Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - Kindergarteners learned a different kind of alphabet Thursday at the Hurley K-12 School during a bike safety presentation by the Hurley Police Department. Students learned the "ABCs" of bike safety from Sgt. Chris Colassaco, who explained that each spring, bikes should be checked for three things - air in the tires, brakes and chain tightness. Eggs were used to show the importance of helmets while riding bikes. Colassaco taped an egg inside of a bike helmet, and dropped the helmet to...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Public Safety Department has placed a speed trailer along McLeod Avenue to help insure drivers respect the posted speed limit of 25 mph on the U.S. 2 detour route. Lt. Mike Rimkus of IPSD said officers are monitoring drivers' speeds along the route using both moving and stationary radar. "We're proactive, with our officers out in marked squads patrolling the detour frequently," he said. The IPSD has had some complaints of speeders along the route, but Rimkus said...
HURLEY - Forty-one third graders from the Hurley K-12 School donned gloves, grabbed trowels and planted flowers along Silver Street in Hurley Wednesday. Joy Schelble, of the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, prepared students for the planting by speaking in classrooms. Schelble is the county's horticulturalist, and asked students why flowers are planted in the city each year. "The first student looked at me and said, 'To take care of the environment,'" Schelble said. "The nex...
BESSEMER - The Bessemer Area School District's Board of Education went into closed session for about 45 minutes at its meeting Tuesday to discuss personnel issues. Board member Bill McDonald was arrested last week by Michigan State Police on three counts of misdemeanor warrants for aiding and abetting in the fraudulent signing of voter petitions that were circulated regarding consolidating the school with nearby Wakefield-Marenisco. Following the closed session, board member Dave Osier read a...
ONTONAGON - Fifth grade students from the Ontonagon and Ewen Trout Creek Schools Thursday learned about the many safety and protective programs available to them in the county. It was the ninth annual 911 program coordinated by Sheriff Dale Rantala with the help of more than eight law enforcement and safety groups. Fire departments, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Conservation, search and rescue, ambulance, Upper Peninsula Power Company, and police officials guided the children through...
WAKEFIELD - The days of the old police car with the CB radio and spotlight are over. The radio and spotlight are still there, but Sgt. Glenn Gauthier, of the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post, said the role of a state trooper is becoming more mobile, and the vehicle is making that a reality. "This is a trooper's office," he said motioning to the dark blue Dodge Charger with the red cherry button-light on top. The vehicle is loaded to the dome-light with technology, some of which has been...
IRONWOOD - It's not every day that a father and son dress up in green gowns and walk a stage in front of hundreds of people, but that's exactly what happened at Gogebic Community College's commencement ceremony on Friday. Jim Chiapuzio, 51, graduated with an associate of applied technology degree, and his son, Jordy, 20, graduated with an associate of arts degree in criminal justice. "I'm glad to be done," Jim Chiapuzio said. "It was hard, though. After being out 33 years and then having to do...
IRONWOOD - Representatives from area organizations and law enforcement agencies came together for a forum on drug abuse in the area, hosted by the Gogebic and Ontonagon Human Services Coordinating Board at Gogebic Community College Tuesday. Attendees watched presentations from a variety of groups, including the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Tea, the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team, Michigan State Police, Western U.P. Substance Abuse Coordinating Agency and NorthCare Network Substance...
WAKEFIELD - Members of the Michigan State Police Dive Team recovered three stolen firearms from Plymouth Mine Lake Sunday. The firearms were recovered, stemming from a joint investigation by the MSP Wakefield Post and the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department. Last November, a string of breaking and enterings were reported in Gogebic County, and a suspect, Anthony Michael Adams, 32, of Ramsay, was arrested Dec. 9. According to Det. Sgt. Jorge Cruz, Adams was arrested on charges of first and second...
WAKEFIELD - After a month of collecting donations for its first ever food drive, the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post delivered more than 1,500 pounds to St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry in Bessemer Thursday. Throughout April, troopers collected donations throughout the community to help the pantry. According to Lt. Donald Horn, the troopers decided to help a charity, and wanted to do something "people don't always talk about. "People don't always talk about donating food, so we wanted to do...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Public Safety Department has been chosen as the hazardous materials response team to cover the entire Upper Peninsula. IPSD Director Andrew DiGiorgio said Monday eight of the 12 officers in his department are training to receive technician 1 certification to respond to hazardous responses and more training is planned. "The IPSD has received well over $1 million in equipment to accomplish this task, including a response vehicle, air sampling and monitoring equipment, prote...
To the Editor: From the beginning of time, a community consisted of a few necessary constitutions as a building block to sustain that community. These primary things we do have in the Bessemer area. A community needs industry or jobs. It needs stores that support the needs of the people. It needs various places of worship. It needs security like a police department. It also needs a place to educate our children in the community. When I moved to the Gogebic Range in 1993, my wife and I looked at all the surrounding towns and decided that...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Edward Mason Samson, 78, a longtime resident of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Edward was born on Feb. 13, 1936, in Flint, the son of Percy Edward and Abby Ruth (Warby) Samson. He attended Flint Northern High School and graduated in 1954. After high school, Ed took up the barber trade and worked alongside his father in his shop. He also served in the U.S. Navy Reserves for eight years. In 1963, Ed joined the Michigan State Police. He was assigned to...
