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  • Community Calendar

    Jan 2, 2025

    Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906- 932-2211. Thursday, Jan. 2 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....

  • Stories of the year

    Dec 26, 2024

    Editor’s Note: Each year, members of The Globe staff choose what they believe were the year’s biggest stories: ones that resonated with readers and that often involved topics with ongoing ramifications in particular communities or throughout the Gogebic Range. Below are this year’s choices in no particular order of importance. By PAMELA JANSSON pjansson@yourdailyglobe.com GOGEBIC RANGE — When it comes to drama, a major, accidental fire at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds in Ironwood certainly sufficed as a story of the year in 2023, when the eve...

  • Wakefield-Marenisco students heading to Europe in 2026

    Dec 26, 2024

    WAKEFIELD — Students studying German at Wakefield-Marenisco High School can look forward to a spring break trip to Germany, Switzerland and Austria in 2026. After reading a proposal by German teacher Christina Stuber on Dec. 16, the district’s Board of Education approved the trip, for which the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District will pay 60% of costs. “This is an excellent opportunity for our students,” said trustee Mike Yon as other board members agreed during the board’s meeting. Board members also approved the hiring of Emily...

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 26, 2024

    Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 26 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....

  • Margaret Jean Kariainen

    Dec 19, 2024

    TROUT CREEK, Mich. — Margaret Jean Kariainen, 98, of Trout Creek, went home to be with the Lord, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, at Bayside Village in L’Anse. Margaret was born on Sept. 22, 1926, in Belvidere, Illinois, a daughter of Albert and Daisy Blachford. Margaret worked most of her life, from building cars to harvesting trees. She retired from the Ontonagon County Commission on Aging at the age of 85. Margaret enjoyed bowling, hunting and fishing with her grandchildren. She was handy with a chainsaw and crosscut saw and always helped with fir...

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 19, 2024

    Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. 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....

  • Panthers beat Speedboys in low-scoring contest

    Dec 19, 2024

    By JASON JUNO sports@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — Rivals Ewen-Trout Creek and Bessemer can usually be counted on for some pretty entertaining matchups, whether it’s in the district tournament, or for positioning in the league. Tuesday night was not one of those games. The Panthers were nevertheless happy to take the 43-33 low-scoring win. “Anytime you can win on the road when you’re not scoring it worth a darn is good,” E-TC coach Brad Besonen said. Both teams are battling injuries. Bessemer missed Leland Hollenbeck, who should return af...

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 12, 2024

    Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. 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....

  • Ontonagon celebrates Hometown Christmas

    Dec 12, 2024

    By JAN TUCKER news@yourdailyglobe.com ONTONAGON - Three days of the 22nd annual Hometown Christmas in Ontonagon wound up Sunday with a festival parade featuring the home-made floats for which the city is known. The overall winner in the open division was the Greenland 4th of July Committee with its gingerbread House. The committee puts on its own festival on the Fourth of July, and its float Sunday reminded the shivering crowd that summer will come. First place in the youth division depicted...

  • Area's first storm lingers over holiday weekend

    Dec 5, 2024

    By PAMELA JANSSON pjansson@yourdailyglobe.com 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...

  • Ewen offers thanks

    Dec 5, 2024

    EWEN - The 13th annual Southern Ontonagon County Thanksgiving dinner was deemed a huge success in Ewen. "The weather held and we were able to bring the community together for indoor dining at the Centennial Hall and also offered pick-up and delivery to those home-bound," said Melanie Pelkola of Trout Creek. She and her husband, Ken Pelkola, prepared 130 meals together with their children, grandchildren, other family members and a core group of volunteers. The free event consisted of a...

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 5, 2024

    Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 5 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....

  • Red Devils rally past Cardinals to win opener

    Dec 5, 2024

    By JASON JUNO sports@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The younger team led all night, but the more experienced group made the plays in crunch time as Ironwood rallied past Wakefield-Marenisco for an improbable 50-48 season-opening win Monday night. The Cardinals led 48-39 after a Chase Lane 3 early in the fourth quarter, but they didn’t score again. W-M turned it over to Ironwood with 58.5 seconds left and the Devils’ returning All-U.P. player, Axton Ruotsala, pulled up for a long 2 to tie the game at 48. He then stole the inbound pass, givin...

  • Ironwood School Board gets positive reports

    Nov 27, 2024

    By MEGAN HUGHES news@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD —- The Board of Education for Ironwood Area Schools heard a Monday presentation from Trisha Winn, chair of the English Department and coordinator of the Professional Learning Committee. The board also heard a presentation from Alan Tulppo, superintendent of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District. Tulppo has been making the rounds of all GOISD schools regarding how each of them utilize various services. The GOISD aims to provide support to its districts in areas such as academic s...

