Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAKEFIELD - "Go jump in a lake" is a command that was followed by about 50 people who participated in the 10th annual Regional Hospice Polar Plunge on Saturday. On a sunny afternoon with temperatures around 32, hundreds of spectators watched as young and old participants dove into frigid Sunday Lake for a worthy cause, namely to raise money for end of life services. Announcer John Oberto, of Iron Belt, Wis., said 40 people signed up for the event and another 10 showed up on Saturday afternoon....
HURLEY - The Hurley Lions Club and Iron County youth teamed up to raise money for the community during the annual pancake breakfast at the Liberty Bell Chalet in Hurley on Sunday. Pancake Day, held on Palm Sunday for more than 35 years, serves as a fundraiser for both the Lions Club and the Iron County Summer Youth Camp. Lions Club members made pancakes and washed dishes, while area youth worked as hostesses and servers by seating guests, serving beverages and food and bussing tables. Neil Klemm...
HURLEY — A Mercer, Wis., man who is charged with human trafficking and false imprisonment is scheduled to be arraigned in Iron County Court on March 31. Jason Sheehan, 29, is accused of forcing a deaf woman with a neurological disorder to eat mold, drink urine and eat cat feces. The alleged victim told authorities Sheehan had hit her with a hot baking ban, threw boiling water on her, and struck her with an electric fly swatter. Sheehan is also charged with felony theft from the woman. He is being represented by Joseph Hoffmann. Iron County D...
Employment numbers worsened in all western Upper Peninsula counties in January, according to the Michigan Labor Market Bureau. Gogebic County’s unemployment rate rose from 5.5 percent in December to 6.7 percent in January. The leap came despite 75 more people being employed in January. That was also balanced by 75 more unemployed persons, as well, as 100 more people entered the labor market. Total employment rose to 6,400 and unemployment has reached 450. A year ago, the unemployment rate in Gogebic County was 8.1 percent. The jobless rate in O...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - The National Weather Service's predictions for the St. Patrick's day storm that hit the Gogebic Range were on target. The Marquette office of the NWS had predicted from 5 to 15 inches of snow for Ironwood, and the 24-hour total to 7 a.m. Thursday in Ironwood amounted to 7.5 inches, with more arriving after that. All told, a 10-inch snow total for the storm was likely. Gogebic Range residents were fortunate the 30 mph winds that had been...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — A St. Patrick’s Day storm may have hit the area Wednesday and Thursday, but in Ontonagon it’s spring. A double spring hit when ice left the Ontonagon River and the frost tubes on three highways thawed from the winter cold. The flow of the ice from the Ontonagon River has been celebrated annually since April 1, 1963, when ice heading down the Ontonagon River was caught at the M-64 bridge. Heavy ice at the mouth of the river to Lake Superior also prevented the spring run-off from reaching the lake...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - Larry Gatlin and his brothers are traveling to Ironwood to grace the stage of the Historic Ironwood Theatre Sunday night. Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers have been dazzling audiences for around 60 years. Larry Gatlin told the Daily Globe it all began in Abilene, Texas, in 1955, when he was 6, Steve was 4, and Rudy was 2. Since then, he said nothing has changed among them. "It sounds the same, just the voices have matured," he said....
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Western Upper Peninsula counties of Ontonagon, Houghton, Baraga and Keweenaw will have a new substance enforcement team called UPSET-West. Ontonagon County Sheriff Dale Rantala informed the county board of commissioners Tuesday the present Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team comes from Marquette, a two-hour trip both ways, and that costs time, as well as money. He noted UPSET-West is closer to the four counties. The team will consist of two officers from Houghton County, one from H...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley Education Foundation will host an art auction and concert on Friday, April 15 at the Hurley K-12 auditorium. On Wednesday, the education foundation spoke about the upcoming event with State Rep. Beth Meyers, of Bayfield, in attendance. They said Hurley native Lydia Patritto will perform on piano for the audience's listening pleasure. She will be accompanied by Troy Puisto, a local guitarist and Hurley K-12 chemistry teacher....
