Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County voters will face several millage renewal issues in the August primary election after the county board approved language for several ballot measures Tuesday. The board authorized placing a request for one mill for four years for the Ontonagon County Transit, one mill for four years for the SONCO Ambulance and three-tenths of a mill for the Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency. Regarding the CAA ballot request, commissioner John Cane was concerned because the agency had used t...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Lake Superior water levels were from nine to 10 inches above normal at the end of March and two inches higher than last March. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the levels of all of the Great Lakes were well above normal at the end of the month. Lake Superior was at 601.96 feet above sea level on March 31, compared to the long-term daily mean of 601.15 feet. During the month, the lake rose about five inches, according to Army Corps statistics. Kevin Crupi, of the National Weather Service o...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The members of the Iron County Board of Supervisors elected in the April 5 election were sworn in Tuesday, after which the members of the new board re-elected Joe Pinardi to another term as county board chairman. The 12 members of the board re-elected for another term - Paul Mullard, Hurley; Pinardi, Hurley; Jack Prospero, Hurley; Larry Youngs, Hurley; William Thomas, Gile; John Smith, Kimball; Karl Krall, Saxon; Scott Erickson, Oma; Opal... Full story
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - In front of college students and area residents, Rob Davis, of the Green Bay Packers, spoke Tuesday evening about the importance of self-determination and hard work during the Gogebic Community College Entrepreneurial Center for Innovation and Development's annual spring speaker series. Davis is the Director of Player Engagement for the Packers, overseeing a range of programs designed to meet the needs of players and their families in today... Full story
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — As top vote-getter in the April 5 election, Steve Lombardo was named mayor pro-tempore Tuesday by the Hurley City Council. If Mayor Joe Pinardi is not available, Lombardo will act as mayor. Pinardi announced reappointments to most committee posts, with few changes. New council member Stephanie Smith will sit on both the police-fire-license and parks-recreation committees. Ray O’Dea was reappointed city attorney and Dan Soine will again be assessor and building inspector. Appointments to the... Full story
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER - To settle the city manager issue Monday, the Bessemer City Council authorized signatures of the settlements for former City Manager Michael Uskiewicz and Margot Anderson. At a Dec. 7 meeting, the council voted to buy out Uskiewicz's contract and appointed Anderson, the former Wakefield city manger, as his replacement, pending her acceptance. Uskiewicz has since signed a contract for his severance package and Anderson has signed a contract... Full story
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon Area Board of Education has a new board member. Monday, Board President Dean Juntunen swore in Karen Jackson to take the seat vacated by Kyla LaBine. The board officially accepted the resignation of LaBine, with regret, as she has taken a job in the Houghton area. Jackson is the Ontonagon Postmaster, and will hold the seat until November when she would run for election. Juntunen praised LaBine for her approximately five years of... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education approved placing a millage renewal on the Aug. 2 primary ballot Monday, asking voters to renew a non-homestead millage that is a crucial source of funding for the district. According to information presented at the meeting, in 2012 voters approved an 18-mill tax on property in the district, other than principal residences and other exempt properties. “What everybody has to understand is, it does not effect their principal residence. So no-... Full story
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] More than 16,000 Xcel Energy customers experienced a power outage Saturday throughout Gogebic County and parts of Hurley,Wis., according to Chris Ouellette, of Xcel Energy. Ouellette said an arrestor blew at a substation in Ironwood, causing thousands of residents to lose power. The outage occurred at about 4:30 p.m. and power was restored at 6:22 p.m., Ouellette told the Daily Globe. Traffic signals were out during the outage. In response, the... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — A 49-year-old Hurley man died in a Saturday afternoon kayaking accident on the Black River. Clint Mabie suffered a head injury around 2:30 p.m. while kayaking near Narrows Creek, according to Michigan State Police from the Wakefield Post. State police and deputies from the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department responded, along with paramedics from Beacon Ambulance, after receiving a report that a member of a group of kayakers had been injured. The Gogebic County Search and Rescue team, Ironwood Township Fire Department. Gog...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon County Cancer Association is planning for its annual door-to-door canvas. Hundreds of volunteers from all parts of the county will begin the canvas May 7. They will not only be collecting funds in support of the association, but will bring life saving material to each home. Board member Bev Meagher said each volunteer will carry a pamphlet explaining information on colorectal cancer. There will also be information on how to contact people within the association for those needing financial help and information on the o... Full story
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] HURLEY - While taking a break from class, Hurley K-12 elementary students learned how to live a healthy lifestyle at the annual Health Fair on Friday. Scattered at tables in the gymnasium, representatives from DOVE, the University of Wisconsin-Extension office, Hurley Police Department, Northlakes Community Clinic, Sam's Club in Wausau, Iron County Human Services and Iron County Health Department spoke to students about a variety of topics. Zona... Full story
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Michigan Snowmobile Association and Department of Natural Resources invites the public to a joint meeting with the Western Upper Peninsula Snow Shakers on Thursday, April 28, at 1 p.m. at Gogebic Community College. Robert Youngberg, Snow Shakers club president, said the club is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the maintenance and improvement of 112 miles of snowmobile trails in the area. Formerly, the Snow Shakers were the Gogebic Range Trail Authority. Youngberg said the club has...
