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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Superior Snowshoe walks kick off Tuesday with the Mark Fitting Annual Memorial Walk at the Michigan Information Center on U.S. 2. The walks will take place Wednesdays through March 13, starting at 6:30 p.m. This year’s schedule of walks is: —Jan. 2, Mark Fitting Annual Memorial Walk, sponsored by Pit Stop. —Jan. 9, Bessemer walk at Iron Belle trailhead behind city hall, sponsored by Bessemer VFW. —Jan. 16, Cottonwood tree walk, sponsored by Manny’s Restaurant. —Jan. 23, Gogebic C...
After 14 years in the Michigan legislature, six in the House and eight in the Senate, Tom Casperso, R-Escanaba, is moving on due to term limits. His time in the Senate ended with a string of appropriations for western Upper Peninsula projects, including $10 million for Copper Peak and Pine Mountain, $2 million for Gogebic Community College, $1.5 million to assist Waupaca Foundry and $1 million for Michigan DNR jobs for the area. In a sense, the main catalyst to be able to get new development and investment in the area was the Michigan...
HURLEY - The 6 to 8 inches of heavy snow that fell on Friday on the Gogebic Range improved conditions for all outdoor activities. Area motels and gas stations benefitted from the snow that also blanketed Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula. The Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce said the White Thunder Riders had three snowmobile trail groomers running on Friday and two would operate overnight. Trail conditions were fair to good in northern Iron County. Trails 3 and 13 south, from the Hogsback east/so...
Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the Gogebic Range's top five stories of 2018 each day through Monday, New Year's Eve. The editorial department staff sat down and came up with its annual list, naming a fatal fire in the early morning hours of Feb. 20 in downtown Ironwood as the second-place story of the year. Feb. 21, 2018. City Commissioner Jim Mildren later said it was the day he "thought we might lose our downtown," as a fire left three dead and two buildings destroyed. The Ironwood Public Safety Department responded to...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — There were smiling faces on Ironwood City Commissioners Wednesday as they discussed economic developments in the late year that will benefit the area. “A number of things came our way,” city manager Scott Erickson said as he began listing some of the recent accomplishments, including $10 million for Copper Peak, $1.5 million from the state to assist Waupaca Foundry, Inc., in locating in city’s industrial park, $280,000 for the Miners Memorial Heritage Park mountain bike trail, $2 million...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER - Anna Talaska was sworn in as Gogebic County Probate Judge Thursday afternoon at the courthouse in Bessemer. Gogebic County Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope presided over the investiture in a courtroom filled with Talaska's family, friends and colleagues. From the bench, Pope welcomed the assembled to the a joyous occasion and spoke highly of Talaska's skills as an attorney and sense of justice. County clerk Gerry Pelissero administer the...
Editor’s note:The Daily Globe is counting down the Gogebic Range’s top five stories of 2018 each day through Monday, New Year’s Eve. The editorial department staff sat down and came up with its annual list, naming the Ironwood Township treasurer’s embezzlement case as the third-place story of the year. By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Former township treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso was charged with 10 felony counts last year related to forgery and embezzlement stemming from her time in office. In 2018, township residents learned her f...
IRONWOOD - More colleges and universities are embracing eSports, or online video gaming, across North America and Gogebic Community College is no exception. This year, GCC has 17 players on its eSports team. The number also includes students attending the Copper Country Center in Houghton who can fully participate in the program, according to director of admission Kim Zechovich. The Gogebic Samsons eSports team is competing at a high level, said Jim Halverson, IT faculty member and team coach....
Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the top five stories of 2018. Today's story, number 4, is about the events surrounding the murder of Wayne Valliere Jr. in the Mercer, Wis., area a year ago. Number 5 was the ambulance millage that was passed for three years in Gogebic County. --- By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] As 2019 approaches, the Lac du Flambeau tribal community continues to deal with a holiday horror of a year ago. The body of 25-year-old tribal member Wayne M....
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — As U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, returns to Washington for his second term representing Michigan’s First District in January, he’s hoping to shine a light on the good that Congress has done and he hopes will continue. While Washington gets low marks in the public eye for being highly partisan and having a lack of civility, Bergman sees things a little differently. “The one thing I feel bad for the American people is they don’t seem to see the bipartisan work that is done on a dai...
