Ironwood Woman Pleads to Arson in Pines Fire
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Call (906) 932-4449 MLB Ironwood, MI Washington forces game 7 Redsautosales.com SPORTS • 9 DAILY GLOBE Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Partly cloudy yourdailyglobe.com | High: 34 | Low: 19 | Details, page 2 Ironwood woman pleads to arson in Pines fire By RICHARD JENKINS fluid on the bed in her husband’s what was going through her fied Tuesday the fire resulted in calls for Martin to be sentenced [email protected] apartment above the restaurant. mind at the time. the restaurant’s ceiling collapsing within the guidelines that will be BESSEMER – The woman who “I don’t really recall exactly The charges stem from the and work to repair the fire dam- determined by the Michigan started the fire above the Pines what happened, but I know I did Aug. l1 fire at the downtown Iron- age is still continuing. Department of Corrections. Cafe in August pleaded guilty to it – I just don’t know how. I know wood restaurant and apartments After the hearing, she told the Martin also agreed Tuesday committing arson in Gogebic I poured lighter fluid on (the above it. Daily Globe it’s still to soon to tell she violated the conditions of her County Circuit Court Tuesday. bed)” she testified when ques- Although firefighters were when the restaurant will be able probation when she set the fire. Hykesha Deshay Martin, 24, tioned by Judge Michael Pope. “... able to contain the fire in to reopen. Martin was on probation from an pleaded guilty to first degree I poured the lighter fluid on the approximately 20 minutes, it Martin entered her plea as earlier Gogebic County case arson, a felony which carries a bed, and it must have started a damaged the two second floor part of an agreement that will where she pleaded guilty to pos- potential life sentence. fire. I just don’t know how it start- apartments and the restaurant have one count of arson-prepara- session with intent to deliver During the hearing, she testi- ed.” below – which has remained tion to burn a dwelling and one Suboxone and maintaining a fied she didn’t remember exactly She later testified she was cer- closed since the fire. count of third-degree killing or drug house. how the fire started but that it tain she started the fire. Susan Graumann – one of the torturing an animal dismissed at Martin is scheduled to be sen- began after she poured lighter She also said she didn’t know owners of The Pines Cafe – testi- sentencing. The agreement also tenced Dec. 17. GCC INFLATABLE DOME considers full-time coaches By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD – The Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees has begun to consider full-time coaches as a way to build sustainable sports pro- grams with strong recruiting and more support for students. The trustees on Tuesday approved 6-0 to change the vol- leyball coach job description to full time to help fill a vacant posi- tion that has cancelled the 2019- 20 season. Board Vice-chair William Malloy was not present. “This is the most functional Jacob Vallejo/Daily Globe A DRONE’S eye view, as seen Tuesday, of the temporary one-season dome for the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center that was inflated way to ensure our volleyball over the weekend. The dome replaces the roof and walls that were damaged by heavy snow last March and removed so the facili- team is moving forward and to ty can still be used for the 2019-2020 winter season. The city’s insurance company installed the dome and will build a permanent demonstrate our commitment to facility on the same foundation starting next spring. A ground-level view of the structure can be seen below. athletics as a college,” said GCC Tom LaVenture/Daily Globe President George McNulty. The volleyball program start- ed with the 2008-09 season, he said. The coach resigned a year ago and GCC hasn’t received one application for the part-time, stipend position since it was posted in January, he said. There were 10 freshmen vol- leyball student-athletes here for the 2018-19 season, he said. Los- GCC — page 5 Defendant gets time served for jail escape By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER – Having already been behind bars for longer than his potential sentence, an inmate who escaped from the Gogebic County Jail in 2017 was sen- Wakefield votes to pick council, tenced to time served in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday for the charges connected to the decide amendments, library millage escape. Daniel Gerald Ferguson, 29, WAKEFIELD – Voters in the non-officer employees of the ing funds asks for 1 mill to be Heikkila did not respond and was sentenced to 360 days city of Wakefield will elect a new city. Proposal 2 will provide for renewed for five years (2020- city clerk Susan Ahonen told the behind bars for an escape charge city council and be asked to staggered four-year terms for city 2024). Globe he has chosen not to seek and 360 days for breaking and approve three amendments to council members, with three With six people on the city election. entering while on the run. Even the city charter, as well as a mil- being elected in one election and council ballot running for five The Daily Globe asked the with the sentences being consec- lage renewal for the public two others at the next election seats, the Daily Globe asked the candidates: 1. Introduce your- utive, he doesn’t need to serve library on Election Day – Tues- biennial. The third proposal will candidates to respond to two self. What should voters know any additional time. day, Nov. 5. consolidate meetings of the questions to help voters decide. about you? And, 2. What are the Gogebic County Prosecutor Polls will be open from 7 a.m. Board of Review into one session All five incumbents seeking two- key issues facing the city of Nick Jacobs told the Daily Globe to 8 p.m. rather than two separate ses- year terms – James Anderson, Wakefield? Here are their Ferguson received 835 days cred- Proposal 1, if approved, will sions, two weeks apart. Mayor John Granato, Amy Tarro, responses. eliminate the Civil Service The millage renewal for Dale White and Kay Wiita – method of selecting non-union, Wakefield Public Library operat- responded. Newcomer Scott ESCAPE — page 6 WAKEFIELD — page 8 TODAY INDEX Partly cloudy — Details, page 2 Business . .13 75 cents Tuesday Today’s records Classifieds . .12-13 High 39 High 77 (1950) Comics . .11 Vol. 100, No. 289 Low 24 Low 2 (1925) Community . .3 Year ago today Precipitation Obituaries . .none High 42 24 hours to 7 a.m. Opinion . .4 Low 34 Tuesday none Sports . .9-10 l 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY THURSDAYTHURSDAAY FRIDAY SATURDAYSATURRDAY SUNDAY Scatteredered Partly Cloudy Mostly CloudyClouudy Chance Snow Isolated Snow SnowSnoow 34° 19° 32° 23°233° 34° 26° 33° 27° 36° 28° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 5-95-9 mphmph WSWWSW 5-85-8 mphmph NNWW 7-107-10 mphmph SWSW 10-1510-15 mmphph W 7-107-10 mphmph SSWSSW Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 35/27 Todayy we will see partly cloudy Bergland skies, highg of 334°,4°, humidityy of 42%. 33/25 West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph. 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