Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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After 14 years in the Michigan legislature, six in the House and eight in the Senate, Tom Casperso, R-Escanaba, is moving on due to term limits. His time in the Senate ended with a string of appropriations for western Upper Peninsula projects, including $10 million for Copper Peak and Pine Mountain, $2 million for Gogebic Community College, $1.5 million to assist Waupaca Foundry and $1 million for Michigan DNR jobs for the area. In a sense, the main catalyst to be able to get new development and investment in the area was the Michigan...
HURLEY - The 6 to 8 inches of heavy snow that fell on Friday on the Gogebic Range improved conditions for all outdoor activities. Area motels and gas stations benefitted from the snow that also blanketed Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula. The Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce said the White Thunder Riders had three snowmobile trail groomers running on Friday and two would operate overnight. Trail conditions were fair to good in northern Iron County. Trails 3 and 13 south, from the Hogsback east/so...
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 a fatal fire in the early morning hours of Feb. 20 in downtown Ironwood as the second-place story of the year. Feb. 21, 2018. City Commissioner Jim Mildren later said it was the day he "thought we might lose our downtown," as a fire left three dead and two buildings destroyed. The Ironwood Public Safety Department responded to...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Roy Isaacson, 76, passed away on Nov. 14, 2018, at Westgate Nursing Home in Ironwood. Although he battled Alzheimer's and Parkinson's for several years, he lived a rich and rewarding life. His final days were spent surrounded by his family and the loving caregivers at Westgate. Known as "Dickey" to many of his friends and family, he was born in Bessemer on Feb. 10, 1942, to mother Melvina (Stoor) Isaacson and father Herbert Isaacson. He attended Ramsay Grade School, Roosevelt...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Randal Winn Hulstrom, 62, died Dec. 26, 2018, in Ironwood. Born in Ironwood to Evelyn Joyce (Winn) and Carl Ted Hulstrom, Randy graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1974. While in high school, Randy was elected master councilor of the DeMolay chapter in Ironwood and of the DeMolay's Upper Peninsula District. In Ironwood, Randy worked at Hulstrom's City News and the Brookvale Dairy. Later he moved to Bloomington, Minn., where he worked at Red Lobster, Business...
TYLER, Texas - Gayle Perkins, 81, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Dec. 24, 2018, at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. Gayle was born in Jacksonville, Fla., on March 26, 1937, to Andrew Bascom Strange and Lucy Estelle Ryals. She was a faithful and active member of Memorial Christian Church and Dogwood Hills Baptist Church during her years in Palestine. Her love of Christ was evident to all who knew her. She was a joyful, loving and generous person, and every- one she met was a friend....
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 29 Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Dec. 30 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
