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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Firefighters from several area departments responded to reports of a fire at Action Floors in Mercer Monday afternoon. Iron County Dispatch received the initial reports of the fire at approximately 2:36 p.m. at the facility just south of Mercer on U.S. 51. Among those responding to the scene were the Mercer, Sherman-Springstead and Oma volunteer fire departments, as well as the Mercer Area Ambulance. Reports on the scene indicate...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission held its first meeting since the Nov. 5 election, where all five members were re-elected. The meeting started with the commission accepting the city clerk’s report of the Gogebic County Board of Canvassers that certified the election results on Nov. 6. The candidates took the oath of office. Annette Burchell remains mayor as the candidate who received the most votes, with Kim Corcoran named mayor pro tem with the second high vote total. Joseph Cayer, Jim Mil...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - The burial of World War II prisoner of war Walter J. Kellett's in an Ironwood cemetery Oct. 5 caught Steve Kwiecinski's eye. An historian living in Virginia, Minn., Kwiecinski didn't know Kellett, but he knew his story well. Kellett was forced to walk what's known as the Bataan Death March which was "65 miles of hell on Earth," Kwiecinski told the Daily Globe. Kwiecinski has been leading a tour of the march every year since 2007. After...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Despite chilly temperatures on Saturday, students of A.D. Johnston Junior and Senior High School were out in force, collecting donations for the Salvation Army of Gogebic and Iron counties. Lainey Kulak and MacKenzie Switzer, both juniors at ADJ, were ready with warm jackets and ready smiles to greet shoppers entering the Walmart store, off U.S. 2. In conjunction with the collection was a toy drive done in cooperation with Walmart. Shoppers...
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin attorney general Josh Kaul announced Tuesday the state’s Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 26 resulted in collecting 60,472 pounds of medication. “This successful Drug Take Back collection reflects the commitment of people across the state to fighting substance abuse,” Kaul said in a news release. “Thanks to the many Wisconsinites who are helping to prevent unused and unwanted medications from being diverted.” The effort was the second largest collection in the nation, according to the release — with only Texas collecting mo...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] WATERSMEET - The Gogebic County Road Commission has proposed reopening an old gravel pit in Watersmeet Township and some residents are concerned about the impact it could pose for the area. Especially concerned is Watersmeet Trout Hatchery and fish farm owner Dino Giannola whose business and home are located directly across the road from the site. The road commission has retained Coleman Engineering to do a plan on the best use for the pit, according to...
By KIM E. STROM MERCER - Hot soup on a cold day is just what the library ordered Friday in Mercer at the second annual "Soup for You" soup tasting and recipe sharing event. It was a full house and a good turnout similar to last year's event, said library director Teresa Schmidt. There were 12 different soups to try, and many of them creative and out of the ordinary, such as the mulligatawny soup. Victor with the blog "Craving Tasty" shared a bit of history on the soup. Of course many may remembe...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College is among 150 schools nationwide competing for a $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The announcement came from Aspen on Tuesday. Only 15% of community colleges nationwide have been invited to apply. The award is considered a signature recognition of high achievement and performance among community colleges. The criteria for the honor is based in part on strong and improving student outcomes in learning, completion rates, employment rates, earnings and equity. “Nation...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - In an effort to be transparent, Enbridge Energy invited the media to attend a tour of its pump station in Saxon Thursday and was available to answer questions about its Line 5 and possible relocation project around the Bad River Reservation in Odanah, Wis. Line 5 is a 645-mile pipeline carrying light crude and natural gas liquids from Superior, Wis. to Sarnia, Ontario. According to Enbridge's website, in July the Bad River Band of Lake...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The city of Wakefield and AED Energy Partners, an AED company, have joined forces to install an automated external defibrillator in the city's municipal building. This collaboration is part of the Wakefield City Council's initiative to have an AED accessible in the municipal building, so that an individual in sudden cardiac arrest could receive life-saving shocks within minutes. AEDs are medical devices designed to provide an electrical...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — The town of Mercer is no longer a defendant in a tribal lawsuit brought against the state of Wisconsin and several northern municipalities, according to a report from attorney Fritz Schellgell at the Mercer Board of Supervisors meeting on Thursday. According to the lawsuit filed in 2018 at the U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin including Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac Du Flambeau, Red Cliff and Bad River, are suing t...
BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Canvasing Board approved Tuesday's general election results on Wednesday. There were 16 election items to review from the cities of Ironwood, Bessemer, Wakefield, Marenisco Township and Bessemer Public School District. The review board found that polling stations and election officials in each municipality were certified and the election ballots matched the number of scanned ballots. Gerry Pelissero, clerk of court and register of deeds for Gogebic County,...
