Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By Zachary Marano zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Since the Western U.P. Health Department’s last update on July 1, there has been a surge in COVID-19 cases in Gogebic County. In the 19-day period between July 2-20, 33 people in the county tested positive for the coronavirus. “Testing is encouraged for anyone who is having symptoms or has been in contact with a known case. Contact your local healthcare provider or pharmacy for testing information,” a release from the WUPHD said. There were two new cases in Houghton County and two new cas...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, July 22 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. 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,... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, July 21 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood.... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, July 20 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. 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. St.... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, July 17 Festival Ironwood at Depot Park: Walk, Run and Roll, registration at 7 a.m., race at 8:30 a.m.; car show, registration 8-10 a.m., show, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; volleyball tournament, 9 a.m.; outdoor pool tournament, 9 a.m.; arts and crafts show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; open stage with music and dance, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; DJ music, 4-6 p.m.; car show cruise, 6 p.m.; Marty’s Goldenaires, 6:30 p.m.; music by XTRA, 8 p.m. to m... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board will hold two special meetings to interview three Essential Air Service applicants on July 22, according to a Wednesday news announcement. The two special meetings will be held at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, July 22 at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport airline terminal. The 9 a.m. meeting will be for officials from Denver Air Connection to provide their EAS proposal presentation. The meeting was previously announced for 10 a.m. but has been changed. T...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, July 15 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. 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,... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Clarence J. "Sonny" Fredrickson, 89, of Ironwood Township, passed away Saturday, July 10, 2021. He was born on Oct. 14, 1931, to parents Einar Clarence Fredrickson and Helmi Emily (Hautanen) Fredrickson, who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death was his brother, Robert. Sonny graduated from Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1949. In January of that year, he joined the Michigan National Guard retiring in 1986, with 31 years of service. His... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, July 14 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. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Three passenger airline companies will present their bids to be the next Essential Air Service carrier for the Gogebic-Iron County Airport later this month. The Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board scheduled a special meeting for July 22 to hear proposals from Denver Air, Southern Airways Corporation, and AirChoice One. The meetings will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the airport terminal building to accommodate arrivals and opportunities to view aircraft that may be part of t...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, July 13 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, July 10 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, July 11 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwoo...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — At their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, members of the Wakefield Township Board of Trustees learned from Supervisor Mandy Lake that shooting noise originating in Wakefield Township has resulted in a complaint from a Wakefield city resident on neighboring property. The problem already had been discussed at a June 28 meeting of the Wakefield City Council, wherein City Manager Robert Brown, Jr. had explained that the matter is out of the city’s jurisdiction. Lake is als...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, July 8 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. 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. Red Hats Society, 11:30... Full story
By Zachary Marano zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The Gogebic County Fair Board met on Monday to discuss business as the first day of the fair is only five weeks away on Aug. 12. Items on the meeting agenda included finding business vendors for the vacant spots at the fair and making the fairgrounds ready for the big event. Fair coordinator Terrtu Anderson said that the fair is low on vendors this year. Many vendors simply do not have enough staffing to attend this year’s fair, she said. Board member Holly Ramme said she knows a ven...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, July 7 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, 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, Ironwood. 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,... Full story
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com WAKEFIELD - Joy abounded in Wakefield as the community returned to a full slate of Fourth of July events after canceling most of them due to COVID-19 last year. Wakefield's regular July 4 parade, as well as its children's parade, also had been cancelled in 2018 due to thunderstorms. A Saturday Community Picnic in Eddy Park drew a crowd of people who filled the main pavilion and then spread throughout the park lawn and over to the beach area. John and Anna...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, July 6 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis... Full story
HURLEY — Iron County sales tax is up and it may be due to online shopping, or at least its ability to track purchaser origin for tax purposes, according to reports at the county board of supervisors meeting on Tuesday. The monthly sales tax for June was $230,834, according to the report from county clerk Michael Saari. That is a $66,992 or 29% increase over the June 2020 total of $231,834. Every month of 2021 so far has a double-digit increase over the previous year. “That is really good,” Saari said. County Board Chair Joseph Pinardi said he a...
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Work on Ironwood’s $2 million water and sewer project involving several areas of the city could be completed by the end of July, according to the project engineer at the city commission meeting on Monday. The city commission 5-0 approved a $22,326 change order for Jake’s Excavating and Landscaping, LLC, the project contractor. The change included $9,108 for the water line portion and $13,218 for the sewer line portion. “We’ve run into some things, many of them very routine, that we n...
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, July 1 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. 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,... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, June 30 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, 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, Ironwood. 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,... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, June 29 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics... Full story
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com MARENISCO TOWNSHIP — A vote to acquire White City radio tower in the Kimberly Hill area might result in Marenisco Township getting a greater range of broadband internet options. The action at the Monday evening meeting of the Marenisco Township Board of Trustees followed a historical review of the site by town supervisor Bruce Mahler. He said that in 2007 the state Department of Transportation owned the tower, but sold it to the township when the DOT no longer needed it. According to Mahler, the township...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com MARENISCO TOWNSHIP - After nearly a year without an official full-time lead in law enforcement, the Marenisco Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously approved the hire of James Webber as the town's new police chief. Webber, who was hired as part-time support about a month ago, will start his new full-time role on July 1. Monday's vote was unanimous with town clerk Donna Kenney describing Webber's service thus far as "just awesome." "I do love your...
