MDNR Steps up Snowmobile Patrols Fever, and the Real Question for by RALPH ANSAMI Mits, Failure to Affix Registra- the Ontonagon County Sheriff’S His Yard
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Snowy wedding day for Bulls Ironwood couple loving life in the Northwoods says “I do.” 906-932-1830 Ironwood, MI WEDDING DAY • 8 DAILY GLOBE Saturday, January 27, 2018 Mostly cloudy yourdailyglobe.com | High: 28 | Low: 12 | Details, page 2 Michigan flu MONTREAL RIVER season may be hitting peak The flu is hitting hard across the nation, and Michigan has been no exception. Schools on the west side of the state report many student absences and health facilities across that region are flooded with patients exhibiting flu-like symptoms. A laboratory at the University of Michigan School of Public Health that records flu data for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been busy keeping up with an abundance of samples. International flu expert Arnold Monto, a U-M professor of epidemiology and global pub- lic health, said Michigan and the rest of the country may continue to see flu in the months ahead. In a prepared video, Monto Ralph Ansami/Daily Globe said Michigan’s flu cases seem to THE WEST branch of the Montreal River flows ice-free under U.S. 2 in Kimball, Wis., Friday afternoon, a rare sight for late January. be near a peak, however, and the Temperatures reached the mid 40s on the Gogebic Range as winds of 20 miles per hour gusted to 30 mph, causing some drifting outbreak hasn’t been as bad is in and melting on a sunny day that felt a lot like spring. some other states that haven’t been able to handle the sheer vol- ume of flu cases they are experi- encing. He said the flu comes on sud- denly, usually with a cough and MDNR steps up snowmobile patrols fever, and the real question for By RALPH ANSAMI mits, failure to affix registra- the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s his yard. The dogs chased a the sick person is whether to [email protected] tions and trail permits, along Department with a snowmobile young deer, causing it to run seek treatment or not. He said The Michigan Department of with careless operations of that caught fire. By the time the into a fence and injure itself. the elderly and children with Natural Resources has been snowmobiles. officers arrived, the fire was out The deer had to be dis- asthma are most susceptible to working snowmobile patrols DNR conservation officer and the only thing left of the patched. Enforcement action the flu, but advises everyone to that began with the New Year’s Ethen Mapes worked a holiday snowmobile was the frame and was taken on the individual for receive annual flu shots. weekend, when the Ironwood weekend snowmobile patrol engine block. dogs chasing wildlife and the Monto cautions the flu season area experienced two fatalities. and targeted snowmobilers The owner-operator was not deer was given to a family in can extend into April or early MDNR Sgt. Grant Emery, for- who were driving carelessly injured. need. May, although this winter the merly of Bessemer, worked and not stopping at stop signs CO Shannon Kritz coordi- Kritz and Sgt. Marc Pomroy Michigan outbreak may be peak- snowmobile activity in the Por- before crossing the roadways. nated with the Gogebic County conducted an ice fishing patrol ing now. —Ralph Ansami cupine Mountains State Park, Mapes issued four careless Sheriff’s Department to gather to check whitefish anglers in according to a Dec. 31-Jan. 13 operation of snowmobile cita- information on the two fatal Iron County. A check of one report from the DNR. tions and one snowmobile snowmobile accidents that group found suspicious activity. Trail conditions were “near recreational trespass citation occurred over the holiday week- Further investigation found evi- perfect” because of a large that weekend. end. dence to lead the COs to discov- amount of snowfall and snow- A common theme in fatal Kritz also responded to a er a gill net set under the ice New faces at mobilers flocked to the park. crashes this year in both Wis- Report All Poaching complaint between the two anglers’ ice Emery took enforcement action consin and Michigan has been about a person who let his dogs shacks. Approximately 35 feet for failure to register snowmo- excessive speed. out of his house before checking of gill net was seized and both Wakefield post biles, no snowmobile trail per- CO Brian Lasanen assisted to see if there were any deer in individuals were cited. By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Michigan HEART HEALTH State Police’s Wakefield Post has MSU-Extension some new faces patrolling the roads, as two troopers joined the LLW hosts teams with Ironwood post in the past few months. Trooper Alexander Sackmann health, Aspirus