Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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...
IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College is introducing a new sports team to campus. The Gogebic Samsons eSports Team, or online video gaming team, will compete against other accredited college teams throughout North America. The Collegiate Star League is an intercollegiate gaming league open to all accredited colleges and universities in North America, according to Jim Halverson, computer and business faculty member, and team advisor. “Collegiate eSports came into existence around 2009 with a few schools playing one game casually and has now exp...
IRONWOOD - Representatives from Villa Maria Heath and Rehabilitation Center visited DOVE Inc. Thursday morning to drop off collected donations to the domestic violence shelter. "The donations are an incredibly important part of what helps the shelter operate," according to executive director Jeanine Winkowski. "People come in here with nothing, some of them come in with just the clothes on their backs. And every donation we need for the clients is given to the clients directly. We get quilts,...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is alerting snowmobilers to several trail closures. “We want to make sure riders were aware of these trail closures, so they can plan their trips accordingly,” said Rob Katona, MDNR central Upper Peninsula trails specialist. “In years with sufficient snow for riding, this is one of the busiest times of the winter for snowmobiling. Despite these closures, numerous trails are open and ready to ride with Michigan remaining a very popular destination for snowmobiling.” Upper Peninsula closures include...
BESSEMER — On Wednesday the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department released the identify of a woman who was found dead in Bessemer last week. Quinn Erin Archer, 31, of Detroit Lakes, was found Dec. 11 in a house on the 1600 block of South Hadley Street in the city after Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department deputies received a 911 call at 1:20 p.m. Upon arriving at the scene, officers found an unresponsive woman, later identified as Archer. According to the department’s Wednesday release, the investigation is continuing pending the results of an a...
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,...
