Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Voters in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties have voted to retain 32nd Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope for the remainder of a term lasting until Jan. 1, 2021. Pope received 4,128 votes in Gogebic County and 1,883 votes in Ontonagon County for a total of 6,011 votes. Pope’s challenger, Mark McDonald, received 2,187 votes in Gogebic County and 818 votes in Ontonagon County for a total of 3,005 votes. Pope was appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder late last year to serve until this election in the wake of f...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Four of the five candidates in the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees race were happy Tuesday night, with incumbents Bernard Brunello and Kevin Lyons, along with newcomers Bev Michaels and Marlene Saari-Mieloszyk winning seats on the board. Saari-Mieloszyk received the most votes in the race, capturing 21 percent of the voters with 776 votes. Lyons took second with 758 votes, Michaels — the lone Republican in the race — won 729 votes and Brunello rounded out the quartet with 717 votes. The fif...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Voters across the country will cast their ballots in Tuesday's election; voting in federal, state and local elections. Polls are open until 8 p.m. In addition to the presidential race; at the federal level, voters in Iron County will also be voting in a senate race between Republican incumbent Ron Johnson, Democrat Russ Feingold and Libertarian Phillip Anderson. They will also vote in the 7th Congressional District race between incumbent Republican...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The weekend’s unseasonably mild weather set a daily temperature record. The reading of 69 degrees for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Monday in Ironwood marks a new Nov. 7 high for the past 115 years, according to the National Weather Service office in Marquette. The beaches on Lake Superior saw quite a bit of activity over the weekend and many boaters got out on the big lake. “Two cohos and a small brown,” a fisherman said Saturday from a boat that was entering Saxon Harbor, where small boats...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer was finally able to not only meet and greet their new city manager, Charly Loper, they were able to witness Loper make a report, a request and take charge of the city’s master plan. But first, to old business. The city council provided an update on the blighted property at 206 S. Sophie St. The property is referred to as the Keating property, after property owner Mike Keating. Keating was given until Oct. 31 by the council to take care of the property and bring it up to...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] HURLEY - Thanks to the efforts of Gogebic Range residents, 20,000 children in Kenya and 5,000 children in Haiti are being provided meals. This is an increase compared to last year when 20,000 meals were packed and delivered, which is an increase of 25 percent and 5,000 children. Range Community Bible Church, in Hurley, opened its doors Saturday for the event. Four work stations were manned by ten people each in a systematic assembly line effort to make...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Historical Theater was packed for the second night in a row for the HIT Idol Performance Finalist announcement as well as a performance from Jessica Meuse. Meuse was a finalist on season 13 of American Idol. The show opened with a number performed by the entire group. Finalists from the 2015 performance came on stage to announce the 2016 winners. This year's winners were: 5th grade Cynthea Palm of Ironwood, 7th Grade Cassi...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] Tuesday is Election Day and Gogebic County voters will face a ballot full of national, state and local elections. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters will be asked to choose between 32nd Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope and challenger Mark E. McDonald to fill a partial term ending Jan. 1, 2021. Pope was selected to replace retiring Judge Roy Gotham late last year until this election. Votes from Gogebic and Ontonagon counties will be added together to determine the winner, as these...
IRONWOOD - Jessica Meuse, a fourth place finisher on the hit television show American Idol season 13, came into town Friday to fire up local area youth for the Historic Ironwood Theatre's HIT Idol competition this weekend. Bruce Greenhill, the theater's managing director, was impressed with Meuse's willingness to be available outside her stage show time. He said most artists come in right before a show, so they can spend as little time as possible in the area before leaving, but Meuse was...
HURLEY — The owners of Pat’s Foods hope to open their grocery store in Hurley on Dec. 10. Co-owner Ben Campioni, with his brother, Joe, decided to expand the front of the building, which was a grocery store before, to make more room to enhance the shopping experience. Ben Campioni said the decision to extend the store’s floor space by building walls around what was a canopy in front of the building moved the projected opening date into December. He said they will open when everything is ready and the staff is well-trained so the store can o...
WAKEFIELD — Crystal Falls Forest Park swept Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco blitzed Watersmeet in the MHSAA Class D District 127 volleyball semifinals on Thursday. The winning teams will meet tonight at 6 p.m. to determine the 2016 district champion. CFFP has won districts 17 years in a row. It was evident that W-M coach Jessica Novascone already had Crystal Falls Forest Park on her mind. "We never get to see them and we never play them," Novascone said. "You have to start quick against them o...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] There will be a key difference between Wisconsin and Michigan rules when voters head to the polls for Tuesday's presidential election. While Wisconsin allows same day registration for voters, Michigan law requires registration 30 days prior to the election. Michigan's deadline for absentee ballot requests from registered voters is Saturday at 1 p.m. Ironwood city offices at the Memorial Building will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday for...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Bessemer woman pleaded guilty to a felony count in Gogebic County Circuit Court related to a stolen credit card. Karin Marie George, 37, pleaded guilty to stealing/retaining a financial transaction device without consent, a potential four-year felony. The plea comes as part of a plea agreement that will have two other four-year felonies — two counts of illegal use of a transaction device — dismissed at sentencing. All three counts also carry potential fines up to $5,000. Gogebic Count...
