Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By DAILY GLOBE STAFF [email protected] WATERSMEET — A man wanted for the murder of a 14-year-old downstate was taken into custody in Watersmeet Friday without incident. Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team arrested Juan Sandro Cabrera, 18, at approximately 5:30 a.m. Friday at a home in Watersmeet, according to a Michigan State Police news release, after receiving information from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department about Cabrera’s location. Cabrera, who is facing open murder, felony firearm possession and gang...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] WATERSMEET - The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa presented five checks for nearly $140,000 to local townships and school districts on Monday at the Tribal Offices in Watersmeet. The five recipients of tribal funds were: Watersmeet Township for $89,336; Watersmeet School, $27,019; Gogebic County, $18,101; Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, $3,909; and McMillian Township, $1,000 Jim Oliver, the GOISD's director of...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Former Hurley mayor Joe Pinardi is facing charges in Iron County Court in connection to an existing case involving former fire chief Darrell Petrusha. Pinardi, 69, is charged with being a party to the crime of unauthorized use of an entity’s identifying information or documents, misdemeanor false swearing and obstructing an officer. The first is a felony, while the other two counts are misdemeanors. The charges primarily stem from statements Pinardi allegedly made regarding Pet...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - While they are normally known for their inter-agency cooperation, the Gogebic Range's law enforcement departments squared off Friday in a chili cook-off fundraiser. A total of nine competitors submitted dishes; including members of the Ironwood Public Safety Department, Gogebic County Sheriff's Department, Iron County Sheriff's Department, Hurley Police Department, Michigan State Police's Wakefield Post and county prosecutor's office....
HURLEY — The Hurley K-12 School was put on lock down Thursday afternoon due to a “perceived threat heard elsewhere in the community,” said Administrator Chris Patritto. “We did it under an abundance of precaution,” he told the Daily Globe later. A Code Yellow was declared at 1:45 and lifted at 2:20, according to text messages received by parents with children in the school. Patritto said someone in the community heard what they thought was a threat and called the school. “We called the police and put the school on lock down. The police dete...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Michigan Senate Oversight Committee met Tuesday in Lansing to hear testimony regarding an auditor general's report concerning the Michigan Department of Correction's decision to close the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco. The facility, which had 203 employees, closed Dec. 1. The report - a follow-up to a 2012 performance audit - found the MDOC partially complied with the changes recommended following the 2012 audit. "(The departme...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO - The question of how to manage the recreational marijuana business was a topic at a Monday evening meeting of the Marenisco Township board. Board members voted Jan. 28 to consider opting into such business, but they do not yet have a draft of a preliminary ordinance from township attorney Jim Bucknell. Meanwhile, board members pondered how many issues they might need to address in the event of opening the township to various types of marijuana...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] Wakefield — The Michigan State Police issued a legal update on its “Move Over Law” to expand the law from all emergency vehicles to now include snowplows, garbage trucks, wrecker, utility vehicles and any road maintenance vehicles that are parked stationary on the side of the road parked with flashing, rotating, or oscillating lights. The expanded Move Over Law begins on Feb. 13 and states drivers are required to not only move over in a safe manner to an adjacent lane when one is available, but slow...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The accidental discharge of a gun drew a police response and temporarily locked down the Ironwood Walmart Thursday afternoon. Deputies with the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department responded to reports of a gunshot in the store at approximately 2:35 p.m., Sheriff Pete Matonich said in a press release. Responding officers quickly determined a customer accidentally discharged a gun in the store’s bathroom area, according to the release. While there was a brief lockdown in the store, Maton...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Hurley man with several active cases in Iron County is now also wanted on an additional 29 charges, after Iron County District Attorney Matt Tingstad recently filed a sixth case in Iron County Court. Andrew R. Zaleski, 38, is charged with one count of stalking, domestic abuse; 14 counts of felony bail jumping and 14 counts of violating a foreign order of protection from Gogebic County in Michigan. The stalking charge carries a potential maximum sentence of up to 3.5 years in prison or a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A warrant has been filed in Iron County Court for a Montreal woman due to her failure to attend her initial appearance on misdemeanor theft charges Monday. Cathryn Leigh Huotari, 48, is charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft of less than $2,500 — a crime with a potential maximum sentence of nine months in jail or a fine of up to $10,000. Huotari is accused of taking approximately $2,105 between June 2017 and September 2018 in connection to her job with the Eagle Bluff Condo Ass...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs has brought charges against a fifth person in connection to a Marensico Township home invasion last December. An Appleton man, 31, is being held in the Outagamie County Jail pending extradition proceedings to Gogebic County on charges of armed robbery, first-degree home invasion, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, possession of a weapon while committing a felony and being a felon in possession of a weapon. His name is being withheld u...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Michigan State Police announced that 11 troopers from the Upper Peninsula were awarded the Cpl. Samuel A. Mapes Criminal Patrol and Investigation Award, including a local trooper. Tpr. Alexander L. Sackmann of the Wakefield Post received this award which is only given to the top 5 percent of troopers in each district who look “past the traffic stop.” Sackmann made 11 felony arrests in 2018 that met the criteria for this award. Sackmann joined the department in 2017 and came to the Wakefie...
