Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI Girls hoops E-TC girls end season Redsautosales.com with loss to Stephenson SPORTS • 9 DAILY GLOBE Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Partly cloudy yourdailyglobe.com | High: 40 | Low: 32 | Details, page 2 BUILDING EVACUATED Snow load closes Ironwood Township hall By RICHARD JENKINS beams on the east side of [email protected] the gym’s ceiling and the IRONWOOD TOWN- building’s east exterior SHIP – The scheduled wall appeared to be bowing activities at the Ironwood out. It couldn’t be deter- Township township hall mined if there was addi- ended abruptly Monday tional damage. evening as at least two sup- The structural damage port beams in the build- complicates the removal of ing’s gymnasium cracked the snow off the roof. Sev- under the apparent weight eral people assessing the of the snow load on the situation expressed a fear roof, leading to the build- that the roof could give way ing’s evacuation. beneath workers were The township board of clearing the snow. trustees’ scheduled meet- “We don’t want anyone ing was wrapping up in the going up on the roof in the adjacent meeting room dark where you can’t watch shortly after 6 p.m. when what’s happening with the Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe some of the people snow load,” said Deputy A GOGEBIC COUNTY Sheriff’s Department vehicle and Beacon Ambulance block one of the entrances to the involved with the basket- Supervisor LeRoy Johnson, Ironwood Township township hall parking lot Monday evening after several support beams in the building’s ball practice in the gym who is filling in for Super- gymnasium cracked under the weight of the snow load. informed the room that the visor Steve Boyd. beams were splitting. There was also a fear the “We want to make sure cause,” Johnson said. prevent further buckling tional cracking overnight. The building was subse- wall could give way onto it’s done safely. … As you With night falling, John- overnight. “Hopefully we can get quently evacuated and equipment needed to give take snow off, it changes son said Ruotsala Con- The braces will allow the snow load off of it and parking lot closed to traffic. workers access to the roof the load-bearing on the struction was planning to workers to re-assess the sit- then they can start working There were visible without standing on the roof itself and you never use several Ibeams to brace uation in the daylight and on the inside to restructure cracks in at least two of the building. know what it’s going to the wall from the outside to see if there was any addi- that,” Johnson said. Curry Park grant submission approved By BRYAN HELLIOS The project is estimated [email protected] to cost $20,000 for the pur- IRONWOOD – The chase of the land only. The Ironwood City Commis- city is seeking $14,800 in sion approved submitting grant funds from the DNR a DNR Trust Fund Grant to offset the purchase cost. program application to The city also authorized acquire the Beltline Rail- submission of a DNR grant road Grade during the to make improvements to commissions meeting held Curry Park. The Phase 2 Monday at the Ironwood portion of the project will Memorial Building. update the electricity and The Beltline acquisition improve access for approx- would connect into the imately 10 campsites. The P.J. Glisson/Daily Globe western end of the Iron city has committed $5,000 MEMBERS OF Wakefield’s planning commission listen closely at their Monday meeting while city manager Belle Trail, creating a net- in cash funds plus $8,390 Bob Brown, center, presents an ambitious game plan for the coming months. From left are commission mem- work of looping trails to of in-kind obligations to bers Jim Anderson and Karen Manson. On the other side of Brown is chairman Dale White. Member Tara increase access for recre- Hamilton has her back turned, and member Marsha Vestich is not shown. ational activities within the city. Wakefield city manager outlines goals for commission GRANT — page 5 By P.J. GLISSON clear, open mind about where we’re council, and 2. To act on some mat- [email protected] going.” ters as a legislative board in its own Weight limits go into effect Monday WAKEFIELD – At their regular City manager Bob Brown then right. BESSEMER – The Goge- said weight limits are Monday meeting, Chairman Dale spent his first commission meeting He said commission members bic County Road Commis- imposed to protect the White told members of Wakefield’s explaining to members what he will be in charge of creating a new sion Board of Commission- roads and save money on planning commission that the hopes they will accomplish in the master plan, capital improvement ers enacted seasonal repairs. nature of their roles was about to next year or so. plan and recreation plan. They also weight restrictions on “The funding