Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners has chosen to ignore facts by passing two resolutions within the past four months, containing false statements about wolves. Both resolutions state, “The overpopulation of wolves is threatening the tourism, recreation and business industries in the Western U.P.” There is absolutely no evidence to support this claim. The 2014 U.P. wolf population was 636 animals (down from 687 in 2011) far below the biological carrying capacity. The International Wolf Center located in Ely, Minnesota (population 3,4...
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield-Marenisco girls track and field team put on a strong performance and out-distanced the Bessemer Speedgirls 102-78 in the final Porcupine Mountain Conference track meet at Cardinal Field in Wakefield. Along with the boy's W-M's victory, the double win will stand the test of time, because the Porcupine Mountain Conference, which has been the longest continuous running conference in Michigan since 1955 or '56, will be dis-banded next year. Cardinal coach Lauren Korpi thoug...
ONTONAGON, Mich. — Adeline A. Robl, 89, of Ewen, passed away May 12, 2015, at the Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Long Term Care Unit. She was born Nov. 9, 1925, in Ewen to the late Eino and Toini (Hendrickson) Anderson. Adeline graduated from Ewen High School in 1943, and was employed in various places until 1944, when she married Roy Robl. They moved to Ewen in 1953 and operated a dairy farm on Fair Oaks Road. Adeline enjoyed bowling, golfing, fishing and being outdoors. She was also a lifetime member of the Ewen Methodist Church. She was preceded...
Highway projects are gearing up in the Upper Peninsula with the warmer weather. The Michigan Department of Transportation said a mammoth three-part M-28 resurfacing project, including from near Wakefield to Bergland, will begin on Monday and run through July 31. The 23.8 miles of work will be on M-28 from Tula to Bergland, from Ewen to Bruce Crossing, and from Sidnaw to the Houghton County line. The work will also include gravel shoulders, concrete curb, gutter, sidewalk and ramps, and pavement marking. The project will begin with concrete...
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. - Seere L. Nordine, 93, passed peacefully in her sleep on May 2, 2015. Seere was born on Jan. 25, 1922, to Finnish immigrants Charles and Aliina Huhtala on the North Baltimore Road in Bruce Crossing, where she has was a lifelong resident. She attended the one-room North Baltimore School through eighth grade and graduated from Ewen High School in 1939. In 1940, she graduated from Suomi College with a two-year degree in business (which she completed in one year), while...
Saturday, May 2 City of Ironwood Clean-up, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Ironwood Chamber of Commerce Building, Depot Park Area, Ironwood. Children’s story hour, 10:30 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Bessemer Area Heritage Center, 1 p.m., Mining and Logging Live Presentations, Bessemer Area Heritage Center. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2 to 5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. Chess Nuts Chess Club, 4 p.m., Maplewood Steakhouse, Ironwood. Wakefield-Marenisco Prom grand march, 6...
Friday, May 1 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. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Bessemer Area Heritage Center, 1 p.m., Mining and Logging Live Presentations, Bessemer Area Heritage Center. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org....
GERMANTOWN, Wis. - Thomas P. Corda, 75, of Bruce Crossing, Mich., died peacefully with his family by his side on Monday, April 27, 2015, at the Gables of Germantown Memory Care Facility in Germantown, due to complications relating to Alzheimer's disease. He was born Sept. 11, 1939, in Ironwood, son of the late Earl B. Corda and Anna (Soltis) Corda. Tom attended Oliver and Central Grade School and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1957. He served in the U.S. Army for three years and...
DE PERE, Wis. - Myrna Williquette, 56, passed away peacefully at home on April 25, 2015, surrounded by family, after a short and courageous battle with cancer. She was born Aug. 4, 1958, to William and Lola Jaakkola, of Bruce Crossing, Mich. She grew up riding horses and spending her days in the wonderful outdoors of the Upper Peninsula. She graduated from Ewen-Trout Creek High School (class of 1976), earned her degree from Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich., and went on to co-own Bay...
Tuesday, April 28 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer (Wis.) Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Ewen-Trout Creek School District, 7 p.m., Ewen-Trout Creek Jr/Sr High School Band and Choir “Pops” Concert, Ewen-Trout Creek School. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration,...
IRONWOOD — The second annual Kiwanis Classic Border Bash high school boys and girls all-star basketball games include eight local players and several regional athletes locals will recognize. The games pitting Upper Peninsula athletes against Northern Wisconsin players is set for June 9 at the Lindquist Center at Gogebic Community College. All of the players are seniors and they were First Team selections in their conference or an All-U.P. selection. The event was well received last year with a big crowd taking in some summer basketball. M...
IRONWOOD - The historic Ironwood Theatre's stage played host to the debut performance of the UPNorth Elementary Honors Choir, a new regional honors choir for elementary school students, on Friday. Featuring 47 students in third through sixth grade, the choir is designed to offer students in the region an opportunity to sing at a higher level than in their school music classes, Michelle Parks, the elementary music teacher in Ironwood, who organized the group explained. Parks said she got the...
