Daily Globe (Newspaper) - June 24, 2004, Ironwood, Michigan South Carolina win sets up elimination showdown with Cal State Fullerton Pg 11 GOOD DAY THURSDAY JUNE 24 2004 DAILY Ray Maurin Thank you for your numerous contributions to community theater Gogebic Range Players INSIDE COMPANIONS Certain plants can help others thrive Garden Pg 6 THE RETREAT horpe great or a starter residence V Pg 14 Banner BESSEMER Get the details on the region's largest July 4 celebration Special Section Inside Today Last 24 hours Last year this date Records 1937 1979 Precipitation Last 24 details Page 2 INDEX Business 8 Community 5 Tidbits 3 Insurgents launch series of attacks in Iraq Iraq AP Insurgents launched coordinated attacks against police and buildings across Iraq today less than a week before the handover of sovereignty The strikes killed 69 people ing three American soldiers and wounded more than 270 people Iraqi and U.S officials said The large number of attacks was a clear sign of just how the insurgency in Iraq remains and could he the start of a new push to torpedo day's transfer of sovereignty to an interim transitional ment Interim Prime Minister lynd said the attacks were meant to foil the democratic but he said the situation was under control In Baghdad the Health said at least 66 people were killed and 268 injured wide Those figures did not include U.S dead and injured Some of the heaviest fighting was reported in 35 miles northeast of Baghdad where two American soldiers were killed and seven were wounded the U.S Infantry Division said Attackers also police stations in Ramadi and the northern city of Mosul where car bombs rocked the Iraqi Police Academy two police stations and the hospital Khalid Mohammed an official at the hospital said dozens of injured were brought there At least 50 people died and 170 were wounded there he said A U.S soldier also was lulled and three were wounded in Mosul Mosul's governor imposed a 9 curfew and the city television station urged people to stay home for the general good Four Iraqi soldiers were killed in an explosion near a checkpoint manned by Iraqi and American See IRAQ 2 Suspect in Hurley beating case bound over for trial By RALPH ANSAMI Globe News Editor resident was bound over for trial Wednesday for his role in a fight in Iron County that left an Ironwood man with eight tures in his face Jarid P Leannah 20 of Wheaton a former Iron County resident was ordered to stand trial for recklessly endangering safety and battery with intent to do great bodily harm Leannah entered a not guilty plea and Judge Patrick Madden said he'll set an August schedul- ing hearing for a jury trial The altercation that resulted in surgery for Jesse 30 of Ironwood was investigated by the Iron County Sheriffs ment It occurred after Leannah and others stopped at a bonfire in the Island Lake area on Spring Camp on May 7 where some other people were having a party testified he has no memory of the fight in the Pence area remember being he said his face was bloodied was transported scious from the bonfire to a See TRIAL Page 2 Barb Thompson comforts her son Conor Lietz 12 after the family's home and some vehicles were aged in a storm Wednesday in Kaukauna Severe storms spawning tornadoes blasted much of Wisconsin leaving trails of downed trees power lines and some damaged homes in their wake Storms spawning twisters pound Wisconsin killing one Clemens has Friday court date By MARGARET LEVRA Globe Staff Writer WAUSAU Wis Former Hurley Police Chief Ed Clemens will appear in Marathon County Court Friday on an operating while intoxicated charge Clemens 53 of 5th Avenue North was charged more than a year ago An review hearing is scheduled Kurt Klomberg of the Marathon County District Attorney's office was unavailable for comment today In April Klomberg said a plea agreement was in the works Although he would not discuss the pending agreement he did say It will not be a conviction for drunk driving The charge steins from a May 5 2003 accident on U.S 51 near Wausau Clemens while still Hurley police chief was driving a new squad car from Madison to ley The car left the roadway and struck several trees The sin State Patrol then cited Clemens for drunken driving Clemens posted a bond on the drunken driving charge on May 13 2003 He is being defended by Park Falls attorney Daniel K Snyder By The Associated Press Severe storms spawning apparent tornadoes left trails of downed trees power lines and damaged homes after blasting their way through Wisconsin One person was kilted and several Waupun in Dodge County west of Milwaukee was among the hardest hit by the storms erupted hit a widespread area of the It looks like a bomb went off in the hardest hit areas Waupun Mayor said Welcome to winter in June By MARGARET LEVRA G lobe SUiff Writ rr As summer enters its fourth day the Gogebic Range along with the remainder of the upper portion of the Midwest ly the Great Lakes region is experiencing a typical ter weather said a spokesman from the National Weather Service in Marquette The temperature climbed to 63 degrees in Ironwood on Wednesday and fell to 40 overnight according to readings taken at the wastewater treat- ment plant in Ironwood during the 24-hour period was See COLD Page 2 We've got roofs off houses and a business in the industrial park Hundreds of trees are down There's so many trees down the streets are barricaded You can't get through Eat there were no serious injuries there bly because of adequate warning she said adding that sirens were activated three separate times Preliminary estimates of damage to private property in the county include Si million at Waupun and million each in the towns of See TORNADOES Page 2 A bank thermometer in Hurley registers the bad news a chilly degree reading this morning cold possibly record cold is the way MOOT showcases bridge project In Globe Michael Hawley who owns property on the west side of the Ontonagon River discusses with road designer Don some of the right-of-way areas on the west approach to the bridge Hawley sold some land for the bridge approach to the Michigan Department of Transportation Br JAN TUCKER Globe Staff Writer dent Bob Drew was surprised at the low number of residents at a Michigan Department of Trans- public information meeting Wednesday concerning the bridge project in Ontonagon It is a lot quieter than I Drew said 1 think people have lost interest in the project Drew had a rationale for the low turnout We are just ting over the water project and are just Ten officials from were on hand with maps and answers for residents interested in the million bridge project over the Ontonagon River Dan Crystal Falls who will be the engineer of the ject said the bridge is expected to cost million and the way improvements million Bids on the project will be opened in December with about a month to process and check them officials said Work is expected to in February The new bridge will replace the historic 1939 swing bridge Since it will be located off Street it will cut off the business district of Ontonagon Dick Perron owner of Inn Towne Motel in the business came to the meeting Wednesday to ask about signage I to make sure there be plenty to direct pie to restaurants and He said lie had been assured nage will bo included Kari had assurances for who fish the Ontonagon where work will continue through 2005 and 2006 He said cofferdams sheet piling like structures will be driven into the river The piling for bridge foundation will be driven inside the cofferdams and work will be done inside the sheeting Work on cofferdams cannot be See DRIDGE 2 NEW USED VEHICLE SALES 509 W Lead U.S Bessemer MI 17 Units Inside Shop In Comfort At Our Showroom Local Toll Free Co TRUCKS 102 Lead U.S 2 Bessemer 8 or 9
