Mostly cloudy High: 49 | Low: 32 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Tuesday, April 4, 2017 75 cents Iron County TURKEY STRUT heads to polls today By RICHARD JENKINS sor, three candidates — incum- [email protected] bent Jeff Stenberg, Tom Thomp- HURLEY — Iron County vot- son Jr. and James Schmidt — ers head to the polls today in a will be vying for two town super- series of state and local races. visor seats. Mercer Clerk Chris- At the state level, voters will tan Brandt and Treasurer Lin decide between incumbent Tony Miller are running unopposed. Evers and Lowell Holtz to see There is also a seat open on who will be the state’s next the Mercer Sanitary Board, how- superintendent of public instruc- ever no one has filed papers to tion. Annette Ziegler is running appear on the ballot. unopposed for another term as a The city of Montreal also has justice on the Wisconsin two seats up for election. In Supreme Court. Ward 1, Joan Levra is running Iron County Circuit Court unopposed to replace Brian Liv- Judge Patrick Madden is also ingston on the council, while running unopposed for another Leola Maslanka is being chal- term on the bench. lenged by Bill Stutz for her seat Iron County’s local municipal- representing Ward 2. ities also have races on the ballot The other town races, all of — including contested races in which feature unopposed candi- Kimball, Mercer and Montreal. dates, are as follows: In Kimball, Town Chairman —Anderson: Edward Brandis Ron Ahonen is being challenged is running for chairman, while by Joe Simonich. Incumbent Jerry Rice and Patrick Hanson Submitted photo town supervisor Ray Kivi will be are running for town supervi- TWO TOM turkeys show off their feathers in Ironwood Township Monday morning. Rich Aho, of Ironwood Township, provided the photo. He challenged by Don Decker and sors. called the event a competition and a sign that “spring must be here.” Randall Stoltenberg — however, —Carey: Robert Walesewicz is as incumbent John Smith isn’t running for town chairman, seeking re-election, the three while Diane Schmidtke and Tom candidates will compete for two Bainbridge are running for town seats. supervisors. Kimball Clerk Irene Salz- —Gurney: Tom Innes will Bessemer City Council members mann and Treasurer Pam Back- seek another term as town chair- man are running for re-election man, Rick LaFortune and Kyle unopposed. Thompson will run as supervi- The other contested town race sors, Denys Vargovich will run continue to battle over old issues is in Mercer, where incumbent for re-election as clerk and Jessie Jim Kichak is being challenged Bender will run to continue as By IAN MINIELLY Whitburn on the other regarding these top- The council agreed to pay the city’s $71, by John Sendra for the town treasurer. [email protected] ics. Coleman said he was bringing forward 617 in bills and moved on to old business. chairman seat. With incumbent BESSEMER — The Bessemer City for public awareness deals that have been Multiple accounting issues were settled for Bonnie Banaszak choosing not to Council moved through many items on the taking place behind closed doors, which the advancement of the grant request to run for another term as supervi- agenda Tuesday, but those results were have cost the city $100,000. run a new water line up Tilden Hill. About ELECTION page 5 — overshadowed twice by heated discussions Coleman said Frello and Whitburn, in 60 homes will be impacted by the new line. about which city officials are truly looking conjunction with Korpela, are the worst The council agreed to forgo collecting out for the city. things to happen to Bessemer. Frello new tax revenue through a franchise fee for The most contentious of the two was retorted and the sides went back and forth, Charter Communications. As Al Gaiss during the Public Comment section at the escalating in tone and tenor. described, putting the residents of the city end of the meeting. Board member Rob In regular council news, the public hear- using Charter Communications on the Coleman said he had been denied an agen- ing on Resolution 2015-23, making Charly hook for an additional cost that other resi- da item. Coleman described some law Loper the certifying officer for the Infras- dents not using Charter do not pay, is not enforcement issues and hearsay regarding tructure Enhancement grant passed. Like- fair. The council was in wide agreement the the proponents of medical marijuana and wise the council agreed to abandon the potential to raise $11,000 on the backs of culminated with his displeasure of city alley between Hematite and First streets, some residents by adding an additional fee attorney Mike Korpula’s performance. that adds 8 feet of property to both sides of to their cable bill that passes through The council devolved into a clear split the alley for the current