Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County voters elected a District Attorney Tuesday who doesn’t have a license to practice law in the state. In fact, he doesn’t live in Wisconsin. After the dust settled around midnight in a real shocker, Matt Tingstad, 40, of Bessemer, had defeated Tony Stella Jr., 57, of Kimball, 1,709 to 1,696. Town of Mercer votes didn’t come in until around 11 p.m. and they were initially incorrect, as both Stella and Tingstad had 100 votes too many. A total of 1,008 votes were cast in Mercer and the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Voters in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties have voted to retain 32nd Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope for the remainder of a term lasting until Jan. 1, 2021. Pope received 4,128 votes in Gogebic County and 1,883 votes in Ontonagon County for a total of 6,011 votes. Pope’s challenger, Mark McDonald, received 2,187 votes in Gogebic County and 818 votes in Ontonagon County for a total of 3,005 votes. Pope was appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder late last year to serve until this election in the wake of f...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Four of the five candidates in the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees race were happy Tuesday night, with incumbents Bernard Brunello and Kevin Lyons, along with newcomers Bev Michaels and Marlene Saari-Mieloszyk winning seats on the board. Saari-Mieloszyk received the most votes in the race, capturing 21 percent of the voters with 776 votes. Lyons took second with 758 votes, Michaels — the lone Republican in the race — won 729 votes and Brunello rounded out the quartet with 717 votes. The fif...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Voters across the country will cast their ballots in Tuesday's election; voting in federal, state and local elections. Polls are open until 8 p.m. In addition to the presidential race; at the federal level, voters in Iron County will also be voting in a senate race between Republican incumbent Ron Johnson, Democrat Russ Feingold and Libertarian Phillip Anderson. They will also vote in the 7th Congressional District race between incumbent Republican...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The weekend’s unseasonably mild weather set a daily temperature record. The reading of 69 degrees for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Monday in Ironwood marks a new Nov. 7 high for the past 115 years, according to the National Weather Service office in Marquette. The beaches on Lake Superior saw quite a bit of activity over the weekend and many boaters got out on the big lake. “Two cohos and a small brown,” a fisherman said Saturday from a boat that was entering Saxon Harbor, where small boats...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer was finally able to not only meet and greet their new city manager, Charly Loper, they were able to witness Loper make a report, a request and take charge of the city’s master plan. But first, to old business. The city council provided an update on the blighted property at 206 S. Sophie St. The property is referred to as the Keating property, after property owner Mike Keating. Keating was given until Oct. 31 by the council to take care of the property and bring it up to...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] HURLEY - Thanks to the efforts of Gogebic Range residents, 20,000 children in Kenya and 5,000 children in Haiti are being provided meals. This is an increase compared to last year when 20,000 meals were packed and delivered, which is an increase of 25 percent and 5,000 children. Range Community Bible Church, in Hurley, opened its doors Saturday for the event. Four work stations were manned by ten people each in a systematic assembly line effort to make...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Historical Theater was packed for the second night in a row for the HIT Idol Performance Finalist announcement as well as a performance from Jessica Meuse. Meuse was a finalist on season 13 of American Idol. The show opened with a number performed by the entire group. Finalists from the 2015 performance came on stage to announce the 2016 winners. This year's winners were: 5th grade Cynthea Palm of Ironwood, 7th Grade Cassi...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] Tuesday is Election Day and Gogebic County voters will face a ballot full of national, state and local elections. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters will be asked to choose between 32nd Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope and challenger Mark E. McDonald to fill a partial term ending Jan. 1, 2021. Pope was selected to replace retiring Judge Roy Gotham late last year until this election. Votes from Gogebic and Ontonagon counties will be added together to determine the winner, as these...
IRONWOOD - Jessica Meuse, a fourth place finisher on the hit television show American Idol season 13, came into town Friday to fire up local area youth for the Historic Ironwood Theatre's HIT Idol competition this weekend. Bruce Greenhill, the theater's managing director, was impressed with Meuse's willingness to be available outside her stage show time. He said most artists come in right before a show, so they can spend as little time as possible in the area before leaving, but Meuse was...
