Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON – The Ontonagon Village Council Monday approved a new agreement with the AFSCME Union, which represents the village public works employees. Village Manager Joe Erickson explained the contract changes are effective Jan. 1, 2018. Erickson explained the details of the contract, which include: —Elimination of the safety bonus and the equivalent of $150 will be rolled into wages. —Group life insurance was increased to $10,000. —Boot and work clothes allowance of $125 each were combined into one reimbur... Full story
POLICE REPORTS Ironwood Township Michigan State Patrol troopers arrested Joshua Edward Hotchkiss, 31, of Ironwood, on Thursday for domestic violence near Northstar Road in the township. COURT CASES 98th District Court, Bessemer Nov. 27: Anthony James Negri, 28, Bessemer, domestic violence, $905. Nov. 29: Leslie Ann Bradley, 49, Bessemer, domestic violence, $765. Iron County Circuit Court, Hurley Nov 14: Robert Leonard Carlson, 45, Ironwood, resisting or obstructing an officer, $443. Nov. 14: Matthew James Coons, 38, Ironwood, disorderly... Full story
A lightning strike shortly after 8 p.m. Monday caused significant damage to the Daily Globe's printing press, leaving the paper unable to produce a print edition for Tuesday, Dec. 5. All local news from the edition was posted here at yourdailyglobe.com for no charge. Digital subscribers were not impacted. UPDATE: Printing capabilities were restored Tuesday afternoon. Subscribers will receive both Tuesday, Dec. 5, and Wednesday, Dec. 6, editions in Wednesday's mail.... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Even though the lack of snow on the ground may not have put people in the holiday mindset, residents of Ironwood and the surrounding area turned out Saturday for the 23rd annual Jack Frost parade. This year was the first time the parade was held on a Saturday, which Ironwood Chamber of Commerce Director Michael Meyer felt helped the crowd's atmosphere. "One of the reasons for shifting it to Saturday was to make it more family friendly...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MERCER - A full moon shone brightly over Saturday evening's Mercer Community Christmas at the Mercer Community Center. Tables were full with local residents enjoying holiday treats with family and friends while Santa sat nearby to visit with a steady stream of babies and children. "This is a giveback for the community," said Mary Vaughn, who has chaired the free event for the past twenty-one years. "We don't even sell raffle tickets here." The occasion...
MERCER, Wis. — For those interested in learning more about the other superpower of the second half of the 20th Century, Fe University is offering a Russian history class. Retired Lawrence University professor Michael Hittle will teach the four-week class at the Mercer Public Library. “This course will introduce students to some of the main themes of Russian’s history: its vast geographical scope; its diverse population; an authoritarian political tradition; an hierarchical social order; problems of economic development; and a long-...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood school district is letting its students skip class for a movie field trip, and hoping they take a more valuable lesson from the day. The district's first through eighth graders are attending showings of the movie "Wonder" at Cloverland Cinema. Four grades of students watched the movie Friday and the other four will be at the movie theater Monday. The idea to take the kids to see the film started small, according to Amanda Spr...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — A promotion among the city of Wakefield’s staff has resulted in the question of whether to retain a resulting vacant slot. City council members on Monday approved the appointment of Sue Ahonen as new city clerk and that, in turn, left empty her former position as a part-time utility clerk. Wakefield City Manager Richard Brackney told the Globe on Friday that he informed council members during a Thursday workshop that they now can ponder whether they want to retain that particular job. Alt...
HURLEY — An Ironwood woman who failed to report to the Iron County Jail to serve a sentence received an additional six-month sentence this week. Kristen Samierad, 29, entered a no contest plea to the misdemeanor charge and was found guilty by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden, according to court records. She will be given credit for time already served in jail, to be determined by the Iron County Sheriff’s Department. Samierad appeared in court with her attorney, Joseph Stephen Hoffman. Iron County District Attorney Matt Tingstad rep...
