Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MADISON - Gov. Scott Walker declared a state of emergency for five northern Wisconsin counties, including Iron County, Monday in response to the recent heaven rains and flooding in the region. "Beginning on June 16, 2018, widespread and continuing severe thunderstorms producing torrential rain, damaging wind and large hail caused evacuation of persons, downed trees and powerlines, mudslides and flash flooding," reads Walker's executive order declari...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Damage assessments were under way Monday after as much as a foot of rain fell over the weekend in parts of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula. For the weekend, Ironwood streets flooded both Friday and Sunday as the storms caused untold damage. According to the National Weather Service, Ironwood received nearly 8 inches of rain over the weekend. The The heaviest total was 3.64 inches for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Saturday at the wastewater treatment plant off Cloverland Drive, but there was...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - As the outgoing superintendent of the Wakefield-Marenisco School District, Catherine Shamion attended her final board of education meeting on Monday evening. She was feted in the school's board chambers with a beautiful cake and showered with appreciation from all attending board members. "It has been my pleasure to be your board president for the total time you've been here," said Brad Dalbec, who also passed on thanks from an unidentified...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Development Zone has two weeks of festival fun scheduled for Iron county, to celebrate the county’s rich heritage. Bewteen July 27 and July 31, a wide array of activities are planned between Hurley and Mercer. Running July 27–29, the Northwoods Art Tour will feature many on-site artist demonstrations, while also making local art available for purchase. Many home studios will be open throughout the Mercer area. July 27 The Heritage Festival kicks off with an open house at the H...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — Lawn games, picnic fare and lots of casual banter made for a fun crowd at a Saturday cookout of the Gogebic County Young Professionals Club at Ironwood’s Depot Park. Formerly known as Go-In Forward Young Professionals Club, the members changed the name at the weekend event with a simple hand-raised vote. “Most people look for groups online nowadays,” said Morgan Clark, one of the group’s organizers. She said the new name will be “easier t...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - In a highly communal performance at the Bessemer Public Library Saturday, children's musician Danna Banana treated the crowd to a series of high-energy songs to kick off the library's summer reading program. Armed with a guitar and part-time hat, the New York-based entertainer strolled, circled, skated, skipped and marched through his songs, sometimes crouching, reaching high and low, flapping his arms, or lying on the floor. "I am not silly!" s...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Mother Nature followed through on National Weather Service predictions of thunderstorms for the weekend with violent blasts on Friday that caused undetermined damage across the Gogebic Range. Storms rolled in around 5 a.m. when heavy hail, strong winds and lightning accompanied a downpour. From 3 to 5 inches of rain fell throughout the day, with more possible overnight. In a heartbeat, U.S. 2 was covered by a foot of water along Cloverland...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Those interested in seeing mining return to the western Upper Peninsula got good news Friday as Highland Copper released the feasibility study for its Copperwood Project. Highland president and CEO Denis Miville-Deschenes said the report was “a major step forward” for the company’s efforts to develop a mine in the northern parts of Ironwood and Wakefield townships. “The feasibility study demonstrates the significant potential of this project located in a great historic mining jurisdict...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Women's Club celebrated its 26th Flag Day social Thursday with a beautiful day and enough treats to fill a bakery. The location was in the city hall auditorium. In charge every year since conceiving the event has been Barbara Karpus, who joined the club 58 years ago. In addition to acknowledging another patriotic day in our nation's history, Karpus said the $2 ticket charge helps club members to provide a scholarship for a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — While they may have been sympathetic to the Ironwood Carnegie Library’s case, the numbers gave the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees little option but to renew the township’s contract with the Bessemer Public Library for another year of library services. The board voted 4-3 Thursday to approve a one-year agreement with the Bessemer Library, which will begin July 1. Supervisor Steve Boyd, Treasurer Maria Graser and Trustee Kevin Lyons voted against contracting with Besse...
