Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Area School District Board of Education shrugged off the cold Thursday morning to elect new officers and vote on a school bond application. In a unanimous vote, the board accepted a motion to forward a bond application to the state’s treasury office. The bond requires demolishing of the Washington Elementary School and expansion of the A.D. Johnston school to be split and considered separate efforts, although the district is not beholden to destruction and can still sell the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Ramsay man was sentenced to prison on drug and other charges in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Martin Daniel Stein, 32, was sentenced to a minimum of 28 months in prison and a maximum of 15 years for possession of methamphetamine. He was also sentenced to 90 days for a misdemeanor illegal entry charge. Stein pleaded guilty to the two charges in November as part of a plea agreement that dismissed a charge of possessing meth on school/library property. The agreement also called f...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Seven years ago Mark Fitting had an idea to start a regular snowshoeing group in Ironwood for local residents to get together and walk the trails. He talked to his friend, Sam Davey, about organizing the weekly events and said he would take care of the post-walk chow arrangements if Davey would organize the walks. Davey agreed and the Superior Snowshoe Walking group was born. On Wednesday evening, the group met at the Michigan welcome cente...
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By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON – Carl Nykanen, Ewen, was elected the new Ontonagon County Commission Board Chairman for a two year term, at the commission reorganization meeting Wednesday. Nykanen, who has served on the board for six years, replaces John Pelkola, Trout Creek, who was defeated in the November election by one vote. John Cane, Ontonagon, was reelected Vice Chair. Nykanen thanked the board members for their vote of confidence. He said his aim for the next year is to "...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Circuit Judge Michael Pope denied a motion Tuesday filed by John Raymond Davis’ appellate attorney to allow Davis to withdraw his guilty plea in the Sunset Road meth lab case. Davis, 42, was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in prison in July on charges of operating/maintaining a meth lab and conspiracy to maintain a meth lab. The charges stemmed from the March discovery of an active meth lab in a Sunset Road apartment building Davis was renting. Davis was rep...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — The efforts to develop a non-motorized trail through Gogebic County took a step forward Tuesday night as the Bessemer City Council approved using city funds to purchase a portion of property owned by Pat Steiger that allows the trail route to continue east. The council approved spending $8,125 to be used as local matching funds for a Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant intended to be used to purchase property between Bessemer and Wakefield — including approximately five acr...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] The average number of arrests over the last four years during New Year’s celebrations is 22.75 in Gogebic County. The lowest number recorded in the past four years was 21 arrests/citations in 2015. The high number is 26, in 2014. This year, with the celebration of the New Year occurring over a weekend, expectations were high for the record being broken, especially with the influx of tourists enjoying snow-covered trails and local night life and festivities. Local law enforcement made 22 a...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - The volunteers for this years SISU cross country race and ski fest met with race leadership on Tuesday at the Memorial Building in downtown Ironwood to identify weak areas of support to ensure the event goes off without a hitch. Jim Decur, President of the Ski Fest Board, called the meeting to order and handed the affair over to Jackie Powers, Race Director. Powers identified weaknesses in their volunteer support and called for more...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] At the same time gas prices are on the rise, an increase in Michigan gas taxes went into effect on Sunday. Michigan rang in the new year with hikes at the gas pumps as drivers are paying 7.3 cents more per gallon in gasoline taxes because of a package of transportation-related tax hikes signed into law in 2015 by Gov. Rick Snyder. Truckers pay an additional 11.3 cents per gallon for diesel fuel tax. Most of the increases are slated for road repairs. Mic...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Christmas may have come and gone, but the holiday spirit was still alive and well at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Friday night as the theatre played host to Eira. "For the last couple years people have been suggesting we should do something at the theatre between Christmas and New Year's," said Bruce Greenhill, the theatre's managing director. "Quite often we have a run of shows up until Christmas and then we take a break for a little...