Wednesday, Feb. 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Iron County Health Department Walk In Clinic, 8:30 a.m.—noon, health department. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Hurley Midget...
Tuesday, Feb. 5 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. A Matter of Balance, 10 a.m.-noon, first floor conference room, Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, 906-663-4045. 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. Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, 4...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield city council voted Monday to grant members of 4 the Kids permission to use batting net equipment in the community room gym of the municipal building. Peter Koruga, co-chair of 4 the Kids, said members of his group not only had raised enough funds to pay for the room’s new gym floor, but also has funds left over. He said 4 the Kids would like to put those extra funds toward netting to allow batting practice in the gym. He estimated the cost of such equipment at $2,695 and sai...
A strong arctic cold front swept across the region Thursday that included a winter storm warning, frigid temperatures, blowing snow and wind chill advisories. Ironwood, Bessemer, Wakefield-Marenisco and Watersmeet schools all canceled school early Thursday and at the same time called off school for today. Hurley also called off school for today. The Michigan State Police Wakefield Post was cautioning against any travel on area roads Thursday. Late Thursday, MSP announced M-28 was closed between...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Two suspects in a Marenisco home invasion were recently arraigned in Gogebic County District Court, while two more arrests have been made in Wisconsin in connection to the case. Todd Matthew Norton, 47, and Amber Jo Dorschner, 41, of New London, Wis., were extradited on multiple felony charges after being arrested in east central Wisconsin earlier this month. Norton was arraigned Jan. 18 and is charged with armed robbery, first-degree home invasion, assault with intent to do great bodily...
MARENISCO — Two people were killed Friday evening in a head-on collision of two snowmobiles on Lake Gogebic Friday evening. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post along with deputies from the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to the call of a snowmobile personal injury accident at 7:12 p.m. The accident occurred on Lake Gogebic near the Lake Gogebic State Park, approximately 500 feet from shore, according to a Michigan State Police report. “A 23-year-old male from Riverton Ill., was involved in a head-on colli...
LAKE GOGEBIC — A Friday Facebook post from the Official Wisconsin Snowmobile Enthusiasts Club indicated two snowmobilers were killed in a head-on crash of two machines around 9 p.m. Both machines burst into flames and efforts were made to revive the drivers without success, the report said. A fireball was visible from a distance away. The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department confirmed there was an accident and said Michigan State Police were investigating. Jill Swarts, 46, of Nebraska, was killed earlier this winter while snowmobiling on the...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Public Safety Department and volunteer firefighters knocked down a kitchen fire Wednesday at 10:22 a.m. at the corner of Lowell and Francis Streets, but there was extensive smoke damage. Homeowner Tammie Ruby said the fire started from an air fryer in the kitchen. She said she had just cleaned it when it suddenly burst into flames. "The kitchen's pretty much a total loss," she said. Smoke was pouring out from the top floor...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Two people were arrested in east central Wisconsin Wednesday in connection with the armed robbery home invasion in Marenisco Township in December. A man, 47, and woman, 41, were arrested in New London Wednesday evening, according to Gogebic County Sheriff Pete Matonich. The owner of the East Shore road residence in the Lake Gogebic area was assaulted and tied up during the early morning hours of Dec. 18 in the home invasion where money and guns were stolen. The property owner was able t...
Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the Gogebic Range's top five stories of 2018 each day through Monday, New Year's Eve. The editorial department staff sat down and came up with its annual list, naming a fatal fire in the early morning hours of Feb. 20 in downtown Ironwood as the second-place story of the year. Feb. 21, 2018. City Commissioner Jim Mildren later said it was the day he "thought we might lose our downtown," as a fire left three dead and two buildings destroyed. The Ironwood Public Safety Department responded to...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MARENISCO — The search continues for the suspects who broke into a Marenisco Township residence early Tuesday morning, assaulted and tied up the homeowner before stealing “money and numerous guns.” The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department believes the armed suspects specifically targeted the East Shore Road residence in the Lake Gogebic area, Sheriff Pete Matonich said in a news release. Matonich told the Daily Globe the resident was treated at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, but didn’t provide a...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — An Ontonagon County jury in Circuit Court Wednesday convicted an Iowa man of seven felonies in an incident which occurred in mid January 2018. Paul Smith, 26, was convicted of one count illegal entry, one count of home invasion, and counts of possession of a weapon (metallic knuckles), receiving and concealing property (a vehicle), lying to a police officer, use of methamphetamine, and leaving lawful custody. The incident began when a car was found stuck in a ditch in Stannard Township. Police d...
