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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, June 17 Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Survivors of Suicide, 3 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church basement, Ironwood. Michigan Western Gateway Trail Authority, 6 p.m., monthly meeting, Gogebic County Courthouse, 200 N. Moore St., Bessemer. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer....
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The runway resurfacing work at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport is on schedule as the new commercial airline released its flight schedules to Chicago and Minneapolis. This is the biggest runway project since the last deep resurfacing in 1992, said Mike Harma, airport manager. The construction, which started in early June and will wrap up by July 15, has gone flawlessly thus far with good weather and skilled crews but the planning...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, June 16 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Blood Pressure...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, June 13 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 14 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday approved the rate request for the biannual property tax levy for municipalities, school districts and other taxing units. The board action allows local units to start billing for the summer property tax levy for the cities and school districts, while the townships have the property tax levy in the winter, said Kathy Jo Koval, director of the Gogebic County Equalization Department. Koval said Tuesday that the normal county o...
BESSEMER - One person is dead following a house fire in Bessemer on Tuesday evening, according to the Michigan State Police. Troopers from the Wakefield Post were dispatched to a structure fire at 213 Sellar St. in the city of Bessemer at approximately 9 p.m., according to an MSP press release. Upon arrival the house was fully engulfed in flames. Troopers attempted to enter the residence to locate anyone inside but were unable to due to the intense flames and smoke, according to the press...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, June 11 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. SMART Recovery,...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, June 10 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis.,...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - James H. "Jim" Bale, 87 of Ironwood Township went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Friday, June 5, 2020, while surrounded by his loving family, and holding hands with the love of his life of 69 1/2 years, Joan Berlin Bale. Jim was born in Oxbow Dam, Michigan, on Nov. 4, 1932, and lived in Lakeview, Michigan, before moving to Ironwood about 1939. On Dec. 20, 1950, he and Joan were married. They bought their Ironwood Township farm in 1955 where they raised th...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, June 9 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Hurley City Council, 5 p.m., city hall. Montreal City Council, 5:30 p.m., city hall. Town of Pence, 6 p.m., Pence, Wis., Town...
Saturday, June 6 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 7 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, June 8 Iron County Food P...
IRONWOOD — Work has stalled but the idea continues to re-establish a county economic development office, according to a report at the Ironwood Economic Development Corporation meeting Wednesday. EDC member Gary Burnett asked for an update on the work to establish a regional EDC office. The cities of Ironwood and Bessemer are behind the effort to hire an emergency economic development coordinator who would implement the strategic plan process that was established by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, said Tom Bergman, director of c...
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Citing uncertainties of COVID-19 restrictions and health agency concerns of a summer surge, the Gogebic County Fair Board on Monday canceled its centennial event this August but may pursue a virtual option. After lengthy discussion during a virtual meeting the board considered two other options — to go ahead with the fair or delay the decision until the July meeting. The board acted 4-2 to cancel the traditional fair scheduled for Aug. 6-9, with the option to pursue a virtual fair in...
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - The Gogebic-Iron County Airport closed Monday for more than a month of runway work. The Runway 9/27 rehabilitation and runway lighting reconstruction project will require the closure of the runway and airport through July 15, and again from Aug. 13-20, said Mike Harm, airport manager. The single asphalt runway is 6,502 feet by 120 feet. "The runway surface will be milled and shaped and brought to elevation," Harma said. "A new blacktop...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com MARENISCO - After nearly a quarter century on the job, Marenisco Township Supervisor Richard Bouvette has announced he will retire after the coming November election. Bouvette has made that decision clear in recent months, but it wasn't until this spring that only one person applied to take over the job. He is Marenisco Police Chief Bruce Mahler, who will retire from law enforcement in August after more than 16 years on his largely one-man job. Both men, w...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, May 30 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, May 31 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. A...
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday approved the county’s COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan. The plan requires board approval and was approved unanimously. The plan is required by the state and is due by June 1. The document presented by Juliane Giackino, county administrator, has four sections that include protective safety measures, employee benefits as they relate to COVID-19, employees with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases, and a business continuity plan...
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Tuesday heard the latest developments on the COVID-19 response in the western Upper Peninsula. Kate Beer, the health officer and administrator for the Western U.P. Health Department, attended the virtual meeting to report on the state and regional response. Gogebic County has five positive cases and one non-Michigan resident case who is recovering in the area. Houghton County reported two new cases on Tuesday — both travel-related. “Our big concern still...
By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com WAKEFIELD — As part of an effort to promote safe riding in the region, the Gogebic Range Trail Authority recently donated helmets to kids without the proper gear. “It was one of the most rewarding things I think I’ve done with our club to date,” said GRTA President Steve Hamilton. “Some of these kids, the way they looked at some of these helmets, it was like it was the coolest thing they now owned.” The club donated 17 helmets and goggles to nine families at an event Thursday, according t...
Wednesday, May 27 Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Gogebic County Finance Committee, 4:15 p.m., courthouse, Bessemer. Gogebic County Board, 5 p.m., courthouse, Bessemer. Thursday, May 28 Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org. Government...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, May 26 Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Iron County Board of Health, 4:30 p.m., courthouse board room, Hurley. GCC board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Zoom, twitch.tv/gogebic_bot Ironwood City Commission, 4:30 p.m. budget workshop, via Zoom. 5:30 p.m. regular meeting, Visit cityofironwood.org...
MARENISCO — A prospective buyer from Chicago has shown interest in purchasing the former Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco for use as a farm to grow, process and test marijuana. Marenisco Supervisor Richard Bouvette reported the news to his Board of Trustees at their Wednesday evening meeting and shared further detail with the Daily Globe in a Thursday phone call. “I don’t know that this is going to fly,” said Bouvette, but he claimed, “This guy seems to know what he’s talking about.” The supervisor said that the man, who is from C...
MERCER, Wis. — The town of Mercer Board of Supervisors will revisit the fireworks ordinance in June, following action at its regular meeting Thursday. The board 5-0 approved a request to create a town fireworks permit and moved discussion of the permitting criteria for sales, possession and use to the June board meeting. The permit would also exempt the local fire department or designated organization for the purpose of a public display fireworks. Local municipalities may pass ordinances that enhance the state statute governing fireworks u...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, May 23 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, May 24 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. A...
ERWIN TOWNSHIP — A child who had been reported missing from a campsite near McDonald Dam Tuesday was located later that same day. The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a missing 4-year-old at approximately 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to Sheriff Pete Matonich. Matonich said the child’s mother had reported her son was playing with other children near the campsite and had possibly wandered off. GCSD deputies, along with troopers from the Michigan State Police’s Wakefield Post and members of Gogebic County Search and Rescue,...
