Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — While Thursday’s appearance in Gogebic County District Court made it easier for former Ironwood Township Treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso to get out of jail, she now faces a 10th felony charge related to her alleged embezzlement of township funds while in office. Olson-DeRosso, 47, is being held in the Gogebic County Jail on what was a $100,000 cash bond. Her attorney, Jim McKenzie, successfully argued Thursday to have that changed to a $100,000, or 10 percent bond — meaning only $10,0...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — An attorney representing Donald F. Rick filed a motion in Iron County Circuit Court Wednesday to withdraw Rick’s guilty plea in the case of Lisa Waldros’ murder in the March 12, 2016 fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon. Rick, 45, pleaded guilty to first degree murder December 8, while five additional counts against him were expected to be dismissed but read into the record at his April 13 sentencing. The sentencing was later moved to June 1. Assistant State Public Defen...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Upper Peninsula Kids’ Herman (Winks) Gundlach “Read to Ride” program started Monday. The program is designed to reward reading with the opportunity to win a bicycle for kids aged 6-14 by July 30. They must be residents of Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw or Ontonagon counties. Kids need to fill out a “Read to Ride” entry form; available in school offices, public libraries, the Copper Country Intermediate School District, Gogebic-Ontonagon ISD, or on the internet at upkids.com....
The National Weather Service continued a flash flood watch through this morning for northern Wisconsin, where some locations had already received from 3 to 7 inches of rain over a 48-hour period. The flood watch pertains to Iron County, Wis., and the Ironwood area. The weather service office in Duluth expanded the watch area on Wednesday to include Bayfield County. It warned an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain was possible. Locations in the White River and Namekagon River watershed basins had received the most rainfall as of Wednesday and they...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - An Ironwood Township man is in custody, following an approximately three-hour standoff Tuesday that resulted in a portion of Vanderhagen Road being temporarily closed to traffic. The Gogebic County Sheriff's Department responded to the property north of Airport Road for a dispute between neighbors at approximately 2 p.m. The call turned into an "altercation" between the resident, 47, and deputies, Gogebic County Sheriff Pete...
BLACK RIVER HARBOR - The Ni-Miikanaake Chapter of the North Country Trail turned out to build trail boardwalk along the Black River last May 10. The group installed 16- and 12-foot lengths of lumber to extend a bridge over a steep, muddy segment of the trail. It added another 40 feet to the 16 feet installed last fall. The work was done on the ravine-side, just above Great Conglomerate Falls in the Black River Harbor area. Cal Kangas, Morgan Grasso, Ric Olson, Dave Kauppi, Char Morgan-Herron,...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic Range went from high fire danger to flash flood warnings in less than 24 hours. The National Weather Service warned thunderstorms could cause flooding conditions through Thursday morning. Flood watch warnings were issued for Gogebic and Ontonagon counties. Several periods of showers and thunderstorms, some producing heavy rain, were expected. The heaviest rainfall was expected to occur late this afternoon and tonight, with up to 3 inches possible. Law enforcement officials were a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — The former Ironwood Township treasurer was charged with nine felonies Monday, alleging she embezzled money while serving in office. Jyl Olson-DeRosso, 47, is charged with five counts of forgery, one count of embezzlement by a public official, refusing to turn over records to the successor treasurer, removal and destruction of public records and using public money for her own use. The charges stem from the period from 2011 to 2016, when Olson-DeRosso lost the November election to c...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Once again this year Gogebic Range sixth graders had the opportunity to travel to Little Girl's Point to spend several days at Camp Superior, a tradition that has been taking place since the mid '80s. Ironwood teacher Jason Hofstede - who was one of the primary organizers of this year's camp - said Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco students attended the camp Wednesday through Friday, while Ironwood students attended Friday...
BESSEMER - A missing man from Minnesota might be in the Ironwood area. The Gogebic County Sheriff's Department said 21-year-old Jack White hasn't been heard from family members since the beginning of May. White is from Mankato. White is not in any trouble, but family members have requested authorities confirm that he is OK. He may be driving a 2004 silver Ford Focus with Minnesota license plate 999 VEC. White stands about 6 feet, has sandy hair and a white patch in his eyebrow. Anyone with...
