Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By TOM STANKARD
IRONWOOD — The driver who crashed into the house across the street from the Ironwood McDonald’s on Aug. 21 was arraigned Monday in Gogebic County District Court in Bessemer.
On Aug. 21, Brandon Dennis Johnson, 23, of Ironwood, was incarcerated in the Gogebic County Jail at Bessemer for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, first offense, and texting while driving.
Johnson told a Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department deputy he had been out drinking and was on his way to pick up his wife. On the way, Johnson said he got distracted while reading a text,...