Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - As the 2019-20 school year approaches administrators of area school districts said funding has allowed security upgrades in an ongoing effort to provide a safe learning environment. "Student safety is our number one priority," said Jason Gustafson, superintendent of Wakefield-Marenisco School District. "In order for students to learn effectively, they must feel safe in their learning environment." The school district has invested heavily...
IRONWOOD - A mountain lion image caught on a landowner's trail camera in Gogebic County has been confirmed as the state's 39th cougar report since 2008. The cat was photographed July 7 in daylight hours northwest of Ironwood, according to a Monday press release. "This is very close to where a cougar was documented on a deer movement study trail camera last year," said Cody Norton, a large carnivore specialist with the Bear and Wolf Program of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. A DNR w...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Pat O'Donnell Civic Center will have a temporary dome installed for use this winter, according to Scott Erickson, Ironwood city manager. In his report to the Ironwood City Commission on Monday, Erickson said it is still not known if the civic center will be able to be rebuilt or need to be replaced with a new structure after the roof collapsed from heavy snow in March. But a temporary fix will allow the building to be used for winter...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees introduced a new ordinance Monday night designed to update the township’s building code ordinance. Ordinance No. 58 would repeal and replace the existing Ordinance No. 14, which was enacted in 1975. “The old ordinance lacked a number of things, so what this does is update (the language),” said LeRoy Johnson, the township’s deputy supervisor and zoning administrator. He told the board there were a number of changes in the new ordinance...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Inspections and investigations are ongoing regarding the Sunday fire that damaged two second floor apartments and the Pines Restaurant below at 120 S. Suffolk. Ironwood Public Safety said the investigation is ongoing and there was no new information to provide on Monday. "Everything is still under investigation," said Susan Graumann, co-owner of the restaurant with Janice Miskovich. "We will not know anything until the investigation is...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission is proposing an engineering and funding search to build a water filtration system, according to discussion at its Monday meeting. The commission meeting drew around 200 people who were mostly present to express anger that the city waited until manganese levels were discovered approaching federal Environmental Protection Agency precautionary levels to take action on filtration. “Ultimately, the solution to this issue is filtration,” said Scott Erickson, city...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - An Ironwood man will serve over 6 years in prison on a criminal sexual conduct charge after being sentenced in Gogebic County Circuit Court Monday. Tylor David Morrison, 28, was sentenced to serve between 75 months and 15 years in prison for third degree criminal sexual conduct. The charge stems from the night of Oct. 13, 2017, when Morrison drove a woman he knew to a relatively secluded area of the county and assaulted her, according to...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The co-owner of Pines Restaurant said she will be closed until repairs are made from damage caused by an apartment fire above on Sunday. “We will be closed for a while,” said Janice Miskovich, who is co-owner of the restaurant with Susan Craumann. “The smoke and water damage from the upstairs apartment came into the restaurant and destroyed the ceiling.” A news release from Ironwood Public Safety said the police and firefighting personnel responded to a 5:35 p.m. emergency call abou...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Big machines are as much a part of county fairs as 4-H and agriculture as the fans showed Sunday by cheering on the 15th annual Mud Run, one of the final events of the Gogebic County Fair. "Lake States Mud Racers has been around for a while but this is our second year running it," said John Olkonen, club president. The races include the Gogebic County Fair, Iron County Fair, Ashland County Fair, the Bessemer Fourth of July, Butternut...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - After taking in the midway attractions and kids and parents want a break from the fun and excitement of the Gogebic County Fair they head inside the exhibition hall to visit the Kids Zone. The Kids Zone is a collaboration of Michigan State University Extension, the Great Start Collaborative, and Communities That Care of Gogebic County. Organizers said they wanted to offer something that would be fun, educational and slow things down a...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Ironwood city officials are asking the public in Ironwood and Hurley to use bottled water as drinking water for infants. The warning extends to Hurley because it purchases its municipal water from Ironwood. The action comes as the manganese levels in the drinking water approach the federal Environmental Protection Agency precautionary levels, said a press release from Ironwood officials on Friday. Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson told the Daily Globe later Friday that recent concerns...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The construction kick-off ceremony for Gogebic Community College's Skilled Trades Center took place on Friday at the college's new training facility. GCC President George McNulty welcomed everyone in attendance to the event and talked about how the training center will impact the area. "This facility is going to strengthen our partnerships in the region with business and industry," he said. "And it's really going to create additional...