Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAKEFIELD, Mich. - In the midst of the soft glow of Christmas lights and decorations, Jack Lobb Gribble, 85, slipped away peacefully at home on December 20, 2017. As an avowed Christmas fanatic and believer in this magical season, it seems somehow fitting. Jack was born on August 19, 1932 in Ironwood, Mich., to John and LaRue Gribble. He developed his love for sports of all kinds at an early age, including his first attempt at ski jumping at the ripe old age of 5! Jack pursued every sport...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the Gogebic Range's top five stories of 2017 each day this week. The editorial department staff sat down and came up with the annual list, naming Bessemer's election and marijuana passage as the third-place story of the year. BESSEMER - For the majority of 2017, the Bessemer City Council and planning commission debated, worked, argued and eventually passed new ordinances allowing medical marijuana facili...
MADISON, Wis. — Lois W. Hickey, age 70, died peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Reedsburg, Wis. There will be a visitation from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday at the Hoof Funeral Home in Reedsburg and after 10 a.m. on Saturday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials for masses or to the Reedsburg Area Medical Center — Tree of Life would be appreciated. Online condolences can be left at ho...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County will seek a grant to cover the $20,125 cost of new voting machines. The county board of commissioners voted 6-0 Wednesday to seek the grant through the Help America Vote Act which allows the county to apply for voting equipment for all precincts in the county. The new system would be used for the first time during the 2018 election cycle, according to county clerk Gerry Pelissero. “There would be no cost to the county for the first five years,” Pelissero said. The board appro...
Thursday, Dec. 28 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. 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 Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Open Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Methodist Church, Putnam Ave., Wakefield, 906-667-0230. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics...
BESSEMER TOWNSHIP — The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department investigated a Christmas Eve personal injury head-on accident that occurred during white-out conditions. According to the accident report, a vehicle driven by Linda Ann Buttice, 72, of Bessemer, was headed east on U.S. 2, near Oak Lane, in Bessemer Township. Grace Marie Brauer, 18, of Saxon, Wis., was westbound on the highway. Deputies said Buttice was traveling in a “white-out blizzard” when her vehicle crossed the center line in front of the oncoming Brauer vehicle. Brauer noticed he...
