Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — With a difference of one vote, the election recount for the Iron County District Attorney race Thursday came down to reviewing paper ballots cast in one precinct in the city of Montreal. Matt Tingstad, of Bessemer, gained four votes in that precinct to win the election by five, 1,707 to 1,702. Anthony Stella Jr., of Kimball, trailed by 13 votes when the results came in on election night and only eight votes after a canvass of the voting last week. The canvass vote count was 1,704 for Tingstad...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Wednesday was the last day of golf at the Gogebic Country Club. Last year the course was open until Nov. 11 and they never expected to repeat that again. This year, staying open until Nov. 16, was just the topping on an excellent season. Gary Mariani, the course manager said this was an excellent year all around. The rains kept the course watered, saving money, and the club invested in new mowers and spreaders, which allowed course maintena...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - A new "Senior-to-Senior" program in Hurley - a partnership between the Hurley K-12 School District and the Iron County Aging Unit - met again Wednesday, providing an opportunity for the Class of 2017 to teach the senior citizens how to use various technologies. Hurley seniors paired with senior citizens using a range of devices; including smart phones, iPads, computers and laptops - answering questions about using Facebook, downloading...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — With colder weather approaching by the weekend, there’s a possibility of snowfall and city plows may soon be out again. City manager Scott Erickson on Monday urged city homeowners to take some precautions to assist snowplow drivers. Erickson said any vehicles, basketball hoops, woodpiles or other obstructions that might hamper plowing should be removed from city rights-of-way before the snow flies. The city’s ban on overnight parking also assists plowing efforts. Vehicles in violation of th...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] RAMSAY - Bessemer Township received its new fire truck Saturday. It was manufactured in Lyon, S.D., at Rosenbauer America's plant at a cost of $227,650 and replaces a truck that had been in service for 30 years. Rosenbauer is a "global leader in firefighting technology," according to its website, and the new truck was custom-designed to accommodate the conditions and environment of Gogebic County. To get the new truck up and running, the volunteer...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Elaine Erickson was honored Monday by the city commission for her more than 10 years as director of the Carnegie Library. After remarks by Mayor Annette Burchell, Erickson was presented with a certificate of appreciation for her years of service to the city. "You have been a champion for library access for all people," Burchell said. The mayor praised Erickson for her efforts in upgrading the 115-year-old library through her grant-writing...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The 2017 city of Hurley budget is nearly identical to 2016 and that’s a good thing for taxpayers. The city council Tuesday approved a $2,324,849 budget for 2017 that is down .37 percent and a tax levy of $885,399, down .15 percent. City clerk Stacy Wiercinski briefly went over key budget items with council members after there were no public comments. She said the city’s debt has dropped slightly and she hopes the opening of the grocery store and a motel on U.S. 51 will help boost the water...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - While a visit to the hospital is usually a bad thing, it was cause for celebration Monday as Aspirus held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new 43,000-square-foot clinic. The celebration is the culmination of over a year-long effort, with general contractor Miron Construction's CEO Dave Voss saying during the Nov. 2, 2015 ground breaking that the clinic would open in November 2016. While the lack of snow so far this year helped the work...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - A Saxon, Wis., woman entered a not guilty plea Monday to aiding a felon by being a party to a crime in connection with the March 12 Bear Trap Inn fire. Jessica Carli, 41, appeared with her attorney, Craig Haukaas, who waived her right to a preliminary hearing before Judge Patrick Madden. Carli told the judge she was freely agreeing to be bound over to stand trial and no promises had been made to her. Madden gave Haukaas 30 days to file motions...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — An oversight of a little-known rule in federal procurement regulations means Iron County has to rebid the engineering contract for the rebuilding of Saxon Harbor. In August, the county awarded the contract to plan the rebuilding of the harbor after it was destroyed by flooding in the July 11 storm to a team of companies led by Coleman Engineering. Last week, Forest and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson informed the Iron County Board of Supervisors that the county hadn’t followed the pro...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Superior Range Shooter’s Club, established in 1978, opened its doors on Saturday to the community to confirm their guns were accurate before deer season begins. Between the first open range day on Nov. 5 and Saturday, the range did not see as many members of the community take advantage of the opportunity as they have in the past. Gary Lowe, club secretary discussed the risk people take using open gravel and sand pits to site their wea...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The process of determining the amount of aid the Federal Emergency Management Agency will give Iron County to rebuild Saxon Harbor is nearly complete, according to a report given at Wednesday’s Iron County Board of Supervisors meeting. The money is part of the assistance the county will receive to rebuild the harbor following the July 11 storm, when heavy rains caused flooding that destroyed the harbor. Iron County Forestry and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson told the county board tha...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — New Bessemer city manager Charly Loper met with the Daily Globe on Friday to discuss her past, the current situation, and the future of Bessemer. Before taking the city manager position in Bessemer, Charly knew she wanted a community where she could put her stamp on the area and make a difference. When she visited Bessemer and saw the area first hand, she knew it was the right fit. As a college student at Central Michigan University, Loper developed a passion for governance and signed up for a...
