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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Robert “Bob” Maki, 75, of Wakefield, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at his residence. Robert was born on June 21, 1948, in Wakefield, a son of Robert William “Bullo” and Agnes (Pucilowski) Maki. He attended A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and graduated in 1966. Bob continued his education at Michigan State University. He looked forward to going to his hunting camp, was an avid hunter, enjoyed fishing and was a retired forester. Bob is survived by a son, Chris, Marquette; two grandchildren, Benson and Braxton; a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 21 Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:25-9:40 a.m. EST; White Pine, Carp Lake Township Hall, 10-10:15 a.m. EST; Ontonagon, Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EST; Mass City Resource Center, 12:30-1 p.m. EST. Ironwood St....
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission voted Monday to move forward in accepting the former Norrie School property from the Ironwood Area Schools. City manager Paul Anderson told the commission the school district has no plans for the 2.2-acre property and was looking to donate it to the city. Anderson said in a memo to the commission that the city staff felt it was good for the city to take ownership in order to have more control over the property’s future, adding: “With the housing short...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - George Howard Plaistow of Ironwood went to eternal life on Dec. 3, 2023, at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota. George was born Dec. 12, 1947, to Howard and Ruth Plaistow of Ironwood. George attended the Ironwood schools and went into the service and served in Vietnam. He became a member of the Ironwood American Legion and later served as commander following in his father's footsteps. George was a long time resident of Ironwood and was very active in the community....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 14 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 Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110....
IRONWOOD - Balmy temperatures resulted in a large crowd at Ironwood's Jack Frost Festival parade Saturday night. "There were lots of people," said Michael Meyer, director of the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the event. "The crowd of children this year was just amazing." He estimated on Monday that there were twice as many kids attending this year's parade as last year, thanks to this season's 30-degree evening. "Last year, the munchkins were all bundled up," added Meyer, whereas...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Memorial Building's auditorium acted as a competition hall for the Poetry Out Loud competition on Monday morning, with five students from area schools aiming to earn their place in the coming state competition. Event coordinator Rebecca Binkley of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District said the competition is a national competition where high school students select two poems from an anthology to read to judges. Students are judged on accuracy of the reading,...
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. - Eleanor Theodora Barnes (nee Paulson) of Bruce Crossing, passed away peacefully on Nov. 27, 2023, at Omega House in Houghton, with her family by her side. Eleanor was born in downstate Whitehall to Elmer and Elsie Paulson on Sept. 23, 1935. She attended Whitehall School. Eleanor was blessed with five children. She was a very hard-working woman to provide for her children. She worked many years independently in the nearby Montague area as an in-home caregiver and grounds...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Mary C. Strelcheck, 88, formerly of Bessemer and a long-time resident of Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield, passed away peacefully Sunday evening, Nov. 26, 2023. Mary was born on April 1, 1934, the daughter of Joseph and Sophie (Hornick) Grasso. Mary graduated from Hurley High School in 1953. On Aug. 27, 1955, she was united in marriage to William H. Strelcheck at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Montreal, Wisconsin. They were happily married for 58 years. Mary was...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 7 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 Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110....
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Ironwood moved closer to adopting a new Downtown Development Plan and the creation of a related Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) Plan on Monday as the city commission acknowledged the introduction of an ordinance which would set it all in motion. The commission then called a special meeting that was to be held Wednesday evening (after deadline) for the purpose of adopting the ordinance. The Downtown Ironwood Development Authority has been working on the Downtown Development Plan and T...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] The season's first snowstorm at the start of this week did not bring as many inches as anticipated, but it definitely made winter official. As many as 15 inches were predicted for the western U.P., but the official total for the two-day event measured for National Weather Service at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Facility in Ironwood was 4 inches, as of 7 a.m. Tuesday. That brought the season total to 6.9 inches, compared to 48 inches on the same...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Community spirit was as plentiful as food at an annual Thanksgiving dinner at VFW Post 3673 in Bessemer. “We figure we have about 225 people dining inside,” said VFW Quartermaster John Frello to a crowd of folks clapping in response on Nov. 23. “If anybody leaves here hungry, it’s your fault.” Frello added that an additional 200 people were getting takeouts. “Something like this doesn’t happen without a large number of volunteers,” he said. Frello told The Globe that “probably 40 or 50 people...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Nov. 30 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 Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110....
