Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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. Saturday, March 19 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. Sunday, March 20 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, Wakefield, 706 P...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 17 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 17 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 16 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. 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,...
HURLEY, Wis. - Joyce Ann (Bergman) Hjalmquist of Ironwood, Michigan, passed away on Feb. 13, 2022. Joyce was born on June 27, 1934, in Ironwood to Leonard and Elma (Kytola) Bergman. She attended Norrie School and Luther L. Wright High School, graduating with the class of 1952. Joyce worked as a secretary at National Metals Bank after high school. On June 21, 1958, she was united in marriage to Dave Hjalmquist, who preceded her in death on Nov. 4, 2021. They were married for 63 years. Joyce was...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, March 15 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. 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 Servi...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com HANCOCK — When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated their way of monitoring COVID-19 community levels on Feb. 25 to be determined by the number of new COVID-19 admissions and staffed inpatient beds, the five counties in the western Upper Peninsula went from a high risk of transmission to low community levels. Because of these changes, the western U.P. was suddenly considered low risk for COVID-19 by the CDC for the first time in months. This may have been short lived, however, as a...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Sixteen teams from 11 regional school districts participated in the annual Spring High School Quiz Bowl at Gogebic Community College on Thursday. Hurley, Ironwood, Bessemer, and Wakefield-Marenisco each sent two teams to the tournament. Calumet, Chassell, Hancock, Houghton, West Iron County and Phillips, Wisconsin, were also represented. The teams faced off against each other through the morning on all sorts of questions. Subjects included...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, March 12 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. Sunday, March 13 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Ambulance Committee and Board of Commissioners met at the courthouse on Wednesday. Jim Lorenson, chair of the ambulance committee, reported that the contracts with the Beacon and Aspirus MedEvac services have been signed by all parties and are in place. He reminded the committee that the Aspirus MedEvac contract includes a payment to license staff and rigs at the Eagle River hospital, so Watersmeet Township will be served from the south and east. Lorenson said that an a...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 10 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 9 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. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m....
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com The western Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin received heavy precipitation this past weekend, resulting in many thick layers of ice. Barry Bolich, manager of the Gogebic County Road Commission, said this was the worst ice that the county’s roads have seen in several years. “As the weather dictated, we called guys on early Saturday morning and immediately applied salt and/or sand where necessary and came back and scraped and plowed again,” Bolich said. Bolich said that road crews applied sand...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, March 8 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Friends...
By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees hired two vice presidents at a special meeting Thursday morning, filling positions in its upper level administration. Both are expected to begin their duties in May. Chad Lashua, of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, was hired as the new vice president of business services. He is the director of business services at Nicolet Area Technical College in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, where he has held various business-related roles since 2010. He has an additional 10 y...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, March 4 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families — Gogebic County: Fairview Apartments, Bessemer, at 9 a.m.; Hillcrest Apartments, Bessemer, at 9:30 a.m. in the community room; Sunset Manor Apartments, Wakefield, at 10 a.m. in the community room; Riverview Apartments, Wakefield, at 10:30 a.m. in parking lot. (Home deliveries for Meals on Wheels recipients in B...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com LONGUEUIL, Quebec — According to a Monday report, the Canadian copper development company Highland Copper Company Inc. has initiated an updated feasibility study on its 100%-owned Copperwood Project in Gogebic County and, depending in part on the results of the study, may initiate construction activities at the project later this year. “The transformation of Highland Copper is well underway,” said Denis Miville-Deschênes, president and CEO of the company. “With a new board and a clean balance sheet,...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 3 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families — G...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 2 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. 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, Ir...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, March 1 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325....
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com HANCOCK — For the first time this year, the seven-day COVID-19 case count in the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department’s weekly update fell below 100, with less than 100 new cases in Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties from Feb. 26 to Wednesday. There were 13 new COVID-19 cases in Baraga County, 18 new cases in Gogebic, 40 new cases in Houghton, four new cases in Keweenaw and eight new cases in Ontonagon, for a total of 83 new cases in the western U.P. The update says tha...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Public Safety Department was called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash involving a school bus and a pickup truck on Thursday afternoon on U.S. 2 just east of Easy Street in the city. The school bus, operated by Schilleman Bus Service of Eagle River, Wisconsin, was transporting children for the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District at 2:30 p.m. when it collided with a pickup truck. Four people were transported to Aspirus Ironwood Hospital for minor injuries and...
WHITE PINE, Mich. - Kenneth "Cloud" Slipper, age 80, passed away peacefully in his home, sitting on his couch in his boxers on Tuesday afternoon Feb. 22, 2022. Cloud was born on June 7, 1941 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County to Kenneth F. Slipper and Ethel (Whiting) Slipper. He received his GED from White Pine High School in 1983. He spent his earlier years working as a meat cutter in the Milwaukee area, then went on to work for White Pine Copper from 1986 to 1995, when the mine...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — Jerry Wuorenmaa, the executive director of the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region office, appeared before the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting on Wednesday to provide an overview of a grant opportunity from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. The grant was regarding collaboration between counties for materials management. Wuorenmaa called this “a newer way of looking at solid waste management and pla...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - As the three-day winter storm comes to an end, 14.9 inches of snow were measured at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Facility in Ironwood from Monday through 7 a.m. on Wednesday, bringing the total snow accumulation for the 2021-2022 winter season to 143.8 inches. The National Weather Service in Marquette says that Ironwood, Watersmeet and most surrounding areas received 12-18 inches of snow, with the Porcupine Mountains and other,...
