Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Editor's note: The Daily Globe has again counted down the top five local stories of the year. The first ranked story centered on developments concerning Gogebic-Taconite's proposed mine near Upson, Wis. UPSON Wis. - The possible return of mining to Iron County by Gogebic Taconite made news throughout 2013 on many fronts. Controversy over the proposed mine continued, with proponents citing the needed hundreds of jobs and opponents voicing environmental concerns. Currently, the company is...
HURLEY - After weeks of discussion, the Iron County Board of Supervisors approved the employee handbook for county employees during a meeting Monday. The finance committee, along with department heads and other employees, worked on the document throughout most of December, finally presenting the handbook to the full board. Board members had some questions about the document, asking for clarifications. Supervisor James Lambert, of Mercer, questioned the use of the term "at-will" when describing...
HONOLULU (AP) - The government's rehabilitated health insurance website has seen a December surge in customer sign-ups, pushing enrollment past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration says. Combined with numbers for state-run markets, that should put total enrollment in the new private insurance plans under President Barack Obama's health law at about 2 million people through the end of the year, independent experts said. That would be about two-thirds of the administration's original goal...
"To become thicker-skinned. I'm such a baby and I shouldn't let so many things get to me." - Kayla Mickelson, Hurley...
KIMBALL TOWNSHIP, Wis. - Gerry J. Fesnick, 60, of Defer Road, Kimball Township, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, at home with his family and loving wife, Jill, by his side after a courageous battle of 10 months with cancer. He was born April 12, 1953, in Ironwood, Mich., son of the late John and Catherine (Cech) Fesnick. Gerry attended Harding and Washington grade schools and graduated from the A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, Mich., with the class of 1971. He worked on his father's mink farm...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Robert "Bob" Douglas Murdock, 87, of Ironwood, passed away Dec. 27, 2013. He was born in Gardner, Mass., on June 3, 1926, to Douglas and Christel Murdock. After graduating from Athol High School in 1943, he served in the Navy and then went on to Worcester Polytechnic, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1950. On Sept. 16, 1950, he married Nancy Augusta Howlett, his wife of the last 63 years. He worked for Sperry Univac as a software manager,...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Stanley S. Marczak, 90, of Ironwood, died peacefully Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Nov. 28, 1923, in Bessemer, son of the late John and Catherine (Zielinski) Marczak, and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School. He entered the U.S. Army on Feb. 15, 1943, serving in the European-North African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations during World War II, and was honorably discharged as a corporal on Jan. 3, 1946. Following his...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Suzanne H. Byrns, 70, of 232 W. Arch St., Ironwood, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, in Ironwood. She was born May 2, 1943, in Ironwood, daughter of the late William and Alma (Bergman) Byrns. She had resided in Ironwood most of her life. Suzanne is survived by one brother, Pat Byrns, of Evansville, Wis.; one sister-in-law, Dolores Byrns, of Germantown, Wis.; and numerous nephews and nieces. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, William and Robert Byrns; and one sister, Anne Novak. Cremation has t...
ALLEN PARK (AP) - Jim Schwartz was hired to turn around the Detroit Lions and he did it for three seasons. He failed to keep the Lions going in the right direction the next two years - and it cost him his job. The Lions fired Schwartz on Monday, one day after their late-season slide ended with a loss at Minnesota. He had two years and nearly $12 million left on his contract. Schwartz informed the players of the decision during a team meeting. "I feel awful for him," Lions center Dominic Raiola...
HURLEY - Ironwood played well and Hurley did not. It was that simple and it led to Ironwood getting off to a good start early in the new year by downing Hurley 57-46 in an important Indianhead Conference rivalry game on Thursday night. "At times, we looked really good and at times we had some breakdowns," Red Devil coach Pete Lewinski said. "Overall, we did a good job. It seemed like we had a bitter taste from the Ashland game (a 64-37 loss). It was just that we could have given them a better...
