Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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ASHLAND, Wis. - Aaro A. Maki, 92, of Oma, died Thursday, June 30, 2016, in Ashland. He was born June 28, 1924, in Worcester, Mass., son of the late Matti and Saima (Niemela) Maki. Aaro attended Worcester schools and graduated from the Worcester High School. From May 5, 1943, until Jan. 7, 1946, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the 135th Military Police Company. He served in the battles and campaigns of Naples-Foggia, North Apennines, Rome-Arno and the Western Pacific Antisubmari...
HURLEY — A $250,000 grant to help bring a grocery store to Hurley will be announced at a Friday ceremony. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation will join Hurley Mayor Joseph Pinardi and community and business leaders at the 10:30 a.m. ceremony at the former Super One site, off Tenth Avenue. State officials will also be on hand. “It’s been a long time coming,” Pinardi told the city council Tuesday, referring to the two-year struggle to get a grocery store to locate in the city. Great Lakes Foods bought the former grocery store buildin...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Jack Duane Franklin, 73, a long-time resident of Wakefield, passed away Thursday morning, June 9, 2016. Jack was born on Oct. 4, 1942, in Manistee, the son of Frank Floyd and Eileen Edessa (Pierson) Franklin. He attended Manistee High School and graduated in 1960. Jack entered the U.S. Navy and proudly served his country for three years aboard the USS Elkhorn, a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker, where he traveled worldwide as a radio man third class. On July 10, 1965, Jack...
BESSEMER - Washington Elementary School students learned about the bells and whistles inside emergency and law enforcement vehicles Tuesday afternoon and even got to throw a pie in the face of school staff and law enforcement as part of a fundraising effort. Students climbed inside a Bessemer Fire Department fire truck, Michigan State Police Wakefield Post cruisers, a Beacon ambulance, a Gogebic County Sheriff's Department boat and up on a GCSD off-road vehicle. MSP Trooper Jerry Mazurek said...
HURLEY - Hurley's Silver Street looks a bit nicer after the area master gardeners and Hurley third graders planted flowers in the planting barrels along the street Wednesday. The annual event has become a Hurley tradition that has been going on for roughly 16 years. In fact, a number of interns with Iron County's University of Wisconsin Extension office are participating in their second Silver Street planting. "Our summer interns remember doing this (when they were in third grade), so it's...
ONTONAGON - Fifth grade students from Ontonagon and Ewen-Trout Creek schools, along with most of the law enforcement and emergency services representatives were at 911 Camp in Ontonagon Wednesday. The camp was the brain-child of Sheriff Dale Rantala when he was undersheriff eleven years ago, and brings together fire and law officials teaching the children about the importance of those resources in their lives. The Ontonagon Fire Department, Upper Peninsula Power Company, Greenland Fire...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Donald K. Luoma, 84, a lifelong resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully early Sunday morning, May 29, 2016. Don was born on April 19, 1932, in Wakefield, the son of Andrew and Aila (Rintamaki) Luoma. He attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1950. Don worked for Kimberly Clark in Marenisco until he enlisted in the U.S. Army on Dec. 2, 1952, where he proudly served his country for two years and was honorably discharged on Nov. 10, 1954. Don returned to Wakefield...
HURLEY - Hurley kicked off its Memorial Day Weekend All-Terrain Vehicle Rally with a 45-minute parade of hundreds of machines in light rain Friday evening. It didn't matter much to the ATV and side-by-side riders, many of whom were soaked in mud from trail riding earlier in the day. Hurley Police Chief Dan Erspamer led the parade down Silver Street for the final time, as he's retiring this summer. The covered side-by-side vehicles probably outnumbered the traditional ATVs on the parade route, wh...
BESSEMER — Judge Michael Pope heard testimony and arguments regarding whether a search and the eventual arrest of Adam Lee Stone was legal during an all-purpose motion hearing in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Stone, 35, of Hurley, is facing charges of possession of a firearm by a felon, a five-year felony; felonious assault, a four-year felony; possession of heroin, a four-year felony; felony firearm, a two-year felony, and a habitual offender-fourth offense notice. The charges stem from an incident in Ironwood Township where M...
Tuesday, May 24 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area7...
Monday, May 23 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival Auxilliary, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Finnish Language Classes, 3 p.m. beginners, 4 p.m., advanced, Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Young Authors and Illustrators Group, 3:30 p.m., Luther L. Wright Library. Grades 2-4. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] KIMBALL, Wis. - The Lake Nebagamon, Wis., man who rolled his vehicle off U.S. 2 near Little Finland on Saturday has had a bad month behind the wheel. Lance Adolphson, 46, was transported to Aspirus Grand View Hospital by Beacon Ambulance after his eastbound vehicle veered off the highway and ended up striking some trees around 6 p.m. After leaving the highway, the vehicle continued over over a private driveway before hitting the trees. Iron County...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - Members of the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department, Michigan State Police and Ironwood Public Safety Department - along with staff members of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services - learned the best ways to prevent infants from dying in their sleep Wednesday during a safe-sleep training session. The thought behind the training was, because officers may be in homes more frequently than DHS employees, while responding to 911...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Former Erwin Township Clerk Prisilla Gerovac entered a no contest plea to an embezzlement charge in 32nd Circuit Court in Bessemer Tuesday as part of a plea agreement. The agreement calls for Gerovac, 45, of East Pioneer Road, to plead no contest to the charge of embezzlement by an agent or trustee of an amount more than $1,000 and less than $20,000, a five-year felony. There is also the possibility of a fine of up to $10,000 or three times the amount embezzled, whichever is greater. A...
IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College is pleased to announce Dr. Randy Smith, current President of the Rural Community College Alliance, will be the graduation speaker for the 82nd commencement ceremony Friday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m. held in the Lindquist Student and Conference Center gymnasium. Smith has been involved in higher education for over twenty-two years. He holds a Ph.D. in higher education leadership, Master of Science in emergency health services administration and a bachelor’s degree in political science. He also completed the Edu...
By Daily Globe Staff [email protected] WAKEFIELD - With high school prom season here, Michigan State Police advise students to make smart decisions and take extra precaution to stay safe while celebrating. On Thursday, Community Service Trooper Jerry Mazurek from the Wakefield Post spoke to Ironwood high school students. "Prom is an exciting time for high school students, and we want to encourage teens to have fun by making good choices," he said. "Students should know the consequences of...
HURLEY, Wis. - Eugene Gust Kaartunen, 94, of Erwin Township, Ironwood, Mich., died peacefully Thursday evening, April 21, 2016, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Nov. 6, 1921, in Erwin Township, Ironwood, son of the late Henry and Maria Josephine (Koski) Kaartunen. He married the former Vienna Helen Warren on Dec. 8, 1942, in Brooklyn, N.Y. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a truck driver and in the...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — As top vote-getter in the April 5 election, Steve Lombardo was named mayor pro-tempore Tuesday by the Hurley City Council. If Mayor Joe Pinardi is not available, Lombardo will act as mayor. Pinardi announced reappointments to most committee posts, with few changes. New council member Stephanie Smith will sit on both the police-fire-license and parks-recreation committees. Ray O’Dea was reappointed city attorney and Dan Soine will again be assessor and building inspector. Appointments to the...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — A 49-year-old Hurley man died in a Saturday afternoon kayaking accident on the Black River. Clint Mabie suffered a head injury around 2:30 p.m. while kayaking near Narrows Creek, according to Michigan State Police from the Wakefield Post. State police and deputies from the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department responded, along with paramedics from Beacon Ambulance, after receiving a report that a member of a group of kayakers had been injured. The Gogebic County Search and Rescue team, Ironwood Township Fire Department. Gog...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] HURLEY - While taking a break from class, Hurley K-12 elementary students learned how to live a healthy lifestyle at the annual Health Fair on Friday. Scattered at tables in the gymnasium, representatives from DOVE, the University of Wisconsin-Extension office, Hurley Police Department, Northlakes Community Clinic, Sam's Club in Wausau, Iron County Human Services and Iron County Health Department spoke to students about a variety of topics. Zona...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The city of Hurley will again send out letters advising water customers of high contamination levels, even though recent tests have shown the water is within safe drinking standards. Because the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources averages readings from the city’s last four tests and that amount for Hurley exceeds acceptable levels, the letter will be necessary. The last two tests for Hurley showed improvements and were within federal guidelines. Last August, the city had failing tes...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners and the county road commission met Wednesday to discuss the road commission's proposed location for a new facility and went over other issues that "needed" to be resolved. Joe Bonovetz, county board chairman, said the county board disapproves of the proposed site and wanted to discuss it with the road commission. He said the county board doesn't have the power to reject the site, but wants to...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics Team's discovery of an active methamphetamine lab while executing a search warrant led to the temporary closure of a portion of Sunset Road Wednesday. Two people were arrested at E5193 Sunset Road. John Raymond Davis, 41, and Sara Anne Harris, 31, were arraigned in Gogebic County District Court in Bessemer Thursday, according to a GIANT press release. They are each charged with the same five...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood will seek bids on obtaining safety fencing for three or four former mining sites. City commissioners agreed Monday to seek the bids as part of $21,000 that has been budgeted for safety around the sites, including sinkholes. City Manager Scott Erickson said the money was obtained from the sale of easements to Xcel Energy. Erickson said “key locations” would be targeted. Commissioners also agreed to spend $8,200 for patching Ayer Street, from Lake Street to the Bonni...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — Used drug collection containers across the Gogebic Range have worked so well that they have created a problem in storing all the pills and medications being turned in for disposal. The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to send letters to legislators pointing out the extent of the problem here and seeking some assistance. Commissioners instructed county clerk Gerry Pelissero to draw up a letter to be sent to legislators. Gogebic County Sheriff Pete Matonich told the b...
