Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Citizen’s Forum hosted an informational meeting last week to discuss an ongoing effort to establish a National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Superior. Driven so far primarily by advocates in the Bayfield and Ashland region, the Dec. 15 meeting at the Iron County Courthouse provided an opportunity to gauge support in the county for the project. While the exact parameters of the proposed sanctuary are far from established, discussions centered around a region between the Apo...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Six eyesore demolition bids will be on the agenda when the Ironwood City Commission meets on Monday at 5:25 p.m. The session will begin with a public hearing on a blight violation at 603 Cherry Place. During the regular meeting to follow, commissioners will consider a resolution ordering the removal and abatement of the alleged hazard and nuisance at 603 Cherry. Snow Country Contracting, of Bessemer Township, is the apparent low bidder for the six demolition projects in the following a...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - During winter break, area children celebrated Christmas early with a party at Ironwood Carnegie Library Tuesday afternoon. Dressed in Christmas attire, Assistant Library Director Lynne Wiercinski said children decorated Christmas cookies and made festive crafts. With the smell of sugar in the air, children decorated cookies using several types of candy, colored frosting and sprinkles. In the other room, children worked on arts and crafts....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools has been awarded a mini-grant from the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative. The $3,800 mini-grant will be used to develop a curriculum revolving around an outdoor classroom, according to information presented at the district’s Monday school board meeting. The grant was obtained by science teacher Cheryl Jacisin, who learned about the initiative while attending a training at Michigan Tech University in September, Superintendent Tim Kolesar told the Daily Glo...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] HURLEY - In the spirit of the holidays, Hurley K-12 Spanish classes hosted the annual La Festival de Navidad on Monday. Throughout the day, elementary school children exited the classrooms to eat Latin American cuisine, make crafts and play games in the gymnasium. This year, Spanish teacher Natalie Patritto said there were more booths than ever. In keeping with the theme, high school students made food or hosted an activity representing a country of...
By KELSEY HANSEN [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield-Marenisco School District will stay independent after the district’s school board voted against joining with the Bessemer Area School District Monday. “One thing I’d like to discuss before the board votes is that when this all started — up until this point — this board has never taken a stand of a no or a yes,” board President Brad Dalbec said. “This will be the first time that the board officially comes out with a stand and I think it’s time.” The vote came after the board was...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER — After coming out of closed session, the Bessemer City Council voted Monday to seek “a second legal opinion” about the Bessemer city manager position and request the city attorney to contact past City Manager Michael Uskiewicz to collect more information regarding the issue. At a Dec. 7 meeting, the council voted to buy-out Uskiewicz’s contract and appointed former Wakefield City Manager Margot Anderson as his replacement, pending Anderson’s approval. At that time, the council also agre...
By KELSEY HANSEN [email protected] UPSON, Wis. - The lack of snow and above average temps have made it a bit challenging for area ski hills to get up and going this year. Of late, favorable conditions have lead to an opening weekend of ski season for Whitecap Mountains Resort. Officially opening on Friday, the hill originally planned on having only one lift and a couple runs open. However, with a wonderful sunny day and a hardworking staff, by the afternoon on Saturday they had three...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] KIMBALL, Wis. - Public access to Interstate Falls was secured Wednesday when the Northwoods Land Trust completed the purchase of the property on the Wisconsin side of the waterfall. "The intent of the purchase is to permanently protect public access so that people will be able to go in and view the waterfalls in perpetuity," said the trust's Executive Director Bryan Pierce. The trust plans on turning the property over to the town of Kimball, Pierce...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic Range Solid Waste Management Authority’s board voted Thursday to hire Steve Tinti, out of Crystal Falls, to represent the authority in the ongoing dispute with the city of Bessemer. The move became necessary as Michael Pope, the authority’s normal attorney, does work for Bessemer on an unrelated issue and Pope told the Daily Globe the negotiations have reached a point where he felt its best to step aside to avoid any potential conflicts of interest. At issue in the dispu...
WAKEFIELD - As winter break approaches, the Alcohol Drug Abuse Prevention Team Thursday taught students in the Wakefield-Marenisco School District dangers of addiction and consequences of driving under the influence. ADAPT is made up of Jennifer Wanink, president; Heather Higgins, secretary; Liz Mathias, event coordinator and Michaela Perlberg, Gogebic Community College counselor. Together, their mission is to to educate the area about drug and alcohol use, to bring awareness to issues that...
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors Wednesday approved a deal allowing Lac du Flambeau inmates to be incarcerated in the Iron County Jail. “I’ve got room to house prisoners,” sheriff Tony Furyk told the board of supervisors’ finance committee in November when he first brought up the deal. “I certainly don’t want to refuse prisoners because it generates income here. I have an empty jail.” According to the information presented at the finance committee meeting, the program would be funded through a grant obtained by the tribe. The grant...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MARQUETTE - Members of the Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics Team - as well as representatives of the Michigan State Police and Drug Enforcement Administration - held a press conference with Assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat in Marquette Thursday to announce the sentences of seven members of an Ironwood-area drug ring that authorities say was responsible for almost all of the crystal methamphetamine supply in the Ironwood-Hurley area. "The purpose...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon-White Pine Rotary Wednesday presented the Ontonagon Hockey Association with a check for $1,000 to be used for a refurbishing project in the lobby of the Ontonagon Recreation Building. Hockey association president Stacey Somero and vice-chair Shannon Clinesmith accepted the check on behalf of the association, noting the recreation facility and ice rink is an important asset in Ontonagon. Clinesmith said on weekends more than 100 children use the facility for open skating. The Ontonagon...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER - To encourage kids to eat a healthy diet, Megan Martell, Michigan State University Extension nutrition educator, told kindergarten students at Washington Elementary School in Bessemer to eat more grains. While taking a break from class, more than 10 children told Martell if they're eating healthy or not, listened to her read a grain-themed children's book and, if they were on their best behavior, got a heathy treat. Martell asked them if...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved integrating the Aging Unit of Iron County into the county’s Department of Human Services and its Aging and Disability Resource Center at its meeting Wednesday. Supervisor Vic Ouimette, who has been selected to head the county’s transition team, said that one of the primary goals of the transition was ensuring services continue throughout the transition. “During and after the transitional process, no Iron County County resident will lose any ben...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission has scheduled a Monday, Dec. 28, 5:25 p.m. public hearing on a blight violation at 603 Cherry Place. Blight control officer Jason Alonen on Monday showed slides of how the property had previously been blighted and cleaned up to the tune of $3,800 at the city’s expense. Now, the parcel is blighted again. Since the unidentified parcel owner is a repeat offender who was previously cited, commissioners were told the city had sent out a second notice and the thi...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER - It appears the Bessemer City Council is having reservations about its decision to part ways with Michael Uskiewicz and replace him with former Wakefield City Manager Margot Anderson after the council voted at a special meeting Monday to add a review of Uskiewicz's employment status with the city to the agenda for a Thursday closed-session meeting originally intended to be an interview of Anderson. At the Dec. 7 council meeting, the council...
