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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood continues to revise the city code related to the adult-use marijuana ordinance. The commission 4-0 approved to amend the city nuisance ordinance to address odors at its meeting Monday. Commissioner Joseph Cayer was not present. The amendment provides some tools for the city to help address nuisances relative to smells to include marijuana growing, said Scott Erickson, city manager. There is now a mechanism to use equipment that can measure levels of odor to a...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER - Dan Niemi, superintendent of Bessemer Area Schools told the school board Monday that workers from St. George Glass of Iron Mountain have started to install the framing for the new windows at Washington Elementary School. "That's finally starting to make some movement," Niemi said. The original glass block windows were removed in August, before school resumed, to help speed up the process of installing the windows and protect kids from...
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The Jack Frost Parade has been canceled due the increase in COVID-19 cases in the area leading to local spread of the virus, but the Ironwood Area Chamber of Commerce has several ideas to lift the holiday spirit with safer events. The fate of the parade that was scheduled for Dec. 5, was going to be based on the number of registered parade participants by Nov. 9, according to Michael Meyer, director of the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce. The Jack Frost Festival Board decided on Monday t...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Oct. 28 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer,...
HURLEY, Wis. - Henry "Hienie" Leinon, 91, of Second Avenue North, Hurley, died peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, at home, surrounded by his loving family. Hienie was born May 20, 1929, in Montreal, son of the late Henry J and Cecilia (Baron) Leinon, and was raised in Montreal and Hurley, where he attended Montreal Grade School and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1947. He proudly served in the U.S. Army, stationed in Korea, from 1951-1953. He married the love of his life, Patricia...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Robert Hubert "Bob" Wanden, aged to perfection at 92, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Facility in Ironwood. Robert was born, Sept. 30, 1928, in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, son of John and Beatrice (Hudson) Wanden. Robert proudly served in the U.S. Navy from Jan. 25, 1946, until honorably discharged on July 1, 1949. On Aug. 29, 1953, he married Thora Hosken. Robert worked for the U.S. Department of...
IRON RIVER, Mich. - Ralph Salonen, 64, of Iron River, passed away unexpectedly at home on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. He was born on Jan. 9, 1956, in Stambaugh, the son of the late Walter and Lillian (Johnson) Salonen. He attended the West Iron County Schools, graduating with the class of 1974. Ralph married Barbara Poulos on March 3, 1984, in Iron River. The couple celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary this year. He was employed as a construction journeyman pipe fitter, traveling all over...