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Lawmakers punish companies Big Ten Tournament Delta loses jet-fuel tax break Michigan overcomes Iowa, Wisconsin for crossing NRA tops Maryland NATION • 7 SPORTS • 9 & 10 DAILY GLOBE Friday, March 2, 2018 Partly cloudy yourdailyglobe.com | High: 37 | Low: 21 | Details, page 2 IRONWOOD FIRE Efforts to open Aurora Street on hold By LARRY HOLCOMBE plan was to make the area [email protected] safe from the possibility of IRONWOOD – Work to falling debris and open the open Aurora Street to traf- street, but the official from fic in front of last week’s MIOSHA put a halt to that fatal fire in downtown Thursday. Ironwood was halted “We’re on hold for the Thursday morning as the moment. There were some contractor and city officials samples taken for environ- learned they’d have to wait mental testings, essentially until state-mandated tests asbestos testing (Wednes- of material samples from day), and those are being the burned buildings come sent in,” said Erickson, back from a laboratory. adding he was hoping for a The early morning fire 24-hour turnaround on of Feb. 21 killed three peo- those, but said it could be ple and heavily damaged “a day or two or later.” two buildings at 102-104 Erickson said the indi- Aurora St. The 102 address vidual from MIOSHA filled included Chelsi’s Corner the contractor and city offi- boutique on the street level cials “in on the process, so and two floors of apart- we’re all on the same page ments above. and make sure it’s done An Ironwood Public properly and correctly.” Safety Department Erickson hopes the pro- spokesman said Thursday ject will move ahead soon. the fire remains under “The first stage will be, investigation. once all the testing comes An official with the back, assuming they can Michigan Occupational move forward without Safety and Health Adminis- doing any additional test- tration and city officials ing, they’ll make the build- were on-site Thursday ing safe by knocking the morning as a worker with top walls in into the build- Fahrner Excavating of Iron- ing, making a pile of rub- wood knocked down some Submitted photo ble in the building, basical- EMPLOYEES OF Fahrner Excavating of Ironwood work from a machine to knock down part the remains of last of the remaining walls. ly,” he said. “And the sec- week’s fatal fire at 102-104 E. Aurora St. in downtown Ironwood Thursday morning. The photo was provided by Ironwood City Manager Ironwood City Assessor Dennis Hewitt. Scott Erickson said the AURORA — page 5 New website live for 100 years ago, Hurley, UP defied Prohibition Wakefield-Marenisco By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY – One-hun- School District dred years ago the Spanish Flu shut down much of By P.J. GLISSON tendent in the next school the Gogebic Range, but [email protected] year. not Hurley’s booming tav- WAKEFIELD – The The new website, ern industry. board of education for the www.wmschools.org, wel- It was the same year Wakefield-Marenisco comes viewers with an Michigan joined the Prohi- School District learned exterior view of the school, bition movement, but Wis- Monday the district’s new as well as several snap- consin didn’t follow suit website is up and running. shots of students of vari- until 1920, author Russell “I think I addressed all ous ages participating in Magnaghi told a large concerns to date,” said school activities. audience at the Hurley K- Jason Gustafson, who cre- The site also includes a 12 School on Thursday ated the new site and location map, a full staff direc- evening. added if any new sugges- tory, a general calendar, and He spoke for 45 min- tion occurs, “I can try to an athletic schedule. utes about how Hurley make that happen.” Copies of the school Gustafson is a third largely ignored Prohibi- grade teacher for the K-12 tion and the taverns pros- Ralph Ansami/Daily Globe school and will be superin- pered. UPPER PENINSULA author Russell Magnaghi speaks at the Hurley K-12 School WEBSITE — page 5 Not only did people auditorium on Thursday evening. drink during the days of outlawed booze, but they In 1874, the Bosch