Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO - Members of the Marenisco Township board voted 3-2 Monday evening to pass a Marijuana Facilities Ordinance that includes terms in which marijuana enterprise can operate within township boundaries. Ordinance No. 06172019, which is unprecedented in Gogebic County, will require any such entrepreneurs to meet the qualifications for state licensing, which have yet to be determined in Michigan. The action follows last year's vote by citizens to...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] KIMBALL, Wis. - A two-vehicle crash temporarily closed U.S. 2 in Kimball Friday afternoon. The two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision at around 2 p.m. Friday, Iron County Sheriff Paul Samardich told the Daily Globe, on the highway near Defer Road. Four people were transported by Beacon Ambulance to Aspirus Ironwood Hospital as a result of the crash. The highway had re-opened by 4 p.m. The Iron County Sheriff's Department continues to...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — The 15 women at a firearms training event Saturday expressed a variety of reasons for participating but said they were excited with the opportunity to expand their knowledge, gain some skill and enjoy the company of other women. “I have a fear of guns,” said Tanya Thomas of Ironwood, who attended the fifth annual Ladies-Only Shooting Clinic at Superior Range Shooters’ Club in Ironwood Township, together with her mother, Debra Pate of Iron Mo...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council on Monday tabled resolutions on elections to review and gauge public input until the June 17 meeting. The council approved 4-0 to table a resolution that would amend the Bessemer charter to changed the two year council member terms to four year terms, if approved by the Bessemer voters. The second resolution would ask voters to change local elections from odd years to even years of the state and federal elections. The change would save the city the expense of r...
Tuesday, June 4 Loony Pedalers, 9 a.m., Rest Lake Pavilion. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Disabled American Veterans, 6 p.m., American Legion Club Rooms, Memorial Building....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Silver Street is a little more colorful after the Hurley third graders planted flowers in the various planters that line the city's main street Thursday. "It's real great to have the kids do all this," said Hurley Mayor Paul Mullard. "It helps the city ... it's really good to have the kids out and involved." Mullard said the city workers were going to come out and water the plants to make sure they survived the planting. The students have p...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] WATERSMEET TOWNSHIP - The recently created Watersmeet Township Police Department has been in operation since April 1. Paul Runcie, police chief for the township, said the department currently has three reserve officers and is considering hiring more. "I've got two guys slated for June for part-time," he said. He said his department responds to traffic accidents and criminal investigation along with civil matters. With approximately 200 square miles...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — Visitors to the O Kun de Kun Falls will have a new trail, bridge and improved parking lot to better enjoy the beautiful falls by July 31. Kenny Wawsczyk, of the North Country Trail Association, informed the Ontonagon County Board Tuesday the 1.4 miles of new trails to the falls is being paid by a DNR Trust Fund grant which will go through the county into the project. The DNR Trust Fund can’t give the grant to the trail association, but can send grant money to the county. The U.S. Forest Ser...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - With the school year almost over and Hurley students about to start summer vacation in a few weeks, Hurley Police Chief Chris Colassaco met with kindergarteners and third graders Friday to talk about bike safety. "I love the opportunity to talk to the kids," Colassaco said. He said he talks to the kindergarteners and third graders because not only are those ages good times to set them in the habit of wearing bike helmets, but it ensures...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A man wanted in Kentucky was arrested in Gogebic County last week. Kermit Knutson, 66, was arrested in Marenisco Township May 8 after the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department received information regarding his location. Knutson was wanted for failing to appear in court on a first-degree rape charge, according to a post on the Louisville Police Department’s Facebook page, after he allegedly cut off his ankle bracelet. Officer Lamont Washington, a spokesman for the Louisville Police Depar...
HURLEY, Wis. — The Hurley Chamber of Commerce presented updates on city events to the Hurley City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting. Rita Franzoi, marketing director and events coordinator for the chamber, said she would like local residents to help on Monday, during scheduled clean up day. “We’ve got our big Memorial Day rallies coming up and we want everything to look nice,” she said. Beginning at 4 p.m., the event takes place downtown at the motorized trail behind Silver Street. “When people come they see a nice presentation rather than...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The fourth annual DOVE Color Run/Walk had a sunny, warm welcome with Saturday temperatures that grew from the 50s to nearly 70 degrees. "It's just awesome," said Jeanine Winkowski, executive director of Domestic Violence Escape, Inc., a women's shelter in Ironwood. The fundraiser, which was based at Wakefield's VFW Post 9084, featured untimed runs or walks around Sunday Lake, as well as prizes, a 50/50 raffle and a pancake breakfast. The event...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - A Minneapolis man charged with bringing heroin into the area was sentenced to prison in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Brandon Lee Bible, 36, was sentenced to at least 7 years, 11 months for possession of heroin with intent to deliver and at least 2 years for resisting and obstructing a police officer. "You took it upon yourself to supply heroin to Gogebic County on not just one occasion, on not just two occasions, but (on) at...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Members of the community gathered for a community safety session on Tuesday night at A.D. Johnston Junior and High School. Held in the school’s multipurpose room, the session featured trooper Jerry Mazurek of the Michigan State Police, Sgt. Brandon Lyons of the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office, and Gogebic County prosecutor Nick Jacobs. Before the session, Lyons told the Globe that parents were the primary target for the session covering school safety, human trafficking and active shooter issue...
