Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI Basketball Preview Bessemer and E-TC face off at Redsautosales.com district final SPORTS • 9 DAILY GLOBE Friday, March 1, 2019 Snow likely yourdailyglobe.com | High: 22 | Low: 6 | Details, page 2 Former Hurley mayor charged in credit card case By RICHARD JENKINS from statements Pinardi allegedly The department decided to get plaint alleges the city of Hurley’s Bill Nordean about Petrusha’s [email protected] made regarding Petrusha’s case, the card in March 2007, accord- Employee Identification Number debt in February 2018 and he HURLEY – Former Hurley according to the criminal com- ing to court documents, to make was used when applying as the said “Nordean indicated he did mayor Joe Pinardi is facing plaint filed Monday. it easier to obtain hotels rooms department didn’t have its own. not think it was a crime for charges in Iron County Court in Pinardi declined to comment when traveling for department Hurley Clerk Stacey Wiercins- Petrusha to use the city credit connection to an existing case beyond saying he was innocent of business. ki learned of the card in January card for personal purchases, but involving former fire chief Darrell the charges Thursday, citing the At the time, there was no city 2018, according to the complaint, thought Petrusha should pay Petrusha. ongoing legal case. or internal policy regarding cred- when she tried to obtain a card what he owed.” Pinardi, 69, is charged with Petrusha is charged with one it cards, according to Monday’s for the police department and Potentially complicating the being a party to the crime of count of unauthorized use of an complaint. was denied because the fire issue of repayment, according to unauthorized use of an entity’s entity’s identifying information “The city council did not department card had a delin- the complaint, was Pinardi’s 2016 identifying information or docu- or documents. approve the receipt of the credit quent balance of $7,800. bankruptcy. According to the ments, misdemeanor false swear- Both cases center on a Hurley card, nor were they required to This led to the Wisconsin complaint, Wiercinski learned ing and obstructing an officer. Fire Department credit card, do so,” the complaint reads. Department of Justice-Division of the debt was discharged during The first is a felony, while the which Petrusha allegedly used for According to the complaint, Criminal Investigation opening the proceedings as it was associ- other two counts are misde- personal purchases between both Petrusha and Pinardi used an investigation in March 2018. meanors. 2013 and 2016 while he was fire their Social Security numbers to According to the complaint, The charges primarily stem chief. apply for the cards. The com- Pinardi spoke with city attorney CHARGE — page 5 Ironwood’s IT’S GONNA BE A WHILE First Friday prepares to Craft Your North By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD – Downtown businesses are preparing for a Craft Your North theme to cel- ebrate Ironwood’s First Fri- day event this evening. Manager of Contrast Cof- fee Co. Becky Bogaczyk, said the shop will offer their signa- ture hand crafted Sisu drinks from 5 to 7 p.m. The store will also have a pop-up shop offer- ing crafts and home décor items. “We are just really excited for this First Friday because it is Craft Your North and we are a coffee crafting shop,” she said. “It should be fun.” Other downtown business are participating in the event as well. Larry Holcombe/Daily Globe The Historic Downtown WITH THE amount of snow covering the park on the corner of Ayer and Lake streets in Ironwood Thursday afternoon, it will be a while Theater will be showing the until children young and old will be playing on the swings or teeter totter. 1982 blockbuster movie “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.” The theater’s website describes the movie as a “clas- sic heart-warming movie that Mountains of Midwest coming Saturday needs to be seen on the big By RICHARD JENKINS Justin Blake, one of the race’s thing relatively unique. he said, adding while the area is screen.” [email protected] organizers, said he got the idea While the distances involved already recognized for its snow- Directed by Steven Spiel- IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP – for hosting the race after attend- in the race means it may be shoeing and skiing; and there berg, the story begins with an The inaugural Mountains of the ing an event in Boulder Junction, geared more to the moderately wasn’t a reason fat biking could- extraterrestrial who was left Midwest winter triathlon is com- Wis., and thinking this area had skilled athletes, he doesn’t want n’t catch on like it has elsewhere behind by his friends and ing to Wolverine Nordic Ski the potential for a more exciting to scare anyone away who in the region. stranded on earth. A small Trails in Ironwood