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  • Watersmeet to continue remote learning

    Feb 6, 2021

    By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com WATERSMEET — Watersmeet Township School District officials have decided the cold temperatures forecast for next week and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic were a combination that meant it was better to continue remote learning for another week. Students in the district will continue learning from home at least through Feb. 12, the district announced Thursday. “After looking at our COVID numbers and at next week’s weather forecast of minus 30 to minus 50 below zero the entire week, the decis...

  • Schools bring awareness to teen dating violence

    Feb 6, 2021

    By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD – In order to spread awareness of teen dating violence, officials with the Domestic Violence Escape shelter have placed information on tables at Bessemer, Hurley, Wakefield-Marenisco, and Mercer schools. "We just really want to get awareness information out there in general. I don't think people realize just how big of an issue teen dating violence actually is," said Alyssa Ahonen, the Michigan children's advocate for DOVE. "It is actually v...

  • Fire department purchases thermal imagers

    Feb 6, 2021

    By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP -— The Ironwood Township Volunteer Fire Department recently purchased six personal thermal imagers, making it one of the first departments in the county to equip its members with the smaller versions of the technology. “Typically, … in a fire setting, (thermal imagers) are used to locate hotspots inside the wall. They can also tell the temperature of the room, whether it’s getting to be that point of flashover. They’re used in low light situations when it’s smoke filled and...

  • Lynn C. Riggs

    Feb 6, 2021

    TUCSON, Ariz. - Lynn C. Riggs, 65, of Tucson, died a happy man on Jan. 12, 2021. He had just purchased his first home, and had recently found the love of his life. Lynn graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1974 and immediately joined the U.S. Navy and later the Naval Reserves. After aircraft mechanic school, he moved to Arizona to work on the Apache helicopter. Much of his later career was with the railroad as both conductor and then engineer. Fast forwarding to happily retired, Lynn...

  • Pearl 'Penny' Walters

    Feb 6, 2021

    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - With great sadness, we share that Pearl "Penny" Walters, of Elk Mound, passed away on Feb. 1, 2021, in Eau Claire. At her request, she will be laid to rest at a private burial with her family; no service will be held. Penny was born on Jan. 10, 1953, to Carl and Ruth Stone. Her father's military service took Penny, her parents, and her four brothers across the United States and abroad. After graduating from high school in Ironwood, Michigan, Penny later became a certified...

  • Community Calendar

    Feb 6, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Feb. 6 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. 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, Feb. 7 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...