Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI Boys hoops Wakefield-Marenisco beat Redsautosales.com Bessemer 56-47 SPORTS • 6 DAILY GLOBE Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Mostly cloudy yourdailyglobe.com | High: 21 | Low: 12 | Details, page 2 Olympus snowmobile racing premieres Saturday By BRYAN HELLIOS takes a lot of work. [email protected] “I’d like to thank all of IRONWOOD – Final our sponsors and volun- preparations for the Iron- teers for helping us out,” wood Snowmobile Olym- Auvinen said. pus race will begin on Racers wanting to regis- Thursday at Gogebic ter for the event can go County Fairgrounds. Race online at provintagerac- Director Tom Auvinen, ing.com but have do so by said the event was original- noon on Thursday he ly scheduled to be held added. near the end of December, The track will be avail- but warm weather caused able on Friday from 1-4 the race to be postponed p.m. for registered racers and rescheduled for this so they can take a couple Saturday from 9 a.m. until laps and make final adjust- 4 p.m. ments to their test their “We plan to be out at sleds Auvinen said. the track Thursday evening Thirty-seven classes of to get the snow cleared off vintage snowmobiles from and to set up bales of hay stock all the way up to 800 on Friday,” he said. super-mods will be racing He said they have he added already built about a foot The public is welcome of ice on the half- mile to come and see those rac- track at the fairgrounds. ers get ready on Friday at With about 2,500 bales no cost, he said. The actual of hay and more than 400 race on Saturday cost $10 hours of dedicated volun- for adults while kids 12 teer hours to get the track Bryan Hellios/Daily Globe race-ready, Auvinen said HAY BALES covered in snow sit at the Gogebic County Fairground’s racetrack Tuesday. Crews will begin clear- preparing for the event ing away snow in preparation for the vintage snowmobile races to be held Saturday. RACES — page 5 Ontonagon Bessemer planners tie on marijuana zoning ordinance County By P.J. GLISSON guidelines. [email protected] A later, related vote on assault BESSEMER – The recreational marijuana Bessemer planning com- zoning resulted in a tie, mission was scheduled to and commissioners tabled defendant vote on two ordinances the ordinance on storage Monday evening, but containers. arraigned resulted in tying a vote on “Why are you going to one and tabling another. jump the gun?” asked com- ONTONAGON – A Members did, however, missioner Bill McDonald Watersmeet man was arrested vote unanimously to pass regarding Ordinance No. in Mass City Monday for on to the city council a cap- 372, which amends the assaulting his father with a ital improvement plan with city’s current zoning ordi- knife. their support. A related nance to add the prohibi- Marcus Bain, 23, was hearing on that matter tion of recreational mari- arraigned in Ontonagon Dis- opened and closed with no juana establishments. trict Court before District comment. “What about it is an Judge Janis Burgess Tuesday Two additional public emergency?” asked com- on charges of assault with hearings were held on a missioner Louis intent to do bodily harm less P.J. Glisson/Daily Globe recreational marijuana Miskovich, who wondered than murder, assault with a BESSEMER PLANNING commission member Louis Miskovich looks on at fel- zoning ordinance and on why the ordinance, in its dangerous weapon and resist- low commissioners during their regular Monday evening meeting. His chal- an ordinance prohibiting ing and obstructing an officer. lenges of two pending ordinances resulted in one being tabled and another portable storage containers It was alleged that Bain being tied. that exceed specific size was riding in a vehicle with ORDINANCE — page 5 his 54 year old father in the Military Hill area when the alleged assault took place. His UW-Extension to host father, in an attempt to find MDNR sets new daily perch limit safety, pulled over in Merrit’s LANSING – Fisherman and Ontonagon counties. Travel Center in Mass City maple syrup tapping class will have to settle for keep- Lake Gogebic has a limit of where a US Forest Service ing fewer perch when fish- 25 fish per day, with no Law Enforcement Officer and HURLEY – Those interested in other class will be held at the Mercer ing in Michigan waters this more than five of those a Michigan DNR official learning more about maple syrup pro- Town Hall from 2-3:30 p.m. spring, as the Michigan fishing being 12 inches or assisted the Sheriff Depart- duction will have the opportunity to “These classes are designed for DNR has imposed new longer. ment with the complaint. The find out how to begin