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  • Finance committee approves raises for Iron employees

    Jul 14, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors Finance Committee on Thursday approved 40-cent raises for county employees next year. After the meeting, county clerk Michael Saari told the Daily Globe the raises were part of the budgeting process the county is beginning for the upcoming fiscal year. The raises will go into effect Jan. 1, 2018. The motion to approve the 40-cent per hour raises was one of several the committee approved following a closed session. The committee also approved a $16-an-ho...

  • Warm week ahead as fog leaves area

    Jul 14, 2017

    IRONWOOD - With thick fog and cool temperatures, Thursday on the Gogebic Range felt more like a November day. The thermometer stood at 50 degrees at 4:25 p.m. in downtown Ironwood, under cloudy skies. The cool temperatures put a crimper on hay-making operations across the Gogebic Range in a summer in which ample rain has made grass mowing a twice weekly job for many. Barring a further dip in the temperatures, the record low of 38 set for July 13-14 in 1960 wasn't in jeopardy, according to Nation...

  • Health department offers HIV testing at no charge

    Jul 14, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department is offering rapid HIV testing. HIV tests are still anonymous and now only take 20 minutes after the finger prick is complete, which allows people to know results before they leave the office, according to Laura Fredrickson, HIV case manager and services director in Marquette. The kits are provided by the state health department, which allows local health departments to offer the testing for free. Kate Beer, health officer with the Hancock o...

  • Beauty of Buzzards

    Jul 14, 2017

  • Community calendar

    Jul 14, 2017

    Friday, July 14 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Story Walk, 4:30 p.m., Ironwood Depot Park. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Iron County Human Services... Full story

  • Clara B. Zarziski

    Jul 14, 2017

    HURLEY, Wis. - Clara B. Zarziski, 93, of Ironwood, Mich., died peacefully Tuesday evening, July 11, 2017, at Sky View Nursing Center in Hurley, with her niece, Linda, by her side. The former Clara Magdziak was born June 2, 1924, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Charles and Anna (Guzek) Magdziak, attended Ironwood schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1944. She then worked as a chambermaid at the St. James Hotel in downtown Ironwood, was employed at Hansen Glove Factory... Full story

  • Maureen C. Morzenti

    Jul 14, 2017

    GREEN BAY, Wis. - Maureen C. Morzenti, 61, of Hurley, died peacefully Tuesday morning, June 20, 2017, at Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Green Bay, surrounded by her loving family. The former Maureen Pozzani was born Jan. 15, 1956, in Beloit, daughter of the late Andrew and Elizabeth (Cornolo) Pozzani. She attended St. Mary's Grade School in Hurley and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1974. She then attended one year at WITC in Ashland. Maureen was employed as office receptionist for... Full story