Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - Jason Elliot Irvine will spend the next 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor after he was sentenced in Gogebic County Circuit Court Wednesday. "What you did, sir, is heinous. It's despicable and you are a monster - and you should be punished for that. You will be punished for that," Judge Michael Pope said as he imposed his sentence. Irvine, 47, of Ironwood Township, received sentences of between 25 to 100 years on each of t...
The National Weather Service is forecasting a deep freeze for the region in the coming days with high winds creating double-digit sub-zero windchills and blowing snow. The forecast calls for periods of snow showers here today, with accumulations of 1 to 2 inches possible, but Ryan Connelly of the NWS office in Marquette said it’s not so much the amount of snow as the wind that could cause some problems. Blustery winds out of the northwest from 15 to 20 mph will blow the dry snow around and r...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — In a special meeting Wednesday morning, the Wakefield city council voted to offer its city manager position to Robert Brown, Jr. of Belding, Mich. Brown, 36, was the first candidate to be interviewed by the council on Jan. 14. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in political science with a concentration in campaign leadership from Southern New Hampshire University. He works with the three-county Fred Meijer River Valley Trail in Belding while also engaging in political campaign organizing. B...
HURLEY — On Monday evening, the Hurley School District School Board unanimously voted to discontinue the use of the high school’s Midget mascot at the end of the 2018-19 school year. School board president Joe Simonich said there had been a lot of opinions shared about the possibility of changing the mascot. Some had shared the use of the term “midget” was derogatory, while others felt the school’s mascot was a focus of pride in their school. The board had previously voted to place a question on the ballot pertaining to whether the use of th...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — At Monday’s regular meeting of the Bessemer city council, city manager Charly Loper said the city is eligible to apply for a one-time state grant of $50,000 to be used for the demolition of worthless city-owned buildings. Loper estimated the funds would cover the cost of razing two buildings, and she provided a list of the following four addresses from which to choose, along with the approximate cost to level them: —107 W. Sellar (“brownstone”), $35,000 —508 S. Moore (“the Johnson build...
IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College is working on creating a new five-year plan, what officials are calling a “Strategic Agenda,” which they hope will help guide the internal and external operations of the college. They’re also looking for feedback from the community. “This is an exciting time for GCC, and we are seeking input from community members as we plan the future of the institution,” said Dean of Instruction Ryon List. The survey will ask respondents to first identify their connection to the college through one of four categories...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] HURLEY — Midgets no more. The Hurley School Board voted Monday evening to remove the Midgets as the school mascot and directed the administration to rebrand the school by the beginning of next school year. The board had decided a few months ago to place a binding referendum on the April ballot, but that won’t happen now. School board president Joe Simonich began the discussion saying Tuesday (today) was the last day to remove something from the ballot and wondered if the board shouldn’t discu...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - An all women Ontonagon Area School Board of Education, the first of its kind in the history of the district, officiated at the reorganizational meeting of the board on Monday. At the onset of the meeting the four women who were newly or re-elected in November were sworn in by board member Nancy Mattson. Tammy Strasser and Julie Kolpack were re-elected, and Rebecca Bramlett and Rebecca Pantti were newly elected. Other board members are Tanya...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood students will be starting school earlier next year after the board of education approved moving the first day of school forward Monday. Classes will begin Tuesday, Aug. 27, for the 2019-2020 school year, according to the board's motion. "I'm confident moving in this direction will give us a couple of advantages," said Superintendent Travis Powell, explaining it provides more flexibility in the rest of the academic calendar. "Do...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] UPSON, Wis. - Despite a Friday fire that destroyed its main lodge, the Whitecap Mountains Resort was open for business on Saturday. "The lifts were operational as of 8:30 a.m. this morning," said Summer White Eagle, who handles marketing for the resort. Shortly past noon on Saturday, she said, "hundreds of people" already had visited the resort that day, which is operating from its nearby hotel and continuing to host recreational groups as planned....
