Call (906) 932-4449 Red Sox victorious Ironwood, MI Red Sox bounce back, beat Redsautosales.com Astros 7-5, tie ALCS 1-1 SPORTS • 10 DAILY GLOBE Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Few snow showers yourdailyglobe.com | High: 36 | Low: 28 | Details, page 2 IRONWOOD UPGRADES Hurley school aid drops, Mellen rises By RALPH ANSAMI takes into account districts [email protected] with declining enrollment, The Hurley School Dis- such as Hurley. trict is one of 45 percent of Nearby Mellen will see Wisconsin’s districts that an increase in state aids will see state aid shrink for from $1,815,249 to the 2018-’19 school year. $2,023,589, or $208,340 The Wisconsin Depart- more. ment of Public Instruction Some property-rich dis- said state aid will be down tricts, such as Mercer, by $16,902 for the Hurley receive no general state aid. district, from $2,546,628 Ashland will see a to $2,529,726. healthy increase, from The DPI has certified $15,581,849 to amounts each public $15,946,252. school district will receive On the other hand, from the $4.656 billion Maple will lose $139,104, WORKERS WITH appropriated for general from $5,413,133 to PSC’s Q3 Contract- state aid for 2018-’19. $5,274,209. ing empty a skid- Overall, it amounts to a Roughly 55 percent of steer loader into a $72.75 million (1.6 per- the state’s public school dump truck (top) on cent) increase in general districts (230 of 422) will McLeod Avenue state aids compared to last receive more general state Tuesday as part of year. the ongoing General aid is based on a school aid formula that replacement of AID — page 5 street light poles throughout down- town Ironwood. Workers were clean- Resolution reached ing up the bases of the newly installed light poles (left) in township Tuesday in prepara- tion to pour con- crete today. treasurer case Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe By RICHARD JENKINS restitution order and civil [email protected] judgement in the case, the BESSEMER – Ironwood township won’t be able to Township’s civil case collect double the amount, against former Ironwood according to Olson- Township treasurer Jyl DeRosso’s attorney, Jim Bessemer City Council struggles Renee Olson-DeRosso has McKenzie. been resolved. McKenzie told the Daily Gogebic County Circuit Globe state law prohibits a with U.S. 2 traffic, speed concerns Court Judge Michael Pope dual recovery, meaning the BESSEMER – The Bessemer City to three lanes is to “calm the traffic. duce a list of items that need atten- issued a judgement in township can’t get paid Council continued its effort to deal You can only go as fast as the guy in tion in the next year, five years and favor of the township on from both the restitution with traffic issues on U.S. 2 through front of you.” 10 years, said Trudgeon. Oct. 2 for $1,398,654 – the order and civil judgement town at its meeting Monday evening. No decisions were made on the The council also discussed the same amount he previous- – in essence combining the A “general discussion” of the U.S. 2 speed or lane changes, but the city’s trash and recycling collection ly ordered Olson-DeRosso money into a single sum to highway traveling through town council did place on file two letters contract with Eagle Waste of Eagle pay in restitution – as well be recouped. included ideas about how to slow from residents in favor of moving to River, Wis. Trudgeon said the con- as any applicable attorney Along with having to traffic, according to City Clerk Jim three lanes. tract is up in 10 months and the fees. pay restitution; Olson- Trudgeon. The council heard an update and council discussed ideas about what “We are pleased and DeRosso, 48, was sen- One idea floated was to put up paid some bills related to the ongo- do to next, including asking for bids relieved at the outcome, tenced to 38 months in electronic signs that flash the driv- ing water and sewer replacement and discussing going back to a city- and it validates the judge’s prison in May for embez- er’s speed as they approach. project. Trudgeon said the plan is to run operation. Again, no decision decision on compensation zlement by a public official. During public comment, con- do the final paving in the spring or was made on the next step. of $1.4 million” Township She was also sentenced on cerns were heard about the Michi- June. The meeting began with public Supervisor Steve