Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - The Iron County Finance Committee heard a presentation from CenturyLink Thursday regarding the county possibly upgrading to enhanced 911 services. According Iron County Emergency Management director Stacy Ofstad, Iron County is the only county in Wisconsin without enhanced 911 services. Enhanced services allow the dispatchers to gain more information from a phone call, versus asking questions of the person who has called. Using technology like pictometry and GPS, the moment a phone...
WAKEFIELD - All it took was the click of a mouse for Ryan Johnson to meet the love of his life. He and wife Trisha's story of falling in love was selected as the winner of the Daily Globe's 2014 "How I Met My Valentine" contest. In July 2006, Ryan came home from work with intentions of deleting his online dating profile. He said for months he saw the same people, nobody new, and he was tired of meeting people in bars. However, just before he was going to delete his profile, he had a message...
HURLEY - Gogebic Taconite continues to drill for core samples, as well as beginning the bulk sampling process, at the proposed iron ore mine site near Upson, Wis. On Thursday, crews continued to drill, with a goal of 15 holes in total. Ten holes are in Iron County, and five are in Ashland County. The process is similar to the rounds of drilling done last summer, but there are more holes this time. According to Bob Seitz, G-Tac spokesman, the company is using two drilling rigs in different...
CAIRO (AP) - Spanish archeologists have unearthed a 3,600-year-old mummy in the ancient city of Luxor, Egypt's Antiquities Minister said Thursday. Prosecutors accused nine people including three Germans of smuggling stone samples from pyramids. In a statement, Mohammed Ibrahim said the rare find in a preserved wooden sarcophagus dates back to 1600 BC, when the Pharaonic 17th Dynasty reigned. He said the mummy appears to belong to a high official. The sarcophagus is engraved with hieroglyphs and...
MANITOWOC, Wis. — Sister Priscilla Simmons, 92, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc. The former Florence Simmons was born on April 1, 1921, in Ironwood, Mich., daughter of the late John and Mary (Michetti) Simmons. She entered the Convent in 1939 and professed her vows in 1941. Sister Priscilla earned a bachelor of arts degree from Holy Family College, Manitowoc and a master of arts degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee. Sister Priscilla served as a gra...
SILVER CITY, N.M. - Anna Mae "Ann" Brockman, longtime resident of Silver City, passed away peacefully at the Silver City Care Center on Feb. 11, 2014. Ann was born on Aug. 9, 1929, to Thomas and Anna Popko, in Oma, Wis. She and her eight siblings grew up on the family farm and worked in the lumber camps that were operated by her father. After completing high school, Ann left the farm to pursue her passion in a nursing related field. She moved to Minneapolis, where she completed her education in...