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Articles from the June 7, 2022 edition


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  • Planning Commission discusses proposed marijuana site plan

    Zachary Marano|Jun 7, 2022

    IRONWOOD – Ankur Rungta, a business owner who hopes to open a retail marijuana establishment called QPS Holdings on 100 W. Cloverland Drive in Ironwood, recently presented an amended site plan for his establishment to the Ironwood Planning Commission, which was discussed in a public hearing on Thursday. Director of Community Development Tom Bergman clarified to the commission that QBS Holdings does not have a retail marijuana establishment license and is not pre-approved for one. However, they wanted to amend their already proposed site plan i...

  • Wakefield-Marenisco students relish last day of school

    P.J. Glisson|Jun 7, 2022

    WAKEFIELD - Monday's beautiful weather was a great send-off for kids finishing their final day of the year at Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School. In celebration of the event, the kids lined up to receive icees and popcorn and then hung out with friends on the athletic field. The scene was totally relaxed, unlike the past couple years when the COVID-19 pandemic put a consistent damper on any and all activities. Students told the Globe that recent months had felt fairly normal, or as sixth grader...

  • Community Calendar

    Jun 7, 2022

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, June 7 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325....

  • David Carl Anderson

    Jun 7, 2022

    GEORGETOWN, Texas - David Carl Anderson was born on Aug. 5, 1939, in Ironwood, Michigan, to parents Carl E. Anderson and Olga Highhill Anderson and went to be with his Lord on May 25, 2022, at the age of 82. After graduating from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1957, he worked for U.S. Steel on Chicago's south side. He married Helen Slining in October 1959. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan Technological University and was employed as division accountant at...

  • Larry T. Stark

    Jun 7, 2022

    WEYAUWEGA, Wis. — Larry T. Stark, age 80, of Weyauwega, passed away following a battle with pancreatic cancer on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at his home. He was born on Aug. 27, 1941, in Ohio, the oldest of nine children to Nicholas and Mary (Bishoff) Stark. Larry worked as a carpenter, butcher and mining supervisor, and then returned to school to become an LPN. He started his 40-year career at White Pine hospital and retired from Neenah Foundry. On Aug. 19, 1982, Larry married Madilene Bailey. Together they enjoyed their love of family, friends, ani...

  • Patricia 'Pat' Angeline Bunjevac

    Jun 7, 2022

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Patricia "Pat" Angeline Bunjevac, age 89, entered into eternal rest on Dec. 20, 2021, with her husband of 70 years, John, by her side. Pat was born on June 30, 1932, to parents Elizabeth "Liz" (Vida) and Francis "Frank" Rundell at their home in Ironwood (Aurora location). She attended Ironwood schools and graduated with the class of 1950. She was employed at the Silver Cup Café in Ironwood and Little Bohemia in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, before marrying her husband, John,...