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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Velda Sclafani of the Revitalization Committee shows members of the Wakefield City Council plans for placement of the new sign at the meeting on Monday night....
BESSEMER — The unseasonably mild winter, with more balmy temperatures predicted through the week, has resulted in the Gogebic County Board of Road Commissioners setting road weight limits effective Friday. At 9 a.m., spring weight restrictions will take effect. Because of minimal surface support and frost heaving, a five-ton limit will be in effect for the local road systems, to include gravel roads. For the county road system, the state frost laws will be followed that require a 35 percent reduction in axle loading. According to the road c...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] MARENISCO - It can seem like true love is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but Marenisco's own Ed Wilke and the now Karen Raisanen-Wilke are getting a chance to experience the joy for a second time. While the two knew each other socially for years, it was their more recent courtship and marriage on May 3, 2014 that won the couple this year's Daily Globe "It's All About Love" contest. Both Ed and Karen had lost their previous spouses suddenly, after...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer is sending out a survey with the monthly water bills on Feb. 28 to get the pulse of the city on two topics of interest, according to City Manager Charly Loper. One topic is the medical marijuana licensing issue and the other involves a potential traffic change to U.S. 2, available in 2021. Everyone receiving a water bill will have the opportunity to make his or her voice heard, to be included in the five-year city master plan. For a recent example to consider, the c...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley Parents-Teachers Organization is sponsoring three assemblies on Wednesday dealing with girl-against-girl bullying. PTO secretary Courtney Maslanka said the assemblies are part of the Kind Campaign that discusses the effects of bullying. During the day, there will be assemblies from 8:45 to 10:45 a.m. for high school students and 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. for middle school students. The evening assembly for parents and community members will be at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium. M...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - A fire that started Saturday night in a Houk Street house is believed to be caused by a space heater. "The fire appears to have started from a space heater and an extension cord not rated to support operation of this device," an Ironwood Public Safety Department official said in a news release. The homeowners reported the fire near an outlet in the kitchen, according to the release, and it quickly spread to the second floor and attic...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] GILE - The fourth annual Winter Extravaganza fundraiser was held at Gile Park Saturday afternoon. All proceeds from the event help support the Hurley Fireworks display. There was a 5K run/walk as well as a 5K snowshoe race. The race was previously held on the lake, but this year it was moved to the adjacent property to avoid the ice and slush. The new trail was lit up with luminaries throughout the course. "It's a good time, and all of the proceed...
MERCER, Wis. — The Friends of the Mercer Library have been considering the installation of solar panels at the library — and in an effort to gain more information and inform the public, will be hosting a presentation on the renewable energy source. The presentation, scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Feb. 25, will feature Great Northern Solar’s Christopher LaForge. “In the first part of the … program, LaForge will discuss the basics of solar energy, how it works, why it works in the Northwoods, system designs, the advantages, costs and incentive...
BESSEMER - A group of Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco students took a break from classes Friday to learn about an important topic, the problems associated with bullying. The day's events centered on author Jim Lajoie's visit to A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer. Lajoie wrote the book, "No One Would Listen," which he described as, "A fictional work ... based on real life events. "It happened to me, it happened to my children and things that I've seen," Lajoie told the Daily Globe. "I wrote...
IRONWOOD — A 56-year-old Ironwood man who was involved in an 11:12 a.m. Wednesday accident later died. Allen Rice, of Lake Road, died after his vehicle went off the roadway near the Douglas Boulevard and Michigan Avenue intersection and came to rest against a house. The Ironwood Public Safety Department investigated the accident. Rice appeared to have suffered a medical attack just prior to or during the accident and he was unresponsive when first responders arrived. Efforts to revive him by Beacon Ambulance attendants and officers at the s...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday will act on selling a piece of property to Gogebic County Community Mental Health for construction of a group home. The facility would be similar to one operated on Greenbush Street by GCCMH, according to city officials. GCCMH chose property owned by the city on Ayer Street, across from the baseball diamond. “The parcel would be carved out of a larger parcel owned by the city. The proposed parcel was appraised at $3,500,” Ironwood Community Devel...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] RAMSAY — The Gogebic Range Water Authority is moving forward with its project to replace a significant amount of water and sewer pipes in the city of Bessemer, taking several steps Thursday night to complete the requirements necessary to get the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development loan that is helping finance the work. “We’ve been getting a lot of paperwork now, because they want to close … before the end of March on this project,” authority administrator Jean Verbos said. The autho...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The firm of Makela, Pollack & Ahonen will continue to audit Iron County after the county board of supervisors’ finance committee approved a three-year contract extension with the firm Thursday. According to a letter from the firm, the auditing costs aren’t expected to exceed $42,000 for the 2016 fiscal year, $43,000 for 2017 and $44,000 for 2018. The costs could change if new auditing requirements or standards are passed in the future. Iron County Clerk Mike Saari praised the firm for i...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Department of Public Works "knew something was up for a couple of days," according to department head Neal Nelson. DPW workers noticed a higher than normal flow of water coming through the water system, but they did not know where the problem was. Before the break became evident on Tuesday evening, a resident on the 100 block of East Gold Street called to inform a friend that she was hearing a strange sound coming from her...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — With a little less than a month until the event, planning continues for Iron County’s upcoming horticulture therapy summit. The summit is scheduled from March 1-3 and will be centered around the Iron County Memorial Building in Hurley. The event’s registration deadline is Feb. 20. For those who are unsure of what exactly horticulture therapy is, organizers explained it is a broad field of study regarding the use of plants and gardening to improve lives. “It’s using gardening to improve w...
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP - Wakefield Township Supervisor John Cox informed the Daily Globe the town board on Tuesday voted to leave the Western Gateway Trail Authority. He said the move was made because the township does not include any part of the trail. Cox said township officials brought up the fact there is no funding mechanism for trail maintenance and that is a sticking point made repeatedly. Township officials feel there is no reason for them to pay for Ironwood and Bessemer's trail, when they...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County is in the process of retaining the Milwaukee-based law firm von Briesen and Roper to help the county navigate the federal assistance process for the rebuilding of Saxon Harbor. While the matter still needs to formally be approved by the Iron County Board of Supervisors' Finance Committee, county officials have already been in contact with the firm. The firm is being retained for its expertise in large construction projects, County Forestry and Parks Administrator Eric P...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - McDermott Lake, located in the town of Sherman, is one of the lakes being considered for a new experiment that hopes to be the key to bringing back declining walleye populations across Wisconsin. Representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin's Center for Limnology and the Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit at UW-Stevens Point held a discussion at the Mercer Town Hall Monday to gauge...
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department's annual ice fishing contest is set for Saturday, Feb. 18, during Michigan's free fishing weekend. The contest is held on Sunday Lake at the Wakefield VFW post from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds from the tourney will be used to purchase fire suppression equipment. Kids under 3 are free for the contest. Kids 12 and under cost $3. Kids 13 and over cost $5. The first registered fish wins $25 and the smallest fish wins $50. Twinklz' face painting and Slow Poke Da Clown will be on-site. Tickets can b...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Something was amiss from the get go. The council chamber was almost full fifteen minutes before the meeting was scheduled to start. By the time the meeting started every chair was full and people were taking seats and standing in the hallway outside council chambers. Most city council meetings draw about six people. Monday nights city council meeting in Bessemer had no less than 30 people and likely more. To the Daily Globe, seated in the...
