Bessemer Committee to Recommend Against Ironwood Consolidation
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Rain/snow mix High: 40 | Low: 28 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Saturday, March 26, 2016 75 cents Bessemer committee MORNING MILK Gogebic County seeks help for to recommend against drug disposal Ironwood consolidation problem By RICHARD JENKINS choice kids that come over from By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Ironwood, as well. [email protected] BESSEMER — It appears the “The district itself seems BESSEMER — Used drug col- possible consolidation of the strong and we’ve got a lot of lection containers across the Ironwood and Bessemer school great teachers and staff at the Gogebic Range have worked so districts won’t be moving for- school — both schools,” Johnson well that they have created a ward, at least for the time being. said. problem in storing all the pills The committee Bessemer He added some committee and medications being turned in formed to examine the future of members felt there was a benefit for disposal. the district is expected to recom- to a community keeping its The Gogebic County Board of mend against consolidation with school. Commissioners on Wednesday Ironwood at the district’s next “Most of (the committee) are agreed to send letters to legisla- board meeting. parents of kids and we realize tors pointing out the extent of “This Monday at our board the benefit of a town keeping the problem here and seeking meeting, the committee for the their school. There’s a benefit to some assistance. Commissioners future of Bessemer schools — that,” Johnson said. “When a instructed county clerk Gerry which is made up of parents in town loses a school, who knows Pelissero to draw up a letter to our area and business members what’s going to happen after- be sent to legislators. ... as well as a few board mem- wards?” Gogebic County Sheriff Pete bers — will make a recommenda- While he didn’t rule out the Matonich told the board he has tion not to consolidate,” A.D. possibility of consolidating in the around 400 pounds of pills stock- Johnston Principal Dan Van- future, Johnson said his primary piled from the containers. derVelden told the Daily Globe focus at this point was improving The Ironwood Public Safety Thursday. the district’s infrastructure. Department suspended its col- Todd Johnson, who chairs the “We have a building that lection site because unautho- committee, said the recommen- needs some attention ... this high rized items, like used syringes, dation was based on the feeling school building. No matter if it were being deposited in the bin the district was strong enough closes or not, down the road it’s a there. that consolidation wasn’t neces- building we need to tend to, Range Suicide Prevention sary at this time. things need fixing,” he said. “We Council President Pat Gallinagh “Our student counts at this hope down the road if we go pro- on March 13 wrote to the county time, you know, look, in the pose a bond to the voters they board, enclosing a copy of a letter future at least, quite decent,” realize the importance of this he had sent to Michigan U.S. Johnson said Friday. “Our school to the town and we put Sen. Debbie Stabenow about the enrollment has actually gone up some improvements into it.” drug disposal problem. since the beginning of the year ... He said the committee would Gallinagh has suggested a let- so we are not losing numbers, ter-writing campaign to address we’re actually gaining, at times. the issue, to leaders in both We do have a lot of school-of- Michigan and Wisconsin. BESSEMER — page 5 Gallinagh said in his letter to Stabenow that the leading method women use to attempt suicide is overdosing on prescrip- tion drugs. Steelhead numbers Gallinagh notes the RSPC has provided eight prescription drug disposal bins throughout the improve in Brule area. DISPOSAL — page 5 BRULE, Wis. — Anglers can highest fall return since 2010,” look forward to the possibility of Piszczek said. “For nearly nine Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe SARAH NUCE feeds Bo, a Jersey-Irish Dexter calf, a bottle Friday at Whitney Creek Farm in Erwin Town- a good bite and a fair fight as consecutive weeks starting in ship. spring steelhead season kicks off September, steelhead exhibited today on the Bois Brule and movements of 400 or more fish other Lake Superior tributaries. past the Brule fishway. This is a L’Anse man Wisconsin Department of Nat- marked improvement over the ural Resources biologists report past three or four fall seasons, missing since an increase in steelhead num- when steelhead counts exceeded bers during the fall 2015 count 400 fish for only two or three Chicago man gets federal March 20 and anticipate better access to weeks.” the water as much of the snow From July 1 through Dec. 31, L’ANSE — Michigan State has melted, said Paul Piszczek, a 2015, a total of 5,660 steelhead Police from the Calumet Post are DNR fisheries biologist in Supe- sentence in Bessemer heroin case looking for a missing person in rior. the L’Anse area. “The fall 2015 run was the MARQUETTE — Raymond gave a false chase in Bessemer, according J o s e p h STEELHEAD — page 5 Valentino Bowser, 31, of Chica- name and to authorities. Edward Waisa- go, was sentenced to five years fake Illinois Following the second pur- nen, 33, an in federal prison, U.S. Attorney d r i v e r ’ s chase, GIANT executed a Army veteran, Patrick Miles announced in a license at the search warrant on Bowser’s was last seen statement Friday. time of Bessemer residence — dis- on Sunday, Bowser also received 12 arrest. After covering a 35-gram brick of March 20, in years of supervised release. b e i n g heroin, a quantity that Miles’ L’Anse. U.S. District Judge Robert released on announcement claimed could He is 6-6, Holmes Bell sentenced Bowser bond, author- be sub-divided into 350 weighs 240 for distribution of heroin with- ities said doses. pounds and has in 1,000 feet of a playground, a Raymond Bowser dis- After being arrested on state short red hair charge Bowser pleaded guilty Valentino appeared. charges, Bowser was turned and blue eyes. Joseph Edward Bowser Waisanen to last December. Following over to the U.S. Drug Enforce- He was last Bowser was the subject of an his disappearance, GIANT ment Administration for feder- seen wearing a Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics learned his actual name and al prosecution. Miles said T-shirt, jeans, black tennis shoes Team investigation that that he was on federal super- Bowser is now being transport- and a black hoodie coat. included a Feb. 20, 2015, vised release for a 2008 federal ed to Douglas County, Wis., to Waisanen drives a blue 1998 undercover heroin purchase drug conviction in Minnesota face heroin-related charges Chevrolet Silverado two-door from Bowser, according to and was prohibited from leav- there before returning to feder- extended pickup truck bearing Photo submitted Miles. ing that state. al court in Minnesota to Michigan license plate CKT- KEVIN GRAND, a Department of Natural Resources fisheries technician On Feb. 21, 2015, Bowser Bowser came in contact with answer for violating the super- 0729. The truck is rusty. in Superior, Wis., handles a 20-plus inch steelhead captured and was arrested on an unrelated GIANT again in April 2015, vised release imposed after the Anyone with information is released in the Bois Brule River. Paul Piszczek of the DNR submitted the domestic violence charge. Fed- when the team conducted a sec- 2008 conviction. asked to call 911 or the MSP at photo. eral authorities said Bowser ond undercover heroin pur- —Richard Jenkins 906-337-2211. C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY SNAPSHOT Business . .15 Daily Globe Inc. Friday Precipitation WISCONSIN Classifieds . .13-14 Vol. 97, Ed. 73 118 E. McLeod Ave. Rain/snow mix High 49 To 7 a.m. P.O. 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