Board Approves Conditional Transfer of Lake Road Spring
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Mostly cloudy High: 64 | Low: 45 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Tuesday, October 11, 2016 75 cents AFTER THE STORM Board approves conditional transfer of Lake Road spring By RICHARD JENKINS was added to the board’s motion [email protected] in response to a letter from Han- IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — nula Agency, the township’s The Ironwood Township Board insurance company, saying it moved forward with acquiring didn’t have an issue with the the popular Lake Road spring township taking possession of Monday, voting 6-1 to approve the spring as long as it met cer- the transfer of the property con- tain requirements. taining the spring as long as “As long as the township runs Supervisor Alan Baron makes this well as a part of the water sure the spring meets the appro- department — meaning the site priate code requirements. is kept clean, regular water test- Trustee Kathy Maki voted ing, proper signage, (the) well against the move, expressing (is) up to code for public use — concerns it could leave the town- we won’t have a problem with ship liable for expensive repairs the township having this site in the future. deeded to them,” Mark Hannula “And when things break down wrote in an Oct. 5 letter to and go awry down the road, how Baron. much will that cost the township The process of transferring then,” Maki asked, mentioning ownership of the spring — locat- that Ashland recently had to ed just off Lake Road at Little spend quite a bit of money on its Girl’s Point — from the Gogebic artesian well. County Road Commission to the Several board members said township began in August after the costs for repairs should be the spring tested positive for col- Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe minimal as it is a gravity fed well iform bacteria. EQUIPMENT IS parked at the Oman’s Creek as the Department of Natural Resources continues to work to repair the boat launch area that was with a single pipe, and added The bacteria, while not neces- damaged by flooding during the July 11 storm. that worrying about expensive sarily dangerous itself, is often repairs was unneccessary until a used as an indicator that a water problem occurred. The condition that Baron DNR continues work on Oman’s Creek boat launch explore the code requirements By RICHARD JENKINS Mountains State Park and Lake ner said. ernment to assist with storm SPRING — page 5 [email protected] Gogebic area with the Depart- The project includes repairs damage repairs. IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — ment of Natural Resources. He to the boating access ramp, Gaertner said the repairs to Work is underway to repair the said the schedule calls for the shoreline features and fixing the the Oman’s Creek site are being Oman’s Creek boat launch at work to be completed in three to parking lot next to the boat completed by DNR employees. Bergman accepts Ironwood position Little Girl’s Point after it was four weeks, although he launch, according to a DNR The boat launch, along with By RALPH ANSAMI Bergman damaged in the flooding that acknowledged things don’t press release. the bridge over Oman’s Creek, [email protected] has been a resulted from the July 11 storm. always go as planned when The projected is expected to were severely damaged in the IRONWOOD — Tom member of Work on repairing the launch doing construction projects in cost $30,000, according to the July 11 storm that saw as much Bergman will make the move I r o n w o o d ’ s began in early October, accord- this area during the late fall. release, and will be funded across the Montreal River to planning com- ing to Jeff Gaertner, the park “(The timing) depends on through money Gogebic County accept the job as Ironwood’s mission for sev- manager for the Porcupine what the weather does,” Gaert- received from the federal gov- OMAN’S page 5 Community Development Direc- eral years. — tor. Former com- Bergman has been working as munity devel- the Iron County Planning, Zon- opment direc- ing and Land Department tor Michael MDOT proposes Ontonagon maintenance deal administrator in the courthouse Tom Brown resigned Bergman By JAN TUCKER money it is planning to spend on River for maintenance. at Hurley. earlier this [email protected] Street repairs, if the village takes over the Erickson said it is unknown if the Ironwood City Manager Scott year to take a ONTONAGON — The Michigan Depart- maintenance of River Street and Rockland $600,000 the state is offering for the repairs Erickson told the city commis- job in Illinois. Tim Erickson has ment of Transportation is proposing a deal Road to the M-38, M-64 