DETROIT (AP) - Pressure was building Wednesday for Michigan lawmakers to commit $350 million to Detroit pensions, a day after the city reached tentative agreements with pension funds and a retiree group to reduce payouts. The city has an $816 million pledge from foundations, philanthropists and Gov. Rick Snyder to shore up pension funds and prevent the sale of city-owned art as part of Detroit's strategy for exiting the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history. But the state's share still...
HURLEY – Hurley City Mayor Joseph Pinardi took his oath of office and appointed council members to serve on various committees at the city council meeting Tuesday. Joanne Bruneau was elected to serve as mayor pro-tem and was also appointed to chair the finance committee, with Robert Lanctoe and Steve Lombardo. Lanctoe was also appointed chair of the board of public works, with newly elected members Jay Aijala and Terry Seibel. Appointed to the parks and recreation committee were chairman J...
DETROIT (AP) - As Steve Utash lies in a Detroit hospital bed, with his brain swollen and a gash in his head, he appears to remember the brutal beating that a neighborhood mob inflicted days earlier. "He wakes up and his arms start struggling and he says, 'Help me! Help me!" said Terry Emerick, a family friend. Utash remained in critical condition Friday - two days after accidentally hitting a 10-year-old boy with his company pickup on Detroit's east side and being pummeled by at least a...
NOVI (AP) - Michigan police agencies are increasingly compiling and sharing information about suspects and everyday citizens as part of an effort to cut costs and improve communication, officials said. As budgets tighten, police are joining consortiums to manage records and reports that, in most cases, are public but time consuming to access, The Detroit News reported. The state is taking over a mid-Michigan police records sharing system that's used in 10 counties and officials plan an...
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - The soldier who killed three people at Fort Hood may have argued with another service member prior to the attack, and investigators believe his unstable mental health contributed to the rampage, authorities said Thursday. The base's senior officer, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, said there is a "strong possibility" that Spc. Ivan Lopez had a "verbal altercation" with another soldier or soldiers immediately before Wednesday's shooting, which unfolded on the same Army post that was...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - A law enforcement sting operation targeting adults who prey on children in northeastern Wisconsin has netted 19 arrests. Authorities say several men are in custody on possible charges of child enticement, trafficking a child and use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime. The three-day sting involved about 75 officers from at least seven agencies who posted an ad on Craigslist.com. It didn't take long before the responses started rolling in, investigators said....
First, the good news: There's no chance of snow or rain today or Sunday in Ironwood and the high will reach 46 degrees. Then, the bad news: There's a 90 percent chance of precipitation on Monday and Tuesday. With a high of around 40 predicted, it would likely come down as rain, but it could create more of the slush that made driving hazardous on Thursday evening. Ironwood received a mix of rain and snow into Thursday evening, with .39 inch of precipitation recorded at the Gogebic-Iron...
MARENISCO - The Marenisco Township Police Department is warning of "increasingly dangerous" conditions on Lake Gogebic. MTPD rescue units, along with the Lake Gogebic Fire Department and Marenisco EMS, have conducted several retrievals of vehicles stuck in deep slush on the lake. The rescues have occurred in areas 500 yards or more off shore and out toward the middle of the lake. Areas of slush up to 3 feet deep exist under a light snow cover. Snowmobiles operating in the areas are subject to...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - It was the unwelcome, anguishing news that families of the missing had dreaded, and when they heard it from Malaysia's prime minister Monday night there were shrieks and intense heartbreak: The missing Malaysian Airlines flight whose fate was a mystery that consumed the world had crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean. The news, based on fresh evidence gleaned from an unprecedented analysis of satellite data, meant it was all but impossible that any of...
ROSCOMMON - Five Michigan Department of Natural Resources employes have been honored "for going above and beyond the call of duty" to rescue two snowmobilers in a late January blizzard in the Porcupine Mountains. DNR Director Keith Creagh recognized four Porcupine Mountains State Ppark staff members, Justin Farley, David Merk, Jimmy Newkirk and Emily Pleiness, and William Doan, Parks and Recreation western Upper Peninsula district supervisor. They all received DNR Director's Awards at a Natural...
WAKEFIELD - For Wakefield resident Jeannie Tabb, Ukraine is home away from home. It's a place where she teaches, learns and sees history in the making. Recently, Tabb returned from Kiev after a 15-day trip. She traveled with an English club with the Campus Crusade ministry at Kiev Polytechnic Institute. "It's a short-term opportunity for college students to speak conversational English with native speakers," Tabb said. "We use the Bible with segments for lessons." Tabb, originally from Houston,...
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP - Troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post participated in virtual training Friday at the Wakefield Township Hall. The training used a program called Virtra, operated by Matt Clausen, of the Michigan Department of Corrections. The software allows for a variety of scenarios to take place virtually on-screen, including domestic abuse, basic traffic stops, active shooters or hostage situations. Sgt. Glenn Gauthier said the system was loaned from the Ontonagon...
