Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com HANCOCK — The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department released updated COVID-19 case counts for the five counties in their coverage area on Thursday. There was not a spike in new cases since last update, although it may be too early to see the effects of any disease transmission over the Fourth of July weekend. According to the update, there were 41 new COVID-19 cases in Gogebic County, 33 new cases in Houghton, six new cases each in Baraga and Ontonagon and four new cases in Keweenaw in the s...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com Elizabeth Sweeney of Hayward, Wisconsin, claimed the $42,371 prize from the Bessemer Fourth of July 50-50 raffle on Thursday. The winning ticket number was 32400 and was announced at the end of the parade on Monday. Tickets had been sold through the weeklong Bessemer Blast celebration. Organizers plan to use their part of the proceeds to fund the various events of next year’s celebration including the music, prizes and fireworks display. Two other Fourth of July 50-50 raffles held in the area have a...
HURLEY, Wis. - Jack "Ronnie" Hill passed away on Dec. 15, 2021. At the time he was living in Austin, Texas, with his granddaughter and her husband. He was born July 25, 1932, in Gile. It was Ronnie's wish to be buried alongside his parents, Jack and Ida Hill, in the Hurley Cemetery. Please join us on Saturday, July 23, at 2 p.m. at the Frontier Bar at 11296 U.S.2 in Saxon, for a celebration of life for Ronnie. This was one of his favorite bars and we'd like to raise a glass to his memory there.... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, July 8 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Saturday, July 9... Full story