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Animals and exhibits were brought into the Gogebic County Fairgrounds on Thursday as vendors set up to prepare for the fair. Jim Lorenson, fair board president, said the weather is beautiful for set up day for the fair. "Nice moderate temperatures," he said. "Thats the forecast for the next few days." The carnival and rides were close to being set up and Lorenson said they would be open later in the evening. "It's a great day to start the f...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Hurley man pleaded no contest to several charges Tuesday in Iron County court. Andrew Zaleski, 39, pleaded no contest to charges of false imprisonment, felony bail jumping and stalking. He also pleaded to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. A no contest plea is similar to a guilty plea but isn’t considered an admission of guilt. The bail jumping and false imprisonment charges are the two most serious he pleaded to, as both are classified as Class H felonies in the state of...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer Downtown Development Authority approved funds for new city welcome signs and for various business programs at its Thursday meeting. The authority approved $15,000 for two new welcome signs that are expected to be ready to install by Oct. 1. Authority members Adam Zak, Jim Durkee, Kara Bjorkquist and Bridget O’Sullivan were not present. Local artist Doug Kikkebush was commissioned to create the two wood and metal signs, said Dustin Filippini, authority member. The...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - The sunshine made for good shopping weather as thousands of people converged on Mercer on Wednesday for the annual Loon Day event that is coordinated by the Mercer Area Chamber of Commerce. More than 250 vendors from around the country sold original merchandise in a major shopping and food event that doubles as a celebration of Mercer's reputation as the world capital of the Common Loon. "This really is a good crowd," said Mike...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. — As work continues to reopen Saxon Harbor’s marina three years after it was destroyed in the July 2016 storm, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, toured the site Wednesday to see the progress that has been made. Baldwin told the Daily Globe she remembered touring the region after the storm, when widespread flooding caused numerous road washouts and other damage to areas of northwestern Wisconsin. “I still remember coming up to survey the damage within a day or two of the storm and it...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Fourth and fifth grade students from Hurley to Wakefield spent their last day of the All Aboard for History summer program at Miners Memorial Park. The group met at the park's trailhead to hear about the nation wide impact of Pabst Mine from local historian Ivan Hellen. "Today you're going to find out some real historic stuff that probably was the most important thing in Ironwood's history," he said as he showed newspaper clippings describi...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Gogebic County Fair opens Thursday and the staff and board are praising the volunteers who somehow seem to get everything up and running in a few short days - and just for some donuts and coffee in the morning. "We're thrilled that the fair is filling up with volunteers who are working, our vendors are arriving, the carnival is arriving, the harness racers are arriving and things are falling into place," said Terttu Anderson, fair...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] WATERSMEET — The Michigan county land auction for Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties will be held at noon CDT on Saturday at the Northern Waters Casino in Watersmeet. Lisa Hewitt, treasurer for Gogebic County, said the county recommends “doing your homework” before purchasing any property, but she added when properties are sold through the foreclosure process most liens are discharged, except IRS and other liens filed by governmental agencies. She directed inter...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Road repairs are progressing in Wakefield Township, but there seems to be no shortage of continuing problems. Township supervisor John Cox made that clear at a Tuesday evening meeting of the township board of trustees. Cox, who is also the board chair, said some projects already have been addressed, such as general patchwork, culvert repair on Blackjack Road, and improvement of the intersection at Chippewa Drive and Planter Road. Meanwhile, he...
IRONWOOD - The Ottawa National Forest of the U.S. Forest Service on Monday announced plans for a prescribed burn in the Johnson Lake area. The proposed burn of approximately 350 acres of forested land will occur within the next two weeks in the Kenton Ranger District, east of Bond Falls between Forest Road 530 and Forest Road 4500. The burn is dependent upon weather conditions. Signs will be posted in and around the area of the burn. At this time it is not anticipated that any roads will be clos...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Among the invasive species the Gogebic Conservation District works to combat locally is giant hogweed. Locals had a chance to see the plant in bloom Saturday during a tour led by members of the conservation district and the Northwoods Cooperative Weed Management Area. A group of about 12 people gathered at a location on U.S. 2 close to Curry Park and the Gogebic County Fairgrounds to see a blooming giant hogweed and some plants that are o...
