Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By Ian MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - The three-man team making up Fat Kids Racing arrived at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds Thursday with every intention of leaving winners. Josh Hitsman, team driver, has raced in the Vintage Snowmobile Olympus for the last two years, making this his third run. His cousin, Clayton Radtke, worked the pit both of those years and also returns. They bring their friend, Nathan Rosten, for the second year in a row. The team made the 4.5-hour drive...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The 20-below weather of this week is taking a toll on some Ironwood residents’ homes. City utilities director Bob Tervonen told the city commission Thursday that city residents should make sure their crawlspace areas and basements remain heated. There have been about a half-dozen cases in the city of frozen water lines into the basements, he said. “Using a fan to blow air into the cooler areas of the basement and crawlspaces can help a lot,” Tervonen said. One week into winter, Ironwood has...
Editor’s note: The Daily Globe is counting down the top five local stories of 2017. The rebuilding effort following the July 2016 storm was chosen as the second biggest story of the year. By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Last year’s big July storm, which claimed a life in Iron County, Wis., and caused millions of dollars of damage across the region, continued to make headlines in both Michigan and Wisconsin in 2017. Wisconsin The year began with good news as Iron County learned on Jan. 12 it had been awarded three grants — totalin...
Friday, Dec. 29 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. EDT, 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, Ironwood....
GILE, Wis. — Marie V. Gurske, 74, of Gile, passed away on Dec. 27, 2017. She was born in Ironwood, Mich., on April 27, 1943, to the late Alfred and Jennie (Spets) Ranta. On Sept. 7, 1963, she was united in marriage to Gordon L. Gurske. In addition to her husband she is survived by her children, Brenda, Brian (Tracey) and Beth; eight grandchildren, Brianna (Dustin), Jessica (Kyle), Erick (Autumn), Ariana, Justin (Jacklyne), Ross (Gabriella), Sarin (Hunter) and Seth; and four great-grandchildren, plus one due in June 2018. She is further s...
