Gogebic County Seeks Grant for Voting System
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Scattered snow High: 4 | Low: -2 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Thursday, December 28, 2017 75 cents Gogebic County ICE ON THE BIG LAKE seeks grant for voting system By RALPH ANSAMI The county and local units of [email protected] government would then pay the BESSEMER — Gogebic Coun- base system extended service ty will seek a grant to cover the and maintenance fees for years $20,125 cost of new voting six through 10 of the new voting machines. system’s operation. The county board of commis- Pelissero said the cost to the sioners voted 6-0 Wednesday to county would be a maximum of seek the grant through the Help around $1,700 after the first five America Vote Act which allows years. the county to apply for voting Pelissero said an April presen- equipment for all precincts in the tation was attended by local offi- county. cials on the new system. The new system would be County commissioner Tom used for the first time during the Laabs, of Ironwood, said he was 2018 election cycle, according to surprised to see there were county clerk Gerry Pelissero. 13,599 registered voters in the “There would be no cost to the county. That shows the school- county for the first five years,” aged population continues to Pelissero said. decline. The board approved a resolu- In other business Wednesday, tion seeking the grant to cover the county board approved a the first five years of costs out- credit card request for equaliza- lined in a quote from the Domin- tion director Kathy Jo Koval, up ion Voting Systems company. to $2,000. Ralph Ansami/Daily Globe ICE BEGINS to form on Lake Superior at Saxon Harbor Tuesday afternoon as the clouds in the distance provide no relief from the frigid cold. Jacobs sent to prison for While it was minus-5 at the lake, nearby inland temperatures dipped to 20-below. seventh drunk driving By RALPH ANSAMI District Attor- TOWN AT ODDS [email protected] ney Matt Woman hurt in HURLEY — A Cameron, Wis., Tingstad said man was sentenced Wednesday after the sen- to prison for a seventh drunk tencing. Bessemer City Council struggles Christmas Eve driving conviction after an Iron The jury County jury found him guilty deliberated for with Michigan marijuana laws earlier this month. only about 20 white-out crash Virgil Jacobs, 50, was sen- minutes on tenced by Iron County Judge Dec. 21 after By IAN MINIELLY trial area, with 42 percent BESSEMER TOWNSHIP — Patrick Madden to three years Jacobs testified [email protected] rejecting the idea outright. Of The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department investigated a confinement in prison and two Virgil he had been Editor’s note: The Daily those supporting the marijua- years of extended supervision, to Jacobs convicted of 17 Globe is counting down the Stories of na industry, half wanted the Christmas Eve personal injury be followed by one year of proba- crimes. Gogebic Range’s top five stories city to provide an open mari- head-on accident that occurred tion for a bail jumping count. Jacobs was found by officer of 2017 each day this week. juana market, while the other during white-out conditions. “That’s three years in and Kyle Mabie passed out in his The editorial department staff the Year half wanted the city to place According to the accident three years on the hook,” Mad- vehicle while it was running and sat down and came up with the limits on the number of grows report, a vehicle driven by Linda den said. parked in the roadway, register- annual list, naming Bessemer’s authorized. Ann Buttice, 72, of Bessemer, Jacobs will be eligible to par- ing a .11 blood-alcohol reading. election and marijuana pas- Very few city council or was headed east on U.S. 2, near ticipate in a prison substance The Iron County drunk driving sage as the third-place story of planning commission meetings Oak Lane, in Bessemer Town- abuse counseling program. charge was filed on Nov. 23, the year. happened in 2017 where one of ship. Grace Marie Brauer, 18, of “That Iron County is taking a 2015. BESSEMER — For the the topics was not medical Saxon, Wis., was westbound on serious stance on drunk driving majority of 2017, the Bessemer marijuana. It is one of the pri- the highway. offenses is evident by the three City Council and planning Late last winter, the city mary sources of unrest in the Deputies said Buttice was commission debated, worked, sent2017 out a public survey to res- city. traveling in a “white-out bliz- years in prison,” Iron County JACOBS — page 5 argued and eventually passed idents. The city received 269 Mike Korpela, city attorney zard” when her vehicle crossed new ordinances allowing medi- survey responses, with an during the saga, said, “Since the center line in front of the cal marijuana facilities within almost even ratio between the city of Bessemer is strug- oncoming Brauer vehicle. O N L Y Y O U the industrial park by a 3-2 male and female returns. The gling financially, the last city Brauer noticed headlights vote. Baby Boomer generation, ages council passed an ordinance coming at her just before the col- Rob Coleman and Linda 52-71, had the highest percent- allowing for commercial facili- lision occurred, according to the Nelson voted against autho- age of responses, making up ties in the industrial park... the deputy’s report of the 5:12 p.m. rization while Kathy Whit- over 48 percent of returned potential for a large growth in accident. burn, Al Gaiss and John Frello surveys. tax base and a 3 percent excise Both vehicles ended up in the voted yes. Survey results showed 96 tax from sales would generate eastbound lane, near the shoul- Passage of the ordinance by percent of residents felt revenues of tens of thousands der of the highway. the council did not end the encouraging new business of dollars for the city, county, Both 2007 vehicles were struggle within the city. Besse- development and growth were sheriff and the state’s public totaled and Buttice was trans- mer remains a divided town on important to the city. Public education fund.” ported to Aspirus Ironwood Hos- the issue of marijuana, as the opinion on medical marijuana Rob Coleman, one of two pital by Beacon Ambulance. newly elected council members filling that gap was not as incumbents on the council, Traffic was described on the repealed the measure in just strong, but was favorable. explained his position on com- accident report as moderate at over their first month in office, Returned surveys had 49 per- mercial marijuana production, the time of the crash. after mostly running on an cent of residents supporting The accident report was com- anti-marijuana campaign. large-scale grows in the indus- pleted on Wednesday. —Ralph Ansami BESSEMER — page 5 Wisconsin legislative plans minimal in New Year MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There appears to victories in other states, but it would take a its $10 billion plant that could employ up to be little appetite among Wisconsin Republi- massive swing for them to wrest control 13,000 people. can leaders to take up some of the most divi- away from Republicans in Wisconsin. Republicans seem generally supportive of sive proposals pending when the Legislature Gov. Scott Walker, who is up for re-elec- Walker’s call to spend $6.8 million on the returns next month for a brief, final push tion in November, will deliver his eighth marketing campaign focused on trying to before the session ends in the spring and the State of the State address likely in late Jan- lure workers from Chicago, the Twin Cities focus shifts to the fall election. uary where he will spell out his priorities for and Detroit. Democrats see it as a waste of Democrats will continue to try and play the coming year. He’s already announced money, arguing that more fundamental pol- Ian Minielly/Daily Globe defense and make arguments for why plans for a marketing campaign to attract icy changes are needed to make Wisconsin WHILE CALIFORNIA burns, Smokey Bear, outside the Forest Service Republicans should be ousted in November young workers from nearby states, a move office in Ironwood, informs passing motorists the local fire risk is low when majority control of the Legislature will that comes as Taiwanese manufacturer Fox- on the snow-covered frozen ground of Gogebic County. be determined. Democrats are buoyed by conn Technology Group moves ahead with WISCONSIN — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY NHL Business . .13 Daily Globe Inc. Wednesday Precipitation High -3 To 7 a.m. Classifieds . .12-14 Vol. 99, No. 32 118 E. McLeod Ave. Scattered snow New Jersey Devils take Low -17 Wednesday none Comics . .11 P.O. 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