Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Pancakes in the morning, pancakes in the evening, pancakes at supper time. Local residents dined on pancakes throughout the day Thursday during the annual Kiwanis Pancake Day at Tacconelli's in Ironwood. The annual fundraiser is one of the biggest events Kiwanis does each year. "It's taken place for well over 60 years," Joe Cayer, Kiwanis member, said. "We have families that come each and every year. We have grandkids of grandkids that come, and the ages vary. People in their late...
IRONWOOD — Four Ironwood freshmen competed at the 25th annual Michigan Technological University Bioathlon recently in Houghton, and came home with a second place finish. Sixteen teams from across the Upper Peninsula competed in the event, including Bessemer, Houghton, L’Anse, Negaunee and Calumet. In order to participate, students cannot be beyond sophomore-level biology, but some teams consist of older students, including juniors and seniors. “For this very young team, it’s a great accompl...
IRONWOOD - Friends of Miners Memorial Heritage Park will host their fifth annual spring clean-up on Saturday. The Miners Memorial Heritage Park is 167 acres of land owned by the city and has been the site of much illegal dumping of tires, appliances and furniture over the years. According to a release, there is still a problem with people continuing to dump trash in the compost area and park. "With these clean-ups, the Friends of MMHP hope that people become more aware that throwing trash hurts...
HURLEY - The Aging Unit of Iron County Board of Directors appointed members to committees, installed a new member, and further discussed its bylaws during its meeting on Thursday. Following confusion over election rules at a previous meeting, the Board of Directors was unable to fill an empty position. During a previous meeting the board held two separate votes for two separate positions without first announcing it. Vic Ouimette, of Mercer, spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting...
PORT HURON (AP) - Sea lampreys look alien, and Jim Frazer had a close encounter of the worst kind with one on Saturday during the Port Huron Spring Fling salmon fishing tournament. "We had one, and I had it stuck to my bicep because my boat mate stuck it to me," Frazer, captain of the Double Down, told the Times Herald of Port Huron. "It was small, about 5 to 6 inches long." Sea lampreys, when they're not being attached to anglers, are parasites that attach with a suction cup mouth to fish....
DULUTH, Minn. — Joyce M. Leinon, 78, of Montreal, Wis., died peacefully Tuesday, May 13, 2014, surrounded by her loving family, at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, following a brief battle with cancer. The former Joyce Johnson was born Oct. 25, 1935, in Wakefield, Mich., daughter of the late August and Anna (Hill) Johnson, and graduated from Wakefield High School in 1953. She was employed as a nurse’s aide in Lake Forest, Ill., for several years prior to her marriage to Bill Leinon on Aug. 31, 1957, in Wakefield. They then m...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Mary R. Bretall, 89, of Bessemer, died Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Wakefield. She was born on June 28, 1924, in Puritan Location, Bessemer, daughter of the late John and Ancilla (Dalsaggio) Stella, and had been a longtime Bessemer resident. Her husband, James D. Bretall, preceded her in death on May 22, 1975. Mary was a member of St. Sebastian Catholic Church, the Daughters of Isabella and the Gogebic Association for Retarded Citizens. She is survived by two sons, Paul (Pam), of Wakefield, and Jack (Heidi), of Bessemer; two da...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Terry Houlberg, 68, of Wakefield, formerly of Mercer, Wis., passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Terry was born on Aug. 2, 1945, in Chicago, the son of Elmer and Esther (Christensen) Houlberg. His favorite pastime was riding his Harley-Davidson. Terry is survived by his loving wife, Susan, whom he married on Feb. 15, 1997. Also surviving are a stepson, Jim Kahila, Wakefield; two sisters, Pamela (Paul) Calame, Durango, Colo., and Diane Muzzy, Lake Geneva, Wis.; two brothers, Dennis, Tampa, Fla., and Bradley (...
To the Editor: Ewen-Trout Creek School Superintendent Loren Vannest stated in an April 30 Daily Globe article that the loss of federal aid is a serious problem. He’s right. Business manager Tammy Gibson said it is as if we are getting punished for having federal lands in our district (241,627 acres). She’s right. However, it’s important to know just who is punishing us. It’s popular to blame Washington or Lansing. However, the facts show the ones to blame are our county commissioners and some local politicians who haven’t spoken out or even a...
