Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - An Ironwood Township man will have a week to think about whether he wants to withdraw his guilty plea after Judge Michael Pope delayed a sentencing hearing in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Jason Elliot Irvine, 47, pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct in November as part of a plea agreement - charges which carry a potential life sentence. Pope said Tuesday Irvine wasn't adequately informed the...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer city council voted Monday to take limited action on a request by a property owner asking forgiveness for a 2017 water bill that exceeded $10,000, including late fees, for a billing period of two months. The request was made by Morgan R. Butler IV and the Butler family, regarding a house at 109 W. Sellar St. Locals and tourists who have rented the house through the years have referred to the structure as "the abbey" or "the church,"...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Participants in the weekend’s Sisu Ski Fest cross country marathon races in Ironwood will have the opportunity to step back into time when the Gogebic Range was hit with “the mother of all blizzards.” To commemorate the 10th annual Sisu, a “Storm of the Century” exhibit has been assembled in the Memorial Building rotunda. Visitors will be able to view photos and displays depicting the deadly blizzard of 1938 that brought commerce to a halt with 25-foot snow drifts in downtown Ironwood. Snow...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer city council voted Monday for a three-lane option on U.S. 2, with modifications for greater width on each end of town to ease movement of industrial vehicles on Massie and Tamarack Avenues. Massie Avenue allows traffic to and from the city's industrial park, and Tamarack Avenue lies next to Steiger's Home Center. Michigan Department of Transportation officials have been awaiting the lane decision so they can proceed with formal...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Those interested in exploring some or all of the Upper Peninsula on two wheels this summer can start planning now, as pre-registration is now open for the second annual Tour Da Yoop, Eh. “I believe the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is probably the best place in the entire country to have the ultimate, multi-day biking adventure,” James Studinger said in a video recapping last year’s inaugural ride. The 1,200-mile, 10-day trip circles the perimeter of the U.P., starting and stopping in Manis...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners will meet Wednesday at 5 p.m. for a re-organizational session. The board originally planned to meet last week for the session, but was unable to do so. The regular meetings will continue on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 5 p.m., with the finance committee meeting the fourth Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. A chair and vice-chair will be elected Wednesday. One of the first actions of the new board will be to act on the resignation of James W...
By PAT KRAUSE sports@your daily globe.com IRONWOOD - The Gogebic County Fairgrounds were the place to be this weekend as hundreds of the best drivers in modern ice oval racing rocked around the historic 1/2 mile track at speeds up to 100 mph at the Ironwood Snowmobile Olympus this weekend. More than 150 snowmobile racers competed in the USSA Prostar Cup, including events for women and kids (junior racers). By late Sunday afternoon Race Director Tom Auvinen, who shies away from praise, was very p...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Pat O'Donnell Civic Center in Ironwood was bustling with people Saturday as dozens of skaters happily circled the rink over and over again, some going forward, some backward. Many of them glided by in twos while talking together. Younger participants sometimes stopped to engage in video chat waves, a quick text or phone call, or group selfies. Now and then, someone attempted an artistic flourish on the ice. Kaytlin Jeffery of Ironwood said...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College will use a recent $2 million state grant to create a skilled trades training center which will include a new state-of-the-art welding lab. GCC Dean of Business Services and co-Interim President Erik Guenard said the college wants to respond to the employment needs of area business and industry, and create programs that will train students to meet those needs. “The college is going to take a more active roll in workforce development,” Guenard said. “We already...
IRONWOOD - Before there was Lady Gaga, there was Barbra Streisand. And before there was Streisand there was Judy Garland; and before there was Garland, there was Janet Gaynor. All four starlets have shown brightly in their own versions of the movie "A Star is Born," but it was Gaynor's turn on the silver screen Friday night as the Historic Ironwood Theatre presented the original 1937 version of the film with co-star Fredric March. The presentation was part of the theater's First Friday film seri...