  • GOISD head praises Bessemer on use of services

    Nov 27, 2024

    By MEGAN HUGHES news@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER - The Bessemer Board of Education met on Nov. 15 for its monthly meeting, having changed from the regular schedule due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Alan Tulppo, superintendent of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, presented the annual service report. Tulppo's report summarized data about how the GOISD was serving the Bessemer district, including year-to-year data of Career and Technical Education program enrollment and student...

  • Schools announce holiday concerts

    Nov 21, 2024

    By MEGAN HUGHES news@yourdailyglobe.com GOGEBIC RANGE — Area schools are preparing for the holiday season, announcing their respective holiday and Christmas concerts. Below is a list of the upcoming concerts, dates and locations. Gogebic County Ironwood Ironwood will offer five separate concerts this season, dividing them by class and by type of concert. The first concert, featuring the middle school band and choir, will be held this Sunday at the Historic Ironwood Theatre from 2 to 4 p.m. The sixth grade concert will be on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. i...

  • Gogebic Range Honors Band performs at HIT

    Nov 21, 2024

    By BRENDA MOSELEY news@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Students from six different area high schools in three counties joined forces on Nov. 15 to offer a concert at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. Members of the Gogebic Range Honors Band played under the direction of renowned director John Lynch of Wisconsin. The Gogebic Range Honors Band program is an opportunity for select young band members to train together with a guest conductor. According to promotional material, the kids "come to the...

  • Gladiators' Gordon, Besonen named to All-UP Dream Team

    Nov 21, 2024

    By JASON JUNO sports@yourdailyglobe.com MARQUETTE — Ontonagon’s dynamic duo of Austin Gordon and Caden Besonen was selected to the All-U.P. Dream Team at Monday’s 75th meeting of the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Gogebic’s Wyatt Aspinwall and Leland Hollenbeck were All-U.P. First Team selections while several area athletes were either special or honorable mention. Gordon, selected at one of two hybrid spots, finished his senior season with 2,394 passing yards and 27 touchdowns. He also ran for 387 yards and nine s...

  • Community Calendar

    Nov 21, 2024

    Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Nov. 21 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....

  • Rachel Birely

    Nov 21, 2024

    HURLEY, Wis. — Rachel Birely, 96, passed away Nov. 14, 2024, of natural causes. Rachel was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Simon and Mary Keleel. The family moved to Detroit, where she grew up in the shadows of Briggs Stadium. It was in Detroit, while working for Mrs. Wagner’s Pies, that she met and married Charles Birely. They went on to have three children: Karen, Daryl and Jody. Rachel’s hobbies included bowling and gardening and, in the summer, camping all over the state of Michigan. It was during those camping trips that they fell in lov...

  • 2024 election canvass complete

    Nov 14, 2024

    By PAMELA JANSSON pjansson@yourdailyglobe.com GOGEBIC RANGE — Canvassing of the Nov. 5 election results has been completed in both Gogebic and Iron counties with the latter county reporting only one nominal change. In Gogebic County, Clerk Ramona Collins noted a few major issues on Tuesday. According to her, there were 473 unresolved write-in votes for county mine inspector but no official winner. Nobody declared candidacy for that race. Collins added, however, that Dan Wood of North Ironwood was elected to the position of county drain c...

  • Community Calendar

    Nov 14, 2024

    Email calendar items and community news to news@yourdailyglobe.com. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Nov. 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....

  • Jorge Cruz wins Gogebic County sheriff's race

    Nov 7, 2024

    By PAMELA JANSSON pjansson@yourdailyglobe.com GOGEBIC COUNTY - Nearly 60 percent of registered voters participated in Tuesday's general election in Gogebic County, with 8,374 of 13,983 registered voters taking part in either early or election day voting. Unofficial election results were posted on Tuesday evening at 11:36 p.m. by county clerk Ramona Collins. Results will not be considered official until a canvass is completed to verify the votes. County Undersheriff Jorge Cruz, a Republican from...

  • Schools plan Veterans Day programs

    Nov 7, 2024

    BY SARAH LAUZON Intern to The Globe news@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Monday will be Veterans Day, and on this important holiday, many area schools are holding services open to both their respective student bodies and the public. The timing for each service in the tri-county region is as follows: Iron County The Hurley School District service will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the high school gymnasium. The Mercer School District service will start at 10 a.m. in the high school gymnasium. Gogebic County The Ironwood Area School District s...

  • Area athletes honored by Great Lakes 8 West

    Nov 7, 2024

    By JASON JUNO sports@yourdailyglobe.com Three players from Gogebic, two from Ontonagon and one from Ironwood were named to the Great Lakes Eight West all-conference First Team in voting by coaches after the regular season. Gogebic’s Bode Lynott earned the offensive hybrid spot with Wyatt Aspinwall at linebacker and Jayden Verrett in the defensive hybrid slot. Ontonagon’s Austin Gordon was selected at quarterback with teammate Caden Besonen chosen at wide receiver and defensive back (he was also a Second Team running back). Ironwood’s Evan Oja w...

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