Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI Somerville returns home Former Ironwood standout talks Redsautosales.com to local running club SPORTS • 9 DAILY GLOBE Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Scattered thunderstorms yourdailyglobe.com | High: 84 | Low: 63 | Details, page 2 Hurley school G O I N G U P Iron County board hears judge dead expansion at 69 By RICHARD JENKINS update [email protected] By BRYAN HELLIOS HURLEY – Iron County Judge [email protected] Patrick Madden died last week, HURLEY – Members of Hur- ending over three decades on the ley K-12 School District were bench. He was 69. given a sneak peek of the North- Madden was found in his woods Manufacturing expansion home Wednesday morning, during Monday night’s school according to courthouse offi- board meeting. cials. The approximately $1.2 mil- Madden served on the bench lion addition doubles the size of for 33 years, starting when Gov. the school’s shop and will allow Anthony Earl appointed him in students the opportunity to work June 1986 to replace retiring with the latest technology. judge John Varda. Madden was Jake Hostettler, metals weld- first elected to the bench in 1987. ing instructor at the school, said Prior to becoming a judge, the project is moving along and Madden served as Iron County he is excited about installing the district attorney and corporation equipment. counsel in 1985. “I can’t wait until its all done, Courthouse officials told the this is looking great” he said. Daily Globe Gary Carlson, of “Every week that I come back in Medford, will serve as a reserve here it’s further along.” judge for the county until Gov. Kevin Genisot, district admin- Tony Evers appoints a replace- istrator said there will be an open ment. The county hasn’t received house near the end of August a timeline for the appointment. and there will be tours of the In addition to his law degree Northwoods Manufacturing from the University of Wiscon- space. sin-Madison, Madden held a Gary Pelkola, president of the master’s degree in public admin- Hurley Education Foundation istration and in judicial studies. Board, showed the school board He also had a degree in psychol- a draft of a video which illustrat- ogy from UW-Green Bay. He was ed the benefits students enrolled also involved in several commu- at Hurley K-12 receive. nity organizations. “The (HEF) board decided Funeral arrangements haven’t they needed a way to publicize been announced yet. exactly how wonderful of a facili- ty this school is,” he said. Members of the board applauded after the video was Ironwood finished and thanked him, as well as the HEF board, for all the board renews work they do. “We don’t give out scholar- sports contracts ships,” he said. “All the money Bryan Hellios/Daily Globe By RICHARD JENKINS STEVENS POINT Tents employee Ryan Taugher, left, holds on to a tent stake with Lawrence [email protected] Hebbe while foreman John Dedie guides a center pole on Monday afternoon to set up a 60 by 120 foot tent for Festival Ironwood. IRONWOOD – The Red Devil HURLEY — page 18 athletes in several self-funded sports will be able to continue to compete on their respective teams next year after the Iron- Markkanen to address Ojibway closing in Marenisco Thursday wood Area Schools’ Board of Education renewed contracts for By P.J. GLISSON nen will be at the township hall at the end of last year without hurry to do so, trustee Kelly four of the sports Monday. [email protected] in Marenisco at 1:30 p.m. that properly notifying residents here Dunbar added, “Why they’re “Ironwood Area Schools has a MARENISCO – Members of day. Bouvette said he expects in advance. doing it at all makes no sense.” long tradition of offering a vari- the Marenisco Township board other officials, as yet unnamed, “I’m kind of amazed,” said At the same time, the state ety of quality athletic opportuni- of trustees learned at their Mon- to attend as well. Bouvette regarding the lack of Republican website reports that ties for all students. The board day evening meeting that state Bouvette said he still has not response so far. “I would hope Markkanen has been making a voted to continue that legacy Rep. Greg Markkanen, R- received word on the township’s we get our day in court soon.” formal effort to “repurpose” the tonight by renewing the con- Houghton, will be present appeal to the state Court of Meanwhile, Bouvette said he former prison. tracts for tennis, soccer, cross Thursday to discuss the status of Appeals. The