participating in those new to maple syrup making. daily limits for yellow Lake Erie will still have father reportedly received an the local tradition as Iron County UW- Whether you are not sure how to iden- perch. a 50-fish limit. injury to his hand. Extension is offering a pair of classes tify a sugar maple tree or you have Starting April 1, the pos- The reduction in legal Bond was set at $250,000 on the topic. been tapping trees for years, this is an session limit has been limits, which the Michigan cash, surety at 10 percent. Two classes will be offered Feb. 23, opportunity to pick up some new tips reduced from 50 to 25 fish Natural Resources Com- Bain remains in the Onton- one in the northern part of the county on producing your own maple syrup,” per day on most state mission approved late last agon County Jail. A probable and one in southern Iron County. Agriculture Educator Darrin Kimbler waters. year after “extensive public cause hearing is set for Febru- The northern one will take place at Locally, the exceptions ary 11. Many Maples Sugar Bush in the town include those fishing on — Jan Tucker of Saxon from 10-11:30 a.m., while the Lake Gogebic in Gogebic SYRUP — page 5 PERCH — page 5 DNR officers respond to calls for help during cold winter weather Stranded mobilers whose sleds had fallen was 3 to 4 feet deep. approaching 40 degrees below more commendable during times n through the ice into the water. One of the snowmobilers had zero to blizzard conditions that of challenging weather condi- snowmobilers, Conservation officer Mark Zit- climbed a ridge to reach enough forced the closure of a section of tions or natural disasters.” motorists and nik and U.S. Forest Service offi- cellphone signal to notify county more than one of the Upper Conservation officers used cer Dave Tembruell were the last dispatchers. EMS personnel treat- Peninsula’s major highways. their 4-wheel-drive patrol trucks crash victims dispatched to the scene, but the ed the men and officers got them “Our conservation officers and snowmobiles to respond to among those aided first to find the snowmobilers. safely back to their vehicle. The respond to dangerous, potential- numerous emergency situations By JOHN PEPIN “We found them huddling following day, the three sleds ly life-threatening incidents on a during the polar vortex State of Michigan Department of Natural around a fire, soaking wet,” Zit- were pulled from the lake. regular basis, providing aid and Emergency declared by Gov. Resources nik said. This incident from Jan. 26 comfort to those in need of help,” Gretchen Whitmer. With temperatures dropping With a stream feeding into the illustrates the conditions officers said DNR Law Enforcement Divi- DNR conservation officers to 18 degrees below zero, res- lake, the ice the riders’ sleds were working under over eight sion Chief Gary Hagler. “Howev- cuers in Alger County were sent dropped through measured only days of intense winter weather, er, the courage and dedication to Clyde Lake to find three snow- about an inch thick. The water which ranged from wind chills exhibited by our officers is even RESCUES — page 11 TODAY INDEX Mostly cloudy — Details, page 2 Classifieds . .9-10 75 cents Comics . .8 Tuesday Today’s records Snowfall Community . .3 Vol. 100, No. 65 High 13 High 53 (2005) 24 hours to 7 a.m. Entertainment . .12 Low 3 Low -27 (1936) Tuesday 3 in. Snow depth 19 in. Obituaries . .2 Year ago today Precipitation Season total 101.8 in. Opinion . .4 High 12 24 hours to 7 a.m. Last year 118 in. Low -10 Tuesday 0.1 in. Sports . .6-7 l 2 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD Obituaries Briefs TODAY THURSDAYTHURSDAAY FRIDAY SATURDAYSATURRDAY SUNDAY Oregon man pleads guilty to leaving Robert Michael Mattila baby in Montana woods WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Robert Michael Mattila, 77, of Wakefield Township, passed away late Sunday MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) Mostly Cloudy Snow LikelyLikeely Snow Likely Isolatedd Snow Mostly Cloudy evening, Feb. 3, 2019, at his home, surrounded by — An Oregon man has family. pleaded guilty to charges 21° 12° 18° -3°-33° 4° -11° 8° -4° 14° 4° Robert was born on July 1, 1941, in Wakefield, a alleging he abandoned a 5- month-old baby under a Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: son of Uno Michael and Mida Hildegard (Johnson) pile of debris in the woods 3-73-7 mphmph NENE 8-118-11 mphmph ENEENE 1313 mphmph WNWWNW 3-63-6 mphmph WSWWSW 5 mphmph SSWSSW Mattila. He attended Wakefield High School and of western Montana. graduated in 1959. The Missoulian reports Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK On Aug.