Gogebic County public safety officials announced Rave Alert is available to all residents of the county. Rave Alert is a free service allowing individuals to sign up for notifications sent from local and state authorities, keeping residents and travelers informed on potentially hazardous situations involving weather, traffic and other possible emergencies. James Loeper, county emergency management director, said, “Rave Alert enables authorities to notify the community in real time. This service allows for critical communication with the public...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Range Health Foundation Program Director Andrea Newby said the organization has donated $8,000 to the Gogebic County Search and Rescue "to ensure the safety and wellness of our residents." Newby said the GRHF was "excited to fund the grant proposal." The grant is for equipment to help further outfit the local SAR team. Jon Brown, GCSAR chairman, set out the new equipment on a table and went article by article, demonstrating how it...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — With the city of Ironwood conducting a street repair program over the past several years, most of the streets have been resurfaced and that’s a benefit in many ways. City manager Scott Erickson noted this week that the summer crack sealing costs came in under budget because the streets are in such good shape, meaning there’s money left over for more sealing next year. Streets north of U.S. 2 were crack-sealed, as planned, and because the project was so much under budget, some streets south...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] KALAMAZOO — A man authorities accused of growing and selling marijuana in the Upper Peninsula was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday. Spencer Troy Ward was sentenced to 151 months in prison and five years of supervised release after his prison sentence ends for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana plants and marijuana. Online court documents show Ward pleaded guilty to the charge in April. An indictment against Ward said the operation involved m...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — William Johnson, of Ontonagon, scored a significant first victory in his lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on the basis of the right of foster parents to have guns in their homes. Johnson claimed the department denied his right to become a foster parent to his grandson because he has guns in his home. Johnson said the department had specifically rejected his application on that basis. The victory in the first skirmish came Wednesday when Michigan Attorney G...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] The Northern Zone deer-gun kill in Wisconsin increased 11.7 percent this year, although the rest of the state was down, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Overall statewide; preliminary registration figures show 195,738 deer were harvested for the season that ended Sunday, compared to 197,262 in 2016. For the second straight year, the largest change in the buck harvest occurred in the Northern Forest Zone after three consecutive mild winters and limited or no antlerless tags in the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - In one of the longer Gogebic Range drug sentences in the past few years, an Ironwood man was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison on a drug charge in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Jeffrey Thomas Gorecki, 45, was sentenced to between 10 and 20 years in prison for the charge of conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine. "It's clear from the pre-sentencing materials that Mr. Gorecki was actively involved in traveling to Minnesota to...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Colin Gauthier, a 13 year old Ironwood youth, spent the summer traversing at least 4,000 miles driving to and from different races throughout Wisconsin as part of the Wisconsin Off Road Series. Gauthier, even though he did not turn 13 until after his final race in the series, raced in the 13-14 Junior Series, making him younger than most of his competitors by as much as two years in any given race. The series' first race was on May 6 and...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Snow removal is planned downtown for Thursday and Friday, prior to Saturday evening’s Jack Frost parade. While two feet of snow has fallen in Ironwood, much of it has either melted or condensed into ice along the sidewalks, so removing it will be more difficult than usual, the city commission learned Monday. City Manager Scott Erickson noted it is the first year the parade will be on a Saturday, but downtown events are also scheduled for this week’s First Friday promotion. On “Ugly Sweate Da...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Area School District Board of Education met Monday at A.d. Johnston in Bessemer. The board learned their latest school bus arrived Monday morning around 8:30 a.m., and was already being driven that evening. It should get put through a full days work starting today. With the new buses arrival the board agreed to post and accept bids for bus number 11, which according to Chris Bergquist runs well and has a good engine, but due...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Louis Miskovich sought a recount in the Nov. 7 city council write-in election in Bessemer after the results that originally had Miskovich in and Terry Kryshak out, was found to be in error and Kryshak was in and Miskovich was out. With the vote tally's adjusted, Miskovich was left sitting two votes behind Linda Nelson for the fifth and final seat on the council, so he paid the $175 fee and requested a recount. On Monday the box with the...
ONTONAGON — A young girl was rescued from the frigid waters of the Ontonagon River on Friday. According to Michigan State Police from the Wakefield Post, the girl slipped off the boardwalk at Elmer Park in the village of Ontonagon and fell into the river. MSP Sgt. Glenn Gauthier said because of the ice build-up on the shore, the girl was unable to get out of the river without assistance. “It is suspected the victim was in the river for several minutes before assistance arrived. A citizen walking his dog found the female semi-conscious and was...
