Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY — There still could be another delay, but for now a trial date has been set in the case of a Gile, Wisconsin, man accused of sex crimes. Jury selection in the trial of Phillip R. Laguna Jr., 71, is scheduled to begin March 2, with the trial commencing following the selection of a jury. Laguna is charged with two counts of first-degree child sexual assault with a person under the age of 13 and one count of child abuse-intentionally causing harm to a child. Although Laguna’s trial is sch...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Students in the Gogebic Community College TRIO program will stay warm this winter after learning how to make tie-blankets last week. Students were able to pick out the material they wanted for their blanket in advance, according to Kris Michel, TRIO program coordinator. When they got together on Feb. 10 for their blanket bee, the students were given a quick lesson on blanket making and then got to work. Michel said it took them about two hour...
By JAN TUCKER jantuck@jamadots.com ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area Board of Education Monday, endorsed the decision of Superintendent Jim Bobula to permit only two people for each participant in a basketball game to attend the game and games against those schools who do the same. The decision, Bobula said, follows the guideline of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The school board stopped short, however, of requiring for those two spectators per participant to be from the same family. He said that decision is an attempt to e...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Feb. 17 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Marenisco Town Hall, 9:15-9:30 a.m; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10:30 a.m.; Bruce Crossing, Stannard Township ballpark, 12:30-1 p.m. EST. Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990....
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Carol Lee Johnson lost her battle with pancreatic cancer and passed away at her home in Ironwood with her daughter, Kim, by her side on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Carol was born on Dec. 13, in Ironwood. She always said, "Age is a number and mine is unlisted." She was employed as a secretary at the Gogebic National Bank for 20 years and 19 years at the Gogebic County Courthouse clerk's office, retiring in 2011. Carol enjoyed taking vacations to Florida with her daughter's family,...
MANITOWOC, Wis. - Linda Lou Azzoli (nee Liimakka), 75, passed away on the morning of Feb. 9, 2021, in Manitowoc. Linda was born on Nov. 10, 1945, in Ironwood, Michigan, to Russell J. and Jeanette M. (Heinske) Liimakka. She was a very special mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Linda will be very missed by her family and friends. Linda is survived by her children, Jeffrey Ray Azzoli Sr. (Kristie), Teresa Lynn Azzoli (Dave), and Nicholas Charles Azzoli (Deanna); her...
