Coming Friday! Call (906) 932-4449 Coming Friday! Ironwood, MI DEPOT DASH Gogebic basketball & Snowshoe Book Walk Samsons beat Finlandia University Redsautosales.com Kids 10 & under – FREE 4 - 5:30pm at the Depot Park, Ironwood SPORTS • 9 Since 191 9 DAILY GLOBE Thursday, January 9, 2020 Scattered snow yourdailyglobe.com | High: 32 | Low: 20 | Details, page 2 Iron O N I C E County ballots set for April 7 election By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] Ballots are set for the spring election in Iron County after Tuesday’s filing deadline. Besides the county board of supervisors, there are also elections on April 7 for mayor and city council seats in Hurley and Montreal, the Mer- cer town board and the Hurley and Mercer school boards. The April 7 ballot will also include voting in Wisconsin’s presidential primary. While most members of the county board are running unop- posed for reelection, there will be a few new people on the board. In District 1 (Hurley) newcomer Kathleen Byrns is running unop- posed to fill a seat being vacated by Jay Aijala. In District 15 (Sher- man) Anne McComas is running Tom LaVenture / Daily Globe A SNOWMOBILE sits parked next to an ice fishing tent on the Gile Flowage on Tuesday as seen from the Gile boat landing. to fill a seat that is open after the death of supervisor Brad Matson last year. Also, in District 14 (Mercer) incumbent Jim Kichak is facing opposition from Tanner Hiller. Board seeks counsel for Gogebic County’s reimbursement case The other 12 districts will see By TOM LAVENTURE In the county administrator’s elected James Byrns as vice-chair bic County Sheriff Pete no change in representation, [email protected] report, Juliane Giackino said the for 2020. There were no addi- Matonich to purchase a 2020 including District 2 (Hurley) Joe BESSEMER – The Gogebic county building elevator is tional nominations. Dodge Ram pickup truck that Pinardi, D3 (Hurley) Jamey Fran- County Board of Commissioners breaking down more frequently The election of vice chair, will serve as a sheriff’s depart- cis, D4 (Hurley) Larry Youngs, on Wednesday approved 7-0 a including a December incident according to Gerry Pelissero, ment vehicle. The $29,202 pur- D5 (Gile) Bill Thomas, D6 (Mon- new attorney to provide legal when an employee was stuck county register of deeds, occurs chase price was $500 lower than treal) Ken Saari, D7 (Kimball) counsel for the ongoing retire- inside for approximately 20 min- each year when the chair has the next bid and was already Brandon Snyder, D8 (Saxon-Gur- ment funds issue with the West- utes. The problem is with the been elected for two years. Com- included in the annual county ney) Karl Krall, D9 (Anderson- ern Upper Peninsula Manpower door motors that are no longer missioner Dan Siirila was elect- budget through the U.S. Depart- Knight-Pence) Pat Hanson, D10 Consortium. serviced by the manufacturer ed chair for two years at the 2019 ment of Agriculture grant funds. (Oma-Carey) Scott Erickson, D11 Wendy Marcotte of Mar- and an upgrade would also re-organizational meeting, when The board accepted a com- (Mercer) John Sendra, D12 (Mer- quette, will provide counsel require a computer, she said. Byrns was first elected vice- munication from Greg Ryskey, cer) Opal Roberts, and D13 (Mer- regarding the county’s legal and “The cost is about $140,000 chair. Gogebic County grant adminis- cer) Tom Thompson Jr. legislative efforts over five years for an upgrade,” Giackino said. The board approved reap- trator, regarding the County to recoup more than $900,000 Discussions are ongoing to pointing Robert Sharon to the Remonumentation program Elsewhere in funds in a rule transition for see if the work can be done in Personnel and Negotiations revisions that will require proof Hurley will have a new mayor retirement legacy costs with the phases but it looks like the work Committee with a recommenda- that the county approved its as incumbent Paul Mullard is not Western Upper Peninsula Man- will need to be done at one time, tion from Scott Parrot, director revised county plan. seeking reelection. Councilman power Consortium in 2015. she said. of the