Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — After Donald Rick was sentenced for the murder of Lisa Waldros in the March 2016 fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon, Assistant Attorney General Richard Dufour met with family members to discuss their concerns after an emotional day in court. That has been standard practice for Dufour all through the ordeal and his devotion to the case and compassion has not been lost on family members. Rick, 45, a Hurley native, was sentenced by Iron County Judge Patrick J. Madden on Thursday to l...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood woman was sentenced to probation and time served for two misdemeanor drug charges Monday in Gogebic County District Court. Rebecca Jade Gibbons, 22, was sentenced to 18 months probation and 19 days credit for jail time previously served on the charges of disorderly person-loitering about an illegal business and use of cocaine. The charges relate to a Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics Team; Drug Enforcement Agency and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms search of a Bessemer h...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - While the marina at Saxon Harbor isn't expected to re-open until May 2019, following its destruction during the rain and flooding of the July 2016 storm, a pair of boats were docked there Monday. The two boats - owned by Mark Zarzyski and Shane Wyzlick - were part of a group of four boats that were purchased in Ohio and sailed through the Sault Ste. Marie locks to the Northwoods. Zarzyski and Wyzlick - along with the other owners,...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic Miners co-operative football program, consisting of Wakefield-Marenisco, Bessemer, and Ironwood, officially has a head coach and three assistant coaches. The school board agreed to hire Mark Mazzon as the new head coach Tuesday. Assisting Mazzon are Richard Matrella, Dave Lundin, and Joe Kuklinski, while a fifth football coaching position was left unfilled in the event enough kids turn out to warrant a fifth hire. The Bessemer school board also approved membership of the M...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission Tuesday awarded the bid for this summer’s sewer-water project to Ruotsala Construction, LLC, of Ironwood, at $3,378,980. Five bids were received on May 25 from construction contractors for the project. All met the bidding requirements. Ruotsala bid $3,218,303, but the city commission on Tuesday agreed to a change order of $160,678 to increase the amount of the original bid. U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development project budgets are broken down into wat...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - It would typically be the time of the year for the annual Saxon Harbor Boating Club's weekend fishing tournament on Lake Superior, with the campgrounds filled. But there is no campground and there will be no tourney this year following last summer's devastating flood. The captain of the winners of last year's tourney, Dan (Jumbo) Talkowski, said the boating club was invited to participate in a tourney in Washburn this year, but declined....
By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe. HURLEY - The Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office's summer events calendar begins today with the first day of its Trailblazers program. In addition to the bike rides exploring the region, Youth Development Educator Neil Klemme, said the fifth through eighth grade trailblazers will also take several canoe trips. "We've added a lot of canoeing into it this year, we want to get kids out doing more than just biking - (we want them to)...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer city council, at city manager Charly Loper’s request, provided a public evaluation of her performance over the past six months at Monday’s meeting. Using a scale between 1 and 5, with 1 being the low and 5 being the high, Loper came in overall at 3.96. Loper was evaluated on 9 different sets of over-arching criteria, with each criteria having multiple levels of sub-criteria. Loper’s scores included: —Organizational Management 4.25 —Fiscal management 3.6 —Intermedia...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — It has been nine years since a lake ship unloaded cargo on the Ontonagon dock. That hiatus was to have ended Sunday as the Lake freighter Michipicoten was scheduled to pull into the harbor and unload 16,500 tons of road construction materials. Over the past nine years, the state of Michigan has spent money on studies to revitalize the harbor. Last fall, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took depth soundings in the harbor but have not yet returned this year. Lost Bowl Development — owner of the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] UPSON, Wis. - A group of hikers explored the area around Wren Falls in Iron County Saturday, as the Heritage Chapter of the North Country Trail Association led a guided hike to mark National Trails Day. Beginning where the trail crosses Casey Sag Road in Upson, Joe Kravetz and Bethany Thomas led a group of 12 hikers to the falls. In addition to Wren Falls, the roughly 3.5- to 4-mile hike featured stops at a scenic overlook offering a view of the...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - The Fourth Annual Free Family Fishing Day was held at the Turtle Flambeau Flowage on Saturday morning. The warm weather was ideal for the fishing fun. The event consisted of an array of fishing related activities that were fun for family members of all ages. Members of various organizations were present to assist children with tying lures and baiting hooks. Professional guides and experienced anglers were on hand to take families...
