Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Katie and Justin Brownell brought the area's first baby of 2018 in with a bang. Sweet little Makenna Rae was not scheduled to arrive until Jan. 4, but she decided to arrive two days early at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. Makenna was born at 1:32 p.m. on Jan. 2, weighing in with a fighting weight of 6 pounds, 10 ounces. She stretched the tape at 19.5 inches. The Brownells, from Ironwood, married in 2015 and got to work right away with the...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Herb Levin, the former Daily Globe publisher and vice-president who often greeted employees with, “Top of the morning to you,” has died. Levin was living in Port Charlotte when he died on Dec. 21. Memorial services will be held in March at the National Cemetery in Sarasota, with full military honors. A native of Sault Ste. Marie, Levin headed the Daily Globe from 1977 to 1989, after Elmer Tryon retired. “I liked Herb. He was always willing to get around and meet the adverti...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - With the SISU cross country ski marathon scheduled for today, along with professional snowmobile racing at the fairgrounds track, downtown Ironwood kicked off the city events on Friday night with another First Friday celebration. The continuing first Friday of the month event downtown focused on a theme of retro ski or snowmobile wear. At the fittingly named Cold Iron Brewing, Gary Engstrom drew attention with his retro ski jumping gear,...
Saturday, Jan. 6 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Jan. 7 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Gogebic Range Trail Authority, 6 p.m., Pit Stop, Bessemer. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. a... Full story
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - Herbert William Levin, 88, of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away on Dec. 21, 2017. Memorial services celebrating Herb's life will be held in March, 2018, at the National Cemetery in Sarasota, Fla., with full military honors. Herb was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., on March 4, 1929. He was the son of the late Carl and Lucille Levin. He was a graduate of Sault High School and served with the Sault National Guard bridge building company during the Korean War. He later was... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - Joan Annette Laurila, 89, of Hurley and former longtime resident of Ontonagon, Mich., passed away on Jan. 3, 2018, at the Villa Maria in Hurley following a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. Joan was born in Ontonagon on Nov. 10, 1928, with her twin sister, Jeannette. The twin girls were the last of 13 children born to William and Mary (Smydra) LaBrie. In 1948, Joan married Albert "Prino" Laurila and together they had seven children: Four boys and three girls.... Full story
BARNES, Wis. — Bernard J. DeRubeis, of Palm Desert, Calif., and Barnes, (formally of Duluth, Minn.), died on Jan. 3, 2018, at age 81. Bernard was born on Sept. 18, 1936, to Zerda and Dorothy DeRubeis in Ironwood, Mich. Bernard graduated from Hurley, Wis., High School in 1954. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin system, as well as an honorable discharge for his military service. During this period, he married his beloved wife, Gretajean Torma, of Ironwood, to whom he was married for 56 years. A... Full story