Department of Health and The board accepted a com- Jay Aijala and Thomas Conhar- The previous attorney, Steven “I knew that we would have Human Services. Sharon’s cur- munication from James Zyduck, toski are on the ballot for a two- Pence, announced his retirement to do this eventually,” she said. rent term expired Oct. 31, 2019. director of hydro plants for Xcel effective Jan. 31. Marcotte is an “I didn’t think it would be so Sharon was also the only appli- associate with the former firm costly.” cant. and is familiar with the case. The board unanimously re- The board authorized Goge- ELECTION — page 8 COUNSEL — page 5 POLAR BEAR HOCKEY Stabenow, Peters call for action in response to high Great Lakes water levels continue to help our communi- n Request ties address the near- and long- includes money for term challenges that stem, in Ontonagon part, from the climate crisis.” The two senators called for the dredging action in a letter sent to Rickey WASHINGTON – Michigan’s “R.D.” James, the assistant secre- two senators, Democrats Debbie tary of the army for civil works; Stabenow and Gary Peters, and Mick Mulvaney, the director annoucned Monday that they of the Office of Management and were calling on the Department Budget. of the Army and the Office of The letter identified several Management and Budget to areas for funding in the Army address the high water levels Corps’ 2020 work plan – includ- around the Great Lakes in the ing maintenance dredging for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ commercial and recreational har- budget for the 2020 fiscal year. bors around the state. Included in that call was a “The Administration’s … bud- funding request for dredging get contains significant gaps in Ontonagon and other commer- funding to address the dredging cial harbors around the state. needs at harbors across Michi- “Communities and coastlines gan. It is our understanding that across Michigan have been bat- there is a $4 million shortfall in tered by flooding and erosion as the amount needed to dredge a result of record high water lev- commercial harbors in Holland, Tom LaVenture/Daily Globe els on the Great Lakes and inland Marquette, Monroe and Onton- GAVIN MODERSON, left, is about to pass a puck back to teammate Delwyn Westeen, during a waterways,” the two senators agon,” the letter reads. hockey practice on Wednesday at the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center in Ironwood. The two are with wrote. “It is imperative that the the U-12 Pee Wee team for 11-13 year-olds and part of the Polar Bear Hockey program. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers LEVELS — page 5 TODAY INDEX Scattered snow — Details, page 2 Business . .15 75 cents Classifieds . .14-16 Wednesday Today’s records Snowfall Comics . .11 Vol. 101, No. 41 High 10 High 49 (1990) 24 hours to 7 a.m. Community . .3 Low 0 Low -40 (1977) Wednesday 2.3 in. Snow depth 18 in. Obituaries . .6 Year ago today Precipitation Season total 101.2 in. Opinion . .4 High 27 24 hours to 7 a.m. Last year 72.8 in. Sports . .9-10 Low 7 Wednesday 0.11 in. l 2 THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 NATION / WORLD THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY FRIDAYY SATURDAY SUNDAYSUNDAY MONDAY Scattered Scattered Mostly CloudyClouudy Isolated Snow Chancee Snow Snow Snow 32° 20° 22° 5°5 14° 6° 19° 9° 23° 16° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 6-186-18 mphmph S 9 mphmph W 9-139-13 mphmph NENE 9 mmphph EESESE 8 mphmph S Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 33/27 Todayy we will see cloudy skies with Bergland a 40%% chance of scattered snow, 31/20 high ttemperature of 32°, humidity of Wakefield Ironwood 80%. South wind 6 to 18 mph. Snow Saxon 31/18 32/20 Marenisco accumulationmulation of less than one 33/21 inch ppossible. Bessemer 31/19 Upson Hurley 31/18 Watersmeet 32/20 32/20 32/20 SUNS AND MOON Associated Press RESCUE WORKERS carry the body of a victim of an Ukrainian plane crash among Mercer 32/20 debris of the plane in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednes- Manitowish day. 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