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Articles from the April 17, 2019 edition


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  • Kids hear of online dangers

    Apr 17, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Elementary students at Luther L. Wright K-12 School gathered in the gymnasium on Monday to hear a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security talk about how to be safer while online. Stationed in Sault Ste. Marie, Agent Todd Wilton told the Daily Globe, with more than 750,000 registered sex offenders in Michigan, educating students to be aware of danger signs can protect them from internet predators. "It is mind-blowing how many...

  • Potawatomi Falls

    Apr 17, 2019

  • Bessemer council passes second marijuana ordinance

    Apr 17, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer city council voted Monday evening to pass an ordinance to prohibit zoning in relation to the enterprise of recreational marijuana. The unanimous vote followed the second reading of Ordinance No. 372, as well as a public hearing in which no comments were offered. The council already had voted previously to prohibit marijuana enterprise, but city manager Charly Loper then had recommended also passing a separate, related zoning ordinance on the basis of legal opinion. In another u...

  • Ontonagon valuation on rise compared to previous years

    Apr 17, 2019

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County Equalization Director, Ann Marie Husar had some good news for the Ontonagon County Board Tuesday. Husar said the valuation of Ontonagon County in 2018 has risen by 2.5% over the previous year and the taxable value has increased by 3%. Husar gave the board the value change in each of the categories in the county, noting that Commercial Property has increased by 4.49% and residential real property by 3.04%. Husar cited the new Dollar General in Ontonagon as part of the reason for t...

  • Community calendar

    Apr 17, 2019

    Wednesday, April 17 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, Bruce Crossing Stannard Township ballpark, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 1:15-1:30 p.m.; Marenisco Town Hall, 3-3:20 p.m. Cuddlebugs Story Time, 9:30 a.m., Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound...

  • Julienne Victoire Marie Vuckovic

    Apr 17, 2019

    TREVOR, Wis. - Julienne Victoire Marie (Bire) Vuckovic of Ironwood, Mich., passed away on April 13, 2019 in Trevor. Julienne was born on Oct. 21, 1923 to Julien and Madeleine Bire in Lesson (Vendée), France. She married the love of her life, Karlo Vuckovic on Dec. 5, 1942. In 1951 she and her husband and 4 children came to America on the Queen Elizabeth ship landing at Ellis Island in New York. They then settled in Bessemer, Mich. In 1953 they moved to Ironwood. Her favorite past time was...