Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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SAXON, Wis. - A small group of soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guard wrapped up its part of the cleanup of Saxon Harbor Thursday. Roughly 12 soldiers with the 950th Clearance Company, based in Superior, arrived in Iron County Sunday and Monday and began the process of moving fallen trees and boulders around the harbor that was destroyed by the storm and flooding of July 11. The dozen soldiers were part of a larger deployment of a total of 104 deployed to the region following the July 11...
IRONWOOD - The fall semester at Gogebic Community College is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 29. GCC Marketing Director Kim Zeckovich said enrollment numbers are comparable to a year ago. "We continue to accept students on a daily basis, so the numbers do increase," she said. "Classes are filling up quickly." On campus, Zeckovich said housing numbers are also similar to last year. "Rooms are still available, but filling up quickly," she said. GCC employs 36 full-time faculty members. With that,...
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors’ Finance Committee Thursday approved the job description for the office manager of Iron County’s University of Wisconsin Extension office. Current office manager Joyce Gayan is retiring at the end of the year. According to the description, the job entails a number of responsibilities to support the UW-Extension’s staff. Neil Klemme, the Extension office’s department head, said the job also requires interacting with people. “This (job) is the face of Extension,” Klemme told the Daily Globe after t...
Friday, Aug. 12 Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. 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. 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. Saturday, Aug. 13 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School... Full story
PRINCETON, Minn. — Edward F. Gorrilla, 91, died Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Fairview Northland Medical Center, Princeton. He was born in Ironwood, Mich., on Aug. 3, 1924, to Edward and Susan (Jarabko) Gorrilla. He was raised in Norrie Location and attended elementary school and high school in Ironwood. After high school, Ed served three years in the U.S. Army, including 18 months of duty in Europe during World War II. Subsequent to his Honorable Discharge from the Army, Ed returned to college and played football at Montana State University. H... Full story
ARTESIAN, N.M. - Regina Ann "Tootsie" Juntilla, loving wife, caring mother and friend to all, passed away July 24, 2016, surrounded by her family, to be with her Lord and Saviour. She was born May 3, 1934, at the family homestead in Gile, Wis., to Joseph and Adela Machesky. She was one of eight children, including her brothers, Johnny, Red (Aloysius), Larry, Eddie and David, and sisters, Nada and Dorothy. She married Murdock (Murdy) B. Juntilla on April 24, 1954, and they were happily and... Full story
YELM, Wash. - Mary E. Wienandt, 68, of Rainier, died on Aug. 5, 2016, at Easthaven Villa in Yelm. She was under hospice care in the facility. She had been a patient in Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma from July 5, 2016, until Aug. 4, 2016. She had been battling colorectal cancer since August 2012. She was born on Jan. 12, 1948, in Saginaw, Mich. She was the youngest of seven children of Walter F. Eggert and Ruth D. (Droegemueller) Eggert. She graduated from high school in Fremont, Neb., in... Full story