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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - With tonight's Powerball jackpot at an estimated $575 million, many are eager to try their hand in an effort to start the new year richer than ever before. "Powerball tickets are a really hot commodity right now,"said Marnee Bates, general manager of the Holiday Station Store in Wakefield. "It seems like every other customer is buying anywhere from $5, $10 to $20 worth of tickets." Bates said that although she doesn't usually play herself,...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - Despite arctic temperatures on Saturday, many racers and enthusiasts came out to attend the first day of the Ironwood Snowmobile Olympus at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds. Event organizer Greg Basom said the first day of the races went well and that they managed to fit all 52 of the scheduled races in. He said that there were no incidents, no racers had to drop out and with such low temperatures, there was no danger of the ice on the track...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley School District is looking into building a trail along Range View Drive and Tenth Avenue into town to provide children with a safe path to walk or bike to and from school. The proposed path would go east from the school on Range View Drive to Tenth Avenue and then follow Tenth Avenue south to Oak Street, which is a block away from Riccelli Park. “It would provide kids or community members a safe walking path and bike path on the way to school or, if they were going to Riccelli Par...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] All area ski resorts are officially up and running. Blackjack Mountain Resort was the first to open for the season on Dec. 3, Indianhead opened the following weekend on Dec. 10, Whitecap opened on Dec. 22 and Big Powderhorn Mountain opened on Dec. 23. All resorts are reporting that they are seeing a number of skiers, despite a lack of natural snow. As of Thursday, the region had received 59.6 inches of snow for the season, but a warm, windy Dec. 15-16...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Salvation Army didn’t fare as well this holiday season as it has in previous years. Locally, the 2021 Red Kettle Campaign brought in $25,000, which is 50% of its 2020 earnings. The Salvation Army had a constant kettle at the Walgreens in Ironwood. Several volunteers manned the kettle from time to time. There was occasionally a manned kettle outside Walmart, thanks to the efforts of Dusty Boggs of Ironwood. According to Jamie Stiffarm, director of the local Salvation Army, Boggs was the...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The city of Wakefield is moving forward with Phase 1 of its water system improvement project. The city council gave permission for U.P. Engineers and Architects of Houghton to continue with the design aspect of the project, during its regular meeting Tuesday night. “I think we’re at a point now where we just want to get the ball rolling and get this thing done,” said mayor Dale White. “It’s nice to hear we are at that point where we can get some money pretty soon.” The city plans a $2,92...
Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the Gogebic Range's top five stories of 2021 each day through Friday, New Year's Eve. We continue today with the No. 2 story of the year: Major road construction projects in Bessemer and Hurley. Other top stories in the list have included: at No. 3, The change in air service at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport; No. 4, the reopening of the Pat O'Donnell Civic Center, and No. 5, local preparations for recreational marijuana enterprise. By JASON JUNO...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — After a couple of miss starts, the Mt. Zion Ski Area plans to open today. The hill was originally scheduled to open on Dec. 19, but the opening was postponed twice due to a lack of snow. Jim Vanderspoel, director of Mount Zion Operations and the Ski Area Management program at Gogebic Community College, told the Daily Globe Tuesday that there wasn’t much snow, but he said it is skiable. More snow was in the forecast later Tuesday. “It is marginal. Tomorrow morning it will look a lot diffe...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer will be applying for two grants to help cover the cost of a new trailhead for the Iron Belle Trail behind City Hall. City Manager Charly Loper told the city’s Recreation Committee on Dec. 16 that she felt it would be best to apply for both the grant from the Economic Development Authority and the one from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Loper said they would see which grant the city is approved for, or, if both, then decide which grant to accept. In ord...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — Officials from Republic Services were on hand Monday, Dec. 20, at the Bessemer City Council meeting to discuss issues the city has been having with the waste disposal company. City manager Charly Loper complimented Republic on the communication between its company representatives and the city, but said that the city had to do too much communicating with the residents on the garbage company’s behalf. Loper said there have been times with whole neighborhoods were being missed by garbage collec...