OMA, Wis. — The search for a missing snowmobiler over the weekend ended with discovery of his body Saturday morning in Oma. The Iron County Sheriff’s Department received reports of a missing snowmobiler Friday night, according to a press release, kicking off a search. At approximately 10:20 a.m., Saturday department personnel found a snowmobile crash scene on Trail 17 in Oma. The Illinois man, 45, was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead by Iron County Coroner Diane Simonich, according to Sheriff Tony Furyk. The man was traveling sou...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — All municipalities in Gogebic County should prepare for Michigan’s marijuana law changes, the county board of commissioners was told Wednesday. John Turkal, city of Bessemer Planning Commission chairman, addressed the county board on the changes that will take effect next December. “This is not just for Bessemer, this is for every town and city in the county,” he said. Several businesses have submitted letters to Bessemer officials expressing interest in locating commercial marijua...
Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the top stories of 2016. This is the top story of the year. By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Few people, if any, can remember a storm quite like the one that hit the Gogebic Range on July 11. Residents of Gogebic and Iron counties awoke the morning of Tuesday, July 12, to countless toppled trees, damage to homes and cars, flooding, numerous road washouts cutting off access to residents near Lake Superior, a destroyed Saxon Harbor and...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] What is a sledhead? A visitor to the Upper Peninsula is likely to ask that when seeing a bumper or window sticker proudly proclaiming, “Sledhead.” According to Montana State University, people become “sledheads” to view the scenery, be with friends, get away from life, hang with their family, and to commune with nature. Ninety-five percent of snowmobilers consider it a family activity, as the majority of snowmobile owners are married and have children. This weekend’s snow, combined with the Christmas...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Aspirus Ironwood Hospital hosted a snowy fundraiser for Miners Memorial Heritage Park Thursday. The snowshoe event raised money to pay for grooming and trail maintenance. "Last year's event saw over 300 people come out and raised over $900, but they had excellent weather," said Carol Erickson, secretary for the Friends of Miners Park. Snowshoers and cross-country skiers were both welcome to come to the park and traverse the one-mile...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees adopted a $910,700 2017 budget on Dec. 23, mostly unchanged from this year. The budget includes general appropriations and water, wastewater and special grant funds. Trustee Kevin Lyons discussed the idea of opting of out Public Act 152 before a motion to do so passed. The government sets a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent to cover the health care of employees. The township...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Bond has been set at $50,000 for an Ironwood man who was being held in the Gogebic County Jail Thursday following an armed robbery threat at the Holiday Station Store on Cloverland Drive. According to an Ironwood Public Safety Department report, Chad Andert, 35, of 663 E. Cloverland Drive, was arrested after telling the male clerk at the store that he was about to rob it. The IPSD report said Andert instructed the clerk to call 911 and inform the dispatcher that he was about to be robbed. H...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - A Christmas delivery was very special to an Ironwood area couple this year. On Christmas Day, Olivia Reini and Darryl Anderson Jr. went to Aspirus Ironwood Hospital because Olivia was experiencing back pains while pregnant. The obstetrics department sent her to the emergency room because she wasn't in labor and her baby was due on Dec. 27. Reini had been in the hospital a couple of times previously for the same lower back pains. She was...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER - Leroy Kangas concluded a 28-year career as a Gogebic County Commissioner Wednesday by announcing a new road commission board member. John Matonich, who serves on the Michigan Natural Resources Board, was the interview committee's choice among four candidates for the position, Kangas said. The board then unanimously voted for Matonich. Matonich will fill the term of the late Don Bennetts, of Bessemer, who died earlier this year. The term...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and city of Ironwood are still negotiating about how much the city owes for the gasification plant cleanup of three years ago. On Monday, city commissioners approved a “tolling agreement” with the EPA that will allow negotiations to continue through July 1. City attorney Tim Dean said that will, in effect, give the city six months to come up with a financial settlement with the government. The former Ironwood Manufactured Gas Plant was located on the...
IRONWOOD - The Patrick O'Donnell Civic Center was filled with activity Tuesday afternoon as open skating drew a good-sized crowd. "It's been crazy busy. It's great," said civic center director Brian Roehm, as he helped man the skate rental and concession stand. "It's great to see the place being used." The civic center has open skating every day over the holidays, drawing skaters young and old from near and far. "People come from the ski hills, people come from all over the world," said Roehm....