ONTONAGON - Eighteen years ago, Ben Mayer sat where the 26 Ontonagon Area 2017 graduates sat Friday night in the Ontonagon gym. Mayer, who teaches band, history and coaches the Gladiator football team, was selected by the class to be the commencement speaker. He told seniors they could end up anywhere, but his path was "to come back here. Eighteen years after my graduation, you could say I've made it approximately 30 feet." He added even though the road of his life has not taken him far, "I'd...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area Schools' second graders took advantage of the warm weather Friday to plant native wildflower seeds along the non-motorized Iron Belle Trail through the city. The students split up along the trail to distribute the seed balls they made last month. The balls are made from a mixture of clay, compost, water and native seeds. "(The balls) are supposed to explode, and let the native seeds scatter," teacher Michelle Trier told the Daily Globe when the seed balls were made....
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Community Garden has already won something, and it’s not even built yet. Wakefield City Manager Richard Brackney said the idea for the garden began when he saw Michigan Tech University was looking for communities interested in developing a community garden, as a group of university students were competing in a Western Michigan Project Management Institute community garden design competition. The university was looking for a community where the plan could be brought to fruition, rather than simply have it as an abs...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - Donald Rick agreed Thursday morning he shouldn't be eligible for parole in the 2016 fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn, killing Lisa Waldros, of Kimball. "If I was you, I'd give me no choice, either," Rick told Judge Patrick Madden, who sentenced him to a mandatory life sentence, without the possibility of parole. Madden could have made Rick eligible for extended supervision, or parole, after 20 years in prison or thereafter, but denied...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The effort to expand the local non-motorized trail system into Iron County got a boost, as the Iron County Regional Trail Committee learned Thursday the Gogebic Range Health Foundation had awarded a grant. The $11,000 matching grant will go to the purchase of a two-block strip of land that runs parallel to Silver Street, between U.S. 51 and the Montreal River. The land is intended to bring the local section of the Iron Belle Trail — which will ultimately run between Belle Isle in Det...
RAMSAY — The Bessemer Township Fourth of July Committee will again be the first to offer fireworks in the area to help celebrate the nation’s birth next month. “Rumble Over the River” is set for dusk on Saturday, July 1, in Ramsay. The night will begin at 6 with live music behind the Ramsay Fire Hall, with entertainment to be announced. Marty’s Goldenaires Senior Drum and Bugle Corps will offer a concert between 8:30 and 9 p.m. The Bessemer Township Fire Department will set off the fireworks and officials hope the crowd enjoys the spectacul...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] HURLEY - The area Master Gardeners were out in force on Wednesday in Hurley, matching up with groups of Hurley third grade students. Each Master Gardener and other people that volunteered was paired up with three Hurley third grade students to plant flowers the length of Silver Street. Darrin Kimbler, horticulture educator for Iron County's University of Wisconsin-Extension Office, said, this was the fifteenth or sixteenth year of the Silver Street...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BLACK RIVER HARBOR - While there isn't a definite timetable for the work, officials with the Ottawa National Forest say they were working with a company to re-open the boat launch at Black River Harbor. Last week, the U.S. Forest Service Ottawa National Forest's Facebook page posted that heavy rainfall had washed sediment into the harbor, blocking the boat launch. "We are working on getting somebody out there to remove all the silt that was...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Sunday’s eighth annual Go Ride R Range bike ride will be a celebration of the Iron Belle Trail, according to chief organizer Jim Mildren. “It’s been a long time coming and we’re so happy to be able to use the trail this year — from Ironwood to Bessemer and back,” said Mildren. “This ride will be a celebration of the Iron Belle Trail.” While the first seven GRRRRs have been road rides through the countryside, mostly on county and township roads, this one will center on the region’s new...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College President Jim Lorenson reported on the state of the college to board of trustees Tuesday evening. He began by listing the constraints acting on GCC externally - things the school officials cannot do anything about, but must take into consideration due to the impact the constraints have. There are regional demographics to consider: -The Gogebic Range is chronically designated as economically disadvantaged compared...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Saxon Harbor has made the cut for this years U.S. Army Corps of Engineering funding, meaning the Army Corps will contribute to part of the marina’s repair following its destruction during the rain and flooding of the July 11, 2016 storm. According to an announcement from Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s office, the Army Corps’ 2017 work plan includes a total of $1.375 million for work at the harbor — comprised of $575,000 for dredging work and $800,000 for structural repairs. “Those structural...
