Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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LANSING - Twenty-nine students from Bessemer recently competed in the state Science Olympiad tournament in Lansing. Both the junior and senior high teams qualified for the tournament by placing well at the regional tournament held at Northern Michigan University in Marquette in February. At the state tournament, Bessemer competed against 60 teams to see which would win the tournament and advance to the national tournament. In the end, the Bessemer's high school team finished 40th and the junior...
BESSEMER — Just under $1.4 million — that’s the amount former Ironwood Township Treasurer Jyl Renee Olson-DeRosso is ordered to pay in restitution as part of her criminal case on embezzlement and forgery charges. After listening to arguments from both sides May 1, Gogebic County Circuit Judge Michael Pope ruled Friday the township is owed $1,398,654 in restitution to cover both the amount stolen and some of the costs the township incurred investigating the embezzlement. “We understand that collecting this amount from the defendant certain...
IRONWOOD — While the details still need to be hammered out and the paperwork still needs to be signed, it appears the Ironwood Area Schools is concluding its superintendent search. A little more than a week after narrowing the field of candidates down to two finalists, the district’s board of education interviewed Travis Powell for a second time. Powell is the principal of Lake Superior Elementary School in Ashland, Wis. The other candidate, Ewen-Trout Creek Superintendent Alan Tulppo, declined the offer for a second interview. Prior to ans...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Fresh off earning a Superior 1 rating at the state Solo and Ensemble Festival, Luther L. Wright High School's show choir Accent! will present its spring concert Saturday at the Ironwood Theatre. Show time is 7 p.m., but doors open at 6. Director and LLW choral teacher Lydia Mattson said the group was "super excited" about the 1 rating and is looking forward to the concert. "They've been working really hard, including some extra rehearsals...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The effort to rebuild Saxon Harbor after it was destroyed in the July 2016 storm continues, with the Iron County Forestry and Parks Committee voting to seek bids for dredging and other work in the marina at its meeting Tuesday. The work would consist primarily of dredging approximately 21,100 cubic yards of sediment from the portion of the marina the county is responsible for and repairs to the retaining wall around the basin. “Those are the two big ticket items,” Iron County Forestry and...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - The American Red Cross spent Wednesday in the Ironwood Memorial Building collecting blood and giving out drinks and cookies. As a visitor, the process of donating blood is nearly seamless. Arrive, fill out some paperwork, answer some questions, get in the proverbial donation line, get stabbed in the arm, wait while one pint of one's blood is drained away, eat some cookies and drink something and leave. For most people giving blood is a...
By KIM ZECKOVICH Gogebic Community College IRONWOOD - Last year while Mary Engler and her two children, D'kota and Alexis, all of Mercer, Wis., were planning their future course schedules, Mary was the first to realize they would all graduate together from Gogebic Community College on the same day - this Friday. "That was when it became exciting," said Mary. She will receive an Associate in Applied Business with an accounting specialty, D'kota an Associate in Applied Technology in mechanical eng...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — This Saturday many highly conditioned athletes have signed on to rapidly ascend Copper Peak in their running shoes. Copper Peak, widely known as the ski flying hill located just off Lake Superior, is hosting its first event since 1994 and there will not be a skier in sight. Billed as the world’s steepest 400 meter race, athletes will start at the bottom of the ski jump and race each other up hill 40 stories to the top of the jump. Organizers of the RedBull 400 call it a race of...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - Two Wakefield men won't be able to own any pets for the next four years. That was one of the conditions Gogebic County Circuit Judge Michael Pope put on their probation during a sentencing hearing in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Gerard Joseph Herlache and Lawrence C. Murphy were each sentenced to four years probation - the first two months of which will be served in jail - for attempted abandonment/cruelty to 10 or more animals....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood has undergone quite a few changes since Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder visited the city to help dedicate Depot Park trailhead in 2013. He took in many of those changes during a stroll through the city's downtown Monday as part of a visit to the Gogebic Range. "It's so amazing to see the energy level and the exciting things going on. I mean I remember when I was here to dedicate the trailhead - you've come a long way, even in the last...