Wednesday, April 15 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Bessemer Chamber of Commercer, noon, City Hall auditorium. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m...
Tuesday, April 14 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, children, 1-3 p.m., 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Ironwood Area Chamber of Commerce, 3:30 p.m., Maplewood, Ironwood. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion,...
Monday, April 13 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival Board of Directors, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Aurora Club, 6 p.m. monthly membership, Aurora Club, Ironwood. Festival Ironwood committee and vendors, 7 p.m., American Legion, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon Village Housing,...
ONTONAGON - "Use it or lose it" was the message the Ontonagon County Economic Development Corporation received Wednesday, concerning the Ontonagon Revolving Loan Funds. Dale Cook, Regional Loan Manages for Northern Initiatives, which manager all the Western U.P. RLF funds, stressed the revolving loan fund board has received a letter from the state concerning a little known clause in the revolving loan fund regulations called " continuing activity." The letter, Cook said, indicates if Ontonagon...
MARQUETTE — Ironwood senior Jake DiGiorgio was always more worried about how the team did than how many points he scored or rebounds he acquired. This season, the Devils usually won and DiGiorgio (6-5) was usually a big part of that. His hard work paid off with a spot on the All-U.P. Class ABC First Team as selected at Wednesday's 65th annual meeting of the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. In as competitive a year as ever in Class D, Bessemer senior guard Lance Berwald landed a spot on the All-U.P. Second Team. D...
MARQUETTE — Frannie Zelinski became the latest Watersmeet Nimrod to be honored, while Emily DiGiorgio helped the Ironwood girls break a nine-year drought. Zelinski was named to the All-U.P. Class D Second Team, while DiGiorgio was a Class ABC Second Team selection at Wednesday's 40th annual girls basketball meeting of the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. The last Red Devil to make the All-U.P. team was Brittany Pertile in 2006. She made the Second Team in back-to-back years, also earning a spot in 2005. DiGiorgio, a...
SEATTLE — Geraldine M. Korri, 55, formerly of Ewen, Mich., passed away on March 8, 2015, at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, surrounded by family and friends after a courageous 17-year battle with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. Geraldine was born in Wakefield, Mich., to Bruce and Gloria Korri on April 16, 1959. She graduated from Ewen-Trout Creek High School in 1977. She had an associate degree in fire protection technology, Bachelor of Arts degree in recreation and conservation and a master’s degree in Chinese medicine. She...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — Russell J. Mason, 66, of Russellville, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Russellville. The son of John and Eva Monette Mason, he was born Jan. 23, 1949, in Bruce Crossing, Mich. He graduated from Ewen High School in Ewen, Mich., and then earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Michigan State University in Kalamazoo, Mich. Russell was a mechanical engineer with ANO. He enjoyed fishing and gardening. He was preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Dorothy Corbin. Sur...
HOUGHTON - Students from Ironwood, Watersmeet and Ewen-Trout Creek traveled to the Michigan Tech campus Monday to compete in the Western Upper Peninsula Science Fair. The students competed based on a rubric centered on three main categories - the written report, overall project and the display board and student interview - event organizer Loret Roberts told the Daily Globe before the fair. Projects received a gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention rating depending on the percentage of points...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Hazel G. Anderson, 90, of 1412 Putnam St., Wakefield, passed away Friday, March 20, 2015. Hazel was born on July 27, 1924, in Marquette, a daughter of James and Ruth (Nebel) Anglim. On June 28, 1943, Hazel married Lawrence R. "Andy" Anderson Sr. at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Marquette. They made their home in Wakefield. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and its Women's Guild, and was a charter and life member of the Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans...
Snowflakes fell Thursday across the Gogebic Range, the day before the official arrival of spring. Better days lie ahead, however. The national Climate Prediction Center forecasts a greater than climatological chance of above average temperatures for the next three months, but about average precipitation. For the short term, unseasonably cold temperatures are forecast, with highs of only 28 on Saturday and 32 on Sunday. Ironwood's record high for March 20 is 78 degrees in 2012. That year,...
BESSEMER - U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek, R-Crystal Falls, who serves Michigan's First District, awarded a Congressional Award Gold Medal to A.D. Johnston senior James Jendrusina on Wednesday. After a short introduction by principal Dan VanderVelden, Benishek stood in front of the gym, filled with Bessemer students and administration, and spoke about self-improvement and serving the community. "You need to have the commitment to better yourself and give back to your community," Benishek said. The Congr...
BESSEMER - This group of Bessemer seniors made one more lasting memory in their final game at the House of Noise. They won the final Porcupine Mountain Conference title by dominating Ewen-Trout Creek 85-57 Thursday night. The PMC is merging with the Copper Country Conference next year. What a way for the final PMC championship to be decided, with a title game between 4-1 teams. The Speedboys just took the drama out of it with a dominating performance. "This was for our seniors, our last home...