WAKEFIELD — Michigan State Police posts in the Upper Peninsula collected 338.2 pounds of prescription drugs during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday. F/Lt. Don Horn, commander at state police’s Wakefield post, said he is grateful that people are “doing the right thing” and disposing of the drugs properly. Collecting 29.4 pounds of prescriptions at his post, Horn said that’s more than they have received in a long time. “A lot of different people stopped in between ten and two on Saturday and dropped stuff off,” he said. Horn...
HURLEY — An Illinois man wanted in his home state attempted to escape from Iron County Sheriff’s Department custody Saturday while being treated for a medical issue. The man was booked into the Iron County Jail early Saturday morning on local charges of disorderly conduct and a warrant out of Illinois, according to Iron County Sheriff Paul Samardich. The attempted escape occurred at roughly 1:06 p.m., as the inmate fled into the nearby woods while being escorted out of the Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, Samardich said in a news release. The man...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Those with medications they no longer need have the opportunity to dispose them properly, as Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Now in its ninth year, the event seeks to remove opioids and other medications that can be abused from homes where they are vulnerable to “misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children and teens,” said a spokesperson with the Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA and its local partners around the country have collected mor...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to at least three years in prison on a drug charge in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Thomas Wayne Raymond, 37, was sentenced to between three and 10 years for possession of methamphetamine. Judge Michael Pope singled out Raymond’s criminal record when imposing his sentence. “Mr. Raymond was on parole at the time he committed this particular offense. But not just that, he had been out of prison for less than two month...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Elementary students at Luther L. Wright K-12 School gathered in the gymnasium on Monday to hear a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security talk about how to be safer while online. Stationed in Sault Ste. Marie, Agent Todd Wilton told the Daily Globe, with more than 750,000 registered sex offenders in Michigan, educating students to be aware of danger signs can protect them from internet predators. "It is mind-blowing how many...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Michigan State Police Wakefield Post 86 recently had three troopers join its ranks. Stefin Robinson, Paul Maxinoski and Evan Fezatt completed 28 weeks at the MSP's training academy and all three said the training was "intense." "I thought I was in good shape going in, but I'm definitely in better shape now," Fezatt said. F/Lt. Donald Horn, commander of the Wakefield Post, recognized how difficult it is to become a trooper. "For a recru...
GREEN BAY, Wis. - James Damien LaBlonde, 40, passed away unexpectedly at his home with his family at his side, as he entered his heavenly home on March 31, 2019. Jim was born in Ashland to James and Marlene (Koski) LaBlonde on Sept. 20, 1978. He was the youngest of three children. His older sisters, Nicole and Dena, loved and adored him. Jim enjoyed spending time outdoors with his father. Even as a child, he always had a radiant smile on his face that could light up any room he entered. Jim was...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] BESSEMER - Gogebic County Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope gave a presentation at the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday regarding office changes in the courthouse. Pope said the move was primarily to get court staff on the same floor. "We have already moved two offices and the third is being moved (today)," he said. The Department of Corrections offices have moved from upstairs down to the annex. The District Court probation staf...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A New London, Wis., man pleaded guilty to a pair of felonies for his role in a December home invasion in Marenisco Township in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Todd Matthew Norton, 48, pleaded guilty to first-degree home invasion and assault with intent to do great bodily harm for his role in the home invasion and robbery. The plea came as part of a plea agreement that will have charges of armed robbery, possessing a weapon while c...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] HURLEY — After hearing updates regarding recreational trails from Iron County Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts during Tuesday’s meeting, the Hurley City Council decided more information is still needed before it could act. ICORE is asking the council to pass a pair of resolutions. The first would have the city of Hurley adopt Iron County’s Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan so the city could be eligible for certain grants. The second asked for the city to apply for Department of Natural Resou...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Minnesota man told Gogebic County Circuit Judge Michael Pope he was delivering heroin to the area when the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team arrested him in Ironwood last September. Brandon Lee Bible, 35, of Minneapolis, made the confession Tuesday as part of his guilty plea to a pair of felonies. Bible pleaded guilty to the delivery or manufacturing of heroin and resisting/obstructing police officers as part of a plea agreement. In exchange for the pleas, a charge of tampering with e...