EWEN — With the resignation of Ewen-Trout Creek Superintendent Alan Tulppo, the school district is looking for a leader. The E-TC School Board accepted Tulppo’s resignation Wednesday. He said he has accepted the position of director of general education at the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District. He will begin his duties there on July 2. The school board subsequently posted several different scenarios for his replacement, including an internal posting calling for a K-12 principal, as well as external postings for a part-time sup...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic County Democrats gathered Tuesday night to meet with a pair of candidates seeking the party's nomination for state and national offices representing the area, especially Matt Morgan, who is looking to be the Democrat challenging Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, representing Michigan's First Congressional District. Morgan took a few minutes to meet with the Daily Globe prior to addressing the gathered Democrats. He said he decided...
HURLEY — The Hurley City Council agreed Tuesday to pay more attention to Riccelli Park, now that the height of the summer season is approaching and that area is receiving more use. Council member Jamey Francis, chair of the council’s parks and recreation committee, said parks issues hadn’t been addressed at the committee level for some time. There were complaints about trash around the park on Memorial Day weekend and excessive weeds. Street superintendent Mark Bluse said the wet period around Memorial Day led to some rapid growth of the weeds...
IRONWOOD — Check 1, Check 2. Check, check, check. The Ironwood Historic Theatre is holding a four-part class in sound engineering, beginning this evening. “We’ve opened up the class to not just those interested in sound here at the theater, but also those involved with sound at their church, a different theater, school or where ever,” said HIT operations manager Bruce Greenhill. “We want to give people a sense of what’s involved in being a sound tech.” Don Osier will lead the class. He brings plenty of high quality experience, said Greenhil...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - An Ironwood man was sentenced to prison in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday for his role in the morphine overdose death of Angela Mylly in September. Bo Lee Menara, 37, was sentenced to a minimum of five years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance-morphine charges for giving Mylly part of his morphine prescription. The two five-year sentences will be served concurrently. "It was (Menara) who...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — After a public hearing Monday, the Wakefield City Council unanimously passed its 2018-2019 fiscal budget, which totals nearly $5 million. The brief hearing specifically allowed commentary on a millage increase of 0.3114, which the council passed to facilitate coverage of about $462,149 in the general fund and $46,862 in the Wakefield Public Library fund, for a total of $509,011. The projected budget includes $1,155,965 for the general fund; $1,480,425 for the electric fund; and $1,256,286 f...
IRONWOOD - Chelsea MacPherson, from Bessemer, is the winner of the Ironwood Public Safety new patch contest. "The renderings we received were posted for viewing by members of the community and Ironwood Public Safety and voted on. The entries we received were outstanding," said IPSD Director Gregory Klecker. MacPherson, a local freelance graphic designer who recently moved to the Gogebic Range from California, was pleased to discover hers was the most popular design. "MacPherson wins a gift...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - Surprise and delight seemed to be the dominant emotions Friday, as Iron County's state representatives saw firsthand how much progress had been made rebuilding Saxon Harbor since it was destroyed in the July 2016 storm. "It's really wonderful to come down here and finally see that the hard work of all of the people from the county, and the state and the federal government - we're really seeing results," said state Sen. Janet Bewley...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield city council Monday denied a request by the Split Rock Trail Association to share the cost of a gravel order made by the association last year. SRTA president Jim Engel and secretary/treasurer Rod Ritter had requested the help at the council’s May 29 meeting, but the council tabled the matter until more information could be gathered. At the previous meeting, Engel told the council the SRTA had been charged $20/yard for gravel fro...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Village Council meeting Monday was overshadowed by a meeting of the Village Housing Commission which was held just prior to the council session. The village council appoints the members of the housing commission and the commission hires its director, which operates the Cane Court Housing Facility. In a surprise move just prior to the council meeting, Housing Commission Director Sally Jarvey submitted her resignation after 35 and one half years with the Cane Court operation. Jarvey s...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MERCER - Lupines did not disappoint during Saturday's 12th Annual Mercer Lupine Junefest, based in the town's Carow Park. The wildflowers were in full force along Wisconsin's Hwy. G, which was one of three road loops and one trail used by bikers traveling anywhere from 10 to 50 miles. Each biker left the park with a designated number placed on his or her shirt, and volunteers checked them in when they returned. Volunteer Ginny Kemplin of Mercer said the...