Township. course. thinks they’re up for the chal- Those interested in participat- boy named Elliott becomes The race will start at 10 a.m. “Wolverine (is) super ‘hilly,’ lenge. ing in Saturday’s race can visit his friend and helps hide him Saturday, and feature competitors it’s much more of a challenge and “If you’re a beginner, you Wolverinenordic.com for more from the government while skiing, fat-tire biking and snow- I thought it would be the perfect could very well do it too,” he said. information, or register online at helping him return to his shoeing. place to have a winter triathlon,” Blake said winter triathlons TandHtiming.com. home planet while The triathlon’s three legs will Blake said. are becoming increasingly popu- Online registration ends The movie stars Henry have competitors complete a 6k He said Wolverine has longer lar, especially as fat-tiring biking today, but competitors can also Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter cross-country ski, with both clas- hills and longer climbs than some takes off in the region. register at the Cold Iron Brewery sic or skate skiing allowed; fol- of the other trail systems in the “Events like this are great for from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday or at lowed by a 8k fat-bike race and a area, giving competitors the the area,” he said. Wolverine beginning at 8 a.m. 5k snowshoe. opportunity to experience some- “I’m hoping this catches on,” Saturday. FRIDAY — page 5 R O O F W O R K DIDA discusses how to bring business downtown By BRYAN HELLIOS opment and retention. the population numbers [email protected] The study examined the begin to plateau and not IRONWOOD – The correlation to downtown drop as much,” he said. Downtown Ironwood vacancy with the ability of According to the DIDA’s Development Authority the city to retain a lively website, the goal of the discussed ways to attract business climate. Research authority is to create an new businesses to the showed the vacancy rate of environment in downtown downtown area during its Ironwood to be around Ironwood that is inviting meeting on Thursday at the roughly 20 percent, which and welcoming to resi- Memorial Building in Iron- the study indicated is dents, visitors and the wood. “higher then ideal” to sup- business community. One DIDA board member, port a healthy downtown. of the board’s strategies to Tim Erickson said, the city Erickson said, the popu- revitalize the downtown is conducted a study in 2016 lation has been declining to increase business partic- which analyzed the area since the 1940s, but is ipation in its First Friday Submitted photo and offered insight into hopeful that it will turn WORKERS SHOVEL snow off the Coleman Engineering building on the corner of actions the city could take around. Ayer street and Suffolk Thursday afternoon. Gary Jackson submitted the photo. to improve business devel- “We are starting to see DIDA — page 5 TODAY INDEX Snow likely — Details, page 2 Business . .14 75 cents Classifieds . .12-13 Thursday Today’s records Snowfall Comics . .11 Vol. 100, No. 85 High 24 High 59 (2000) 24 hours to 7 a.m. Community . .3 Low -2 Low -33 (1962) Thursday none Snow depth 32 in. Obituaries . .6 Year ago today Precipitation Season total 160.2 in. Opinion . .4 High 39 24 hours to 7 a.m. Last year 132.4 in. Low 14 Thursday none Sports . .9-10 l 2 FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2019 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY SATURDAYSATURDAAY SUNDAY MONDAYMONNDAY TUESDAY Snow Few Snow Snow Likely Showerss Partly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Showers Likely 22° 6° 18° -8°-88° 5° -11° 6° -6° 9° 2° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 5 mmphph SSSESE 5-95-9 mmphph WNWWNW 9 mphmph W 1010 mmphph WSWWSW 1010 mphmph W Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 24/10 Todayy we will see cloudy skies with Bergland a 7575%5% chance of snow, highg 22/10 tempetemperatureerature of 222°,2°, humidity of 75%. Wakefield Ironwood Southh southeast wind 5 mph. Snow Saxon 21/10 22/6 Marenisco accumulationmulation of less than one 23/8 inch ppossible. Bessemer 23/8 Upson Associated Press Hurley 21/11 Watersmeet MICHAEL COHEN, center, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, 23/6 22/6 23/7 SUNS AND MOON arrives to testify before a closed-door hearing of the House Intelligence Committee Mercer accompanied by his lawyers, Michael Monico, left, of Chicago and Lanny Davis, 24/6 Manitowish right, of Washington, on Capitol Hill, Thursday in Washington. 23/7 SunriseSunri . ...............................................................................se .........................................................................6:40 a.m. Minocqua SunsetSunse . ...............................................................................et...........................................................................5:46 p.m.