HURLEY — The owners of Pat’s Foods hope to open their grocery store in Hurley on Dec. 10. Co-owner Ben Campioni, with his brother, Joe, decided to expand the front of the building, which was a grocery store before, to make more room to enhance the shopping experience. Ben Campioni said the decision to extend the store’s floor space by building walls around what was a canopy in front of the building moved the projected opening date into December. He said they will open when everything is ready and the staff is well-trained so the store can o...
WAKEFIELD — Crystal Falls Forest Park swept Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco blitzed Watersmeet in the MHSAA Class D District 127 volleyball semifinals on Thursday. The winning teams will meet tonight at 6 p.m. to determine the 2016 district champion. CFFP has won districts 17 years in a row. It was evident that W-M coach Jessica Novascone already had Crystal Falls Forest Park on her mind. "We never get to see them and we never play them," Novascone said. "You have to start quick against them o...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] There will be a key difference between Wisconsin and Michigan rules when voters head to the polls for Tuesday's presidential election. While Wisconsin allows same day registration for voters, Michigan law requires registration 30 days prior to the election. Michigan's deadline for absentee ballot requests from registered voters is Saturday at 1 p.m. Ironwood city offices at the Memorial Building will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday for...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Bessemer woman pleaded guilty to a felony count in Gogebic County Circuit Court related to a stolen credit card. Karin Marie George, 37, pleaded guilty to stealing/retaining a financial transaction device without consent, a potential four-year felony. The plea comes as part of a plea agreement that will have two other four-year felonies — two counts of illegal use of a transaction device — dismissed at sentencing. All three counts also carry potential fines up to $5,000. Gogebic Count...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic County Community College is hosting a Youth Asset Summit on Wednesday between 8:30 a.m and 1:30 p.m. The summit’s focus is on an asset report of the Great Lakes Center for Youth Development out of Marquette. The GLCYD will discuss the results of a Youth Asset Report in an effort to demonstrate to the youths that adults care and are interested in hearing from them on a wide range of topics. The report is based on a survey taken by area youths in grades 8, 10 and 12. The GLCYD des...
IRONWOOD - Ironwood's Downtown Art Place opened a show featuring local student artwork Wednesday. Art teachers from the Wakefield-Marenisco, Bessemer, Ironwood and Hurley schools submitted art work for the show, according to a DAP news release. Pieces from the "Dabble at the DAP" program are also on display. The show is scheduled to run to Nov. 10 in conjunction with the Historic Ironwood Theatre's "HIT Idol" competition. The work will be displayed in the theater's concourse, and it can be...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] WHITE PINE — The Michigan Attorney General and Michigan Agency for Energy have rejected a protest by the White Pine Power Company about the elimination of the System Support Resolution for the power plant agreement. The Midcontinent Independent System Operator has announced it will terminate the agreement on Nov. 26. The issue now moves on to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a final decision. The Michigan Agency for Energy document said MISO is not required to seek White Pine’s request to ter...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield State Police Post, for the second year in a row, hosted a Harvest Gathering food drive to support local food pantries as part of a statewide effprt. Area youth from the Bessemer Honor Society and Ironwood Reserve Officers Training Corps assisted in packing charitable food donations for St. Vincent's DePaul in Bessemer and Ironwood and the food pantry in Watersmeet. The Wakefield office, in 2015, was recognized with the highest...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Carnegie Library hosted it's first in a series of meetings for National Novel Writing Month on Tuesday evening. The meetings are led by local romance author Jodi Hughes. Hughes held a discussion with a group of local writers regarding a wide range of topics surrounding writing and development of a story. This week's topic was on forming a strong plot for the novels. The group discussed their ideas of what a good story entai...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood man, prosecutors said was a major player in the Gogebic Range drug trade, was sentenced to at least eight years in prison in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday in a pair of cases against him. Adam Lee Stone, 36, of Ironwood was sentenced to between eight and 20 years in prison on a charge of delivery/manufacturing of methamphetamine; the most serious of the four felonies Stone pleaded guilty to in September. “After processing these recent drug cases since I took office in...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] Employment in Gogebic County in the past five months improved significantly, while other statistics on which the health of the labor force is based do not show such a big rebound. In April, there were 500 people unemployed in Gogebic County, according to the Michigan Bureau of Labor market. In September, that number fell to 325, with unemployment of 5 percent. The rate in April was 7.5 percent and in August 5.5 percent. While the numbers of unemployed dropped by 75, the number of employed since April has...
