Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - The Red Bull 400 will return to Copper Peak May 11. Last year, the inaugural competition saw more than 450 local, regional and international competitors in a 400-meter race which included scaling the Copper Peak ski flying jump to the finish line on top. Organizers hope to double the amount of competitors this year, building upon the inaugural success at the world's steepest 400-meter race. Registration will open on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at redbull.com/rb400. Competition will be held in...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Remodeling of the office areas in the Wakefield municipal building is complete, and a public-use agreement for the building's new gym is official. The Wakefield City Council voted on the agreement at their regular meeting Monday evening, and city manager Richard Brackney reported the remodeling status. "Everything is in place," Brackney said. "I think it's very nice. We've had a lot of good comments on it." Starting last year, Brackney's...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The accidental discharge of a gun drew a police response and temporarily locked down the Ironwood Walmart Thursday afternoon. Deputies with the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department responded to reports of a gunshot in the store at approximately 2:35 p.m., Sheriff Pete Matonich said in a press release. Responding officers quickly determined a customer accidentally discharged a gun in the store’s bathroom area, according to the release. While there was a brief lockdown in the store, Maton...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Superior, Wis., man pleaded no contest to three counts and was sentenced in Iron County court Wednesday for his role in a fatal car crash in the town of Saxon. Jesse Troy Gasper, 35, was the driver of a car involved in an early-morning car crash March 27 on U.S. 2 in Saxon that killed Amanda Rose Schiller, 31, of Menominee. Several of Schiller's relatives and friends gave or submitted victim impact statements prior to Judge Patrick Madden imposing his sentence. “Make no mistake, Ama...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners approved James Lorenson's appointment to the board and he was sworn into office by County Clerk Gerry Pellisero at the board's Wednesday evening meeting. Lorenson of Ironwood applied to the board for the vacancy in District 4 made by the recent resignation of Joann Balduc of Bessemer Township. District 4 is made up of all of Erwin Township, Bessemer Township and Ramsay, excluding Bessemer Township...
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...
