Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - Voters in the city of Bessemer on Tuesday approved three proposals by the city council, including two amendments to the city charter. Proposal 1 amended the city charter, altering the time one must be a resident in order to serve as a city elected official to one year instead of two. This passed 558-247 (69 percent). Proposal 2 also amended the charter, raising the minimum price for which the city council can sell a piece of property without asking the voters from $2 per capita to...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — A sentencing hearing scheduled for Monday for James Lussier, 20, of Woodruff, on a murder-related charge was delayed in Iron County Court. Court officials said Lussier’s attorney, Marty Lipske, requested the delay for his client. No new date had been set as of Monday morning. A pre-sentence investigation, ordered by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden, was filed with the court on Oct. 24. Lussier is one of five men charged in the beating and shooting death of Wayne M. Valliere Jr., whose bod...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Voters around the country are voting in the general mid-term election today; including those in Gogebic and Iron counties where national, state and local races are on the ballot. Both Wisconsin and Michigan have their respective governor, attorney general and secretary of state offices up for election. Wisconsin's state treasurer office is also on the ballot. Polls in both states are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Today's election will also decide who...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Following her Saturday night performance at the Historic Ironwood Theatre, singer Tristan McIntosh described her experience on Twitter as "the most humbling performance of my life." McIntosh, who was a season 15 finalist on "American Idol," had explained to her audience during the seventh annual HIT Idol event that she had a lingering illness and said, "My upper (vocal) register is almost gone." On Twitter, she reported, "I could only sing a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County voters will join voters around Wisconsin in heading to the polls Tuesday to decide a number of national, state and local races. State races At the state level, Tuesday’s ballot features the race for governor and lieutenant governor, where Republican incumbents Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch are looking for another term in office. They are being challenged by Democrats Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes, Libertarians Phillip Anderson and Patrick Baird, Wisconsin Green Party can...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] As a much anticipated midterm general election arrives Tuesday, Gogebic County voters will see a ballot full of federal, state and local candidates and a variety of proposals in various jurisdictions. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Statewide, voters in Michigan will select a new governor, secretary of state and attorney general. Current attorney general, Republican Bill Schutte is running for governor, facing Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, a former leader of her party in the state senate. Other...
Several Ontonagon County townships, the village of Ontonagon, school boards and county board feature races Tuesday. The Ontonagon County Board of Commissioners has a write-in race for commissioners of the fifth and fourth districts. Gray Webber resigned in the fifth district for health reasons, but not until the filing date to get on the ballot had passed. Bryan Hamilton (no party affiliation) and Marlene Broemer (Democrat) have filed as write-ins for the seat. Hamilton has been serving on the board by commission appointment. In District 4,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Once again the community has come together to support several food banks across the Gogebic Range, donating 31,810 pounds of food to the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post's annual food drive. "I'm very, very happy. The community stepped up and was very generous. They made all this possible," said post commander First Lt. Don Horn. The donations were collected over the past two weeks, according to Horn, and distributed Thursday to...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - Members of the Bessemer parks and recreation commission were grateful to learn Thursday of new trail links that connect to an existing path behind the city's Bluff Valley Park. With the help of a photo slide show, Kelden Witt, of Bessemer, reported about the new trail work he has accomplished since the city council approved the project last July. Witt said he has nearly accomplished his goal to create new entry and exit trails that connect with...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] Wakefield-Marenisco School and All Saints Academy in Ironwood are among 188 public and private schools in the state to share $25 million in grants to upgrade door locks and other security features in the wake of mass shootings in other states. Gov. Rick Snyder said the grants are part of a “proactive approach” to help prevent tragedies in schools. W-M received $25,000 and All Saints was given $10,200. Michigan State Police received 407 applications requesting $69 million — far more than the $25 m...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] LONGUEUIL, Quebec — Highland Copper has secured one of the permits needed to develop its mine in the northern part of Gogebic County. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s resource division issued an amended wetland, lakes and streams permit for the company’s Copperwood project in northern Ironwood and Wakefield townships, the company announced Tuesday. “The receipt of the Wetlands Permit is a significant milestone in obtaining all permits required for the development of the Copperw...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - While the Historic Ironwood Theatre's seventh annual HIT Idol performances will be another melding of top local, young talent and a nationally renowned vocal performer, this year's offering has a best-of-the-best feel. As in year's past, it's still a two-night affair. Friday will bring another blast of local youth to the stage to perform many styles of vocal selections, and Saturday has another headliner from the American Idol television...
By RALPH ANSAMI ransami@yourdailyglobe MELLEN, Wis. — Family members and friends of Jody Lynn Newberry, the 54-year-old Bergland woman who has been missing since May 29, are urging hunters to keep an eye out for any clues about her disappearance. With the media spotlight focusing on the case of 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who is missing from Barron, Wis., after her parents were murdered, the Newberry family has posted an online messages asking hunters to look for any type of a clue that might be related to the missing Bergland woman. Last week, h...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] ODANAH, Wis. - The National Transportation Safety Board said the pilot of a helicopter was killed in a crash reported early Tuesday in the Birch Hill area of the Bad River Indian Reservation. The pilot was identified as Dean Bass, 64, of Ontario, Canada. Numerous agencies had been looking for the Enbridge Energy helicopter since it failed to arrive at the Duluth International Airport Monday evening for a brief stop before heading to its destination in...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — An Ironwood man will have to serve two and a half years in prison after being sentenced in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Michael David Zupan, 32, was sentenced to between six months and 10 years in prison for each of two counts of receiving and concealing stolen firearms. He was also sentenced to two years in prison for possessing a firearm while committing a felony. “The materials that were stolen here weren’t just TVs, appliances and other things of a personal nature, they...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER — Voters in the Bessemer School District will face a busy ballot on Tuesday as part of a larger general election ballot full of federal, state and local candidates and issues. There are six candidates running for five seats on the Bessemer School Board in what is two separate races, as well as a district-wide question about renewing a millage limited to 18 mills levied on non-homesteads for another 10 years to provide funds for operating purposes — a move generally known as a Headlee ame...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The wait is over. For the first time since the end of May, drivers on M-28 could use the bridge over Jackson Creek Monday afternoon. The bridge east of Wakefield had been expected to reopen Wednesday after the Michigan Department of Transportation announced Friday it was pushing back the prior target date of the weekend due to "rainy weather and saturated ground conditions." However, according to MDOT spokesman Dan Weingarten, work...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - Edwin Hokans was a shop teacher at the Ontonagon School in the 1930s when he and his wife, Esther, decided to build a cabin on their property one and one-half miles outside of Ontonagon. One cabin led to another and eventually a motel was added, with the complex known as Hokans Cabins and Motel. Since that time, with its location on Lake Superior, the cabins have changed hands many times. All the owners since Edwin Hokans Sr. gathered at the...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — An 81-year-old Kimball, Wis., man appeared in court Monday morning on two threat counts and an additional count of making a terroristic threat. Robert “Barrel Bob” Gollubske is charged with threatening to blow up both the Iron County Courthouse in Hurley in 2013 and the Northwoods Paving (Mathy Construction) asphalt plant in Kimball in 2016. Iron County Judge Patrick Madden advised Gollubske to seek representation through the public defender’s office. Gollubske said he had sought to contact...
