Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Yesterday was the first Wednesday in August and that meant once again, the streets of Mercer were packed with shoppers and revelers taking part in the town's annual Loon Day Festival. Event organizers were pleased with both the attendance numbers for both vendor and visitors. "We had all our booths completely filled, (all) 280 - some were doubles and triples, so we had about 250 vendors," said Chelcie Pinsonneault, executive director...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — Blind Joe, is coming to the Historic Ironwood Theatre August 12 at 7:30 p.m., where he will be joined by three local singers for duets, in addition to his own brand of traditional sounding country. When Joe gets in town he is going to rehearse with Kate Averitt, Nick Backlund, and Hannah Nasi so they can join him on stage and sing. Blind Joe lasted until the final 40 contestants on “The Voice” two years ago, turning all four judges chairs, which meant he got to pick which judge he worked w...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - The U.S. 2 Business Route improvement project in Ironwood will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 9, but resurfacing won't begin until Aug. 28, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. That means the resurfacing stage of the project will not occur until the Gogebic County Fair (Aug. 24-27) has ended. BR-U.S. 2 extends from Cloverland Drive along Douglas Boulevard and then Aurora Street to the triangle with McLeod Avenue and Scott...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — A 33-year-old Ironwood Township man was in custody at the Gogebic County Jail for larceny from a motor vehicle. A township resident called the sheriff’s department on July 24 to report a theft over the previous weekend from his property off Airport Road. Deputies found the man’s Subaru, parked on a trailer, jacked up and placed on jack stands so the wheels could be removed. The vehicle had clearly been rummaged through as the contents of the glove compartment were on the passenger seat...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — While no formal action was taken Tuesday, the Iron County Forestry and Parks Committee considered a request from the city of Montreal to have the county assume control of the city’s Gile Park. Montreal City Councilor Leola Maslanka told the committee the council voted to make the request at its meeting last month as the city no longer had the resources to maintain the park. “Back when we received it from the county we had a lot more people employed with the city of Montreal,” Maslank...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — A married Wakefield couple faces felony animal cruelty charges for their treatment of eight dogs and 13 cats found malnourished and allegedly abused. Gerard Joseph Herlache, 51, and Lawrence C. Murphy, 52, were each arraigned Monday on two counts of abandoning/cruelty to 10 or more animals. Each of the felony counts carries a potential maximum sentence of four years in prison, a $5,000 fine and/or up to 500 hours of community service. The charges stem from a visit the Gogebic County S...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - On Monday, a group of bicyclists and one inline skater passed through Ironwood on U.S. 2 on their way to Ewen. The group is part of the Sea to Sea cross-country cycling tour that in the past has stayed in Canada and gone around Lake Superior to the north, but this year wanted to travel around Lake Superior to the south, according to Ed Witvoet, tour consultant. Witvoet said the Sea to Sea tour is the only cross-country tour fighting...
HURLEY — The deadline to respond to the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office’s grandparents survey has been extended. Residents now have until Aug. 15 to fill out the survey, which is designed to get information on the educational and support needs of the county’s grandparents and determine ways to help grandparents “provide a safe and nurturing environment for children,” Iron and Ashland County Family Living Educator Heidi Ungrodt said. “I help out with running errands, babysitting, and taking the grandkids to sporting ev...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The second year of construction is expected to start soon to repair the Lake Road washouts that were caused by the flooding during the July 11 storm last year. Gogebic County Road Commission Engineering Manager Darren Pionk said the plan to start construction around Aug. 14. “It’s going to be a fast-track project of course, like we have been doing, but I don’t see any issues with the work not being completed,” Pionk said. “We all anticipate the entire project will be complete...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] HURLEY - The annual Heritage Days Parade was held on Saturday afternoon on Silver Street in downtown Hurley. The sunny weather made for an ideal summer day as crowds lined the street for the event. The parade was kicked off with the color guard led by members of Vietnam Veterans Post 529 and the American Legion Post 58 of Hurley, along with the singing of the national anthem by Skylar Traczyk. They were followed by fire engines from Hurley and...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley Education Foundation held its 15th annual Induction Award Ceremony on Saturday morning. The Foundation inducted five new members during the event. The ceremony started with the color guard from Saxon's American Legion Post presenting the flags. Helen Trojan and Arnie Kero accepted an award on behalf of their brother William Kero. Kero was recognized for his "bravery and ultimate sacrifice for the country and our community." He...