Boyd told nine other felonies – five gan Department of Transportation’s The council approved amend- hearings on three ordinances having the Daily Globe Tuesday. counts of forgery, refusing proposal to widen traffic lanes on ments to its engineering contract to do with amending fines for civil “We look forward to receiv- to turn over records to the the highway – either four wider studying the city’s sewer system. infractions, establishing a three- ing that amount from the successor treasurer, lanes, or just three but still wider The ongoing study, funded by a insurance companies and lanes. SAW grant, will provide a status the other people involved.” Trudgeon said the idea of moving report of the entire system and pro- While there is both a BESSEMER — page 5 TOWNSHIP — page 5 St. Ambrose conductor to WALK IN THE CLOUDS lead local honors band IRONWOOD – The the group of musicians Mercer and Wakefield- director of bands for St. from five area schools in a Marenisco. Ambrose University in performance at the His- Enz conducts the sym- Davenport, Iowa, will be toric Ironwood Theatre at 7 phonic band and jazz traveling to Ironwood next p.m. Nov. 16. ensemble at St. Ambrose, month to serve as the guest The band is made up of as well as teach courses in conductor for the Gogebic students in grades 8-12 Range Honor Band. from Bessemer, Ewen-Trout Nicholas Enz will lead Creek, Ironwood, Hurley, HONORS — page 5 Wakefield increases pay for substitute teachers WAKEFIELD – The Wakefield-Marenis- wage job. We need quality substitute co School District Board of Education teachers in our classrooms and raising the Monday voted to increase pay for substi- rate of pay for substitutes is a way to show tute teachers. them that they are a valuable part of our Submitted photo “Any of us sitting at this table who have BESSEMER STUDENTS Alan Holm, Angelo Harville and Connor Fingeroos enjoy worked in a classroom know that substi- the view of Lake of the Clouds from the Escarpment Trail as part of their hike into tute teaching should not be a minimum Porcupine Mountains State Park this fall. TEACHERS — page 5 TODAY INDEX Few snow showers — Details, page 2 Business . .6 75 cents Classifieds . .12-13 Tuesday Today’s records Comics . .11 Vol. 99, No. 279 High 45 High 82 (1961) Community . .3 Low 33 Low 19 (1976) Obituaries . .14 Year ago today Precipitation Opinion . .4 High 57 24 hours to 7 a.m. Low 31 Tuesday none Sports . .9-10 l 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018 NATION / WORLD THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY THURSDAYTHURSDAAY FRIDAY SATURDAYSATURRDAY SUNDAY Few Snow ShowersShowwers Sunny Scattered Rain Mostly Cloudy Showers LikLikelyely 36° 28° 57° 43°433° 52° 35° 39° 29° 37° 31° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 9-149-14 mphmph WNWWNW 110-160-16 mphmph SSWSSW 1515 mmphph WSWWSW 1414 mphmph NWNW 9 mmphph WWSWSW Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 38/30 Todayy we will see mostly cloudy Bergland skies with a 40% chance of snow 35/28 showeshowers,ers, high temperature of 36°, Wakefield Ironwood humidhumiditydity of 60%. West northwest Saxon 34/28 36/28 Marenisco wind 9 to 14 mph. Snow 39/30 accumulationmulation of less than one 34/27 Bessemer inch ppossible. Upson Hurley 35/28 Watersmeet 37/28 36/28 34/25 SUNS AND MOON Mercer 37/26 Manitowish Associated Press 36/27 SunriseSunri . ...............................................................................se .........................................................................7:20 a.m. CHELSEY BRANHAM, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, and a Democratic candi- Minocqua SunsetSunse . ...............................................................................et...........................................................................6:10 p.m. 36/28 MoonriseMoon . ...............................................................................nrise .......................................................................3:16 p.m. date for a seat in the Oklahoma House, displays a Chickasaw beaded collar that she MoonsetMoon . ...............................................................................nset........................................................................Tomorrow made, during an interview in Oklahoma City, Tuesday. 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