BESSEMER, Mich. — Carol Cleone Chiapuzio, 84, of Bessemer, lost her battle with Parkinson's on Nov. 21, 2023. Carol was born on Nov. 30, 1938, in Covington, a daughter of Glen and Hilma Thiede. She graduated from Luther. L. Wright High School in Ironwood with the class of 1957. On April 30, 1960, Carol was united in marriage to the love of her life, James, at Christ the King Catholic Church in Ramsay, by the Rev. Louis C. Cappo. Together they were blessed with four children. James preceded C...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood's Jack Frost Festival began last week with the lighting of the community Christmas tree in the Historic Depot Park. A group of locals enjoyed the warm weather on Thursday as chamber officials lit the new lights on the 60 foot tree in the downtown park. The brief lighting ceremony included a performance of singers from the Ironwood high school, and a short speech from mayor Kim Corcoran. People gathered in the depot, which doubles as his...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — In action last week, the Ironwood Planning Commission approved a site plan for a pending new apartment complex on Aurora Street downtown. The unanimous vote approved construction plans relating to Cinnaire Solutions, a Lansing-based company that aims to create a 15,000 square foot, three-story building with 45 apartment units and 1,000 square feet of first-floor commercial space. Illustrations of the plan indicate 31 one-bedroom units and 14 two-bedroom units. Before voting, commissioners r...
HURLEY, Wis. - Barbara Jean (Allen) Lemmons, a long-time resident of Hurley, passed away in her sleep early Friday morning, Nov. 17, 2023, at the Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. She was born on Feb. 4, 1933, a daughter of Harold and Ethel Allen. Barbara attended a one-room schoolhouse in Coopersville, Michigan. She was raised on a dairy farm and met and married her husband, the Rev. Troy R. Lemmons at the Marne United Methodist Church. She lived her life as a minister's...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Patricia Ann Sybeldon, 88, of Ironwood, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Patricia was born on Sept. 25, 1935, in Hurley, Wisconsin, the daughter of Joseph F. and Julia (Organist) Sybeldon. She attended Lincoln High School in Hurley, and graduated in 1953. Patricia continued her education and earned a degree from Spencerian Business College in Milwaukee. Most of her working career was spent in Atlanta, where she was employed as an executive assistant in a large real...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Nov. 22 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. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, noon, Sharon’s Coffee Company, Hurley. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Overeaters Anonymous, 4...
HURLEY - President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 60 years ago today on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas. The 35th president of the United States was shot as he rode through downtown Dallas on what was essentially an early campaign trip for the coming 1964 election, looking to shore up his southern support. A little more than three and a half years before, Kennedy, then a young U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, was running for president and made a campaign stop in downtown Hurley on March 17, 1960. A...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - A Nov. 10 Veterans Day program at Luther L. Wright K-12 School in Ironwood was anchored in large part by members of the school's JROTC program. Emcee Cadet/Col. Abigail Lauzon of the JROTC led the program, for which U.S. Air Force Sgt. Colin Clausen - an LLW graduate - was the guest speaker. "Service is not just a word," said Clausen, explaining that it is a way of life. "Service doesn't end when we take off our uniforms," he said. "For many of...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — An investigative report on the Sept. 26 fire at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds was released last week by the Gogebic County Courthouse and concludes that the official cause of the fire that destroyed three structures was “accidental.” The report was issued by the Ironwood Public Safety Department and includes statements from two of its employees, Sgt. Brandon Snyder and Lt. Matthew Sterbenz, with reviewing by Sgt. James Chiapuzio. As the fire marshal, Snyder provided the final word. Additional...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Courthouse is the first courthouse in the U.P. to offer self-help computer stations that facilitate free legal aid to any citizen wishing to use them. That news was part of a report shared last week by Judge Michael Pope of the 32nd Circuit Court. He was addressing members of the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners during their Nov. 8 meeting. “We’re the second self-help center in the Upper Peninsula,” said Pope, explaining that Marquette County offers a similar system,...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — In a separate committee meeting last week, members of the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners entertained the possibility of considering other county fairground locations. The current location has been in Ironwood for more than 100 years. The issue was addressed in a Nov. 8 meeting of the Economic Development and Capital Improvement Committee after being referred to it by commissioners in their previous Oct. 25 board meeting. At that time, the board had been reacting to an Oct. 17 letter f...
