Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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DULUTH, Minn. - William "Willie" A. Wiemerslage, 87, of Hurley, Wisconsin, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, at Aspirus St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. Willie was born on April 4, 1937, in Chicago, to the late William F. Wiemerslage and Josephine Kubler Wiemerslage. He enlisted in the Navy and served at the Great Lakes Navy Base from 1956 to 1962. Willie enlisted to see the world. Instead, he went home every weekend for mom's cooking. He was employed at T-Bird Ready Mix in Mercer in 1974,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Due to the Holidays some events may be cancelled or rescheduled. Please reach out to the organizers of the meeting or events. Thursday, Dec. 19 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:25-9:40 a.m. EDT; White Pine, Carp Lake Township Hall, 10-10:15 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon, Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 12:30-1 p.m....
By JASON JUNO [email protected] HURLEY — The Northstars didn’t have much luck slowing down Quintin Bresette the last time Bayfield came to Hurley. He scored 29 of their 53 points to lead the Trollers to a big win here. “That was the big thing we talked about, let’s let someone else beat us other than (No.) 2,” Hurley coach Mike Swartz said. That was last season. The last game Hurley played didn’t set very well with them either. They went to Drummond last week and lost 55-49 where they missed a lot of shots and played sloppy overall. Th...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board on Monday evening voted to approve a request to plan for a program wherein student driver training would be held several times a year at the airport. Board members first heard a related presentation from Trooper Joe Renaud of the Michigan State Police. Aimed at youth drivers, the training replicates common road hazards at a lesser degree so the driver knows from experience how to best handle the real situation. “I have been training with my department to...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — Members of the Board of Education for Ironwood Area Schools heard at their Nov. 25 meeting a presentation on Professional Learning Communities. Trisha Winn, who is the English 7-12 department chair for Luther L. Wright K-12 School, provided the slideshow. Winn is also the district’s PLC coordinator and so reviewed the program’s achievements, as well as its goals. According to her, the PLC process starts with an analysis by teachers of what every student needs to learn at his or her grade level...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission received on Monday evening an annual report on the city’s Planning Commission. Tom Bergman, the city’s community development director, presented the report for the fiscal year of 2023-24. He also directs the Planning Commission. “This is part of what we do as a Redevelopment Ready Community,” said Bergman regarding the annual report. The report lists Planning Commission responsibilities as follows: 1. preparing and implementing the city’s comprehensi...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Marilyn M. Smollar, 81, of Ironwood Township, died on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, at her home, with her loving family at her side. Marilyn was born on Dec. 26, 1942, in Cudahy, Wisconsin, a daughter of Joseph and Helen Maradik. Marilyn attended Notre Dame High School in Milwaukee. She received many certificates of high honors in journalism, Latin and knowledge of excellence. An award also was given for her taste-testing "onion pie." She participated in and was a science fair...
GLADSTONE, Mich. - Warren L. "Roy" Harris, 88, of Gladstone, passed away early Friday morning, Nov. 29, 2024, at his home. He was born on Nov. 17, 1936, in Manistique, son of Warren and Florence (Snyder) Harris. Roy was raised in Germfask and graduated from Manistique Area School in 1955. Roy married Julie Ann Bonel on Jan. 15, 1993, in Ironwood. They were blessed with 31 years of marriage. He was employed as a welder with Lakehead Pipeline and then Enbridge, retiring as a foreman in 1995. Roy...
BESSEMER, Mich. – Neil Martin Erickson, 85, a long-time resident of Bessemer, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital in Ironwood, after a courageous battle with cancer. Neil was born on July 5, 1939, in Bessemer Township, a son of Harry R. and Minnie H. (Marquardt) Erickson. He attended A.D. Johnston High School and graduated in 1957. Neil went to college for one year. On Feb. 5, 1959, Neil was inducted into the U.S. Army and proudly served his country for nearly t...