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood woman who was convicted of three charges in connection to a brief police chase was sentenced to jail and probation Tuesday in Gogebic County Circuit Court. Gina Marie Ransanici, 41, of Aspen Street was sentenced to two years probation — the first nine months of which will be served in jail — for the felony charge of third degree fleeing and eluding an officer. She received a jail credit for 101 days of time served. Ransanici was also convicted in April of two misde...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] HURLEY - The Iron County Historical Society held an open house to celebrate the annual Heritage Days at its museum Friday morning. The event drew in children and adults alike to learn about, and celebrate, the rich history of the area. Each room had a given theme and presenter who was dressed in accordance with said theme. On the main floor, Kristin Kolesar led visitors in old-fashioned parlor games while telling about the lives of the pioneer...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - A small crowd gathered at the Mercer Community Center Thursday to hear Mercer resident Shari Younger tell her experience behind "bars" as she biked across the country over the course of two years. Younger biked a total of 3,450 miles over 46 days in 1997 and 1998, first traveling from Stevens Point, Wis., to Bar Harbor, Maine and then from Seattle to Stevens Point. She said the audience was likely broken down into three groups; her fr...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT news@yourdailyglobe MERCER - Former Wisconsin Governor Martin J. Schreiber gave a presentation at the Mercer Community Center on Wednesday afternoon. Schreiber "is one of the nations leading crusaders for Alzheimer's caregivers," said Mercer Public Library Director Teresa Schmidt. Recently, the former governor published a book along with co-author Cathy Breitenbucher called "My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver." The book is a...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — Two Ontonagon families filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan claiming that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services violates the second amendment in their prohibition on the bearing of firearms for qualified Michigan residents who wish to be foster or adoptive parents. William and Jill Johnson and Brian and Naomi Mason specifically name Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in the suit. Johnson and Mason notes t...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Heritage Festival got a jump start Wednesday evening when historian Dale Caskey came calling to the Iron County Historical Museum. He told the assemblage in the second floor courtroom of the former courthouse about life as a Norwegian lumberjack living on a homestead in Kimball in 1900. Caskey’s grandfather lived and worked in lumberjack camps of northern Wisconsin at the beginning of the 20th century. Caskey lives in Rhinelander and has given presentations throughout the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] LITTLE GIRL'S POINT - Little Girl's Point may have played a small part in a world record this week as Traci Martin stopped at the Point during her quest to become the first person to paddle the coastline of all five Great Lakes and set a world record for most miles paddled in her type of boat. Martin credits her mother's cancer diagnosis with the inspiration to attempt the journey. "The last couple weeks of her life, she had a lot of regrets about...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - At Monday's school board meeting in Bessemer, superintendent Dave Radovich publicly thanked Dick Matrella for taking the bull by the horns and getting people motivated to restore Massie Field to its past glory. Matrella said they had unscrewed an untold number of screws to remove planks in the grandstands and were going to need help installing the new wood and screwing all those screws in. While Matrella, Bob Berg, Dave Turala, Eric...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — With costs skyrocketing the last few years, the Iron County Board of Supervisors voted 13-1 Tuesday to begin taking out loans to cover the expense of court-ordered placements, a move that will pass at least a portion of the burden to the county’s taxpayers. The court-ordered placements occur for a variety of reasons, but generally deal with drug and alcohol offenses and can include defendants being sentenced to treatment facilities rather than prison. Supervisor John Sendra was the lon...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Two Iron County men have been charged in connection to the vandalism of an Iron County Forestry Department excavator in June. Matthew R. Christoferson, 19, of Saxon and Jeffrey John Franzoi, 20, of Hurley, are each charged with one count of felony criminal damage to property - a Class I felony that carries a potential maximum sentence of 42 months in jail and/or up to a $10,000 fine. The Iron County Sheriff's Department received a report...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Officials with the Ironwood Little League have big plans during the offseason, including the construction of a new concession stand. Now that play has wrapped up for the season on the city's girls and boys Little League fields near the corner of Day and Vaughn streets, Shaun Munn said the concession stand is only the beginning of many projects they hope to accomplish before the beginning of next season. Munn is a board member of the...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The board approved the hiring of Dave Wineburner as A. D. Johnston's high school and junior high principal at Monday night's school board meeting. Wineburner has spent the last three years as the 6-12 principal for the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley school district in Walker, Minn. Radovitch said, "(Wineburner) was the best candidate, with experience and enthusiasm for the job." The Wineburners have been looking at housing and are bringing two...
