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Ironwood
Resident Arrested |
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Home Invasion |
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| Date: 10/30/09
PRESS RELEASE
The Ironwood Public Safety Department has
made an arrest in the September 25th home
invasion and assault.
On September 25th, a Midland Avenue
resident reported her house was entered and
she was assaulted. The woman was transported
to Grand View Hospital and later released.
The 22 yr old Ironwood resident was
arrested last night by the Ironwood Public
Safety Department and lodged in the Gogebic
County Jail on one count of felony Home
Invasion. He is expected to be arraigned
today.
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O'Reilly
Auto Parts |
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Celebrates
Grand Opening |
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| Ironwood - October
28, 2009 The O’Reilly Auto Parts Store had
it official Grand Opening today, which
included a ribbon cutting ceremony. Free
gifts were given to residents who came in to
shop or just peruse the store.
Included in the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
was the presentation of a two hundred dollar
donation to Dove. On hand to receive the
check was Pam Orr, the Executive Director of
Dove.
The Grand Opening Celebration is a week
long event. A live radio cast from
O’Reilly’s will take place Thursday. An
Ashland radio station will be doing the live
broadcast.
Pictured above is Pam Orr and the store
staff: Liam-Retail Service Specialist,
George-Installer Service Specialist, Pam
Orr-Exec. Director of Dove, Wes-Retail Parts
Specialist, Scott-Manager, Rick-Asst.
Manager, Ken-Delivery Specialist (and
"resident fire prevention consultant") and
on the far right, Derrick-Retail Service
Specialist. Liam the RSS specialist, George the
parts inventory specialist, West the Parts
Specialist, Scott the store manager, Derrick
also a Parts RSS Specialist, Ken the parts
delivery man and resident fire prevention
consultant Rick the assistant store manager.
The opening of the store created seven full
time jobs for the Ironwood area. |
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IEDC
Considers Consortium |
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| Ironwood - October 28, 2009 The
Ironwood Economic Development Corporation
met today to discuss the potential future
revolving loan fund draft for the interlocal
agreement and draft reuse plan.
The first order of business on the agenda
was Debbie Bowles resignation. The
Commission accepted the resignation with
regrets.
The MEDC is looking to consolidate the 6
regional counties and two cities into one
EDC district. While the MEDC sites
De-Federalization as one of the reasons for
the consolidation effort, it has not been
willing to participate in the plan other
than being the Fiduciary for the funds. The
plan is still sketchy with several questions
yet to be answered. While there has talk
that the local funds would be merged into
one fund, it has not been decided how long
the funds would remain under the control of
the local governments.
There will be six counties and two cities
in the western U.P. under the merger plan.
The counties include Gogebic, Ontonagon,
Baraga, Houghton, possibly the Keweenaw and
the cities of Ironwood and Baraga. Each
local unit would have one vote.
The board members discussed the
possibility of pouring a concrete floor in
the spec building sitting vacant in the
Industrial Park. It has been suggested that
the RLF funds might be approved for the
project, in that the floor might make the
building more saleable. There was some
discussion as to how thick the floor would
have to be, for different types of
occupants.
Since the proposed plan leaves many
unanswered questions the the local
government agreement was tabled until a
later date. |
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Wastewater Authority Moves |
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on Assets Management |
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| Ironwood - October
28, 2009
The Gogebic Iron County Wastewater
Authority and or Board met Wednesday morning
for it regularly scheduled October meeting.
The Authority /Board received an audit of
their annual statutory financial statements
for the fiscal year 2008/2009. On hand for
the meeting was DeanBeaudoin of Joki, Makela
& Pollack, P.L.L.C. Dean went over a summary
of the audit, explaining the items in the
summary to the Authority and or Board in
sufficient detail. The Authority/Board
receive a clean audit. Dean did an excellent
job of explaining the pertinent items of the
report.
