Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] GOGEBIC COUNTY - Unofficial results of Tuesday's Gogebic County primary election held strong for incumbents, with U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, a Republican from Watersmeet, covering the First District of Congress, earning 1,303 votes next to fellow Republican Josh Saul, 199. In the same race, Democrat Callie Barr beat Bob Lorimer, 637-571. Results were provided by Gogebic County Clerk Ramona Collins. In the U.S. Senate race, in which Debbie Stabenow...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] GOGEBIC COUNTY — In the race for seven seats on the Gogebic County Commission, the closest call among unofficial results in Tuesday’s primary election was for District 1, wherein incumbent Dan Siirila beat Bob Michaels, 143-141. They are both Republicans. In District 6, which covers Wakefield and Wakefield Township, Republican Michael Yon earned 200 votes versus Democratic incumbent Bob Orlich with 124. In District 3, incumbent Democratic incumbent James Byrns earned 173 votes versus Republican Dan...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] GOGEBIC COUNTY — Primary election results from the county’s six townships resulted with a few upsets, even though many races were uncontested. In Watersmeet Township, Republican Yvonne Clark got 193 votes next to incumbent Democrat Mike Rogers,101. Republican Kirsten Boehm also bested incumbent Democratic clerk Julie Mathiesen, 186-98. Democratic treasurer Paul Kempainen was uncontested with 105 votes. In Watersmeet’s race for two trustee seats, John T. Oliver III and Simon Zelinski were the top v...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Darrol Keith "Dud" Dalbec, a lifelong resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully on Thursday Aug. 1, 2024, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausau, Wisconsin, following a brief illness. He was surrounded by his loving family as he passed on to a better place. Dud was born on Nov. 12, 1938, in Wakefield, son of the late Elfreedor and Mayme (Cappo) Dalbec. He attended grade school in many different states as his father worked construction throughout the South and Midwest. Dud...
BESSEMER, Mich. - June M. Bulinski, 86, of Bessemer, passed away on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital in Ironwood, after a brief illness, with her son at her side. June was born on June 21, 1938, in Bessemer, a daughter of William and Gladys Walls. She attended Bessemer schools and graduated from A.D.Johnston High School with the class of 1956. On June 10, 1961, June married Peter Bulinski at Christ the King Catholic Church in Ramsay. They were married for 43 years. She was empl...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. – Dorothy M. (nee Myers) Bates, 82, of Wakefield, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 16, 1942, in Chicago, a daughter of Bernard and Ruth Myers. On Aug. 20, 1960, Dorothy married the love of her life, Richard W. Bates Sr., at the Bethany Methodist Church in Chicago. They celebrated nearly 52 years of marriage before his passing on June, 27, 2012. For more than 20 years, she was the lunch lady at D.R. Cameron School in C...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, August 8 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 MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Gus Macker 3-on-3 basketball tournament returned last weekend for the third year in a row to Wakefield, and this year was bigger and better than ever. "We have the biggest crowds and the most vendors that we have ever had this year," said Michael Grayson, the team lead organizer. Gus Macker started down in Belding, Michigan, in 1971 by Bryce McNeil. Originally held in his own driveway, the tournament grew and grew, and now thousands of team...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] GOGEBIC COUNTY — Tuesday will be the day of the Michigan state primary in Gogebic County, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in designated sites for each city and township. Voters will face a number of choices in relation to local, state and national races, as well as several proposals. U.S. Rep. Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat first elected in 2000, is not running for re-election, resulting in that seat as an open race for the first time since 1994. Running to take her seat are Democrats Hill H...
HURLEY, Wis. - A Mass of Christian Burial remembering Janet Rosalind (Saari) Gheller, 84, town of Oma resident, who died on April 14, 2024, will be celebrated on Thursday, Aug. 8, at 11 a.m., preceded by visitation at 9:30 a.m., at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, in Ironwood, with the Rev. Brian Gerber, celebrant. Cake and coffee will be served at the parish hall immediately following the Mass. Rite of Committal and interment will take place at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Bessemer. In lieu of...
HURLEY, Wis. - Joy K. Paquin, 88, of Ironwood, Michigan, died peacefully Monday, July 22, 2024, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, following a four-year battle with dementia. Joy was born Oct. 5, 1935, in Albert Lee, Minnesota, daughter of Oscar W. and Edith (Oakland) Sjowall. Joy lived in Albert Lee until she was seven years old, at which time the family moved to River Falls. In 1951 the family moved to Ironwood. Joy graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1954....