intersection. is sufficient to do the job. “I don’t see it ben- sion on Monday that Bergman been filling in since then. with the village of Ontonagon concerning Erickson explained the village could then efitting us. Those pot holes will eventually had accepted the job and will In other business at the short River Street, but several expressed that it use this money to make the repairs, such as come through and we would have no funds begin work on Nov. 7. Monday meeting, the city com- might not be a “good deal.” milling the concrete down and resurfacing in our wallet,” councilman John Hamm said. Interviews were held previ- mission accepted a bid from Village Manager Joe Erickson explained the street with asphalt. The catch is that all Village President Kenny Waldrop said he ously. Michelle Rigoni Sippola for cus- to the council Monday that Aaron Johnson, future maintenance would come from the “We had some good candidates manager of the Ishpeming TSC for MDOT, village major street fund and the village and are pleased Tom accepted proposed the state give the village the would no longer have a contract with MDOT the job offer,” Erickson said. ONTONAGON — page 5 BERGMAN — page 5 Bessemer’s earth science class Wakefield council calls hearing for explores Porkies mining garage variance PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS feet to the east and an additional By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT — The A.D. Johnston High 200 feet forward. The mine was [email protected] School’s earth science class originally supposed to connect to WAKEFIELD — The Wake- recently traveled from Bessemer other operations on top of the field City Council voted Monday to the Porcupine Mountains hill, but was shut down when the to hold another public hearing, Wilderness State Park for a cop- Great Depression hit. on Oct. 24, to allow for public per mining field trip. Wild said he conducts a bat comments regarding Robert Students started at the visitor census every other year and that Delich’s variance request to con- center and then traveled to the two years ago the number of struct an addition to his existing miners camp at the entrance to hibernating bats numbered garage. the Carp Lake mine. 20,000, making it the third During public comments at Park interpreter Bob Wild of largest hibernaculum in Michi- the meeting, Planning Commis- the Michigan Department of gan. When the census is conduct- sion member Lorraine Mussatti Natural Resources explained ed this year, Wild fears that due raised concern about the Delich how the mine started in 1928 to white nosed syndrome, bat variances, asking what kind of and stretches 1,400 feet into the numbers might only number Submitted photo message the city would be send- escarpment where it forms a T, BESSEMER STUDENTS Alyssa Lewis and Phoebe Napier stand by an 8-foot diameter gear at the former going 600 feet to the west, 400 Carp Lake Mine stamp mill during a recent class field trip to the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. MINING — page 5 WAKEFIELD — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY DUCK POND Business . .14 Daily Globe Inc. Monday Today’s records High 72 High 84 (1930) RUN Classifieds . .12-13 Vol. 97, Ed. 240 118 E. McLeod Ave. Mostly cloudy P.O. Box 548 Low 48 Low 19 (1919) Comics . .11 —Details, page 2 30th annual Ironwood, MI 49938 Community . .3 Year ago today Precipitation run/walk held in Obituaries . .2 High 64 To 7 a.m. Watersmeet yourdailyglobe.com Low 41 Monday none Opinion . .4 906-932-2211 —Sports Sports . .9-10 page 9 Get in front of breast cancer. Take a quick assessment at aspirus.org/myrisk today. 2 l TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016 AREA / STATE THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR IRONWOOD Obituaries TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Lawrence J. Levra IRONWOOD, Mich. — Lawrence J. Levra, Casey, Ashley, Carly and 82, of Hurley, Wis., died Wednesday, Oct. 5, Dylan; and three great grand- 2016, in Ironwood. children, Kodie, Brayden and Mostly Cloudy Rain Likely Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny Mostly Cloudy Lawrence was born Jan. 28, 1934, in Iron Kallin. Belt, Wis., son of the late John and Minnie Besides his parents and 64º 45º 47º 33º 47º 36º 54º 44º 60º 50º (Rosetti) Levra. wife, Lawrence was preceded Winds: 5-10 mph S Winds: 10-15 mph S Winds: 10-15 mph SE Winds: 5-10 mph SE Winds: 5-15 mph E He attended Iron Belt schools, graduating in death by a son, Curtis from the Iron Belt High School with the class “Curt” on Jan. 24, 2009; and Ontonagon LOCAL OUTLOOK of 1952. From Feb. 17, 1954, until Feb. 16, sisters, Eleanor and Lorraine. 64/48 .*/01%+2%+"33%422%5*4631%73*8/1%49"24%+"6$%0% 1956, he served in the U.S.