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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Ironwood Township has filed a lawsuit in Gogebic County Circuit Court against former township treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso. The suit, filed June 15, is seeking “in excess of $1.2 million in damages” it says were the result of Olson-DeRosso’s alleged embezzlement while treasurer. Township treasurer Steve Boyd told the Daily Globe this number could fluctuate up or down as a forensic accountant completes a review of the township’s finances and more information is uncovered. Boyd also clar...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon County Board of Commissioners will ask the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for emergency dredging of the Ontonagon Harbor. Scott Roehm told the board a lake freighter loaded with materials for road construction was unable to enter the harbor and unload because of a shoal 50 yards out in Lake Superior at the river’s mouth. Roehm noted last fall the Corps dredged the west half of the river, but not the east. He said the Ontonagon County Economic Development Corporation depends on fees from unloading at its dock. Off...
WASHINGTON - The idea was simple, if not brilliant - once the National World War II Memorial opened in Washington, so began an effort to have as many aging WWII veterans see it as possible. "What better way to honor the service of what many have called the Greatest Generation?" said Mike Thompson, co-founder of the northcentral Wisconsin's Never Forgotten Honor Flight. It is one of 133 Honor Flights across the country that were formed to provide a one-day quick trip to the nation's capital -...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - As nightfall approached Wednesday, the search continued for an escaped inmate from the Gogebic County Jail, despite two sightings in the Powderhorn area in as many days. Daniel Ferguson, 26, escaped sometime after 8:45 p.m., Monday, according to a Gogebic County Sheriff's Department Facebook post at approximately 9:33 p.m., that night. Wednesday's search effort centered around Big Powderhorn Mountain, after there were two...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — A 48-year-old Ironwood woman was ordered released from jail Wednesday morning after serving 71 days of a one-year sentence for identity theft. Iron County Judge Patrick Madden cited new information in the case from two doctors in modifying the sentence of Wendy Wuorinen. Defense attorney James McKenzie successfully argued that Wuorinen should be released early and Madden granted McKenzie’s motion. McKenzie said information about Wuorinen’s mental condition “was not really known by the court a...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BRUCE CROSSING — Finnish Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi is coming to Bruce Crossing Sunday for the third day of Juhannus 2017, a three day celebration of midsummer. Friday starts the fun in Askel, Baraga County. Saturday the party is moving to Hancock on the Finlandia University campus, where Kauppi will raise the Finnish flag near the midsummer pole, or Juhannussalko. Sunday in Bruce Crossing, the Settler’s Co-operative becomes ground zero for Juhannus and is scheduled to show a premier of a doc...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - A Saxon, Wis., woman who aided her then boyfriend in attempting to hide evidence in the 2016 murder-arson at the Bear Trap Inn entered a no contest plea Tuesday in Iron County Court. Jessica M. Carli, 42, will be sentenced on Aug. 23 for aiding a felon by hiding evidence. Iron County Judge Patrick Madden found Carli guilty after her no contest plea and ordered a pre-sentence investigation. Carli was involved in concealing evidence connected to...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon County Court room Tuesday was full of supporters for the installation of an Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS III) at the Ontonagon County Airport. As a result, when the final vote was tallied, the Ontonagon County Commissioners voted 4-1 to support the installation and resulting upkeep of the system. The federal share of the project would be $165,000 with the five percent of the required county total of $26,184 to come from...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County will try for yet another broadband expansion project, Iron County Finance Committee approved moving forward with a grant application for the state’s 2018 Broadband Expansion program. Once again, the county’s project will focus on the southern part of Iron County — this time proposing the construction of 150-foot towers on sites near Lake of the Falls and Spider Lake in the town of Mercer. The total project is expected to be $134,451; with the county seeking an approxi...