IRONWOOD - Ironwood students, members of the public and area veterans gathered in Luther L. Wright's John Krznarich Gymnasium Friday for the district's annual Veterans Day ceremony. The ceremony began with the presentation of colors by members of the school's JROTC Color Guard and the singing of the National Anthem by Vanessa Nasi. Following this, and the presentation of the flags of the various branches of the military and service-related organization, the Ironwood High School Band performed,...
HURLEY — A Friday canvass of the Iron County, Wis., election turned up five fewer votes for District Attorney winner Matt Tingstad, but he’s still in line to take office on Jan. 1. The canvass vote count at the courthouse was 1,704 for Tingstad, of Bessemer, to 1,696 for Tony Stella, of Kimball. The canvass board does not count every vote, but compares the call-in totals the county clerk receives to the sheets recorded by each municipality. In one precinct, the town of Anderson, five extra votes had been recorded for Tingstad. According to depu...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The effort to repair Lake Road following the July 11 storm took a major step forward as one of the final washed out culverts was replaced Wednesday, continuing a work schedule that could see the road to Wisconsin reopened by next week. Gogebic County Road Commission Engineer-Manager Darren Pionk said the culvert, known as Culvert 13, was just one of the culverts destroyed during the July 11 storm when heavy rains caused flooding...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Property owners who will be affected by next summer’s water and sewer project in Ironwood had the opportunity to meet with city officials and representatives of Coleman Engineering Thursday. Ten people who will be affected by the project had their questions answered during the session at the Memorial building. Mike Foley, project manager for Coleman, noted it is the fourth phase of sewer-water work in the city, also resulting in new street surfaces. The gravel roads won’t be converted to bl...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Local Veteran Service Officer John Frello, in conjunction with Brad Nelson, Public Affairs Officer of the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, hosted a town hall meeting in the basement of the Ironwood Memorial Building Thursday morning. While the primary focus was on the Choice Program, included in the presentation was a team from the Escanaba Veterans Center whose mission is to "serve veterans and their families by providing a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] OMA, Wis — Local and state officials gathered at the old Pine Lake fire tower in Oma Wednesday to celebrate the beginning of the second phase of Iron County’s broadband Internet expansion efforts. Joining the locals responsible for moving the second phase of the effort through the state’s grant process were Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp and State Broadband Director Angie Dickison. Dickison told the group the county...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Karen Wolf, an associate with the Great Lakes Center for Youth Development, hosted a Youth Asset Summit at Gogebic Community College Wednesday. High school students in grades 9-12 descended on GCC from Luther L. Wright, A.D .Johnston in Bessemer, Ewen-Trout Creek, Ontonagon, the Ironwood Alternative School, and the local 4-H club to hear the results of a survey taken last spring. The students, upon arrival, were differentiated by stickers and...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] More than half of Gogebic County’s eligible voters participated in Tuesday’s election, with initial figures released by Clerk Gerry Pelissero indicating turnout was at 53.6 percent. According to the numbers, 7,485 of the 13,953 registered voters cast ballots in the election. Wakefield Township had the highest percentage of participation of the county’s municipalities, at 66.1 percent of the 266 voters participating. The city of Ironwood had the lowest participation, with 48.5 percent of registered...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County voters elected a District Attorney Tuesday who doesn’t have a license to practice law in the state. In fact, he doesn’t live in Wisconsin. After the dust settled around midnight in a real shocker, Matt Tingstad, 40, of Bessemer, had defeated Tony Stella Jr., 57, of Kimball, 1,709 to 1,696. Town of Mercer votes didn’t come in until around 11 p.m. and they were initially incorrect, as both Stella and Tingstad had 100 votes too many. A total of 1,008 votes were cast in Mercer and the...
