Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — While Judge Michael Pope’s final decision isn’t expected to be announced until a sentencing hearing later this month, both sides made their cases regarding the amount of restitution former treasurer Jyl Renee Olson-DeRosso owes Ironwood Township Tuesday in Gogebic County Circuit Court. In March, Olson-DeRosso, 48, pleaded guilty or no-contest to 10 counts related to forgery and embezzlement which occurred while she served as a treas...
More northern Wisconsin waters are melting in time for the Saturday inland fishing season opener and walleyes are likely to have finished spawning in many lakes, state fisheries officials said Tuesday. Justine Hasz, Wisconsin’s fisheries director, noted much of the state is experiencing temperatures in the 70s this week, with a few 80s mixed in, and that means that ice conditions are highly variable and changing quickly. There’s still plenty of ice on bodies of water like the Gile Flowage, near Hurley. Chief DNR Warden Todd Schaller said ang...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A Monday workshop by the Wakefield city council addressed preliminary concerns regarding the city's 2018-19 fiscal year budget, which will kick in on July 1. "This is just the opener right now," said mayor John Granato at the start of the session, which included no voting. Council members welcomed the city's major department heads to share their concerns for the new year. They included public works foreman Mike Sibley, electric department lead...
WATERSMEET - On the Michigan-Wisconsin border in Gogebic and Vilas counties, Lac Vieux Desert is a 4,000-acre lake where walleye numbers have been falling. Fisheries managers have observed all-time lows of walleyes, stemming from declines in natural reproduction. While the decline is not completely understood, a cooperative interagency walleye rehabilitation plan in response was recently drafted by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Wednesday to allow Plante Moran employees to present the results of the township’s forensic audit to residents. While the audit’s results are expected to be discussed publicly for the first time at today’s restitution hearing in Gogebic County Circuit Court, Wednesday’s meeting will likely be the first time many residents have the opportunity to hear the details of the case against former treasurer Jyl Olson...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO — The Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education voted to accept resignations from one teacher and two coaches at its Monday meeting at the Marenisco Town Hall. The board meets twice a year in Marenisco, with the next meeting in that community on Oct. 22. Connie Hellman, the district’s high school special education teacher, submitted her resignation for reasons of retirement. In a letter to the board, Hellman said her job has been “a pleasure” and offered to help train her replacement if needed....
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A dry and sunny Saturday greeted participants of the 3rd Annual Color Run/Walk of Domestic Violence Escape, Inc. DOVE, which is based in Ironwood, offered the untimed circuits at Sunday Lake, with registration at Wakefield's VFW Post 9084. "This is the first year that we still have ice on the lake," said Jeanine Winkowski, executive director of DOVE. Sarah Legassa of Wakefield, who was participating for the second time, joked that she was...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The strip of land between U.S. 51 and the Montreal River in Hurley will hopefully look more colorful this summer after the local Boy Scouts and master gardeners planted seed balls on the land Saturday. Saturday's work was the culmination of a project that started last fall when the Range Master Gardeners helped the members of Boy Scout Troop 323 out of Hurley and Ironwood actually make the seed balls. The balls are a mixture of mud and...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Spring was in full flower Saturday as Bessemer gave a hearty welcome to its first annual “Daffodil Dayz” at VFW Post 3673. Daffodils and bulbs were available for sale upon entry, and tables throughout the bar featured daffodil centerpieces. “Daffodil girls” dressed in yellow sold tickets at a table filled with festive green raffle bags. Meanwhile, the hall bustled with about 30 vendor booths selling a variety of goods to happy shoppers, many dressed in yellow, green, pink or blue. “We’re going...
IRONWOOD — Luther L. Wright fifth grader Sarah Lauzon received a third place writing award Friday from Gretchen Preston, vice-president of the Upper Peninsula Publishers Authors Association, and Larry Buege, Valley Cat series author and contest coordinator. The Dandelion Cottage Short Story contest was developed by Buege after his granddaughter wrote her first book at age 11. Buege figured other kids could also be inspired to write short stories, as well. Buege said the short story submissions caught him by surprise, as this was its first y...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — While he has worn a number of different hats since several Gogebic County courts were combined, Judge Joel Massie has decided it’s time to hang them all up. “It’s been a rewarding 26-plus years and I’ve enjoyed particularly working with the people in the courthouse and the lawyers,” Massie told the Daily Globe earlier this month, reflecting on his time on the bench. “I just think it’s at a point where it’s time to move on.” Massie first became a judge when Gov. John Engler appointed hi...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — What better way to launch the summer reading program at the Ironwood Carnegie Library than to bring the Brainstormers? From lower Michigan, the group will launch Ironwood Area Schools’ student creative juices for 350 students. Lynne Wiercinski, Ironwood Carnegie librarian, said over the winter the library wrote a grant proposal and was awarded a grant. The project is supported by the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs Minigrant Program, administered by Region 1A Copper Cou...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — A former White Pine resident and White Pine High School graduate has obtained a $10,000 donation for the Ontonagon County Cancer Association. Chris Maksym grew up in White Pine and graduated with the class of 1978 at White Pine. He attended the University of Michigan, where he received both bachelor of science and doctor of pharmacy degrees. He has been at the university for 40 years. He completed his pharmacy residency training program and then worked in home infusion pharmacy for the majority o...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to set up a committee to resolve the ambulance service issue in the county, likely by the end of next month. After meeting as the finance committee with representatives of Beacon Ambulance and one of its owners, John Kutz, the county board agreed to set up the committee in an effort to retain service through the end of the year. It will be up to county board chair George Peterson, of Watersmeet, to determine the size of the c...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Even though the sun has melted much of the winter's snow across the Gogebic Range over the past few days, Ironwood is still in the running to set an all-time low average temperature for April. As of Wednesday morning, the average temperature for the month was 26.9 degrees, the lowest recorded in the past 117 years. That compares to the 117-year average of 38.1 degrees through April 25, according to the National Weather Service office in...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A presentation by Highland Copper Company, Inc. at Tuesday's Wakefield City Council meeting concluded with rousing applause from an audience of more than two dozen residents. Sylvain Collard, Highland's general manager, offered a slide show while explaining the company's Copperwood timeline in Wakefield Township aims for construction to begin later this year, followed by operation starting in 2021. "There is a lot of potential," said Collard...
IRONWOOD — The five finalists being interviewed to be the next superintendent of the Ironwood Area Schools were announced Tuesday. The list features several with past experience as superintendents, as well as at least two with ties to the local region. The district has scheduled interviews with Martha Hasselbusch, a former superintendent with the South Central Local Schools in Parma, Ohio; Travis Powell, principal of Lake Superior Elementary School in Ashland, Wis.; Christopher Schultz, the former superintendent of the Luck School District i...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic Community College board of trustees agreed to enter into a partnership with the Copper Country ISD to provide Early Childhood Education instruction to copper country students. According to Dean of Instruction Ryon List, GCC will provide an instructor, facilities, equipment, and all necessary materials and supplies to the secondary students of Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw counties in career and technical instruction. The contract is set for yearly renewal at $25,000. Michael M...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday agreed to spend $29,704 to update its zoning ordinances. On a 3-0 vote, the commission authorized a contract with CIB Planning and SmithGroupJJR for planning services. In a memo to the commission, Ironwood Community Development Director Tom Bergman said since the adoption of the city’s comprehensive plan, the planning commission and economic development corporation have supported an update to the zoning ordinance. Bergman said the city budgeted $30...
