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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The city of Bessemer contracts with Eagle Waste and Recycling for its trash and recycling. This week Bessemer has a substitute driver and he found some of the conditions treacherous on Monday and Tuesday as he was making his rounds. The Daily Globe reached out to Eagle Waste and Recycling Tuesday afternoon to discover what residents ought to do with their trash and recycling if they have not been picked up. Krista McCrumb said the truck...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Coaches Dennis Mackey and Mark Movrich led their basketball teams into the board meeting Tuesday, with each player stating their name, hometown, and major. School President Jim Lorenson informed the players he hears positive things from their competitors and they are doing well. Coach Mackey asked Lorenson to come to the gym for the Feb. 10 game to flip the coin, as Mackey pointed out he kept last years winning coin available in a special...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — In Iron County, a lot of financial decisions live and die at the Iron County Board of Supervisors’ Finance Committee. The county board debated changing that Tuesday as it discussed whether purchases above a set amount needed to be brought before the full county board rather than handled by the committee. “I feel that too much has been put onto the finance committee, as far as being able to make decisions without coming back to the full county board. We don’t get any recomme...
Wednesday, Jan. 31 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. A Healthier You, noon to 1:00 p.m., Wakefield Municipal Building. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Citizen’s Climate Lobby v... Full story
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Gabriel Bennetts, 90, of Traverse City, passed away Saturday, Jan. 14, 2018, at Birchwood Nursing Home. Gabe was born Aug. 31, 1927 in Ironwood, to the late Thomas and Bertha Bennetts. He graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood and immediately enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, where he served until 1949. He was "called back" into service in the USMC in 1950 and was discharged in 1951. Gabe worked as a meat manager at A & P stores, was a prison... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Verna (Blaskowski) Urbanski, 88, a long-time resident of Wakefield, passed away Monday morning, Jan. 29, 2018. Verna was born on Dec. 26, 1929, in Wakefield, a daughter of Frank and Pearl (Maciejewski) Blaskowski. She graduated from Wakefield High School. On June 18, 1949, Verna was united in marriage to Kazmirz "Charlie" Urbanski. They shared more than 66 wonderful years together and were blessed with five children. They made their home in Detroit for 23 years and in the... Full story
ONTONAGON, Mich. — Laurie Kugler, 52, of Bruce Crossing, passed away Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital LTCU. Laurie was born in Kenosha, Wis., to Eugene and Shirley Kugler on Aug. 31, 1965. She resided in Bruce Crossing and worked at Copper Country Mental Health. She is survived by her daughter Tiffany (Wally) Nygord, of L’Anse, her father Eugene Kugler, and two sisters, Sharalee (Rob) Keast of Bruce Crossing and Tammy (Andrew) Kinney of Lansing; and also one grandson, Wyatt Nygord, and numerous nieces, nephews and cou... Full story