By JUSTIN LIBERTOSKI [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley Area Lioness hosted the 12th annual Brian Nasi Memorial Heart Run/Walk at the Hurley K-12 School early Saturday morning. The theme of the run is "Taking Strides to Build Healthy Hearts" and according to Lioness treasurer Gerry Traczyk, the idea of the race is to promote a healthy family environment for the community. Racers registered in the school cafeteria where there was coffee, cookies and other snacks available before the...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT news@yourdailyglobe Four groups came together at the Iron Belle Trail on Saturday morning to plant native shrubs along a portion of the trail. Despite looming clouds, the weather was ideal for the event. The efforts made by Friends of the Iron Belle Trail, the City of Ironwood, The U.S. Forest Service, and the Gogebic Conservation District were the final phase of previous work done to eliminate various non-native invasive plant infestations along the trail. The re-introd...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Smokey the Bear sign out front of the Ottawa National Forest office in Ironwood on Friday listed the fire danger as “Very High.” The Forest Service calls their Smokey the Bear signs, “Adjective ratings,” while the public according to the Forest Service generally refers to the signs as Smokey the Bear signs. Under a very high threat warning, the Forest Service says, “fires start easily from all causes, and immediately after ignition, spread rapily and increase quickly in intensity....
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College president Jim Lorenson, in his welcoming remarks before introducing John Lupino, chairperson, for the 83rd commencement in GCC history, said to the assembled students filling the lindquist Center, "Tonight is dedicated to you." The production required to get the right people on stage, the faculty in two lines for the graduates to navigate while shuffling students through this same tunnel consisting of faculty, put the emphasis on the graduates and kept the...
RAMSAY — A fundraising event begun to help defray the costs of shuttling Watersmeet football players to Wakefield-Marenisco over a decade ago has shed another skin and taken on new life. The first change was the initial birth, to help support the Watersmeet players with the initial football co-op so they did not lose football. The next transition was the dropping of Watersmeet and the adding of Bessemer, through which the football club stayed strong and added more supporters. Now with Ironwood joining the Gogebic Miners, Ironwood supporters a...
IRONWOOD - The campaign for the 1st Congressional seat in the 2018 election came to the Gogebic Range Thursday as Democrat Dwight Brady visited Ironwood. Boasting he is the only born-and-raised Yooper to enter the race so far; Brady said he grew up in Schoolcraft County, where his parents bought and renovated an old resort to operate. "It was a great place to grow up, it really was. We had to work hard on weekends to clean cabins and wash boats, and of course there's always lawns to mow and...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] HURLEY — Northwood’s Manufacturing will host its fourth annual open house today from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Hurley K-12 School. Woods instructor Roger Peterson said the event is a great way for parents, businesses and the community at large to see their operation in action and learn more about what they have to offer. NM is more than just a school shop program, according to Peterson, who works alongside metals instructor Jake Hostettler. The metals department deals with machine tooling and welding...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The American Red Cross set up a blood donation clinic in the Wakefield gym on Thursday. According to the Red Cross, they come to this area every three to four weeks during the school year and are planning on coming back July 19 to the Ironwood area. The Red Cross said they typically receive about 24 units or pints of blood when they set up in one of the area schools. They said they drew 60 pints at the Memorial Building in Ironwood on...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Community Mental Health facility in Wakefield brought together a group of adults to learn about youth mental health issues and how to identify when there is a problem verses when a behavior is just being young. Philip Gardiepy-Hefner, training coordinator for Northpointe Behavioral Healthcare Systems out of Kingsford, visited CMH Wednesday for the fifteenth time to provide for a mental health first aid class. While Wednesday's class...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Additional charges have been brought against an Ironwood man arrested over the weekend. Daniel Allan Erickson, 28, had been arrested at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday on a charge of possession of burglar’s tools — a felony with a possible maximum punishment of up to 10 years in prison. On Wednesday, a Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team spokesman announced additional charges against Erickson. The new charges are the result of the continued investigation into Erickson, according to GIANT...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners approved three resolutions to support three separate improvement projects at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport at their meeting Wednesday evening. The bulk of the funds for each project will come from federal funds, with the remaining local portion split between Gogebic County and Iron County, Wis. The three projects include: — $625,000 tarmac replacement, with the local portion at $15,625; — $8,889 for airport awareness/advertising, local porti...
