Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College officials are in contract negotiations with Stacy Young, of Goshen, Ind., with hopes she'll become the next president of the college. “Dr. Young is a forward thinking and entrepreneurial leader. She is approachable and collaborative and has demonstrated success in enrollment growth and fundraising as well as serving as a Peer Reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission,” said John Lupino, GCC board chairman. “She is an enthusiastic leader and we look forward to her arrival on campus." Young holds a doctora...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council heard an update on the sewer deficiencies from city employee Gary Laguna at a Tuesday night meeting. Laguna said from October 2012 through June of 2018 the city of Hurley experienced 16 sanitation overflows resulting in approximately 10 million gallons of waste-water being pumped on the ground. “These discharges end up in the Montreal River, which then discharges into Lake Superior,” he said. Laguna said he realizes sometimes the “wheels of government turn slowly...
IRONWOOD — One man is in custody following the execution of a search warrant in the city of Ironwood Tuesday. The Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team executed the warrant as part of an investigation into the sale of methamphetamine in Michigan and Wisconsin, according to a team news release. A man, 52, was arrested as result of the search, according to the release, and is lodged in the Gogebic County Jail on a $100,000 cash bond. The man’s name is being withheld pending his arraignment. Officers allegedly found crystal meth, prescription dru...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Village Council Monday is asking for funds under the Michigan Rural Community Demolition grant program for funds to demolish the former Wager’s Restaurant/Captains Lounge Building on River Street in Ontonagon. The village held a hearing Monday for comments on the request and heard from the Downtown Development Authority, township, Recreation Commission and others that they have sent letters to the grant program in support of the demolition. The village is applying for $50,000 fro...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission welcomed back Andrew DiGiorgio as the director of the Public Safety Department. After the meeting DiGiorgio told the Daily Globe he was leaving his teaching position at Gogebic Community College to return to the position he left 18 months ago. He said his decision to quit teaching was not because he didn’t enjoy it, but because he realized he missed law enforcement. Digiorgio said his style of policing is more “non-traditional” and he would like to engage more wi...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Wakefield city council members voted Monday evening to accept a counter offer from Robert Brown, Jr., who was their first choice for a new city manager. Brown interviewed with the council on Jan. 14, and the council voted to offer him the position on Jan. 23. The "at-will" employment contract is for three years, with an option to renew for a fourth year. Annual salary will be $51,000 in the first year and will rise gradually to $62,000 if...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon Village Council Monday unanimously approved a new contract for Village Manager Joe Erickson. Erickson has been village manager since January 2012. According to the council the new three year contract is nearly the same as the previous one with some minor word changes. Erickson said he was pleased with the contract. "I am eager to continue working on projects which will bring additional progress to the community. He noted the village...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A snow golf event on Sunday Lake was offered for the first time as part of a Saturday fundraiser for the Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency. "This is our first annual snow golf," said event organizer Luan Jacobson, who said the agency was partnering for the day with the Gogebic Range Health Foundation. "We never have done it before." She said the new event replaced the former frozen rundra, which until last year had been held in...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Temperatures may have been below zero early Saturday, but the mercury rose by race time and the competitors took off without a hitch at this weekend's inaugural Turtle River Pursuit cross country ski race. "We lucked out. While the weather was cold - it was 29 below I think Saturday morning at 6 a.m. - by 11 a.m. (when the race started) it was just above zero. This morning at the WinMan it was five or six above," said Mike Shouldice,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Hurley man with several active cases in Iron County is now also wanted on an additional 29 charges, after Iron County District Attorney Matt Tingstad recently filed a sixth case in Iron County Court. Andrew R. Zaleski, 38, is charged with one count of stalking, domestic abuse; 14 counts of felony bail jumping and 14 counts of violating a foreign order of protection from Gogebic County in Michigan. The stalking charge carries a potential maximum sentence of up to 3.5 years in prison or a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The two men representing Gogebic County in the Michigan legislature were in town Friday visiting with local officials and holding a public town hall to hear the area's concerns. State Sen. Ed McBroom (R-Vulcan) and state Rep. Greg Markkanen (R-Hancock) said they visited the area repeatedly during their 2018 campaigns for the 38th senate district and 11th state house district respectively and didn't want the community to think it was...
