Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 4663 - 4687 of 9836
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — While a plea agreement may still be reached, a trial date has been set in the case against former Ironwood Township treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso. Unless a deal happens; jury selection is scheduled to take place April 30, with the trial beginning May 1. Olson-DeRosso is facing ten felonies — five counts of forgery, one count of embezzlement by a public official, refusing to turn over records to a successor, removal and destruction of public records, using public money for her own use and...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - While the average temperature in Ironwood in 2017 was nearly identical to the 117-year norm, it was anything but a typical year weather-wise. The average reading of 40.3 degrees was slightly above the long-term norm of 40.1, according to statistics for Ironwood kept by the National Weather Service office in Marquette. The record high reading was 46.4 degrees in 1938, according to the NWS. Wacky weather included an April 26-27 ice storm that c...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Even though it can’t be the site of Saxon Harbor’s campground, Iron County has completed the acquisition of a piece of land directly east of the harbor. The county first began the process of acquiring the 115-acre parcel as part of the larger rebuilding of Saxon Harbor after it was destroyed in the July 11, 2016 storm. The property had been intended to serve as the location for the harbor’s campground after the county was prevented from rebuilding on the old campground site due to a state...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer returned from the holiday break and got right back to business with its first city council meeting of the new year. Mayor Adam Zak read a correspondence from Senator Tom Casperson saying the Ojibway prison in Marinesco is not on the chopping block in the event a prison is closed in Michigan. The council agreed this was good news, but also counter to much of the rumors and they would stay cautiously optimistic. The city received a request for a letter of support r...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Even though the cold temperatures kept most people from staying outside too long, it failed to dampen the mood at Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort Sunday as the ski hill hosted its annual New Year's Eve party. The party kicked off with the hill's ski patrol holding a torch-lit parade down one of the runs, followed by a fireworks display. Powderhorn General Manager Bruce Noren said the parade is a long-standing part of New Year's, with Powderhorn possibly being the first local...
RAMSAY — A snowmobiler was killed crossing U.S. 2 Saturday afternoon, making it the county’s second snowmobile death in 26 hours. The man — whose name is being withheld pending the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department’s notification of the family — was identified as a 52-year-old Wisconsin resident. The department’s initial investigation indicated he was attempting to cross U.S. 2 at the intersection with Ramsay Road shortly before 1 p.m. when he was hit by an eastbound pickup truck, according to a department press release. While the investiga...
Editor’s note: The Daily Globe is counting down the top five local stories of 2017. Ironwood Township’s financial irregularities and the criminal charges against former township treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso was selected as the biggest story of the year. IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP – News broke in May that former Ironwood Township Treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso was facing felony charges for allegedly embezzling money while in office. Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs initially charged Olson-DeRosso with nine felonies — five counts of forgery, one count o...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Superior Snowshoe Walking group has released its 2018 schedule. It is the seventh year for the snowshoe walks and while Sam Davey said they used to have 100-plus come out for each walk, they now average somewhere between 40 to 100, however the weather is a mitigating factor in attendance, as real cold nights tend to have limited participation. Davey said the walks are community events, open to the public, and if someone would like to try, but does not have snowshoes, he or she can c...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Now comes the real nasty stuff. After a week of sub-zero temperatures across the Gogebic Range, a winter weather advisory was in effect for Iron County, Wis., and the Ironwood area through Sunday. The National Weather Service also said a wind-chill advisory was in effect through Monday morning. Lake-effect snow was expected, perhaps as much as a foot in the Ironwood area. While the winds this week have been mostly out of the south, they could blow from the north and that will create even colder...
BOB HAWKINSON, of Mellen, Wis., attempts to start his vintage red Rupp snowmobile at the Ironwood Depot Park Friday night. Snowmobilers kicked off today's vintage races at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds in Ironwood with the traditional Friday night parade of machines to Hurley, followed by fireworks. At 2 degrees, the Rupp eventually started in time to get in line for the parade....
By Ian MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - The three-man team making up Fat Kids Racing arrived at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds Thursday with every intention of leaving winners. Josh Hitsman, team driver, has raced in the Vintage Snowmobile Olympus for the last two years, making this his third run. His cousin, Clayton Radtke, worked the pit both of those years and also returns. They bring their friend, Nathan Rosten, for the second year in a row. The team made the 4.5-hour drive...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The 20-below weather of this week is taking a toll on some Ironwood residents’ homes. City utilities director Bob Tervonen told the city commission Thursday that city residents should make sure their crawlspace areas and basements remain heated. There have been about a half-dozen cases in the city of frozen water lines into the basements, he said. “Using a fan to blow air into the cooler areas of the basement and crawlspaces can help a lot,” Tervonen said. One week into winter, Ironwood has...
