Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — There were smiling faces on Ironwood City Commissioners Wednesday as they discussed economic developments in the late year that will benefit the area. “A number of things came our way,” city manager Scott Erickson said as he began listing some of the recent accomplishments, including $10 million for Copper Peak, $1.5 million from the state to assist Waupaca Foundry, Inc., in locating in city’s industrial park, $280,000 for the Miners Memorial Heritage Park mountain bike trail, $2 million...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER - Anna Talaska was sworn in as Gogebic County Probate Judge Thursday afternoon at the courthouse in Bessemer. Gogebic County Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope presided over the investiture in a courtroom filled with Talaska's family, friends and colleagues. From the bench, Pope welcomed the assembled to the a joyous occasion and spoke highly of Talaska's skills as an attorney and sense of justice. County clerk Gerry Pelissero administer the...
Editor’s note:The Daily Globe is counting down the Gogebic Range’s top five stories of 2018 each day through Monday, New Year’s Eve. The editorial department staff sat down and came up with its annual list, naming the Ironwood Township treasurer’s embezzlement case as the third-place story of the year. By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Former township treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso was charged with 10 felony counts last year related to forgery and embezzlement stemming from her time in office. In 2018, township residents learned her f...
Friday, Dec. 28 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, 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,... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. - Gerald Raymond Koponen, 84, passed away Dec. 23, 2018, in Duluth. He was born Dec. 8, 1934, in Ironwood, Mich., to Leonard and Lila (Oja) Koponen. After graduating from Luther L. Wright High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. He returned to Ironwood, moving in the early 1960s to Embarrass, Minn., to work for Erie Mining as a heavy equipment operator, retiring from LTV Steel after 38 years. He loved fishing, hunting, bowling, watching boxing and Vik... Full story
