Brewers break slump Potential trade battle Hader sets major league record striking White House delays tariffs on out eight batters for 6-5 win over Reds EU, Canada and Mexico SPORTS • 9 WORLD • 8 DAILY GLOBE Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Scattered thunderstorms yourdailyglobe.com | High: 71 | Low: 41 | Details, page 2 I C Y WA T E R S Township to hold forensic audit presentation By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Wednesday to allow Plante Moran employees to present the results of the township’s forensic audit to residents. While the audit’s results are expected to be discussed publicly for the first time at today’s restitution hearing in Ralph Ansami/Daily Globe Gogebic County Circuit A LONE boater braves the ice floes not far off shore on Lake Superior out of Saxon Harbor on Sunday afternoon. The floating ice has Court, Wednesday’s meeting been drifting in and out. will likely be the first time many residents have the opportunity to hear the details of the case against for- mer treasurer Jyl Olson- Wakefield-Marenisco board accepts several resignations DeRosso. “(The forensic auditor) By P.J. GLISSON Hellman said her job has said he cannot continue three positions will be flying start,” said will be presenting her find- [email protected] been “a pleasure” and the district responsibility posted today. Shamion. “I will say they ings tomorrow morning at MARENISCO — The offered to help train her while also coaching for Shamion also recom- seem to be doing their the restitution hearing, and Wakefield-Marenisco replacement if needed. GCC’s new men’s base- mended the board hire best. They seem to be tak- we would like to have the Board of Education voted Nicole Ribich, of ball program, starting in John Stone, a Bessemer ing it seriously.” opportunity to have every- to accept resignations Wakefield, resigned from the 2018-19 year. insurance agent, as coach The state’s Department body in the township hear from one teacher and two her district position as the Mahler specifically for the district’s junior of Education describes that as well,” Township Super- coaches at its Monday girls’ junior varsity bas- praised district athletic varsity baseball team. the M-STEP on its website visor Steve Boyd said at Mon- meeting at the Marenisco ketball coach. director Mark Lane, not- Pending a standard as “a 21st Century online day’s board of trustees meet- Town Hall. In her resignation let- ing, “It’s been truly a joy background check, the test given for the first time ing. “So the purpose of that The board meets twice ter, Ribich said she has to work with him.” board voted unanimously in the Spring of 2015. It is meeting on Wednesday ... a year in Marenisco, with “truly enjoyed each sea- “They put in a lot of to hire Stone, who was the designed to gauge how would be just to have her pre- the next meeting in that son” of her three years as hours,” said trustee Dan sole applicant for the job. well students are master- sent that and take questions community on Oct. 22. a coach. Obradovich. “Their work In other news, ing state standards.” on the forensic audit.” Connie Hellman, the Bruce Mahler of is appreciated.” Shamion said the State of The description con- The meeting will be held at district’s high school spe- Marenisco also resigned Board president Brad Michigan Standardized tinues, “These standards, 6:30 p.m. at the township cial education teacher, as district coach for the Dalbec said letters of Test is proceeding well developed for educators hall. submitted her resignation girls’ varsity basketball appreciation would be with the district’s stu- Olson-DeRosso pleaded for reasons of retirement. team. sent, and superintendent dents. In a letter to the board, In his letter, Mahler Cathy Shamion said all “M-Steps are off to a W-M — page 5 AUDIT — page 5 REHABILITATION PLAN GCD receives grant to Plan addresses fight invasive species low numbers BESSEMER — The Goge- director and invasive of Lac Vieux bic Conservation District species coordinator. has been awarded $6,960 According to Jim Finley, Desert walleyes in funding from the U.S. GCD administrator, other Department of Agriculture work done by the organiza- WATERSMEET — On Joint Chief’s Landscape tion carries its people to all the Michigan-Wisconsin Restoration Partnership. parts of the two counties. border in Gogebic and The grant takes its “Our Forestry Assistance Vilas counties, Lac Vieux name from the heads of the Program forester, Winona Desert is a 4,000-acre lake U.S .Forest Service and the Grieshop, visits forest where walleye numbers Natural Resources Conser- landowners throughout have been falling. vation Service, the award- the two counties. As the Fisheries managers ing agencies. permit agent for