IRONWOOD — A post-Christmas snowstorm is shaping up here for Thursday and Friday. The National Weather Service says there’s a 90 to 100 percent chance of snow both days for the Ironwood vicinity, with a total accumulation of 7 to 10 inches possible. Iron, Ashland and Bayfield counties in northern Wisconsin are also included in the storm watch, with Bayfield County likely to receive the most snow. With a high of 34 degrees predicted for Thursday, it may start out as heavy snow or rain, and ice on the roadways could result. By Friday, the wea...
WAKEFIELD - The corner of Nunnemacher Street and Ascherman Avenue in Wakefield shines in the dark winter night with a host of lit snowmen, Santas, various Walt Disney characters and a full manger scene ready to warm spirits and spread Christmas cheer. The display directly west of the Wakefield Municipal Building is courtesy of Jason Gustafson, superintendent of the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School. He and his wife, Stephanie, have two children: Alex, in tenth grade, and Katelyn, in eighth grade....
IRONWOOD — In a rare Wednesday session, the Ironwood City Commission will consider an alcohol ordinance and selling easements to Xcel Energy. The proposed alcohol ordinance will be introduced and then scheduled for a public hearing on Jan. 21 at 5:20 p.m. An issue surfaced last summer under former Ironwood Public Safety Department director Greg Klecker when a beer was being consumed and was dumped out in Depot Park during a volleyball game. Under the ordinance, no one may possess an open container of an alcoholic beverage on a public h...
IRONWOOD — Jerry and Christy Edde were out driving around the area Saturday looking for bird of this feather and that as part of the annual area bird count, held on a weekend near Christmas every year. They took to the road around 7 a.m. and talked about their annual tradition. They made it their mission to drive up and down the roads of Wakefield, Ramsay, Plymouth Location, Bessemer, Ironwood and Hurley to survey the bird life for the annual Gogebic Range pre-Christmas Bird Count. They estimated that they will drive over 80 miles on the day an...
By STEVE NEWMAN [email protected] IRONWOOD — Bob Jacquart couldn’t hold back his excitement for the $10 million in funding to help renovate Copper Peak that was included in the state’s budget bill passed early Friday morning. “We’re happy with what the state did, it’s pretty special,” he said. The state budget includes grants for a variety of Upper Peninsula projects, including grants for $1 million for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to create 10 jobs in Gogebic County, $1.5 million for Waupaca Foundry to open a plant in Iro...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WATERSMEET - People walking into the lobby of the Watersmeet K-12 School are greeted by a life-sized wigwam made of paper. The project made by middle and high school students is just one result of an art education grant made possible by the state, via Land O'Lakes Arts in Land O'Lakes, Wis. According to Nina Fiorucci, the school's art teacher, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs provided the grant, for which LOLA applied on behalf of the...
By STEVE NEWMAN [email protected] IRONWOOD — Copper Peak came out a big winner in the state budget bill passed Friday morning by the Michigan Legislature. A grant of $10 million was appropriated for renovation projects at Copper Peak and Pine Mountain. The grant will be awarded proportionately, according to Bob Jacquart, fundraising co-chair for Copper Peak. Since the Copper Peak renovation project is estimated at $15 million to $18 million and the Pine Mountain project is estimated at about $2 million, Copper Peak is expected to get t...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - With over four decades of service on the board of education, Ed Rickard is a fixture in the Ironwood Area Schools. His 42 years of helping chart the district's direction came to an end Monday as he attended the last scheduled meeting of his final term. "Mr. Rickard shared many positive contributions with Ironwood Area Schools in his 42 years of service. He could always be counted on to put the needs of our children at the forefront of...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO - Two successive rollover accidents on U.S. 2 were the result of dangerous driving conditions just east of the M-64 turn-off to Marenisco on Thursday evening. Michigan State Trooper Stephen Maxinoski, who was at one of the scenes, said both accidents occurred in the hour before 8:30 p.m. He said the drivers of both vehicles lost control because of highway ice. The Gogebic County Sheriff's Department also responded to both accidents, and the Maren...
BESSEMER — Gogebic County has no authority to opt in or out of the recreational marijuana act. When the issue was raised by a citizen during public comment at a Dec. 12 county board of commissioners meeting, he was told by the board that the county can’t set zoning and wouldn’t be involved in the act. The board decided to seek an opinion from county prosecutor Nick Jacobs on the issue, however. Jacobs responded in a letter that was to be considered by the county board at its meeting today. The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marij...