is such change. Using a slide show, Brown will be in charge of zoning ordi- roads to begin at 7 A.M. right now that we can’t “We’re going to become more reminded that the planning commis- Monday, March 18. proactive in what happens in town,” sion has two major functions: 1. To Barry Bolich, manager he said, adding, “Everybody keep a act as an advisory board to the city of the road commission, GOALS — page 5 LIMITS — page 5 Wakefield City Council accepts resignation from Pat Mann By P.J. GLISSON Feb. 28, for progress forward,” she stated in mayor pro tempore Amy Tarro at Master plan [email protected] health and her letter. She added she hopes the Feb. 27 work session. “I’m In other news, city manager WAKEFIELD – Wakefield city personal rea- the progress will continue. going to miss you.” Bob Brown reported the need to council members voted Monday sons. As of Feb. 28, there were 250 “I really would like to thank make progress on the city’s new evening to accept the resignation “I have days remaining in Mann’s term, Pat,” added mayor John Granato master plan recreation plan, and of council member Pat Mann. enjoyed work- and the next election will not be at the same session. “We’re los- capital improvement plan, and They then voted to accept Res- ing with all of until Nov. 5. ing a really good council per- said the planning commission olution No. 2019-251, declaring you and feel The related resolution states son. She’s been good for the will lead on all counts. an open council seat, and also that we have that the council must appoint a town.” He noted that Wakefield voted to advertise the open posi- accomplished replacement when 90 or more Both Tarro and Granato com- Township voted last week to use tion. a lot on mov- days remain in the term of a mended Mann, a former city trea- Pat Mann submitted her resigna- Mann ing Wake- resigning member. surer, for her knowledgeable tion in a Feb. 27 letter, effective f i e l d ’ s “Pat, I want to thank you,” said work on city budgets. MANN — page 5 TODAY INDEX Partly cloudy — Details, page 2 Business . .13 75 cents Classifieds . .12-14 Monday Today’s records Snowfall Comics . .11 Vol. 100, No. 94 High 27 High 62 (2012) 24 hours to 7 a.m. Community . .3 Low 10 Low -23 (1984) Monday 2.4 in. Snow depth 31 in. Obituaries . .7 Year ago today Precipitation Season total 169.4 in. Opinion . .4 High 33 24 hours to 7 a.m. Last year 134.6 in. Low 13 Monday 0.16 in. Sports . .9-10 l 2 TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2019 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD Highlights of Trump’s TODAY WEDNESDAYWEDNESDDAY THURSDAY FRIDAYFRIDDAY SATURDAY $4.7 trillion budget WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s Scattered Partly Cloudy Rain LikelyLikely Rain Likely Snow Likely $4.7 trillion budget request Snow proposes steep cuts to domestic spending, a fund- 40° 32° 45° 35°355° 43° 26° 30° 14° 28° 18° ing boost for the Pentagon Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: and $8.6 billion for his sig- 10-1510-15 mphmph S 8 mmphph SSSESE 6-106-10 mphmph W 10-1410-14 mphmph NWNW 8 mphmph W nature border wall with Mexico. Leading Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK Democrats immediately 41/33 rejected the plan, signaling Todayy we will see partly cloudy Bergland skies, highg of 440°,0°, humidityy of 61%. another bruising fight just 43/37 Southh wind 10 to 15 mph. The record weeks after a standoff that Wakefield Ironwood high for today is 62° set in 2012. led to a 35-day partial gov- Saxon 42/36 40/32 Marenisco ExpecExpectct cloudy skies tonight with an ernment shutdown, the 41/33 80% chance of rain, overnight low 42/36 longest in U.S. history. Bessemer of 32°32°.°. Upson Hurley 42/34 Watersmeet A look at the highlights 40/32 40/32 41/33 SUNS AND MOON from the White House pro- Mercer posal: 40/34 Manitowish 41/33 SunriseSunri . ...............................................................................se .........................................................................7:19 a.m. Border wall fight Minocqua SunsetSunse . ...............................................................................et...........................................................................7:01 p.m. renewed 41/34 MoonriseMoon . ...............................................................................nrise .......................................................................10:24 a.m. Trump’s proposal for MoonsetMoon . ...............................................................................nset........................................................................12:17 a.m. the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 includes $8.6 billion ALMANAC REGIONALREGIONAL WEATHER NATIONALNAATIONAL WEATHER to build the U.S-Mexico Today Wed. 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