for diabetes joined the post in early wellness fair workshop D e c e m b e r , By IAN MINIELLY while trooper [email protected] Rick Sebring By RICHARD JENKINS joined in early [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Michigan November. IRONWOOD — Those attend- State University Extension office Sackmann, ing the basketball game Thurs- in Bessemer, in conjunction with a Bessemer day night at Luther L. Wright K- Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, will native, said it 12 School may not have expected host a Dining With Diabetes is nice to be it, but they had the opportunity workshop, designed for people Alexander able to serve to learn about the importance of with diabetes and their family Sackmann in his own healthy living as the Ironwood members. community. Area Schools hosted its inaugural The MSU-E office said the “I really feel like I get to help health and wellness fair the same four-class series — beginning Feb. people I know, kind of paying night. 27 at 11 a.m. — includes diabetes back the community — they The event was organized by education, cooking demonstra- helped pick me up and raised some of the students in the Goge- tions, and tasting of healthy me, and now I get to give back a bic-Ontonagon Intermediate foods. After each lesson, mem- little bit and help them out,” School District’s Certified Nurs- bers of the class are provided S a c k m a n n ing Assistant program, with the recipes and greater knowledge said. help of district staff. about how to manage diabetes in He came to “It’s all about heart health, their daily lives. the post fol- (that’s) the overarching theme,” MSU-E dietician Anna Mooi is lowing his Amanda Sprague, the GOISD’s teaching the course to better g r a d u a t i o n CNA instructor said. “So ‘pro- enable the diabetics and their from the mote, protect, prevent’ is their families to cook healthier meals, MSP’s training theme.” to complement diabetes manage- academy, a The students worked with ment, but the course is limited to 26-week pro- Food Service Director Mary the first 16 registered people. gram dealing Hampston Kusz, gym teacher Mooi said each class will with a range Ceci Aho and a variety of other Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe teach: IRONWOOD JUNOR Hayley Jarocki demonstrates the of topics — Rick relevant community organiza- —How to prepare healthy importance of good dental hygiene and how it can relate i n c l u d i n g Sebring tions to put on the fair. meals using less fat. The event included tables to heart health Thursday during the Ironwood Schools’ —How to make meals using inaugural health and wellness fair at Luther L. Wright K- 12 School. TROOPERS — page 5 WELLNESS — page 5 DIABETES — page 5 TODAY INDEX Mostly cloudy — Details, page 2 Business . .17 75 cents Classifieds . .15-17 Friday Today’s records Snowfall Comics . .14 Vol. 99, No. 57 High 45 High 48 (1973) 24 hours to 7 a.m. Community . .3 Low 31 Low -33 (1997) Friday none Snow depth 18 in. Obituaries . .2 Year ago today Precipitation Season total 110.2 in. Opinion . .4 High 29 24 hours to 7 a.m. Last year 80 in. Low 18 Friday none Sports . .11-12 l 2 SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2018 AREA / STATE THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD Obituaries TODAY SUNDAYY MONDAY TUESDAYTUESSDAY WEDNESDAY Paul Eugene Salonen DULUTH, Minn. — Paul Eugene Minn., and Troy Salonen, 70, of Bergland, Mich., (Rebecca), of Eau Few Snoww Few Snow Few SnowS Few Snow Mostly Cloudy passed away on Jan. 22, 2018 in Claire, Wis.; his Showerss Showers ShowersShowwers Showers Duluth, after a brief illness. three grandchildren, 28° 12° 16° 3°3 11° 1° 20° 10° 29° 3° Paul was born on March 17, 1947, to Gabriel, Grayson, Ernest and Ida Salonen and attended and Weston; his sis- Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: Bergland Community Schools, gradu- ter, Kay, of Coving- 1515 mmphph WSWWSW 66-9-9 mphmph N 8 mphmph NWNW 6-136-13 mphmph S 1414 mmphph WSWWSW ating in the summer of 1965. He enlist- ton, Mich., and his Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK ed in the United States Air Force later brothers-in-law, Ken- 30/18 that year, and was stationed at Loring neth (Linda) Todayy we will see mostly cloudy Air Force Base in northeastern Maine Paul Eugene Worachek and Larry Bergland skies with a slightg chance of snow Salonen 28/15 showers,showeers, high temperature of 28°, for the duration of his service. He mar- (Judy) Worachek, as Wakefield 1947 — 2018 Ironwood humidityhumiddity of 70%. West southwest ried the former Karen Worachek, a well as four nieces Saxon 26/13 28/12 Marenisco wind 15 mph. The record high woman he long chased but could (Debra, Penny, 29/14 temperaturetempeerature for today is 48° set 27/13 Bessemer in 1973.19773.