Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon County Board has a new commissioner. On Tuesday, the county board selected Robert Nousiainen, of Bruce Crossing, to represent district 3, including Rockland, Stannard and Interior Townships. He replaces David Nykanen, who died just a short time after his election to the board last month. Nousiainen will serve out the remainder of the term, which will be one year and a month. Commissioners emphasized they had two excellent applicants, Nousiainen and Bill Wing, of...
HURLEY — Iron County is joining other Wisconsin counties in filing lawsuits against the manufactures of opioid medications, after the Iron County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution to that effect Tuesday. The lawsuit is part of the Wisconsin Counties Association’s effort to involve as many of the state’s 72 counties as possible in legal action against the pharmaceutical companies. “They’re trying to get all 72 counties on board, there’s right around 50 — or a little better than 50 — that are finally onboard with it,” County board chai...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - The Iron County Sheriff's Department warns snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle riders to stay off the ice, especially with temperatures hitting the low 30s on Monday. A few fishing tents were out on the dikes of the Gile Flowage Monday morning, but the fishermen were on foot, as the water was flowing from inlets on the shoreline. While most lakes have from 6 to 8 inches of ice cover, it's extremely variable. Because of rainfall a few weeks ago,...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Richard Duncanson is not going quietly as he raised the issue of the city not signing his paperwork to establish a new medical marijuana facility under the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act of 2016, which went into effect Dec. 15. Duncanson claims the ordinances the city council has voted to repeal are still in effect because they do not go into effect until seven days after the results have been published in the paper, which happe...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The township’s volunteer fire department is getting some new gear for Christmas after the township’s board of trustees approved the purchase of six sets of turnout gear Monday. Fire Chief Scott Carlson said there was enough in his equipment budget to purchase three sets of gear. “Six sets will cost approximately $14,000. I’ve got $6,500 in my equipment budget now,” he said, asking the board for permission to buy six sets and amend his budget to move money left over in various...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Friends and family came out to the Historic Ironwood Theatre Saturday for the ACCENT! show choir's annual Christmas concert. "(The students) were so, so good and they worked so hard. I'm so proud of them," Ironwood vocal music instructor Lydia Patritto said after the concert. The group sang a variety of Christmas songs, while performing routines choreographed by junior Kinley Lyons. Some members of the choir also sang in smaller...
By STEVE NEWMAN [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Township gymnasium was buzzing Saturday with excited children, volunteers and of course, Santa. Lines to see the jolly old elf stretched to the doors of the building for kids to receive presents and talk to Santa himself. Santa, who was not available for comment, was patiently talking to children and it was said that he would stay until each child got to speak with him. The township fire department picked up the challenge r...
HURLEY — A 50-year-old Gile, Wis., resident was recently sentenced to 10 days in the Iron County Jail at Hurley and assessed $1,429 in fines and court costs on a drunk driving second offense charge. Bert Quinn had a charge of obstructing or resisting a law enforcement officer dismissed, but read into the record, in Iron County Court. The jail sentence was stayed, provided Quinn serves 60 hours of community service, according to court records. His driver’s license was suspended for one year and ignition interlock was ordered for one year by Iro...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Extra caution is advised for snowmobilers who are taking advantage of trail openings in Iron and Vilas Counties in Wisconsin this weekend. In Iron County, the White Thunder Riders had two groomers out on Friday. Trails were in fair to good condition throughout the system, but there are still some trails closed, according to the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce. “Use caution and stay on marked trails,” advised Hurley Chamber Marketing Director Rita Franzoi. There may be water under ice on some sec... Full story
SAULT STE. MARIE - The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie began Operation Taconite Friday in response to expanded ice in the commercial ports of western Lake Superior and the lower St. Mary's River. Icebreakers were assigned to each region. On Friday, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alder was assigned to ice-breaking needs of western Lake Superior, specifically the twin ports of Duluth and Superior, as well as the Port of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. USCGC Biscayne was assigned to the St. Mary's... Full story