Just 25 people moving back and forth in the labor market influenced the latest jobless report Gogebic and Ontonagon County numbers for November. According to the Bureau of Labor Market information, the jobless rate increased seasonally in 10 of the 15 U.P. counties in November. Gogebic County registered just a small blip upward, rising from 4.2 percent to 4.3 percent from October to November. The effect of 25 people was felt in the total employment and unemployment. The civilian labor force remained the same from October to November at 6,075,...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Wakefield Township Board voted Wednesday to opt out of allowing a recreational marijuana enterprise within its region. In addition, said supervisor John Cox of the unanimous vote, “The resolution does not allow the use of marijuana on any township-owned properties.” Cox said nobody offered opinions during the meeting’s public comments period. “There was no one there,” he said Thursday. He said he did share with the board the opinion of one township resident, who had called him to...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — With the calendar rolled over into January, Gogebic County Treasurer Lisa Hewitt is reaching out to those facing tax foreclosures in an attempt to remedy the situation. “I’m committed to tackling the foreclosure crisis, that is why my office is willing to work with tax payers to avoid loss of property,” Hewitt said. She said it was important to be proactive and there may be resources available to help people. “The sooner you come in, the sooner we can get on top of things. Accidents...
SAXON, Wis. - Alena and Kyle Luoma, of Saxon, wanted to do something nice for the region's youth and help support gun safety and all-terrain vehicle education classes. The owners of Luoma's Saxon Pub decided to conducr a 50-50 raffle to raise money to help David Vuorenmaa's efforts with Hurley Area Safety Education. He's the outfit's lead instructor, working with both gun safety and ATV classes. When it came time for the drawing, a ticket purchased by Luomas in the name of the Pub was drawn and...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County residents once again have the chance to purchase a variety of native plants for their properties, as the Iron County Land and Water Conservation Department is holding its annual native plant sale. The department is selling a variety of trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflowers that naturally grow in Iron County, with orders due by Feb. 22. “By planting natives, they are already acclimated to our soil conditions, our growing season and sunlight conditions. So they’re better adapt... Full story
IRONWOOD - Eighty-five people participated in the seventh annual Mark Fitting Memorial snowshoe walk Wednesday evening. It was the start of the region's weekly Wednesday night Superior Snowshoe walks. "We had another good turnout," said organizer Sam Davey afterwards. "Conditions were great." This week's walk started and ended at the Michigan Information Center on U.S. 2 on a trail that begins in the parking lot and heads south along the Montreal River to Riverside Cemetery and back. The annual...
IRONWOOD — A sexual assault victim services federal grant has been awarded to DOVE, Inc., by the Victims of Crime Act to be used for services to sexual assault victims in Gogebic County. According to Jeanine Winkowski, executive director of DOVE, “With this grant DOVE will be able to enhance the victim services in Gogebic County by hiring a full-time sexual assault victim advocate and a full-time sexual assault response team coordinator.” She said $67,000 has been received in the grant for nine months. She said the grant will increase in Octob...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] As of Dec. 6 last year, it became legal in Michigan to possess and use recreational marijuana within designated guidelines. The new freedom occurred despite 10 of the Upper Peninsula’s 15 counties voting no on Proposal 1 during the mid-term elections on Nov. 6. Only Marquette, Houghton, Keweenaw, Chippewa and Alger counties joined many downstate locales in approving the measure. Fifty-six percent of Michigan’s voters said yes, but county totals were sometimes close, as in Gogebic, where 3,377 said no and...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — After postponing action for several meetings, the Ironwood Township board of trustees passed the township’s 2019 budget at a special meeting Thursday. Based on discussions over the past few meetings, the passed budget cuts several proposed line items — including raises for the three elected officials who work in the township offices. The original proposed budget had included a $1,123 increase in salaries for the township supervisor, treasurer and clerk. These raises — which w...
BESSEMER — As the new year is ushered in, Gogebic County is looking for a new medical examiner. At a committee meeting early this month, the county board of commissioners learned that Charlie Iknayan, the medical examiner, had suffered a stroke earlier in the year and will be retiring. He is not renewing his medical license effective Feb. 1, 2019. According to minutes of the December committee meeting, the county is shipping its autopsies to Dickinson County at a cost of more than what Iknayan was charging the county. The cost of an autopsy i...
