Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Carnegie Library in Ironwood hosted first-time novelist Roger Hinterthuer Thursday afternoon. Hinterthuer's first book, "Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied," which he said is regular District Attorney speak, details his and others' work to solve a crime ring operated by the Outlaws, a 1 percenter biker gang. The 1 percenters claim their moniker as the bad 1 percent of bikers, compared to the good 99 percent who populate motorcycle...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Kenneth George Kielcheski, 74, of Merriweather, passed away Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. He was born in Park Falls, Wis., on May 2, 1943, to George and Irene (Brown) Kielcheski. He married Susan A. Barrette in Merriweather at his home. He was a graduate of Bergland High School and attended Michigan State University. He entered the Michigan State Police and retired as sergeant after 40 years of service. He also worked as a logger and owned and operated KK Logging Company. He was an avid sportsman. He e...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer city council voted 3-2 to accept the Medical Marijuana Police Power Ordinance no. 356 and 3-2 to accept the Zoning Amendment Ordinance no. 357 Monday. The three voting for acceptance were Kathy Whitburn, John Frello, and Al Gaiss. Rob Coleman and Linda Nelson recorded votes against the two ordinances. Frello voiced an opinion during the second reading that he was surprised at the lack of comments during public comment as he...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — In a softball rematch that was 25 years in the making, Iron County cops beat Gogebic County 25-19 in the “Battle of the Badges” at Hurley’s Cary Park on Saturday afternoon. On a sunny day in which the late Ernie Banks would have said, “Let’s play two,” the softball teams raised money for Domestic Violence Escape, the Range Suicide Prevention Council, HOPE animal shelter and the Joy of Giving program. The marathon three-hour game was extended to 10 innings by Joe Simonich, who served as ann...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - A Bessemer man was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Thursday in Gogebic County Circuit Court on drug and weapon charges. Ryan Anton Blake, 25, was sentenced to between 10 and 30 years for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. He was also sentenced to between 28 months and 90 months - or two years, four months and seven years, six months - for being a felon in possession of a firearm. "Mr. Blake is 25 years old and...
IRONWOOD — An Ironwood man is facing a drug charge, following the death of an Ironwood woman that police suspect is related to illegal controlled substances. Bo Menara, 36, was charged with delivering less than 50 grams of a mixture containing morphine in the wake of Angela Lynn Mylly’s death Friday. The charge carries a potential maximum penalty of 20 years and/or a $25,000 fine. The Ironwood Public Safety Department and Beacon Ambulance responded to a report of an unresponsive Ironwood resident, who was not breathing, at 6:24 a.m. Fri...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer city council said, “aye” unanimously to the branding committee’s marketing design for the city, Doug Kikkebusch’s design for 12 bicycle racks to station around town, and for the city to dispose of some recently discovered revolvers and badges from the old Bessemer police force that has been disbanded since the 1980s. The new Bessemer brand is being unveiled for the entire town Sept. 28 in a formal presentation accompanied by live music, a Business After Five gathering...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - Warm weather brought out huge crowds for the Ontonagon Labor Festival Parade Sunday. The largest number of floats to compete in many years vied for top prizes in three divisions. Margo Anderson, head of the parade committee, said that only one and two points separated four of the floats from each other. Top float by one point was the Stein Club "Moonshine" entry. A large still full of moonshine loomed over the "revenoors" in their log cabin while...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township man involved in a May standoff with police has been deemed not competent to stand trial and remanded to a psychiatric facility. Gogebic County Circuit Judge Michael Pope ordered Leonard John Hellier, 48, committed to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Forensic Psychiatry in Ypsilanti Wednesday “in an effort to restore competency,” Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs said. “This effectively puts a time-out on any further p...
HURLEY — The effort to extend non-motorized trails into from Michigan into Iron County is expected to take a big step forward Monday as the non-motorized trail group is meeting with other stakeholders to discuss the trail’s temporary route through Hurley. The group is meeting members of the Hurley Chamber of Commerce, Iron County Recreation Council and city police at 3 p.m. to discuss the route non-motorized users will take from the trailhead on Second Avenue west through downtown Hurley to Fifth Avenue. The trail committee will then meet at...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - A Saxon woman is headed to prison after Iron County Judge Patrick Madden decided Wednesday her role in the 2016 murder-arson at the Bear Trap Inn was serious enough to exceed the prosecution's recommendation of jail time and probation. Jessica M. Carli, 42, was sentenced to four years in prison and another four years of extended supervision for her role in helping her then-boyfriend cover up the crime. "Ms. Carli, in her statement,...
LANSING — Michigan has achieved a significant milestone in the state’s efforts to keep babies safe with the 200th surrender of a newborn under the state’s Safe Delivery law. Under the law, a biological parent may legally surrender an infant no more than 72 hours old to an emergency service provider. An emergency service provider is a uniformed or otherwise identified employee or contractor of a hospital, fire department or police station who is inside the building and on duty, or a paramedic or emergency medical technician who responds to a...