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Greg Klecker, who has been on the job for about three weeks as Ironwood Public Safety Department director, stresses the importance of analyzing statistics in his new leadership role. With that in mind, he proudly points out that in the past five years as senior commander with the Buena Vista Public Safety Department in Saginaw, a study showed violent crime decreased by 19 percent. Klecker was sworn in by city clerk Karen Gullan at Monday's...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College Ski Area Management students have spent the last month preparing Mt. Zion for this weekend's Fire on the Hill Snocross races. Two weeks ago, the race was postponed because of unusually warm weather and a lack of natural snow, which confounded snowmaking and track construction. Jim Vanderspoel, director of ski area management, said Thursday the track is bigger, wider and faster this year because temperatures...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] While TubaChristmas has been an annual event around the country since 1974, local musicians are gathering this weekend to bring the performance to the Gogebic Range for the first time. Featuring tuba, sousaphone, euphonium and baritone players of any ages, local concerts will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary’s Church in Hurley and 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Sebastian’s Church in Bessemer. The group is continuing to accept members up until Sunday morning, according to former Ironwood band dir...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The men and women of the Gogebic Range Trail Authority are busy packing, clearing and grooming snowmobile trails to make the riding experience as good as possible. Steve Hamilton, president of the GRTA, told the Globe Wednesday two-thirds of the water issues that have been drowning trails have frozen, but “trail conditions vary greatly and change rapidly.” Hamilton said Trails 8 and 2 are opening today. On the Wisconsin side, Iron County was opening some trails to snowmobiles today, accor...
By RALPH ANSAMI and RICHARD JENKINS [email protected], [email protected] HURLEY - A Stevens Point, Wis., man entered a no contest plea Wednesday in Iron County Court to a May burglary in the Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles office at the Hurley tourism information center, a day after pleading guilty to a burglary-related charge in Gogebic County. Daniel Allan Erickson, 28, appeared in Iron County Court with his attorney, Douglas Muskett; who said a plea agreement had...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners agreed Wednesday to sponsor a Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund grant application for the third phase of the Iron Belle non-motorized trail project, from Bessemer to Ramsay. The board voted 6-0 to sponsor the grant, after the Michigan Western Gateway Trail Authority agreed to pay the county the $29,566 that is owed for the second phase of the project, from Ironwood to Bessemer. About 20 people attended Wednesday’s county board mee...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - An Ironwood man was sentenced to at least a decade in prison Tuesday in Gogebic County Circuit Court. Ryan Frank Reinhard, 30, was sentenced to between 10 and 20 years in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. He received a jail credit of 143 days for time previously served. "This was an active conspiracy involving numerous people in Gogebic County engaging in an enterprise of obtaining, distributing and using me...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — It will be at least six months before the city of Ironwood learns what its final costs will be regarding the gas plant cleanup project by the Environmental Protection Agency. The city commission on Monday extended what is called a “tolling agreement” for claims with the EPA for another six months. City manager Scott Erickson noted the agreement has already been extended a few times. He said the EPA needs time to go through a pay analysis of the former manufactured gas plant site in the F...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Copper Street has been reopened to traffic, the Hurley City Council learned Tuesday. The infrastructure work on the street had to be shut down early when winter arrived in October, delaying the completion of the project to next summer and leaving a muddy mess. Now the ground has frozen sufficiently for the barricades to be removed along the street. The vacant lot at the southwest corner of Third Avenue and Copper Street is available for parking. City crews will keep it free of snow. City s...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood City Commission approved a letter of intent Monday for the Gogebic County Road Commission to locate in the industrial park. The go-ahead for the road commission was approved on a 4-1 vote, with Joseph Cayer Jr. opposed. He indicated he didn't want the city to sell its last big parcel in the park, especially since the road commission won't be paying taxes. The road commission is considering purchasing about 13 acres for constructi...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District is bringing a bit of the great outdoors inside by building a new greenhouse near Luther L. Wright K-12 School. The GOISD's Career Technical Education Department's new agriculture program will use the facility. It is the first school year for the GOISD's ag program for Gogebic County students. The district began a similar program for Ontonagon County students last year in Ontonagon that...