The Authority and or Board discussed
funding available for capital projects
through the American Recovery Act. Stimulus
money is still plentiful for the State of
Michigan. The board had received funding
information from Dennis Maufort a retired
Rural Development Director for the U.P. The
Wastewater Authority and or Board is
beginning an asset management program to
determine what are their capital needs and
to apply for stimulus money under phase 2.
Request for bids for consultants were let
out and six responses have been returned.
Board members are currently reviewing the
voluminous specs returned by the
consultants. A special meeting will take
place in November.
At that time the
board will review the specs and select a
consultant to carry on the project. |
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Firefighters Respond to Sauna Fire |
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| Ironwood
Township - October 23,2009 An afternoon
fire in Ironwood Township required the
services of both the Ironwood Township Vol.
Fire Department and the Ironwood City Vol
Fire Department. The City volunteers arrived
on the scene to relieve the IAPS firemen who
were first on the scene.
A water dam had to be errected on the
property located at E4621 North Star Road.
The Township tanker truck was used to keep
the water dam filled. The fire was confined
to the sauna and wood storage shed. The
large amount of fire wood at the scene
provided the fuel that fed the intense fire.
A bulldozer from an Ironwood construction
company had to be used to raze the
structure.
The property owned by Ron Johnson is
located just west of Vanderhagen road. Just
feet from the fire was a small utility
trailer with a sign that read "Warning" I
don't break for Liberals" Do you suppose Mr.
Johnson cared if the firefighters on the
scene were "Liberals" or "Right Wing
Extremist"? |
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Nimrods
Score Victory in Wakefield |
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| Wakefield October 20, 2009
The Wakefield Marenisco Cardinals took on
the Nimrods of Watersmeet last night in a
Jr. High School basketall matchup. The
matchup stopped after the first and only 6
Cardinal players entered the gymnasium.
Seventeen Nimrods stormed into the Wakefield
gymnasium like a golden tidal wave
descending on the arena. No matter how well
the Cardinals would play or not, would have
much of an outcome on this game. It was
obvious that twenty four fresh legs on the
sideline would be too much for the
Cardinals.
The results were predictable as was the
case last week when Hurley brought a
avalanche of black uniforms into
Bessemer.
Last night the kids from Wakefield hung
tough the first two quarters. But After the
buzzer rang to start the second half it
became another game. While Cardinals only
had one player to rotate, Watersmeet Coach
Bret Bessonen rote three and four players at
a time. While playing a conservative second
half, Bessonen's game plan was to wear down
the tiring Cardinal players, and he did just
that. At the end of the third quarter, the
Nimrods led the Cardinals 15-8. The final
score was 26-11.
Once again W/M coach Pete Yon called an
excellent game. The Cardinal girls played
well in the first half and then as expeded
faded in the second half. Summer Cutis
scored five of the W/M 11 points to lead the
team.
Two Nimrod players scored six points each
to lead the Nimrods, Michaela Burke Francis
Zelinski.
Officials for last night's game were
Loraine Massatti and Paul Harley. |
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Lions
Fall Cleanup |
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| Hurley - October 20, 2009 The Hurley
Lions Club hit the highway this weekend with
their fall 2009 clean up effort. Members of
the Club were out in force cleaning up
debris from Highway 51. Pictured are from
left, Bobby Traczyk, Del Penton, Barb
Dianich, Ginger and Doug Pulaski, Kelly
Klein and Gary Pelkola.
Photo and story submitted by Maggie
Callaham. |
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Bessemer
Considers Traffic Study |
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| Bessemer - October
20, 2009 Much of last night's meeting was
consumed by a discussion pertaining to
conroling the speed limit on U.S. 2. It was
thought that the current speed limit signage
along the highway is inadequate either by
placement or in number. The problem arises
in that if the city formally requests that
signs be either added or relocated a traffic
study would be instituted by the State
Police. The traffic control signage is under
the province of MDOT however, MDOT may not
act upon a request until the State Police
Study is completed. The plot really thickens
here as a study might result in a speed
limit being increased. If that were to occur
the signage question would be a mute point.
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| Sunday Lake - Geese taking a Saturday
swim before continuing their journey south.