MERCER, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said it will delay reassigning fisheries staff to Ashland by a year. The Wisconsin DNR said in October that programmatic changes would eventually transition permanent staff positions from field offices to service centers around the state. Two full-time fisheries biologists who currently work out of Mercer, agreed voluntarily to move to the Ashland service center early after learning the positions would be moved there after they retired or left. That timeline has been updated based o...
BESSEMER - Four city council members sought re-election in Tuesday's general election along with one new candidate and a last-minute write-in candidate - all running for one of five seats on the council. The top five vote getters were incumbents Terry Kryshak with 231 votes, Mayor Adam Zak with 222 votes, Louis Miskovich, 208, and Linda Nelson garnered 164 votes. Newcomer Bill McDonald received a total of 102 votes. There were 66 write-in votes. Jim Prezkop had launched a write-in candidate,...
WAKEFIELD - There will be some new faces on the Wakefield City Council following Tuesday's election. A total of six candidates ran for the five council seats, with incumbent councilman Dale White receiving the most votes with 270. Scott Heikkila - who city clerk Susan Ahonen told the Daily Globe had chosen not to seek election - took second with 236 votes. Incumbents James S. Anderson, Amy Tarro and Kay Witta round out the council with 211 votes, 199 votes and 182 votes, respectively. Current ma...
IRONWOOD — The composition of the Ironwood City Commission will remain the same for the next two years, according to unofficial voting totals Tuesday night. There were nine candidates in all vying for the five open seats on the city commission. All five incumbents were running along with four challengers in Tuesday’s election. Mayor Annette Burchell received the most votes with 447 to win a third term. The remaining four incumbent commissioners were also reelected with Kim Corcoran receiving 430 votes, followed by Joseph Cayer with 404, Ric...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The work to open the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center for the winter season is nearly complete and the temporarily domed facility could be open to skaters within two weeks, according to reports at the board meeting Monday. “It’s up,” said board chair Jim Collins in his report. “The glass is up, the netting is up, the bleachers are up and the changing rooms are done.” The floor is re-installed and cleaned, the main hallway has lighting and ceiling tiles and the concession stands are ready, he...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the Ironwood Area Historical Society. To celebrate, and as a dual purpose to also raise funds for the depot building's roof repair, the society has rolled out brand new calendars featuring historic photographs and dates of interest. The Historical Society has been raising funds for a new roof for about two years. The estimated cost is between $50,000 and $60,000, according to Gary Harrington, the Soc...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] LANSING — Among the nearly $1 million in wildlife habitat grants the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced last week is funding for deer habitat work in the Upper Peninsula. A portion of those funds will go towards ongoing efforts to improve deer habitat in the western and central U.P. A total of $996,900 in funding will be split between 11 conservation organizations, governmental units, landowners and non-profits around the state, according to the DNR's announcement. The money will b...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] WATERSMEET - Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history as the first man to step foot onto the moon. Frank Kuchevar of Watersmeet remembers it well. He was laying on the floor at home with his young son at the time watching it on television. "It was very satisfying and emotional," he said in an interview with the Daily Globe on Saturday. "I actually teared up. It was a tremendous feat. All the people that worked on it and put it...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] HURLEY - More than 100 people took part in Little Finland's community stew dinner on Sunday in Hurley. Kala Mojakka and beef stew with Finn pie (bread) was on the menu along with an assortment of desserts. Kala Mojakka is not Finnish for fish stew. It actually translates to "fish, more Jacob." According to Finnish teacher, Seija Jarvenpaa, kala means fish. As for the the rest of the name, the story has it that in the lumber camps in the area there was a...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — As city committees and staff continue to review information from a recent “First Impressions” report, officials said it’s possible that Ironwood may be part of a first-ever winter visitor study. The First Impressions study is conducted by Michigan State University’s Extension Community, Food and Environment Institute, and looks at community food systems, entrepreneurship, finance and homeownership, government and public policy, land use, leadership, natural resource management and touri...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — A groundwater study of 11 Northwest Wisconsin counties looked at naturally-occurring minerals and raises awareness on the importance of testing unregulated wells. “It’s important to focus on northwest Wisconsin because there has not been a lot of focus here,” said Kelsey Prihoda, researcher and Great Waters Research Collaborative program manager for the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulat...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - Thanks to the hard work of Sharlene Shaffer, president of the Northern Lights Quilting Guild, and organizers from the Ironwood Wesley United Church and the UMW (United Methodist Women), Willa Lavamaki of Superior, Wis. will go home Friday in pansy paradise and the church will have funds to help repay its roof renovation loan. Pansy paradise is the name of the queen-sized quilt that was crafted by Shaffer and donated to the church to put in a...
