Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood man pleaded guilty to drug charges in Gogebic County Circuit Court Monday. Jeffrey Elton Schmiege, 48, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver meth, conspiracy to deliver meth and maintaining a drug house. He also faces a habitual offender-second designation, which increases the potential maximum punishment for the three charges — the possession and conspiracy charges increase to a maximum of 30 years, according to Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs, and the...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY — A long line of children, along with their parents, stood patiently to visit with Santa Claus on Sunday at the Iron County Memorial Building in Hurley. The good-natured Mr. Claus had able assistance from Serena Tauer of Hurley, who served as a cheerful elf. Sponsoring the event were members of the Gogebic-Iron Range Chapter 529 Vietnam Veterans of America. Every child who attended the event not only got to chat with Santa, but also received a t...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY - "It all started with this tree," said Gail Buccanero, a volunteer at the Iron County Historical Society Museum. Buccanero was explaining how the decision to place a Christmas tree in the museum dining room inspired volunteers to offer an open house on Saturday, complete with fragrant coffee and a variety of holiday treats. "I made paper chains," said volunteer Bobbie Jaresky of the red and green garland on the tree, which also includes a homemade...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — VFW Post 3673 hosted its annual volunteer and membership dinner Saturday evening. Built within that dinner were five area youths competing in a writing competition for kids in grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. Four grade 6-8 youth’s took part in the “Patriot’s Pen” competition regarding a VFW provided prompt of, “America’s Gift to My Generation.” The Patriot’s Pen responses were due Oct. 31, allowing local kids to join more than 120,000 students nationwide expected to participate, acco...
IRONWOOD - Mariah Moore, 20-time martial arts world champion with another 19 national championships, visited Gogebic Community College Friday to talk to 7-12 grade area students about bullying. She has an "Enough is Enough" anti-bullying campaign. Moore said she was an average girl, from a small town, without any appreciable gifts who through hard work, grit and determination became a world champion in martial arts at 12. Missy Lane, of Gogebic County Community Mental Health, said she first...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday may learn how much the city owes for the gasification plant cleanup of four years ago. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and city have been involved in what is called a “tolling agreement” with the EPA. The agreement will come before the commission on Monday. City clerk Karen Gullan said Friday she did not know if two two sides have reached an agreement on sharing project costs. City manager Scott Erickson previously told the city commission he did not think the city’s share of the cost w...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday will discuss a notice of intent of the Gogebic County Road Commission to purchase about 13 acres in the industrial park for construction of a new main facility. A letter to the city commission says all of the operations of the road commission, including offices for the administrative staff, would be located in the move from Bessemer to Ironwood. The letter of intent says the road commission would pay $2,000 an acre for the property, which would be l...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Bessemer ordinances 356 and 357, allowing marijuana facilities in the industrial park, were repealed by the city council on a 4-0 vote Thursday evening. The auditorium in city hall was packed with more than 40 people in attendance. When Mayor Adam Zak opened the floor for public comment, people respectfully stated their positions, either for or against the marijuana proposal and by 7:30 p.m., public comment wound down and the session was...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Monday's lightning storm across the Gogebic Range did more than knock out the Daily Globe's press and interrupt power to around 3,200 Upper Peninsula Power Company customers. Bruce Greenhill, managing director of the Historic Ironwood Theatre, discovered the theater's lighting system took a jolt. He went to hang Christmas decorations for the Ironwood band concert scheduled for today and the lights would not come on. Andy Makey and Tyler...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - While there is a still a degree of skepticism about the idea, the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees voted 5-2 to adopt an ordinance granting a tax break for the Mill Trace Apartments Wednesday. Trustees Kevin Lyons and Bev Michaels voted against the measure. Ordinance No. 55 will have those operating Mill Trace pay the township a $2,500 annual service charge in lieu of paying the various taxes on the property. The money saved...
BLACK RIVER HARBOR - Ottawa National Forest Bessemer District Ranger Tony Holland said Wednesday work will begin on the first phase of the Black River Harbor dock replacement project. Access to the docks and boat launch at Black River Harbor will be closed until further notice to allow for the construction work. Once construction work is completed, access to the boat launch and docks will be reopened. The lower parking lot and suspension bridge will remain open for day use. Snow Country Contract...
IRONWOOD — The lake-effect snow that was predicted for Iron and Gogebic counties continued through Wednesday afternoon throughout the Gogebic Range, with the National Weather Service predicting more than 8 inches through the evening. The sun peeked through the clouds in Ironwood around 9 a.m., then returned around noon, however strong winds off Lake Superior created drifting snow conditions that made driving hazardous, especially at icy intersections. Highways and side roads remained ice- and snow-covered as many local schools were closed f...