Gogebic have observed all-time The funding will be County’s Soil Erosion and lows of walleyes, stem- used to map and control Sedimentation Control ming from declines in nat- invasive plant species program, I am often in the ural reproduction. infestations in both Goge- area of Lake Gogebic and While the decline is not bic and Ontonagon coun- Watersmeet, so the map- completely understood, a ties. “We have done a lot of ping part of this grant pro- cooperative interagency invasive species work in ject is easily incorporated walleye rehabilitation Submitted photo THE MAP shows depths of Lac Vieux Desert, which lies in both Michigan and Wis- the Ironwood to Wakefield into our normal work.” plan in response was consin. corridor, for example garlic The district plans to pro- recently drafted by the mustard eradication work. duce a brochure to be sent to Great Lakes Indian Fish Desert Band and Sokao- duction and increase the stocking, coordinated This grant allows us to local government agencies and Wildlife Commission, gon (Mole Lake) Chippe- density of adult walleyes population assessments, reach out to other parts of and others that will help Wisconsin Department of wa. to at least 2 to 2.5 fish per harvest management, pub- Gogebic County, and Natural Resources, the The goal of the plan is acre. Ontonagon County, too,” Michigan DNR, Lac Vieux to restore natural repro- The plan includes said Ron Zaleski, GCD WALLEYES — page 5 GRANT — page 5 Bessemer Planning Commission holding public hearings By IAN MINIELLY The commission is also tack- an appeal within Bessemer as a Osier. unable to resolve the issue of vice [email protected] ling a marketing plan for the city, trail and recreation town. Within At the last planning commis- chair. BESSEMER — The city of which is designed to make Besse- that appeal, according to Loper, sion meeting, Terry Kryshak The recreation committee is Bessemer Planning Commission mer a destination of choice for is the creation of a thriving down- made a motion to appoint Louis meeting tonight to discuss whether meets tonight; holding public micro-house living telecom- town area, support for the arts, Miskovich as vice chairman, Bessemer is going to be a dog- hearings on the zoning amend- muters and members of the e- and welcoming of telecommuting which died on the floor without friendly community or not. There ment changes from city council, commerce industry. businesses. support. Miskovich then made a was discussion during the last the capital improvement Charly Loper, city manager, The commission is scheduled motion to appoint Bill McDonald meeting on whether to allow dogs plan,and a public participation described the intent behind the to have a conversation regarding as vice chair, which also died on plan that will impact Bessemer marketing plan during the last the appointment of a vice chair to the floor. The three present mem- for a long time. city council meeting as creating ride shotgun with chairman Dave bers at the last meeting were HEARINGS — page 5 TODAY INDEX Scattered t-storms — Details, page 2 Classifieds . .12-14 75 cents Monday Today’s records Comics . .11 High 73 High 85 (1951) Community . .3 Vol. 99, No. 137 Low 52 Low 16 (1978) Health . .6 Year ago today Precipitation Obituaries . .2, 7 High 49 24 hours to 7 a.m. Opinion . .4 Low 29 Monday none Sports . .9-10 l 2 TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2018 AREA / STATE / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD Obituaries TODAY WEDNESDAYWEDNESDDAY THURSDAY FRIDAYFRIDDAY SATURDAY Andrew (Andy) Martin Kaczmarek MALVERN, Iowa — Andrew (Andy) his beloved dog, Kaczmarek, 48, passed away on April Addy, fly fishing and Scattered Chance Mostly Cloudy Partly CloudyC Partly Cloudy 25, 2018, near Malvern. being outside work- T-storms Showerss Andrew (Andy) Martin Kaczmarek, ing on his yard. He one of four children of Stanley and loved spending time 71° 41° 58° 38°388° 59° 39° 57° 34° 52° 36° Betty (Karling) Kaczmarek, was born with his wife and Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: on July 16, 1969, in Wakefield, Mich. children, all who 113-163-16 mphmph SSWSSW 55-8-8 mphmph W 3-63-6 mmphph SSWSSW 7-157-15 mphmph W 9 mphmph WNWWNW He graduated from A.D. Johnston were his pride and Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK High School in Bessemer in 1987. joy. Andrew was a 63/41 Andrew received a bachelor’s degree in loving husband, an Todayy we will see mostly cloudy business from Michigan Technological Andrew (Andy) amazing dad, and a Bergland skies with a 45% chance of showers Martin 75/43 and thunderstorms,thhunderstorms, high temperature University and a master’s degree in Kaczmarek great friend to all Wakefield Ironwood of 771°,1°, humidity of 61%.