IRONWOOD — Trails are important to Ironwood’s economy and the system of walking and recreational vehicle paths throughout the city will be highlighted this summer. City manager Scott Erickson said the city will host a trails meeting for entities from the western half of the Upper Peninsula on Friday, June 17. Erickson told city commissioners this week the gathering at the Memorial Building will showcase the trail systems here, including the Western Gateway hiking-biking trail that is part of the Detroit to Ironwood Iron Belle Trail. Eri...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Victor Ouimette filed papers requesting a recount in the county board election Thursday with Iron County Clerk Michael Saari. Ouimette lost his seat representing Mercer's District 11 on the county board of supervisors to John Sendra in the April 5 election 109-105. Ouimette told the Daily Globe following his completion of the paperwork, the close result made a double-check of the vote a sensible option. "I think that in an election this... Full story
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon-White Pine Rotary Club had an opportunity this week to preview the $2.84 million construction slated for the Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital. Project manager Leanne Jessup presented the group with the floor plan, drawings and other details of the project, scheduled for groundbreaking in June. The main focus of the construction will be the emergency department, which has had a privacy issue that needed to be addressed. Jessup showed pictures of the present congested room, which separates p... Full story
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD — To salute the U.S. military, The Shades of Blue Jazz Ensemble will perform at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Monday at 7:30 p.m. Bruce Greenhill, HIT managing director, said the ensemble is a band of 18 professional, enlisted musicians whose repertoire ranges from traditional big band jazz, to bebop and swing, to modern jazz. Greenhill said it is a Glenn Miller-style band and the concerts are just as likely to feature the music of contemporary composers as the classic sounds of Count Basie....
IRONWOOD - Spring is a season of birth and the baby chick count in Doug Foley's fifth grade class at the Luther L. Wright School around noon Wednesday was up to six. Foley was teaching his fifth graders through the distractions of visitors as the chicks were popping out of eggs in an incubator near the entrance to the second-floor classroom. Word quickly spread throughout the school that the awaited hatch was under way. Through a drop.cam set-up, students in other classrooms and anyone with a ca...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] HURLEY — Parents and community members are invited to attend a Your Choice Parent Night presentation Monday evening, at the Hurley K-12 school, about the devastating effects of drugs and alcohol abuse on young people and their families. Beginning at 6 p.m., Sandi Lybert and her son, Tyler, her daughter, Ashleigh Nowakowski, and her husband, Rick, will each talk about how drugs and alcohol abuse impacted their lives. Tyler said he started drinking alcohol in the sixth grade and using drugs later on. T...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis — The parties involved in the contested election for District 11 representing Mercer on the Iron County Board of Supervisors met Wednesday morning to make sure everyone was on the same page. In the April 5 election, John Sendra beat incumbent Victor Ouimette 109 votes to 105 to win the seat on the county board. However, issues arose during the election when an unknown number of voters received ballots for District 12’s county board seat — a race where Opal Roberts was running for re-el...