Editor’s note: The Daily Globe is counting down the top five local stories of 2017. The rebuilding effort following the July 2016 storm was chosen as the second biggest story of the year. By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Last year’s big July storm, which claimed a life in Iron County, Wis., and caused millions of dollars of damage across the region, continued to make headlines in both Michigan and Wisconsin in 2017. Wisconsin The year began with good news as Iron County learned on Jan. 12 it had been awarded three grants — totalin...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the Gogebic Range's top five stories of 2017 each day this week. The editorial department staff sat down and came up with the annual list, naming Bessemer's election and marijuana passage as the third-place story of the year. BESSEMER - For the majority of 2017, the Bessemer City Council and planning commission debated, worked, argued and eventually passed new ordinances allowing medical marijuana facili...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County will seek a grant to cover the $20,125 cost of new voting machines. The county board of commissioners voted 6-0 Wednesday to seek the grant through the Help America Vote Act which allows the county to apply for voting equipment for all precincts in the county. The new system would be used for the first time during the 2018 election cycle, according to county clerk Gerry Pelissero. “There would be no cost to the county for the first five years,” Pelissero said. The board appro...
BESSEMER TOWNSHIP — The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department investigated a Christmas Eve personal injury head-on accident that occurred during white-out conditions. According to the accident report, a vehicle driven by Linda Ann Buttice, 72, of Bessemer, was headed east on U.S. 2, near Oak Lane, in Bessemer Township. Grace Marie Brauer, 18, of Saxon, Wis., was westbound on the highway. Deputies said Buttice was traveling in a “white-out blizzard” when her vehicle crossed the center line in front of the oncoming Brauer vehicle. Brauer noticed he...
By PAT KRAUSE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Snowmobile Olympus and its crew of volunteers is well under way in the preparation needed to host two snowmobile racing events over the next two weekends. This Saturday, the Pro Vintage Snowmobile Races will battle upon the historic half-mile oval track at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds with racing starting at 10 a.m. Hot laps are scheduled for 9 a.m. Vintage admission is $10/day and free for children age 12 and under. Over 125...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - The thermometer had soared to a reading of 11-below in Ironwood as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, improving from an overnight low of 20-below. With the wind-chill factored in, it felt more like 30-below, although the sun was shining brightly. It was colder weather than Ironwood experienced all last winter. The National Weather Service called for similar - but not quite as cold - weather today, with a high of minus-3. The 20-below reading at the...
Editor’s note: Prosecution on two fronts that resulted from the arson-murder investigation that began in 2016 at the Bear Trap Inn at Saxon, Wis., was voted by the Daily Globe staff as the number 4 story of 2017. By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — An empty lot in Saxon, Wis., is about all that remains in one of the most sordid criminal chapters in the history of Iron County. On June 1, Donald Rick, 45, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for burning down the Bear Trap Inn, killing Lisa Waldros, of Kimball. At the...
Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the Gogebic Range's top five stories of 2017 each day this week. The editorial department staff sat down and came up with its annual list, naming Highland Copper's effort to resume copper mining in the western Upper Peninusla. as the fifth-place story of the year. By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Those wanting to see the return of copper mining to the western Upper Peninsula were excited to hear the news of Highland Copper's efforts...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Iron County residents, like people all across Wisconsin, will notice a change in their 2018 property tax bills. At a time of the year when the tax bills arrive in the mail like a lump of coal, just as Christmas cards are ending, there’ll be a little bit of relief for Wisconsin residents this year. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said the state property tax levy has been eliminated. Area residents pay school, county, town or city and vocational school taxes, but the state tax will no longer be on the b...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] UPSON, Wis. - David Lundberg, owner of the Whitecap Mountains Ski and Golf Resort in Upson said he bought the location in 1965 when all it had was two "T-Bar lifts and a building." Lundberg was fresh out of Fuller Seminary in California as a 28 year old husband and father of three, but he had enough faith to move Whitecap's three mountains over the last 50 years. Lundberg said he bought a chain saw first and went to work clearing ski runs and...