wood. At one point every wasn’t difficult to make Jurors’ pay increases consumed liquor that was Brewing Company in the car was stopped and moonshine stills that pro- often 90 proof or more. It’s Upper Peninsula’s Lake checked. duced 150 proof alcohol. By RALPH ANSAMI Pope said although the no wonder the average Linden advertised that it The Ironwood consta- Coffee shops run by [email protected] state will continue to reim- lifespan was about half of was selling beer that was ble was “furious” and women sprung up across BESSEMER – Jurors in burse counties for juror the present day. “pure and without poi- when the MSP were called the country, with booze Gogebic and Ontonagon compensation as in the Magnaghi said his son,” unlike other brew- “slackers,” the worst term liberally mixed in. counties are getting a raise. past, the county board is mother recounted her eries. of that era, stuff hit the Rum runners sailed big Effective April 1, the pay still required to approve honeymoon in a journal in Christian women sup- fan. boats across Lake Superi- rate increases from $12.50 the pay increases. 1931. “She was a 20-year- ported eliminating demon Florence, Marinette or from Canada and Al per half day to $15 for the Pope sent a letter to old drinking like a fish,” alcohol, without much and Hurley were key Capone had a special taste first day of jury duty and both the Gogebic and he joked. At that time, a success, although an anti- points of bootlegging with for Canadian Club from $20 to $22.50 for Ontonagon county boards. motorist would stop for saloon league did put the U.P., he said. Whiskey. While the Coast each subsequent half day, On June 15, Gov. Rick gas and a few beers at a enough pressure on politi- “(MSP head Roy Van- Guard looked the other according to Gogebic Snyder signed the legisla- service station and contin- cians to get liquor banned dercook) thought if he way, one shipment of County Circuit Court tion that increases the ue driving down the road. in the first place. shut down Hurley, most Johnny Walker scotch Judge Michael Pope. jurors’ pay, according to “Things were totally When the Upper Penin- crime in the U.P. would arrived from Thunder Bay He appeared before the Pope. out of control,” he said. sula was dry and Wiscon- end,” Magnaghi said. at Little Girl’s Point, a Gogebic County Board of In another item that was The drinking was car- sin was wet, Magnaghi It didn’t happen. remote area no one would Commissioners’ finance discussed at Wednesday’s ried on from founding said Michigan State Police Kentucky woodchop- patrol. committee on Wednesday fathers who would awake set up a check point on the pers who knew how to and briefly discussed the and consume tumblers of Montreal River bridge make booze were brought raises. rum, he said. between Hurley and Iron- in and Magnaghi said it JURORS — page 5 HURLEY — page 5 TODAY INDEX Partly cloudy — Details, page 2 Business . .8 75 cents Classifieds . .12-13 Thursday Today’s records Snowfall Comics . .11 Vol. 99, No. 86 High 34 High 56 (1993) 24 hours to 7 a.m. Community . .3 Low 22 Low -27 (1989) Thursday none Snow depth 19 in. Obituaries . .6 Year ago today Precipitation Season total 132.4 in. Opinion . .4 High 33 24 hours to 7 a.m. Last year 112.2 in. Low 3 Thursday none Sports . .9-10 l 2 FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD DIMINISHING CIRCLE TODAY SATURDAYSATURDAAY SUNDAY MONDAYMONNDAY TUESDAY Scattered Partly Cloudy Partly CloudyClouudy Mostly Cloudy ScatteredScattereed Rain Snow 37° 21° 40° 26°266° 42° 30° 40° 25° 33° 20° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: LightLight windswinds 88-13-13 mmphph SSEE 1111 mphmph SESE 1515 mmphph ESEESE 1010 mmphph NNNENE Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 34/20 Todayy we will see partly cloudy Bergland skies,, highg temperaturep of 37°,, 40/20 humidityhumiddity of 62%. Light winds. The Wakefield Ironwood recordd high temperature for today is Saxon 40/21 37/21 Marenisco 56° set in 1993. Expect mostly 37/22 cloudyclouddy skies tonight, overnight low 42/19 Bessemer of 21°.21°°. 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