OMA, Wis. — Deputies from the Iron County Sheriff’s Office took a man into custody late Thursday evening after a report of a domestic disturbance at a Oma residence turned into an armed standoff with authorities. According to the release from Sheriff Paul Samardich, deputies were called to the scene of a domestic disturbance at 11:30 p.m., where the informant said both parties had been drinking. When deputies arrived, they found a “frantic” woman holding a toddler standing at the kitchen patio door. As the women let the deputies in, a man ent...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners heard a court update from District Court Judge Michael Pope at their regular meeting on Wednesday. Pope said that the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission recently found that the state’s criminal defense system was not up to standard. As part of the state’s changes to improve the system, he said that public defenders are required to receive continuing education on how to represent their clients. He said that the state is also increasing what publi...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Lori Modjewski, vice president of operations and human resources at the First National Bank in Wakefield retired on Wednesday after 43 and a half years of service. "Things are changing, so it's time. Trying to keep up with the technology is getting to be hard at times," Modjewski told the Daily Globe. "I'm just looking for a little bit more relaxing lifestyle. It's time for some of the younger ones to do some of the work." Modjewski grew up...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College will soon have a fourth Zoom room. The board approved funding a biology Zoom room during its regular meeting on Tuesday night. "The addition of a Zoom room keeps a tested, common platform that is already in place on campus," said Steve Spets, director of Information Technology. According to college president George McNulty, the new Zoom room will not only update that area of the college, but it will "create a...
IRONWOOD — Effective Jan. 1, 2022, the Ottawa National Forest will resume permit requirements for personal-use firewood gathering, according to release from the U.S. Forest Service. Permits are available at district offices and cost $5 per ccf (100 cubic feet), with a minimum of 4 ccf — thus, the minimum fee for a permit is $20. The Ottawa Nation Forest has allowed for free personal-use firewood gathering since early 2020 to support households that rely on firewood for home heating and to limit the need for office visits during the COVID-19 pub...
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield-Marenisco school board reviewed a bid from Nasi Construction for the district’s window replacement project during its regular meeting on Monday. The bid for $1,164,719 was the only bid the district received and was over budget. The bid included $295,000 to replace the windows in the gymnasium. In order to reduce costs, the board decided not to replace the windows in the gym at this time, dropping the cost to $869,719. Superintendent Jason Gustafson said he will work with Nasi Construction to find cost saving mea...
IRONWOOD - The Friends of the Miners Memorial Heritage Park will host their 10th annual Candlelight Snowshoe on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. The event starts and ends at the Aurora Club at 101 Penokee Road, a change in location from previous years that will provide a comfortable place to gather before and after, according to spokesperson Mike Ivey. Participants of all ages are invited to hike, snowshoe or cross country ski along a one-mile section of candlelit trail in the Miners Park. There will be...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — Santa, Mrs. Claus, and several of their elves made an appearance at the Bessemer VFW Post 3673 on Saturday afternoon to hand out gifts to children for the VFW’s second annual Santa drive-thru event. “It went well,” said Donna Frello, post commander. “We distributed 150 gift bags.” Parents drove through the VFW parking lot and were given a gift bag for each child in the car. The gift bags contained a craft kit, cookies, candy, a Christmas plush toy and other holiday goodies. This was the sec...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Residents of the Westgate Nursing Home participated in a variety of crafts with the assistance of students in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District's CNA program on Thursday. Students helped residents to make clothes pin reindeer, popsicle stick Christmas trees, and paint a picture of a snowman, Santa Claus, or Christmas Tree. "The resident's ability to participate determined the craft they would do with each resident," said Aman...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HANCOCK — An update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department on Thursday said that there have been more than 200 new COVID-19 cases in Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties since Dec. 8. There were 68 new COVID-19 cases in Gogebic County, 13 new cases in Ontonagon, 26 new cases in Baraga, 106 new cases in Houghton and three new cases in Keweenaw, for a total of 216 new cases in seven days. There were also three deaths in Gogebic, three deaths in Houghton, one death i...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College has had vacancies in key administrative roles for nearly a year. The college hired the Association of Community College Trustees to assist with its search to fill the vacancies of vice president of student services and athletics, and vice president of businesses services in October. The positions were formerly held by Erik Guenard, who resigned as vice president of business services in October; Jeanne Graham, who retired as vice president of student services in D...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee met on Tuesday to discuss bringing accessory buildings into compliance with county ordinances. Assistant Administrator Gerry Nasi said some residents have applied for permits for accessory buildings such as garages and converted them into living spaces after constructing them. He said that these buildings are not being taxed properly because their owners are still paying for accessory buildings rather than residential d...