LAONA, Wis. - Larry Dominic "Bean Bag" Alessandroni, 76, a former Ironwood resident, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, Nov. 22, 2024, at The Bay at Nu Roc, in Laona, Wisconsin, and under the care of Moments Hospice. The Celebration of Life and burial service will take place in 2025 at the Riverside Cemetery in Ironwood. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Hildebrand Funeral Home & Cremation Specialists, 24 E. Davenport Street, Rhinelander, WI, 54501, 715-365-4343. Everyone is...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 12 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 BRENDA MOSELEY [email protected] IRONWOOD — When it comes to yuletide cheer, nobody knows it better than the Gogebic Range Concert Band. Its members just presented their annual Christmas concert on Saturday night in the Historic Ironwood Theatre. The venue and the music provided comforting warmth directly after listeners most likely had attended the Jack Frost Parade, which traveled right past the theatre. Now directed by Anthony Hanson-Lynn, the band is known for providing a broad array of tunes, including pop and classical carols, a...
By JASON JUNO [email protected] IRONWOOD — These are the types of games Ironwood is going to be in — night in and night out, coach Adam Mackey expects. They’ve played three of them so far. Two of them were decided in the final seconds and the third in the fourth quarter. So far, the Red Devils have pulled all of them out for a 3-0 start, with the latest being a 53-50 victory over Bessemer Monday night. “I think every single night it’s going to come down to the last four, five minutes of the game,” Mackey said. “I expect the same thin...
By JASON JUNO [email protected] EWEN — One week into the season and Ewen-Trout Creek already appears to be living up to the preseason hype. First, they went to Norway and won 61-35 over the Knights while holding All-U.P. First Team selection Lauren Adams to just four points. Then, they hosted Ironwood and fended off one of their biggest challengers in the Copper Mountain Conference for a 58-35 victory Friday night. They smothered the Red Devils’ top two scorers, who combined for eight points. “Ewen is probably one of the top teams...
By JASON JUNO [email protected] IRONWOOD — Bessemer has some pretty strong options inside with bigs Audrey Stone and Maddie Guglielmotto. Ironwood made sure they didn’t get the ball very often as they blitzed the Speedgirls for a 56-13 victory Tuesday night. “That was definitely the game plan going in, to limit scoring opportunities for the bigs inside,” Ironwood coach Jesse Mackey said. “I thought our girls had great position all night and our guards brought a lot of pressure to their guards. They couldn’t even get the pass in.” B...
By JASON JUNO [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic started the weekend with an 86-79 victory over Alpena Friday night, but they fell 87-63 to Rochester on Saturday. Rochester held Gogebic to their second worst offensive output of the season. The Samsons were 24 of 63 (38.1%) from the floor compared to Rochester, which was better than 50% at 34 of 63 (54%). “Just physicality, they got it down low and took it to us down low and that was the difference,” Gogebic coach Dennis Mackey said. “They had inside play; we didn’t, they had more...
By JASON JUNO [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic picked up its first win of the season Friday night, but co-coach Denver Sharrow liked the way the Samsons played on Saturday better. Unfortunately for them, the No. 1 team in the country was in Ironwood. GCC beat Alpena CC 75-59 Friday night and fell 91-49 to Rochester CTC Saturday. Gogebic trailed 27-24 after a quarter in Saturday’s defeat. They struggled to score in the middle quarters, totaling just a dozen points against a Rochester program that won the NJCAA Division III nat...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] GOGEBIC RANGE - A five-day Thanksgiving weekend storm brought about 16.75 inches of snow to the Northwoods, with the actual number varying greatly in the immediate region and throughout the U.P. That was the estimate of Lily Chapman, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, which is affiliated with Marquette but stationed in Negaunee. Chapman, who spoke to The Globe by phone on Tuesday evening, said the storm period from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2 had...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] BESSEMER — At their most recent meeting, members of the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners acted not to reappoint three members of the Gogebic County Fair Board. The Nov. 20 action actually was a lack of action in that a motion by Commissioner James Byrns to accept the reappointments of Quinlan (“Tom”) Hampston, Melinda Kostac and Linda Nelson died for lack of a second. “If we don’t act, the terms expire,” said James Lorenson, who chairs the county board and also is a member of the Fair Board....