DULUTH, Minn. - Nancy Marie Symons Blodgett, a loving daughter, mother, grandma and nurse, passed away on July 14, 2024, at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth with her children by her side. Nancy was born on Nov. 30, 1963, to parents Robert and Lois Symons in Wakefield, Michigan. After graduating from A.D. Johnston High School in 1982, she went on to study nursing at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Michigan. Nancy was an intelligent, respected and compassionate registered nurse. She devoted...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Bertha (nee Kooping) Erickson, 96, of Ironwood Township, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the Eastwood Nursing Center in Negaunee. Bertha was born on July 23, 1927, in Ironwood Township, a daughter of Jacob and Sophie (Korpela) Kooping. She grew up in Ironwood Township. Bertha spent her entire life farming and was fully engaged with all activities and responsibilities required of maintaining a farm. Her husband, Everett, and she ran a dairy and potato farm...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, August 1 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 PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners voted on July 24 to receive and file a letter from Mike Rogers, supervisor of Watersmeet Township, who continued to question the county’s handling of PILT monies. No other action was taken on Rogers’ July 15 letter in which he lobbied for the county to share PILT allotments with Watersmeet and Marenisco townships, each of which include substantial portions of the Ottawa National Forest. As defined by the state, “Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)...
By DAMIIAN LANG [email protected] IRONWOOD - "There's no wrong way to spin a plastic circle around your body." That's the motto of the Ironwood Hoop Club, led by Amy Nosal of Ironwood and Anna Wakefield of Watersmeet. The Globe followed the suggestions of the Hoop Club Facebook site: "Join the Circle" and "Be there or be square." As I arrived at Longyear Park across the street from Ironwood's Riverside Cemetery, the hula hoopers were on the grass, spinning hoops in the early evening sunlig...
By DAMIIAN LANG [email protected] IRONWOOD - As a major feature of Festival Ironwood, "the World's Largest Duck Pick" is a big event for young children from around the Ironwood area and surrounding communities. Imagine being five or six again, and there are hundreds of bright, yellow, tiny, friendly-looking ducks floating in a little pool where you can easily scoop them up with a net. Not only that, but imagine knowing you will win a prize with the ducks you've picked. This is no small...
PENCE, Wis. - Richard James Miller, age 57, of Pence, died unexpectedly in his home Sunday, July 14, 2024. He was James and Therese (Blarek) Miller's first born. Rich was a small-town country boy raised in Hatley. His first job was at the Dittbrender Farm, where he worked long days, nights and weekends tending to the cows. When the farmer had sick calves, they were tied up outside and left to die. Then "Big Hearted Al", Rich would bring them all home and nurse them back to life, especially his f...
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. – Daniel “Hotdog” Haltug, 71, of Bruce Crossing, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at his home, with his loving family at his side. A private graveside service will be held at the Hillside Cemetery in Bruce Crossing, at a later date. Jerald Rocco, owner and manager of Lakeside Memorial Chapel Inc., in Wakefield, is assisting the family with arrangements....
BESSEMER, Mich. - Alvin Douglas Niemi, 76, of Bessemer, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Duluth, Minnesota, surrounded by his loving family, following five-and-a-half years of peritoneal at home dialysis treatment and an 11-day hospitalization for a peritonitis infection. On Aug. 21, 1947, in Ironwood, he was born to Arvo and Jane (Grenfell) Niemi. Al attended Bessemer Township Schools and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer with the class of 1965. He continued his...
MONTREAL, Wis. – Dale Edward Hedman, 69, a longtime resident of Montreal, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, with his family at his side. Dale was born on Sept. 21, 1954, in Ironwood, Michigan, a son of Oiva E. and Frances M. (Moncher) Hedman. He graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley. Dale continued his education at Gogebic Community College and earned an Associate Degree. Dale was employed at White Pine Copper Mine until its closure and concluded his working career a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, July 25 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 PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] MARENISCO TOWNSHIP — Marenisco and Watersmeet townships are continuing the push to get some share of the state PILT funds that now go to Gogebic County. PILT stands for “payment in lieu of taxes,” and such payments are made to governmental entities that include federal property within their boundaries. The payments are intended to compensate for any expenses incurred by local governments in relation to the federal land. Marenisco Township supervisor Bruce Mahler told The Globe on July 19 that he an...
By JASON JUNO [email protected] IRONWOOD --- Adam Mackey leads Ironwood’s all-time leading career scoring list. Jacob Ciesielczyk scored the most points in a single season for the Red Devils. Griffen Revoyr has the school’s individual game scoring mark. Those are the kinds of questions Pete Lewinski didn’t know the answer to while he was coaching at Ironwood. Nobody he asked to try to find out knew either. “I got tired of people asking me and I felt the Ironwood school should have a record of who the all-time leading scorers are,” L...
By DAMIIAN LANG [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The first burial lot in the city of Wakefield was purchased in 1905, roughly two decades after the city was established in 1884, at about the same time that the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western railroad company laid tracks through the region. George Wakefield, a successful business man in logging, real estate and mineral lands - originally from Henderson, New York - had surveyed the area and established the city named for him. At the time, the...