BESSEMER - An inmate escaped the Gogebic County Jail Monday night. Daniel Ferguson, 26, escaped sometime after 8:45 p.m., according to a Gogebic County Sheriff's Department Facebook post at approximately 9:33 p.m. Ferguson was last seen heading northwest on Moore Street, according to the department, wearing black and white jail striped pants and jail orange shirt but no shoes. Ferguson was in jail on an operating under the influence charge and a probation violation warrant from Wisconsin. D...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday took care of some Phase 4 sewer-water project business so a loan closing can begin. Meeting in a special session, resolutions and contracts for the summer’s infrastructure project were approved. The commission approved a resolution for a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development loan of $2,701,000 for the water project and $422,000 for the sewer work. City manager Scott Erickson noted the $422,000 loan will be matched by a $1,263,000 federal gra...
IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - It did not take long Monday for the divergent groups on the Bessemer city council to draw up sides. The council and audience were united in pledging their allegiance to the flag, but it quickly began dissolving after that. In a vote of 3-2, Kathy Whitburn, John Frello, and Al Gaiss voted against moving 17 pieces of public correspondence and the police contract reports for April and May, all filed under the "Consent Agenda," over to the...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — For a second year in a row; the Ironwood Area Schools quiz bowl team competed in a national tournament, taking 12th place in a tournament in Chicago Monday. Ironwood was among the over 200 teams from around the country that competed in the three-day event, coach Steve Boyd said — with all the teams having won local tournaments to earn their place. “The requirements to get into (the tournament) is, you have to finish first in a state or regional tournament,” Boyd said. Each team competed in at least six matches, with a 4-2 r...
HURLEY - Iron County was recently represented at an international conference, as members of the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension Office and a Hurley student presented on ways the county has involved its youth in community development projects. The Community Development Society and National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals 2017 conference held in Big Sky, Mont., ended Wednesday. "We were there for the project we did in October with the trailhead designs,"...
LANSING - The Michigan House of Representatives passed its version of Senate Bill 76 Thursday, which funds Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund projects across the state, including several in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties. Rep. Scott Dianda, D-Calumet, praised the bill's passage, which would provide funding for 11 projects in his 110th Congressional District. "I am excited to announce these projects, and eager to see this work start in communities throughout House District 110," Dianda said...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Planning Commission approved a special use permit for a new gravel pit following a public hearing Thursday. The pit, which will be operated Angelo Luppino Inc., is located off Black River Road, near Maple Creek, north of Copper Peak. Township zoning administrator LeRoy Johnson said while one party expressed concern about road easements in connection with the pit, the commission’s jurisdiction doesn’t include the roads surrounding gravel pits — leading to the permit’s approval. While there a number of...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County residents who need money to pay their taxes are again offered help through the Step Forward program, according to county treasurer Sue Pertile. She told the county board Wednesday the program is again available to help homeowners by offering interest-free loans of up to $30,000 to cover delinquent property taxes, mortgage payments and condominium association fees. The loans are forgivable at 20 percent each year, as long as the property remains the homeowner’s primary res...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Historical Society Thursday heard from Dick Steiger of a recent donation the society received. Steiger said Jim Maccani gave the society an old ledger from the Sylvania Club, near Watersmeet. Without digging into the new historical artifact yet, some names leapt off the pages of the tome. A.D. Johnston, the namesake of the school in Bessemer, was one of the initial investors and a frequent guest at the club. Henry Ford also stayed and left his name in the ledger. Looking at t...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - If anyone happened to notice a large number of people wearing purple in Iron County Thursday, it wasn't some strange coincidence, rather the employees of the Iron County Human Services Department and other community partners wore the color to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. In Wisconsin, elder abuse applies to anyone over the age 60 being physically, sexually or emotionally abused, as well as those being neglected or financially...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Women's Club hosted a "Benefit Coffee Social" in the auditorium of the city hall in Bessemer Wednesday afternoon. The club has been in existence for 98 years, spending that time raising money for scholarships, the library, books, and other donations for local causes, said Sue Abelman. The "Flag Day" social itself has been going on for 25 years, said Barbara Karpus, chairperson. Abelman said they had about 100 people visit the...