Feb. 7 appeal was has heard that the state of Michi- Toward that end, Markkanen country and our ski team,” the former Ojibway Correctional in relation to a lower court’s rul- gan may remove the former proposed an amendment to con- Superintendent Travis Powell Facility. ing against Marenisco’s attempt prison’s self-sufficient sewage Township supervisor Richard to sue the Michigan Department facility. When he said he could- Bouvette reported that Markka- of Corrections for closing OCF n’t imagine them being in any MARENISCO — page 5 CONTRACTS — page 18 Iron County’s Lake of the Falls Park brings people together from near, far By P.J. GLISSON small dog named Milo that [email protected] belongs to his daughter, Brooke. MERCER – For several dozen “I take care of him all the time,” folks currently at Lake of the he said as he doted on the little Falls Park in Mercer, the only guy. experience better than camping Across the table, Matt Eitrem is to camp with a whole bunch of of Montreal was minding his family and friends. granddaughter, Claire Eitrem, 3, Hence, every year in July, for who was the youngest of about at least a week, several dozen of eight children age 10 and under. them converge from two states The adults estimated that they and several different towns and had about eight additional counties to enjoy a week or more teenagers among them, plus, as of Mother Nature and each Eitrem added, “numerous pets.” other’s company. Shelly Santini of Hurley said “We’re all family friends,” said some of the adults have known Joe Olson of Pence. “We all hang each other since their school together. Our kids hang together, days, and others met in later and now our grandchildren hang years. She noted that they are P.J. Glisson/Daily Globe together.” using 12 campsites and that 40 to LOUNGING ON a balmy Sunday morning at Mercer’s Lake of the Falls Park are, from left, Bob Olson He was sitting at a picnic table of Pence, Shelly Santini of Hurley, Joe Olson of Pence, and Matt Eitrem of Montreal with his grand- with his brother, Bob Olson of daughter, Claire Eitrem, 3, on his lap. Sitting in front of him is Lily Youngs of Hurley. Bob is holding Pence, who in turn was holding a Milo, who belongs to his daughter, Brooke. CAMPING — page 8 TODAY INDEX Scattered t-storms — Details, page 2 Business . .11 75 cents Monday Today’s records Classifieds . .15-17 High 87 High 97 (2006) Comics . .14 Vol. 100, No. 200 Low 75 Low 42 (1912) Community . .3 Year ago today Precipitation Obituaries . .none High 86 24 hours to 7 a.m. Opinion . .4 Low 61 Monday 0.14 in. Sports . .9-10 l 2 TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019 NATION / WORLD THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY WEDNESDAYWEDNESDDAY THURSDAY FRIDAYFRIDDAY SATURDAY Scattered Scatteredd Few Showers Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy T-storms T-stormss 84° 63° 82° 67°677° 81° 68° 86° 64° 82° 63° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 3-83-8 mphmph WSWWSW 5-85-8 mphmph SSEE 6-96-9 mphmph SWSW 9-139-13 mphmph WSWWSW 8 mphmph SESE Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 69/59 Todayy we will see partly cloudy Bergland skies with a 70% chance of showers 85/64 and thunderstorms,thhunderstorms, high temperature Wakefield Ironwood of 84°,4°, humidity of 61%. West Saxon 84/63 84/63 Marenisco southwsouthwestwest wind 3 to 8 mph. The 83/63 recordd high temperature for today is 84/62 Bessemer 97° sesetet in 2006. Upson Hurley 84/64 Watersmeet 83/62 84/63 85/62 SUNS AND MOON Mercer 83/61 Manitowish 83/62 SunriseSunri . ...............................................................................se .........................................................................5:23 a.m. Minocqua SunsetSunse . ...............................................................................et...........................................................................8:49 p.m. Associated Press 84/63 MoonriseMoon . ...............................................................................nrise .......................................................................8:55 p.m. IN THIS July 4 file photo, a group of asylum seekers cross the border between El MoonsetMoon . ...............................................................................nset........................................................................5:00 a.m. Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Thursday. 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