Scattered thunderstorms High: 62 | Low: 51 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Thursday, September 22, 2016 75 cents Board approves contract to fix audit problems By RICHARD JENKINS was reported there was approxi- the water and sewer fund. All the While the discrepancy has external reviews that were find, that Deb Bradford can’t [email protected] mately $55,000 unaccounted for other funds have been gone kept Ahonen from completing the unable to account for the money find. I think we really owe it to IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — from the township’s water and through,” said Treasurer Jyl audit, Olson-DeRosso said the — Ahonen and Debbie Bradford, the township and ourselves to There was only one item on the utilities funds, a discrepancy Olson-DeRosso. audit can be filed with a “clean who the board hired to help pre- say, ‘You know what, we’re going agenda for Wednesday’s special which made completing the audit The contract was created by opinion” if the state auditor finds pare for the audit and put sys- to look for fraud. If there isn’t, Ironwood Township Board of difficult. Cary J. Vaughn, who has been and resolves the discrepancies. tems in place to prevent financial great.’” Trustee meeting, a contract with Wednesday’s approval to con- one of the township’s primary Several trustees questioned issues from arising. According to information pre- the Michigan Department of tract with the state will allow the contacts with the Treasury whether there should be more of “We’ve got a lot of red flags,” sented at the meeting, the state’s Treasury to hire the depart- Department of Treasury to come Department, after Vaughn spoke an emphasis investigating the Lyons said. “In particular, we auditor will be more extensive ment’s audit division to resolve in and find the missing funds. both with township officials and possibility fraud is involved in have money right now that is than the previous reviews and if the discrepancies with the town- “That is the one thing that its auditor, Gus Ahonen — with the discrepancy. unaccounted for — that our peo- ship’s 2015 audit. was holding up this year’s filing the firm Makela, Pollack and Trustee Kevin Lyons said the ple that work here can’t find, At the board’s July meeting, it of the audit, the discrepancy in Ahonen. township has already had two that our regular auditor can’t AUDIT — page 5 AFTER THE STORM Senior broadband summit planned By RICHARD JENKINS McKindles, who chairs the [email protected] broadband committee. “The pur- HURLEY — In an effort to pose of the meeting is to analyze gauge the strengths and weak- what types of services are avail- nesses of broadband service in able to seniors currently — and Iron County, particularly the also I’m hoping the outcome of resources offered to senior resi- the focus group is going to be dents, the Gogebic Range Broad- analyze what the needs are in band Committee and University the future.” of Wisconsin Extension System The focus group will meet are holding an upcoming focus Sept. 29, beginning at 2 p.m., at group session. the Iron County Courthouse. “The primary reason (the Funded through a grant from focus group) is coming together is Bader Philanthropies and run by to analyze the resources that are the UW Extension System’s available to the senior citizens of Broadband and E-Commerce this area. And senior citizens Education Center, the focus when I say that this includes everybody, because eventually we will all be there,” said Norm RADAR HILL — page 5 Trail work nears completion By TOM STANKARD Moore Street, according to Cole- [email protected] man Engineering’s Paul Ander- BESSEMER — The finishing son. Also, the observation decks touches are being made on Phase are complete, he said. 2 of the Western Gateway Trail Work on fencing the trail that will stretch from the Iron- where necessary is in progress. wood city limit to Bessemer by Meanwhile, work on the bridges the end the construction season along the trail is on-going. in October. Anderson said furniture, such as Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe The authority governing the benches, is going to be installed IRON COUNTY Highway Department workers install a temporary bridge over Oronto Creek at Saxon Harbor Wednesday. Once complete, the trail learned Wednesday paving 80-foot bridge will restore access to the harbor via County A — a necessary step to make sure the harbor and those living there aren’t cut off of the trail is complete all the during winter. Among those working on the project were, from left, Dominic Pozzani, Bill Thompson and Kurt Kluhsman. way to the end of Phase 2 on TRAIL — page 5 Wet summer good Superior Springs to open water bottling plant in Marenisco By TOM STANKARD news for fall colors [email protected] MARENISCO — After a pro- By RALPH ANSAMI weather conditions. posal to build a water-bottling [email protected] The best fall colors usually plant in Presque Isle, Wis., was The ample summer rain and occur in far northern Wisconsin turned down, the plants devel- lack of cool weather has delayed during the last week of Septem- opers are contructing a similar the fall color show across the ber and first week of October. plant 10 miles away in Marenis- Gogebic Range. “Weather during the growing co. It’s the first day of autumn season is critical for the abun- The Presque Isle town board and fall colors are just beginning dant quantity of leaves needed to rejected a request for the plant to show, but a few cold nights provide the potential for an because of concerns about using could speed up the process. excellent fall color display,” water from the nearby Carlin Wisconsin Department of Nat- Kirsten Held, DNR forestry out- Club well because it could cause ural Resources forestry experts a reduction in the aquifer level. note the peak of fall colors varies In response, the Marenisco from year to year, depending on Township board gave the devel- FALL — page 7 opers 10 acres of land to build, and a connection to sewer and water lines for free. Tom Stankard/Daily Globe Hurley language course spans world Construction continued PROGRESS IS being made Wednesday afternoon for a new water-bottling plant that is being constructed Wednesday on the plant located in Marenisco. By RALPH ANSAMI told the school board Monday as on Faire Avenue and Sawmill [email protected] she explained a world language Lane. One of the developers, there will be a well. In addition, including the “Carlin Club ber. HURLEY — High school stu- class that gives students a taste James Luedtke, said the facility Luedtke said they will take Water” and the “Waters of To bottle the water, they will dents tend to learn foreign lan- of various native tongues. will be 25,200-square feet, but is “some water” from the Carlin Marenisco.” use a pneumatic blow-mold sys- guages much quicker than Students are required to con- unsure of how much it will cost Club well. Luedtke said the plant would tem. adults. in the end. He said it’s at least The operating company is initially process roughly 24,000 That’s what Hurley School $700,000 “right now.” Superior Springs, LLC. So far, gallons of water perday. He said District teacher Natalie Patritto On the site, Luedtke said the facility will bottle two labels, they hope to increase that num- HURLEY — page 5 MARENISCO — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY HIGH SCHOOL Business . .15 Daily Globe Inc. Wednesday Today’s records High 70 High 88 (1908) FOOTBALL Classifieds . .13-14 Vol. 97, Ed. 224 118 E. McLeod Ave. Scattered t-storms P.O. Box 548 Low 52 Low 25 (1904) Comics . .12 —Details, page 2 Weekly Preview Ironwood, MI 49938 Community . .3 Year ago today Precipitation Obituaries . .none High 73 To 7 a.m. — Sports yourdailyglobe.com Low 44 Wednesday none page 9 Opinion . .4 906-932-2211 Sports . .9-10 Move freely. Live fully. 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