ONTONAGON - Christmas has been over for more than a month, but the group which helps to create a good Christmas for those in need are still working toward Christmas 2019. Dee Preiss, Treasurer of the St. Nicholas Project, reported to the Ontonagon-White Pine Rotary Wednesday that the public was "very generous this Christmas." "Because of that generosity the St. Nicholas Project this Christmas served 178 families in the north and south of the county, 108 children, 70 adult gifts for those alone...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Duet Bicycle program is offering training sessions to become a peddler of a tandem bike built especially for people with significant disabilities so they can enjoy the thrill of going for a bike ride. Training will offered during two sessions in the Ironwood Memorial Building on Feb. 23. One session is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon while the other will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Participants don’t need to attend both sessions. The duet bicycle peddler training program teaches par...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — A Wednesday evening workshop by Bessemer city council members resulted in the following determinations: They should consider seeking development options in a lodging and restaurant complex that could help to house tourists while also providing locals with a new culinary option. They should address blight, especially in its most severe forms. They should maintain a sound economic framework within which the city can operate on a year-by-year b...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] IRONWOOD - The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning on Thursday morning continued into tonight until 6.p.m. According to the warning, accumulations of 2 to 7 inches are expected late Thursday night through today with winds gusting as high as 40 mph resulting in blowing snow and sharply reduced visibilities. Travel could be very difficult, if not impossible during the heavier snow. The hazardous conditions will impact commutes today with...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A warrant has been filed in Iron County Court for a Montreal woman due to her failure to attend her initial appearance on misdemeanor theft charges Monday. Cathryn Leigh Huotari, 48, is charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft of less than $2,500 — a crime with a potential maximum sentence of nine months in jail or a fine of up to $10,000. Huotari is accused of taking approximately $2,105 between June 2017 and September 2018 in connection to her job with the Eagle Bluff Condo Ass...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley School Board met Wednesday morning to open and review sealed bids from Angelo Luppino Inc. and Nasi Construction LLC for an expansion project to the Northwoods Manufacturing facilities in the Hurley school. Angelo Luppino's bid of $1,212,149 came in 13,071 lower than Nasi Construction's. After a short discussion by the board Angelo Luppino Inc. was awarded the contract by unanimous decision. School board president Joe Simonich said...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs has brought charges against a fifth person in connection to a Marensico Township home invasion last December. An Appleton man, 31, is being held in the Outagamie County Jail pending extradition proceedings to Gogebic County on charges of armed robbery, first-degree home invasion, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, possession of a weapon while committing a felony and being a felon in possession of a weapon. His name is being withheld u...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Michigan State Police announced that 11 troopers from the Upper Peninsula were awarded the Cpl. Samuel A. Mapes Criminal Patrol and Investigation Award, including a local trooper. Tpr. Alexander L. Sackmann of the Wakefield Post received this award which is only given to the top 5 percent of troopers in each district who look “past the traffic stop.” Sackmann made 11 felony arrests in 2018 that met the criteria for this award. Sackmann joined the department in 2017 and came to the Wakefie...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Final preparations for the Ironwood Snowmobile Olympus race will begin on Thursday at Gogebic County Fairgrounds. Race Director Tom Auvinen, said the event was originally scheduled to be held near the end of December, but warm weather caused the race to be postponed and rescheduled for this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. "We plan to be out at the track Thursday evening to get the snow cleared off and to set up bales of hay on Friday," he sai...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer planning commission was scheduled to vote on two ordinances Monday evening, but resulted in tying a vote on one and tabling another. Members did, however, vote unanimously to pass on to the city council a capital improvement plan with their support. A related hearing on that matter opened and closed with no comment. Two additional public hearings were held on a recreational marijuana zoning ordinance and on an ordinance prohibiting...