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Ironwood
Man Arrested For
Home Invasion and Assault |
PRESS
RELEASE
from:
Robert Erspamer
Director of Public
Safety |
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Date: 10/19/09
A 19 yr old Ironwood man is in jail
following an incident in the City of
Ironwood on Thursday evening.
A Houk Street resident called 911 at
approx. 11:20 p.m. to report that two people
wearing ski masks entered his residence and
demanded money. An altercation took place
which resulted in the resident being
assaulted with a knife before the assailants
left the scene on foot. The victim was taken
to Grand View Hospital by friends and was
later transferred to a hospital in Woodruff,
WI.
An investigation was conducted by the
Ironwood Public Safety Department with some
assistance by the Hurley Police Department.
At approx. 5 a.m. on Friday morning, IPSD
officers arrested the suspect who was then
lodged at the Gogebic County Jail.
On Friday, the suspect was charged with
one count of Home Invasion-1st
degree and one count of Assault With A
Dangerous Weapon, both felonies. Bond was
set at $5000 cash.
Additional arrests are pending in the
case.
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DNR
Completes Bergland Ramp Project |
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| Bergland -October 19,
2009 The DNR has called it a wrap on the
new boat ramps and parking facility it
constructed this past summer. Construction
of this project was completed in just three
months. The facility will now accommodate
many more boats, car and trailers than the
previous parking lot. The parking facility
will now accommodate 35 vehicles with
trailers. In addition, the project will
included a 36 foot wide by 70 foot long boat
ramp and a 5 foot by 30 foot courtesy pier.
The DNR represwentative was uncertain as
to the future of the old ramp. However, the
roadway into the area will be revamped next
year.
The new parking area includes an ADA
compliant vault restrooms and handicap
parking facilites.
The DNR representative told us that the
Bergland launch facility handles a great
many boats during the fishing season. The
fisherman are bound to be pleased with the
ramps which can handle more than one boat at
a time.
The $200,000 project was funded through
the Michigan State Waterways Fund, a
restricted fund derived from boat
registration fees and a portion of the
Michigan marine fuel tax.
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Fall
Book Sale a Huge Success |
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| Ironwood - October
19, 2009 The
Friends of the Library held their Fall Book
Sale this past Saturday. The Sale was held
in the auditorium of Ironwood Memorial
Building. |
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lobby you were greeted by friendly young
adult volunteers who were giving away
the many books availableat no cost.
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up for the bargain priced books which
resulted in a very sucessfull day. A
volunteer worker told us that this sale
actually did better than the spring sale and
that one was also considered a success. |
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Pies
Sold Like "Hot Cakes" |
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| Hurley October 19,
2009 The Ironwood library wasn't the only
organization enjoying a successful sale this
past Saturday.
The Northwoods
Christian Academy was enjoying a very
successful pie sale. The deep dish Dutch
Apple Pies were selling like "Hot Cakes".
More than 500 delicious pies were sold.
Volunteers were very busy making sure
that all those orders were properly filled.
The Northwoods Christian Academy is located
in Hurley, next to the Iron County
Courthouse in the Range Community Bible
Church building). |
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Saturday
@ Sunday |
| Hurley Takes Two From Speedgirls |
Bessemer October 17, 2009
The Hurley 7th ad 8th grade basketball teams won both championship
games in the Gogebic Range Tournament, taking two trophy's back across
the Montreal River. |
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| Pictured above is Midget Rebekah Harrington holding the Trophy she and
her eight grade teammates wo in the first game of the evening's double
header. The Eight grade Midget team defeated their Bessemer
counter-parts 35-25
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Garske
Wins Fire Wood Raffle |
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| Ironwood - October 16, 2009 The winner of
the Ironwood Volunteer Fire Department "Beat The
High Cost of Heating" raffle for four short
cords of seasoned hardwood is Mr. John Garske of
Ironwood!
The IVFD thanks everyone who very
generously bought raffle tickets for this
fundraiser. |
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