Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - More colleges and universities are embracing eSports, or online video gaming, across North America and Gogebic Community College is no exception. This year, GCC has 17 players on its eSports team. The number also includes students attending the Copper Country Center in Houghton who can fully participate in the program, according to director of admission Kim Zechovich. The Gogebic Samsons eSports team is competing at a high level, said Jim Halverson, IT faculty member and team coach....
Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the top five stories of 2018. Today's story, number 4, is about the events surrounding the murder of Wayne Valliere Jr. in the Mercer, Wis., area a year ago. Number 5 was the ambulance millage that was passed for three years in Gogebic County. --- By RALPH ANSAMI ransami@yourdailyglobe.com As 2019 approaches, the Lac du Flambeau tribal community continues to deal with a holiday horror of a year ago. The body of 25-year-old tribal member Wayne M....
By LARRY HOLCOMBE lholcombe@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — As U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, returns to Washington for his second term representing Michigan’s First District in January, he’s hoping to shine a light on the good that Congress has done and he hopes will continue. While Washington gets low marks in the public eye for being highly partisan and having a lack of civility, Bergman sees things a little differently. “The one thing I feel bad for the American people is they don’t seem to see the bipartisan work that is done on a dai...
Thursday, Dec. 27 Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Afternoon for Children, 1 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library, 906-932-0203. Free Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Methodist Church. Public is invited. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18;... Full story
PRESQUE ISLE, Mich. - Jerome "Jerry" Carl Lenart, 82, passed peacefully on Christmas Eve day, Dec. 24, 2018, in the home, with loving wife Mary Anne of 60 years, in Presque Isle. Jerry was born July 9, 1936, the fifth child of Kazmer and Laura Lenart. He was a 1954 graduate of L.L. Wright High School in Ironwood, where he also attended Gogebic Community College. Jerry continued his education in Flint at the General Motors Institute, as well as University of Michigan, Flint. Later in life, Jerry... Full story
O'FALLON, Mo. - Clifford Eugene Leppanen, 84, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in O'Fallon. He was the loving husband of Wanda (Guess) Leppanen for 58 years; cherished son of the late William and Susanna (Erikson) Leppanen; devoted father of Kevin (Shari) Leppanen; treasured grandfather of Keaton, Karston, and Kaelene; beloved uncle of 42 nieces and nephews; and dear brother to Adeline Kuzas, Norbert Leppanen, David Leppanen, Joann Manning and Susan Wagner. Clifford was preceded in death... Full story
