Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] MARENISCO - It can seem like true love is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but Marenisco's own Ed Wilke and the now Karen Raisanen-Wilke are getting a chance to experience the joy for a second time. While the two knew each other socially for years, it was their more recent courtship and marriage on May 3, 2014 that won the couple this year's Daily Globe "It's All About Love" contest. Both Ed and Karen had lost their previous spouses suddenly, after...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer is sending out a survey with the monthly water bills on Feb. 28 to get the pulse of the city on two topics of interest, according to City Manager Charly Loper. One topic is the medical marijuana licensing issue and the other involves a potential traffic change to U.S. 2, available in 2021. Everyone receiving a water bill will have the opportunity to make his or her voice heard, to be included in the five-year city master plan. For a recent example to consider, the c...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley Parents-Teachers Organization is sponsoring three assemblies on Wednesday dealing with girl-against-girl bullying. PTO secretary Courtney Maslanka said the assemblies are part of the Kind Campaign that discusses the effects of bullying. During the day, there will be assemblies from 8:45 to 10:45 a.m. for high school students and 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. for middle school students. The evening assembly for parents and community members will be at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium. M...
Tuesday, Feb. 14 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. 906-229-5236. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants,...
WAUSAU, Wis. - William Nicholas Tippett, 67, of Ironwood Township, Mich., died Friday evening, Feb. 10, 2017, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, with his loving family by his side. Bill was born July 16, 1949, in Ironwood, son of William R. Tippett and the late LaViolet (Nicholas) Marx. He attended Ironwood schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1967. He then worked at the Riblet Corporation and Schult Mobile Homes in Ironwood, and was employed as a letter carrier for the...
MARENISCO, Mich. - Glenn D. Harris, 83, of Marenisco, passed away peacefully Friday morning, Feb. 10, 2017, at his home. Glenn was born on Feb. 7, 1934, in Saginaw, a son of Harold and Mary (Bourdow) Harris. He attended Resurrection High School in Lansing and graduated in 1952. Glenn continued his education at Michigan State University. He served stateside with the Michigan National Guard and the U.S. Army as a private first class. Throughout his life, Glenn worked as a real estate broker and...
RHINELANDER, Wis. - Richard A. "Yaco" Yacobucci, 85, a resident of Watersmeet, Mich., and formerly of Chicago, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the St. Mary's Hospital in Rhinelander. Yaco was born on June 26, 1931, in Cleveland, to Michael and Caroline Yacobucci. He married his wife, Fran Yacobucci, on June 9, 1972, in Chicago. He worked for the J.W. Toumey Nursery with U.S. Forest Service in Watersmeet for many years, and he worked for the Gateway Golf Course in Land O'Lakes for 20 y...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Donald J. Forte, 82, of Ironwood, died unexpectedly Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at home. He was born Dec. 15, 1934, in Ironwood, son of the late Victor and Rita (Costa) Forte, and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley, Wis., in 1953. He worked in Milwaukee for a short time, then was employed as a heavy equipment operator for the Oglebay-Norton Mining Co. at the Erie Taconite Mine in Silver Bay, Minn., for 30 years, until his retirement. Don was a member of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood. He loved p...