owners. The vari- with Coleman and Linda Nelson on one ance request by James Kupitz to build a side and John Frello and Mayor Kathy new two-car garage was also approved. BESSEMER — page 5 Alliance hopes to improve lives with arts, culture By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Down- town Art Place and Historic Ironwood Theatre hosted 35 to 40 patrons of the arts Monday evening, with hopes of forming an alliance between communi- ties throughout the western Upper Peninsula. According to Howard Sandin of the DAP, it was nice to have the members of the planning committee, which is working to create the artistic alliance, together in downtown Ironwood. The planned alliance would help make the western UP a Jake Vallejo picture Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe LOVERS OF the arts gathered Monday at the Downtown Art Place and Historic Ironwood Theatre to pro- THE VOTING machines are set up and ready Monday at the Hurley City mote the formation of a western Upper Peninsula arts and culture alliance. The plan is to promote the arts Hall Monday in preparation for Tuesday’s statewide election. and culture of the UP to create a more vibrant and attractive area for living and play. ARTS — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY CAROLINA VICTORY Business . .6 Daily Globe Inc. Monday Precipitation High 47 To 7 a.m. Classifieds . .12-14 Vol. 98, No. 114 118 E. McLeod Ave. Mostly cloudy Tar Heels defeat Gonzaga to Low 40 Monday none Comics . .11 P.O. Box 548 win NCAA men’s basketball —Details, page 2 Ironwood, MI 49938 Year ago today Snowfall W championship Community . .3 High 28 To 7 a.m. Obituaries . .8 Low 16 Monday none yourdailyglobe.com — Sports Today’s records Snow depth none Opinion . .4 page 9 906-932-2211 High 76 (1929) Season total 114.6 in. Sports . .9-10 Low -5 (1975) Last year 161.8 in. Sunday care without an appointment. NEW Ironwood Walk-in Clinic • Open 7 days a week • Noon - 7pm C C 2 l TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2017 THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR IRONWOOD NATION TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Sunny Partly Cloudy 49° 32° 45° 30° 39° 29° 47° 34° 59° 46° Winds: PSK:1::1:KSP Winds: PSK11KSP Winds: PSK1P 1KSP Winds: PSK:1::1:KSP Winds: PSK66KSP Ontonagon LOCAL OUTLOOK 41/33 Today we will see mostly cloudy skies with a highhigh of 49°,humidity49°, humidity of 56%. West northwest Bergland wind 6 to 9 mph. The record high for today is 48/31 76° set in 1921. Expect partly cloudy skies Wakefield tonight with an overnight low of 32°. Ironwood Saxon 48/31 49/32 Marenisco 50/32 SUN AND MOON Bessemer 49/30 Watersmeet Upson Hurley 48/31 49/32 48/28 50/31 Sunrise . .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................6:33 a.m. Associated Press Mercer Sunset . .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................7:33 p.m. JASON JULIAN, a sub-contractor for US Cellular, uses a team of horses to transport supplies to a phone tower Moonrise . ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................12:45 p.m. through muddy, uneven terrain in Portage County, Wis., March 29. Old and new technology are merging in 49/30 Moonset . ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3:48 a.m. Manitowish rural Wisconsin, as U.S. Cellular is using draft horses to help install cellphone equipment. 49/31 Minocqua NATIONAL WEATHER 51/32 TodayWed. Chicago 53/40 sh 42/36 sh Horses help outfit cellphone Dallas 85/54 pc 68/50 s Kansas City 58/47 t 54/41 ra Los Angeles 77/54 pc 83/55 s New York 56/51 ra 60/47 s ALMANAC REGIONAL WEATHER Orlando 89/73 pc 90/68 pc towers in rural Wisconsin Phoenix 80/56 s 84/59 s Temperature TodayWed. Seattle 58/47 cl 58/47 ra MEDFORD, Wis. (AP) — Old manager for Wisconsin. and a few scars on my body High . .......................................................................................................47 Ashland 52/36 sh 48/35 sh and new technologies are merg- The horses pull the high-tech because we work hard. My hors- Low . .......................................................................................................40 Duluth 52/33 mc 47/30 mc Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; fl/flurries; pc/partly cloudy; mc/mostly cloudy; ra/rain; rs/rain & snow; s/sunny; sh/showers; ing in rural Wisconsin, as U.S. gear, which weighs nearly a ton es can have a couple of calluses PrecipitationYesterday . .................................................................................................... Eau Claire 48/40 sh 49/36 sh sn/snow; ss/snow showers; t/thunderstorms; w/windy Escanaba 47/33 sh 44/33 mc Cellular is using draft horses to with all the pieces included, with or a little mark, too. But I am not Grand Rapids 53/38 sh 48/35 sh WEATHER TRIVIA help install cellphone equipment.