MARENISCO — Two people were killed Friday evening in a head-on collision of two snowmobiles on Lake Gogebic Friday evening. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post along with deputies from the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to the call of a snowmobile personal injury accident at 7:12 p.m. The accident occurred on Lake Gogebic near the Lake Gogebic State Park, approximately 500 feet from shore, according to a Michigan State Police report. “A 23-year-old male from Riverton Ill., was involved in a head-on colli...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MERCER - Snowmobiles may have outnumbered other vehicles Saturday in the parking lot next to the Mercer Sno-Goers' groomer barn as club members threw their annual Winter Blast. The event began at 8 a.m. with a three-hour pancake breakfast, which transitioned to a pig roast that lasted for several more hours. Meanwhile, raffles, Sno-Goers merchandise sales, and children's activities took place steadily until live music began in the late afternoon. Although...
UPSON, Wis. - Employees at the Whitecap Mountain ski resort watched hopelessly late Friday afternoon as the main lodge area burned out of control. Iron County fire departments attempted to save the check-in area on the south end of the main lodge, as the building to the north burned to the ground by 6:30 p.m. On Martin Luther King weekend, which is usually the busiest time of the downhill ski season, many skiers also watched the building burn. David Dziuban, who is managing an effort to revitali...
LAKE GOGEBIC — A Friday Facebook post from the Official Wisconsin Snowmobile Enthusiasts Club indicated two snowmobilers were killed in a head-on crash of two machines around 9 p.m. Both machines burst into flames and efforts were made to revive the drivers without success, the report said. A fireball was visible from a distance away. The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department confirmed there was an accident and said Michigan State Police were investigating. Jill Swarts, 46, of Nebraska, was killed earlier this winter while snowmobiling on the...
LANSING — Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers obtained confessions Tuesday from two Upper Peninsula men suspected in unrelated wolf poaching incidents in Ontonagon and Menominee counties. Prosecuting attorneys are reviewing details of the two cases, with decisions on specific charges to be brought expected soon, according to John Pepin, of the MDNR. Gray wolves are a protected species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and can only legally be killed in defense of human safety. The names of the men — a 58-...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Michigan’s two senators are looking for answers regarding whether any Great Lakes projects could be impacted by President Donald Trump’s effort to build a wall on the southern border. Citing a National Public Radio story that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been asked to identify projects that could be canceled or delayed to free up funding for a border barrier, Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters wrote a letter to R.D. James, the assistant secretary of the Army (Civil Works) on Monday. “We write...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors will decide whether to ban deer farms for the time being after the county’s planning and zoning committee recommended imposing a temporary moratorium on importation and raising of cervids in the county Tuesday. “Just to remind you, this doesn’t mean no deer farms ever. This is a one-year block on deer farms for us to figure out what we want to do,” zoning administrator Erika Roeder said in December. “It can be increased to two years at the the time of e...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The board of education of the Bessemer School District voted Tuesday to accept a resolution that superintendent Dave Wineburner said will facilitate “a continuation of our current levy” if local citizens pass it in the next election. The unanimous vote at the special meeting was for a proposed 2.05 millage rate, which translates to $20.50 for every $10,000 of property on which a landowner is taxed. Wineburger told the Globe Wednesday that the state treasury now must approve what he descr...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Public Safety Department and volunteer firefighters knocked down a kitchen fire Wednesday at 10:22 a.m. at the corner of Lowell and Francis Streets, but there was extensive smoke damage. Homeowner Tammie Ruby said the fire started from an air fryer in the kitchen. She said she had just cleaned it when it suddenly burst into flames. "The kitchen's pretty much a total loss," she said. Smoke was pouring out from the top floor...
MILWAUKEE - A paralyzed veteran from the Upper Peninsula's Mass City has raced many marathons in his wheelchair, but now he's up and walking for the first time in about 30 years. With the use of a robotic exoskeleton, Dean Juntunen, 58, volunteered to take part in a study at the Spinal Cord Injury Center at the Milwaukee Veterans Administration Medical Center. Juntunen is a medically retired captain from the Air Force who was severely injured in a fall in 1991. He has been training to use a...