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Hurley Fire Chief Mike Sejbl largely credits his department's quick response to a fire at the Krash Inn Monday for keeping the Silver Street tavern from suffering the same fate as the former Wishbones restaurant property next door. "Thank god they were open, they called us and because of the response of the fire department ... we had interior attack and exterior attack and knocked it down right away," Sejbl said. "... If we hadn't gotten...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The eye sore on the western edge of town at 915 E. Lead street was condemned by the city council Monday evening. While no one knew for certain, councilman Rob Coleman thought about 25 years ago someone lived in the home for a short period while councilman Allen Archie said he moved to the area in the early 1970’s and it was abandoned then. With Mondays ruling, the council paved the way for Charly Loper, city manager, to continue the process necessary to have the structure torn down. Whe...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - From 8-11 a.m., Saturday, Ironwood hosted its 15th annual spring clean-up day on the vacant lots off Ayer street. Dumpsters were on site as residents drove through the barricaded road in pairs, emptying their items into the bucket of front end loaders. Toxic materials like car batteries, pesticides, and paint were not accepted for drop off, but old couches and other pieces of furniture were. For the 15th year in a row, the Luther L. Wright...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Rising Tide came to Ontonagon Sunday to open a new initiative. Ontonagon became the fifth community in the second round to be included in the Rising Tide program. Rising Tide makes Michigan tools available for at risk communities, creating a path toward economic stability and growth. Both state and local leaders were included in the round table with the Governor. Initially 10 communities were chosen for the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance-morphine charges in Gogebic County Circuit Court Thursday. Bo Lee Menara, 37, pleaded guilty to the charges in relation to the death of Angela Mylly in September. Menara caused Mylly’s death by delivering excessive doses of morphine, according to court documents. The delivery of a controlled substance charge is a 20-year felony, while the manslaughter charge carries a potential maximum sen...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, went to Washington as a freshman Congressman a year ago in January, but nothing so far as been as productive as a recent limo ride with President Trump. Bergman told the Daily Globe in an interview this week about how he was part of the party that met the President as he flew into Selfridge Air National Guard Base last Saturday on his way to a speaking engagement. “We welcomed him off Air Force One. My fellow Congressmen John Moolenar (R-Midland) and Paul Mit...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — The residents of Johnson Road in Wakefield Township are about to have new, taller and higher voltage power lines run to the Xcel Energy pumping station. John Cox, supervisor, said Xcel is staging the new poles on the grounds of the Fellowship hall and it is going to improve power for residents. Cox said Johnson Road is currently under weight restrictions, so they have been plotting the new locations for the poles so they avoid mishaps with plow trucks. Cox drove around the t...
IRONWOOD — Fire managers on the Hiawatha and Ottawa National Forests intend to begin using prescribed fire as a forest management tool in the coming weeks. Prescribed burns make forests more resilient, create habitat for a diversity of wildlife and keep communities safer from future wildfires by reducing accumulated debris (hazardous fuel.) All projects are dependent upon several factors, including favorable weather and site conditions. Each burn area requires a different “prescription,” which determines what wind direction and speed, tempe...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - While boaters still have a week or two before Saxon Harbor's boat launch closes May 14, the public is being asked to stay away from the harbor during construction this summer. "The biggest thing is that the facility is closed - and I mean the whole thing is closed for construction - for the safety not only of the people trying to work, but the people that are coming to look, too. Harbor Lights is going to be open, that's a good...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER - Marty's Goldenaires Drum and Bugle Corps is preparing for another busy summer season. Some locals got a sneak peak at the 2018 corps at last weekend's Vietnam Veterans steak feed at the Hurley American Legion, and Marty's public relations officer, Pearce Graham, released the corps' full schedule this week. A return to the American Legion National Convention in Minneapolis Aug. 26-27 is certainly a highlight of the coming season, said...
IRONWOOD — David M. Lindquist, Director of Licensing and Athletic Properties at the University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, will be the graduation speaker for Gogebic Community College’s 84th annual commencement ceremony on Friday, May 11. The ceremony will be at 6:30 in the facility named after his father, the David G. Lindquist Student and Conference Center Gymnasium. Lindquist, a GCC alumnus, holds a bachelor of science degree in Speech Communications from Northern Michigan University. He is an active member of the International Collegiate Lic...
