Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI Boys hoops Ewen-Trout Creek loses to Redsautosales.com Bessemer 44-43 SPORTS • 6 DAILY GLOBE Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Snow likely yourdailyglobe.com | High: 25 | Low: 12 | Details, page 2 PLOW THE ROAD GIANT search leads to Ironwood arrest IRONWOOD – One man is in custody following the execution of a search warrant in the city of Ironwood Tues- day. The Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team executed the warrant as part of an investi- gation into the sale of methamphetamine in Michi- gan and Wisconsin, accord- ing to a team news release. A man, 52, was arrested as result of the search, according to the release, and is lodged in the Gogebic County Jail on a $100,000 cash bond. The man’s name is being withheld pending his arraign- ment. Larry Holcombe/Daily Globe Officers allegedly found IRONWOOD CITY workers plow snow in tandem on Cloverland Drive near Douglas Boulevard in Ironwood Monday afternoon. crystal meth, prescription drugs and money during the search. A GIANT spokesperson said the investigation is being sent to Gogebic County Prose- ‘Painting Churches’ premieres Friday cutor Nick Jacobs for review and the authorization of By BRYAN HELLIOS versal theme of mother and roles in “Painting Churches” are open to everyone and not just to charges. [email protected] daughter conflict” who are deal- very challenging and the actors a certain “clique” of people. The investigation is contin- IRONWOOD – Theatre North ing with caregiving for a family are onstage almost the entire play She said the message she uing and additional charges will present “Painting Churches,” member who is suffering from with a lot of lines to remember. hopes people come away from are expected, according to the opening Friday at 7 p.m. The early onset dimentia. “They have very large roles attending this play is that release. play, written by Tina Howe, is The play is a drama, but the that they do beautifully,” she through all “love endoures” and —Richard Jenkins directed by Helen Fashbaugh and way the family copes with some said. “a realization that life at its most portrays the struggles families face the problems make it more of a She said the amount of work it painful is still beautiful.” dealing with age-related issues. comedy/drama, she added. takes to produce a play requires Showtimes and dates for According to the play’s pro- There are three cast members their entire team to put in a lot of “Painting Churches” this week gram “Time Magazine” once com- in the play. Heidi Brown, who last hours to prepare the set, sew cos- are Friday and Saturday, at 7 Ironwood pared Howe to Anton Chekhov, a performed in “Imaginings in an tumes, design the program and p.m., and Sunday, at 2 p.m. Next Russian playwright and short- Empty Space” is a veteran to local many other tasks which are need- week’s show will be Friday and woman gets jail, story writer, who is considered to stage. Jack Fashbaugh, was last ed to get the show ready for open- Saturday, Feb. 22 and 23, at 7 be among the greatest writers of seen in the Gogebic Range Play- ing night. p.m. and Sunday Feb. 24, at 2 short fiction in history. ers’ production of “Our Town” According to its website, the p.m. probation for Fashbaugh said this is the first and has taught literature and Theatre North has held more Theatre North is located at time the theatre has performed a rhetoric in a number of colleges than 130 productions and is 825 N. Lake St. in Ironwood. credit card theft drama written by a women. and universities. Finally, Sandy among the three oldest continu- Tickets are available online or “The characters, I believe, are Gertz is a veteran of community ously operating community the- at these ticket outlets: Chelsi’s By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] quite believable and the conflicts theatre who directed many pro- aters in the country. Corner in downtown Ironwood are conflicts that many people ductions at Theatre North includ- Fashbaugh said she encour- and Leather & Gift Shop in BESSEMER – An Ironwood can identify with,” she said. ing “Last Romance” and “Love, ages people who want to get woman will spend the next She said the reason they chose Loss and What I Wore.” involved with the theatre to feel several months in the county this play is because it has a “uni- Helen Fashbaugh said the free to reach out because they are jail after she was sentenced in THEATRE — page 5 Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Lisa Jean Priante, 29, was GOBBLE