mullikin of Wesley United Methodist Church in Ironwood and the Wakefield United Methodist church in Wakefield. "We're so focused on the mundane around...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER - The city of Bessemer is considering a less expensive storm sewer layout for the Galena Street and South State Street areas which tie into storm sewer along Mill Street and near the city garage. According to project manager Darren Pionk of C2AE, the storm sewer infrastructure in that area is aging out and needs to be replaced. "It's a major storm interceptor for the city. The work is not included or fundable through the USDA (U.S. Department...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER - Bessemer's Bluff Valley Park may soon have a facelift. City Manager Charly Loper announced during the monthly Recreation Committee meeting that she applied for a $100,000 grant from Kubota Tractor Corporation, of Grapevine, Texas, to update the park. According to Loper the company is offering five $100,000 grants and one of the recipients will be given an additional $100,000. She said the company is also offering some "smaller" things as...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER - Following a recent building study, Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Chair Jim Lorenson concluded that the county needs a new jail. A Jail Committee was formed at the board's meeting on March 23 and it came back to the board Wednesday with a recommendation for a contractor to establish a jail design study. Lorenson said that the newly appointed committee met with Tom Weber, an independent contractor specializing in justice system and...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com The winners of the Iron County 2022 general election were announced on Tuesday evening following voting earlier in the day. The election determined who will serve as county supervisors for the next two years, in addition to members of the Hurley and Montreal city councils, and the Hurley and Mercer school boards. The only contested position for a county board seat was in District 12, where voters had to choose between incumbent Opal Roberts and Hank...