IRONWOOD - Eleven cyclists took off from Ironwood Thursday morning on what they called the inaugural Upper Peninsula Iron Belle Trail Ride, with a goal of arriving in St. Ignace on Saturday. The riders will cross the Upper Peninsula on the non-motorized Iron Belle Trail, which is designated to cross the entire state, uninterrupted from Ironwood to Belle Isle in Detroit. Locally, Bob Jacquart helped muster the ride, gaining support from the city of Ironwood, Department of Natural Resources,...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - Hurley City Council members expressed frustration on Tuesday that nearly four years after a fire destroyed the Wishbones restaurant on Silver Street, the bottom part of the structure has not been removed. The Dec. 12, 2013 fire created a spectacular blaze that sent smoke for miles on a cold winter night. On Tuesday, council member Joanne Bruneau questioned the status of removal of the remains of the building during the public comment section...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — An 18-year-old Hurley resident will spend 20 days in the Iron County Jail before heading off to attend Northern Michigan University in Marquette this fall. Joshua Richard Quello was sentenced on Tuesday afternoon after entering no contest pleas to two counts of sexual assault of minors and two misdemeanors for intimidation of a witness. A deferred entry of judgment was reached in which the two felonies will be dismissed after three years if he follows all conditions of the agreement. Quello w...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Charly Loper, city manager, brought forth a recommendation under new business that the council seek the assistance of a professional mediator. The mediation is designed to assist the council in working together and in getting along better. The council supported the appeal by Loper 4-1, with Al Gaiss opposing the measure. The council voted to approve Change Order number 3 regarding the Water and Wastewater system improvements plan to...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood woman who was convicted of three charges in connection to a brief police chase was sentenced to jail and probation Tuesday in Gogebic County Circuit Court. Gina Marie Ransanici, 41, of Aspen Street was sentenced to two years probation — the first nine months of which will be served in jail — for the felony charge of third degree fleeing and eluding an officer. She received a jail credit for 101 days of time served. Ransanici was also convicted in April of two misde...
IRONWOOD — An original complaint about a dog being killed by other dogs at an Ironwood residence has expanded into an investigation involving the Department of Human Services. The Ironwood Public Safety Department received a Friday complaint from a 31-year-old East Oak Street resident that there had apparently been a fight among five dogs at the house, and a small dog ended up dead. The owner agreed a Boxer and two German shorthair dogs should be put down, but there was apparent disagreement with his fiance about putting down a fourth, s...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope will continue to preside over criminal charges and a civil case filed against former Ironwood Township Treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso. On Tuesday afternoon, Pope denied a motion by Olson-DeRosso’s attorney, James McKenzie, to step down from hearing the cases. McKenzie argued Pope might be biased because he previously served as attorney for Ironwood Township. Olson-DeRosso is charged with nine felonies, alleging she embezzled money while ser...
IRONWOOD - With thick fog and cool temperatures, Thursday on the Gogebic Range felt more like a November day. The thermometer stood at 50 degrees at 4:25 p.m. in downtown Ironwood, under cloudy skies. The cool temperatures put a crimper on hay-making operations across the Gogebic Range in a summer in which ample rain has made grass mowing a twice weekly job for many. Barring a further dip in the temperatures, the record low of 38 set for July 13-14 in 1960 wasn't in jeopardy, according to Nation...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An outside expert has found the suspect accused of robbing the Holiday Gas Station in Ironwood in December fit to stand trial. Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs told the Daily Globe the expert came fromRockford Ill. to examine Chadd Mathias Andert and reported “Mr. Andert does not meet the statutory criteria for an individual deemed legally insane.” This is the second psychological expert who has deemed Andert, 36, of Ironwood, capable of standing trial for the two felony count...
ONTONAGON — An Ontonagon man was sentenced to prison for drug dealing. In Ontonagon Circuit Court, Judge Michael Pope sentenced Harvey Reaver, 37, to a minimum sentence of six years and maximum of 20 years in prison on drug charges in two separate cases. In both files, Reaver was charged with delivery or manufacture of methamphetamine. He was given credit for 169 days served in jail. In the plea agreement, one charge of delivery or manufacture of meth and one of possession of Adderal were dismissed. Reaver was also ordered to pay $198 in c...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council awarded a $1,134,153 contract to Ross Peterson Construction Tuesday for this summer’s utility project. Jamey Francis, of the public works committee, said the city had $30,000 more for the project than it expected in a previous federal grant that can be used for the project. He said that will enable Peterson to run a new water line under U.S. 51. In addition to the base project, the council agreed to fund a U.S. 51 sewer main for $53,960 and $68,255 in Germain Hill wat...
HURLEY, Wis. - Archie Dean Searle, 82, of Ironwood, died peacefully in his sleep at the Villa Maria Nursing home in Hurley on June 29, 2017. Archie was born May 8, 1935, to John James and Dorothy (Hewitt) Searle in Ironwood, Mich. He attended Central grade school and later graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1953. Right after graduation, Archie joined the U.S. Navy, where he served as an ordnance man on the USS Midway and the USS Saratoga. While on the Midway, he was awarded his Shell...
BESSEMER - A low flying plane made three passes at tree-top level, right down Sophie Street, initiating the start of Bessemer's Fourth of July parade Tuesday evening. It was all a prelude to the Bessemer Blast parade and the Thunder on the Mountain fireworks show later at Massie Field. A large crowd had gathered on a sunny evening, as the Memory Lane Car Cruise broke the ice, showcasing their late model automobiles along the parade route. Detective Sergeant Jeremy Hauswirth, from Michigan State...