GOBBLE GCC to host career day sentenced to eight months in jail, the last 30 of which can IRONWOOD – Goge- Connors of Michigan be served in a qualifying in- bic Community College Works. patient treatment facility, and host a career exploration The job fair portion two years of probation for day for students in 11th will be open to the pub- attempted possession of a and 12th grades from lic from 1 p.m. to 2:30 financial transaction device. Gogebic and Ontonagon p.m. “(Your pattern of behavior) County schools, as well “This is a great oppor- has to change. You’ve got to as Hurley, on Thursday, tunity to search for work, think differently and you’ve Feb. 21, from 9 a.m. to or learn more about local got to maintain your sobri- 12:30 p.m. employers,” said Con- ety,” Judge Michael Pope said, The event is an oppor- nors. “Participants are noting Priante’s criminal his- tunity for high school stu- asked to dress business tory and issues with sub- dents to discover what casual and be prepared to stance abuse. “We’re trying to employment options are interview on-site.” afford you the services to get in the region, explore dif- For more information, you there, but you’ve got to ferent career paths, inter- contact the Gogebic Ser- want it. act with employees work- vice Center at 906-932- “I can talk until I’m blue in ing in various industries, 4059, visit upmichigan- the face … but if you don’t meet with employers and works.org, or follow want it, it’s not going to Submitted photo learn about educational them on Facebook and work.” A TURKEY takes the lay of the land off Lake Road in Ironwood Township Mon- opportunities at the col- Twitter at @UPMichigan- day. Ironwood resident Bonnie Wainio provided the photo. Priante pleaded guilty to lege, according to Sean Works. the high court misdemeanor in January as part of a plea agreement that had a charge of possession of a financial Hurley City Council hears update on sewer problems transaction dismissed. By BRYAN HELLIOS resulting in approximately 10 show the Wisconsin Department regular cleaning and televising of Priante admitted at her [email protected] million gallons of waste-water of Natural Resources they are at its sewer lines, he said it would plea hearing to using a HURLEY – The Hurley City being pumped on the ground. least taking “baby steps” to show the DNR that something is friend’s Visa card without Council heard an update on the “These discharges end up in address the issue. being done. permission in August after it sewer deficiencies from city the Montreal River, which then He suggested the council “At the end of the day, our job was left in a vehicle. employee Gary Laguna at a Tues- discharges into Lake Superior,” should begin by looking at its (in the department) is protecting Prosecutor Nick Jacobs day night meeting. Laguna said he said. rate structure to determine if public health,” he told the council. said the case was similar to a from October 2012 through June Laguna said he realizes some- there is enough money being gen- of 2018 the city of Hurley experi- times the “wheels of government erated to address the problem. If enced 16 sanitation overflows turn slowly” but the city needs to the city was able to budget for HURLEY — page 5 THEFT — page 5 TODAY INDEX Snow likely — Details, page 2 Business . .10 75 cents Classifieds . .9-10 Tuesday Today’s records Snowfall Comics . .8 Vol. 100, No. 71 High 23 High 49 (1976) 24 hours to 7 a.m. Community . .3 Low 12 Low -36 (1971) Tuesday 1.2 in. Snow depth 22 in. Obituaries . .5 Year ago today Precipitation Season total 116.7 in. Opinion . .4 High 11 24 hours to 7 a.m. Last year 118.2 in. Low -8 Tuesday .08 in. Sports . .6-7 l 2 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY THURSDAYTHURSDAAY FRIDAY SATURDAYSATURRDAY SUNDAY Scatteredd Few Snow Snow Likely Partly CloudyC Mostly Cloudy Snow Showers 25° 12° 21° 5°5 14° 0° 17° 4° 15° 6° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 55-9-9 mphmph W 5-95-9 mphmph WSWWSW 9 mphmph WNWWNW 5 mphmph SSWSSW 7 mphmph SESE Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 22/15 Todayy we will see partly cloudy Bergland skies with a 100% chance of snow, 23/14 high ttemperature of 25°, humidity of Wakefield Ironwood 68%. West wind 5 to 9 mph. Snow Saxon 22/16 25/12 Marenisco accumulationmulation of less than one 26/14 inch ppossible. Bessemer 24/15 Upson Hurley 23/16 Watersmeet 25/13 25/12 24/13 SUNS AND MOON Mercer Associated Press 26/12 IN THIS March 5, 2018, file photo, boys look through an older section of the border Manitowish 25/15 SunriseSunri .