Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - HOPE Animal Shelter received a new handmade entrance sign on Aug. 23, from Sabastian Yaeger, of Hurley, an Eagle Scout candidate. In order to become an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts, Yaeger had to develop and carry out a service project to benefit his community. The sign is the completion of that project. "I chose to help HOPE with their sign because my family has two dogs we've adopted from them. I wanted to show how much...
IRONWOOD — A suspect is in custody in connection to an alleged stabbing Tuesday in Ironwood. The Ironwood Public Safety Department was dispatched to an address on the 400 block of West Cloverland Drive at roughly 11 p.m. Tuesday. Initial reports were that a man had been assaulted and was on the ground, bleeding heavily, according to an IPSD news release. It was determined the man had been stabbed multiple times, according to the release, and was transported to Aspirus Ironwood via ambulance. Witnesses told responding officers the suspect had f...
By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY — The Iron County Health Department released its latest two exposure sites Tuesday where people may have come in contact with someone who had COVID-19. According to the announcement, the department can confirm there were positive cases at the Around the Corner Pub in Mercer on the evening of Aug. 27 and at the Antlers Pub in Mercer on the evenings of Aug. 26 and Aug. 27. Other than “evening,” no times were listed in the health department’s announcement. “If a person (who) tested positive for...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Doris Joanne Kindred (nee Silkworth), 89, died peacefully on Aug. 31, 2020. She is preceded in death by her husband, James; and her siblings. Born April 12, 1931, in Prentice, Wisconsin, she married James Kindred on Oct. 18, 1952. They had seven children, Michael, Patricia Martin, Christine Oftedahl (Phil), Robert (Donna), Tina Larson, Karen Taddey (Mark) and Edward (Becky). Mom was a nursing assistant for obstetrics as she "loved the babies." Mom also ran a home for the m...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Jack William Netzel Sr., 71, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. He was born on Aug. 9, 1949, in Park Falls, Wisconsin, a son of Eugene and Ruth Marie (Lemke) Netzel. Jack was raised in Butternut, Wisconsin, and graduated from Butternut High School. He continued his education and earned an accounting degree from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, an associate degree from Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, and a...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Sept. 3 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, Gogebic County, Bessemer VFW from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please do not arrive before 10 a.m. 906-667-0283. 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...