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Repairs on one of the city’s wells have resulted in increased water pumping capacity, city manager Scott Erickson told the city commission on Monday. The well that was rehabilitated by Kleiman Pump and Well Drilling, of Iron Mountain, is pumping an additional 40 gallons per minute, Erickson said. The city commission had awarded a bid for rehabilitation of well 201 at the wellfields in Ironwood Township to Kleiman for $27,170. Utilities director Bob Tervonen previously told city com...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee is recommending the county board extend the moratorium on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Iron County for another year after the committee decided more study was needed. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, sometimes referred to as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, are farms with over 1,000 animal units, according to County Zoning Administrator Thomas Bergman. The type of animal being farmed determines the e...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Range residents were enjoying a last blast of spring-like weather on Tuesday, before predictions of a storm that could drop more than a foot of snow. The temperature in Ironwood was 53 degrees at 1 p.m. Tuesday. A half-inch of rain was forecast for later in the day, to be followed by from 9 to 15 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. The thermometer was expected to fall and temperatures were predicted to remain...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission awarded a $99,167 bid Monday for a Carnegie Library facade improvement project. Angelo Luppino Inc., of Iron Belt, Wis., submitted the low bid among three received by the city. City manager Scott Erickson said 60 percent of the project will be financed by a grant, with the library covering the rest. Tuckpointing, chimney work, replacing the front door, railing and improving the retaining wall are included in bid specifications. The commission also awarded a D...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - A body was recovered Monday morning from the ashes of the fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon over the weekend. Lisa Henning Waldros, of Kimball, Wis., a bartender at the tavern-restaurant, had not been seen since the fire was reported around 3:20 a.m. Saturday. Her husband, Dean Waldros, told the Daily Globe Monday around 9:30 a.m. he had been notified by Iron County Coroner Diane Simonich that a body, presumably that of his wi...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board directed Clerk Mary Segalin to explore new options for pension funds Monday after a number of issues were raised regarding the way MetLife Inc. is handling the funds. MetLife doesn’t seem to want to work with the plan,” said Eric Reigler, who works for Edward Jones and handles the funds for the township. “We’ve given them ample opportunity to reach out and service the plan...We had one gentleman who we called at MetLife that commented that the departm...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — After considerable public input from former city officials, the Ironwood City Commission on Monday approved a list of parks to be considered for an outdoor smoking ban. On a 3-1 vote, commissioners recommended only Curry Park, Randa Field, Miners Memorial Heritage Park and the Mt. Zion Park remain open to outdoor smoking. Eleven other parks or playground areas would have a smoking ban. Brandon Tauer, a law enforcement officer, voted against commissioner Jim Mildren’s motion, saying an out...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - All Sunday, investigators sifted through the rubble of a fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon Saturday around 3:20 a.m. Two representatives of the state fire marshal's office arrived later Saturday and began to search through what was left of the tavern-restaurant building, which was a total loss. Lisa Waldros, of Kimball, had worked the Friday night bartending shift at the tavern and her car was parked in front of the tavern as...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Another year of field worked wrapped up Wednesday in the ongoing study of Iron County’s American marten population, with Hurley students exploring the area near Island Lake Road for fresh tracks. Marten, a member of the weasel family, are endangered in Wisconsin. Males weigh from just over one and a half pounds to almost three pounds and measure roughly 2 feet, while female marten weigh around one and a half pounds and are 18-22 inches lon...
By JUSTIN LIBERTOSKI [email protected] LAKE GOGEBIC — With the weather getting warmer as the calendar moves farther into March, ice fishing season is coming to a close. The late start to winter had a lasting effect on the conditions of the ice out on Lake Gogebic. Brian Berquist, recruitment chairmen for Walleyes For Tomorrow Lake Gogebic Chapter and a member of the Lake Gogebic Volunteer Fire Department Ice Rescue Team, said, “It took awhile to be able to get out there and test the ice this year.” Once the weather cooperated and the ice...
The steady stream of pickup trucks towing boats to Saxon Harbor on Friday along Wisconsin 122 was a sign spring has arrived early on the Gogebic Range. On the calendar, there's officially another week of winter left, but it seemed like mid-spring on Friday as temperatures reached the upper 50s. There's still some ice in the harbor and the main boat landing was closed by the Iron County Forestry Department because ice is undermining the wooden dock there. The other boat landing at the end of the...
