Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] 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...
By JASON JUNO [email protected] A majority of Iron County voters cast their ballot in favor of Republican Donald Trump and JD Vance in Tuesday's Presidential election. None of the local races were contested. A total of 2,562 votes were cast for Trump and Vance in Iron County with the Democratic ticket of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz getting 1,487 votes. Sixteen votes were cast for Robert Kennedy-Nicole Shanahan, nine for Jill Stein-Rudolph Ware, three for Randall Terry-Stephen Broden, two each for Chase Russell Oliver-Mike ter Maat and Co...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] GOGEBIC COUNTY - In relation to cumulative vote totals, every major state and national race in Gogebic County leaned Republican. In the 110th District of the Michigan House of Representatives, Greg Markkanen (R-Hancock) got 4,347 votes next to Democrat Kim Corcoran, who is Ironwood's mayor and earned 3,740 votes. A national race with local impact was that of U.S. Congress District 1, in which incumbent Republican Jack Bergman of Watersmeet received 4,626 votes in this county, or 56.86%, next to...
BY SARAH LAUZON Intern to The Globe [email protected] 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...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer School Board approved the hiring of several staff members at an Oct. 28 meeting. Persons hired include Lawrence Inabnit as a behavioral interventionist for the Washington Elementary School and Courtney Vincent as an at-risk paraprofessional, both pending a favorable background check. The board also approved the hiring of Mitch Matilla as the junior high basketball coach. In addition, the board approved the first reading of two different sets of September 2024 Neola policy updates....
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - If you're in the mood to kick in the holiday season, Theatre North has just the show in mind for you, with multiple performances starting on Nov. 14. It's "Plaid Tidings," and it's a revisiting - with a twist - of previous theatre performances that occurred in 1996 and 2003. The earlier shows, as well as the new ones, all are based on the same four characters who compose a musical group called Forever Plaid. The original performances of... Full story
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic County Fair Board held a reorganization meeting on Monday and approved the hiring of a rodeo for the 2025 county fair. A carnival is still pending. During the reorganization, the board elected Linda Nelson as chair and Shelley Suckow as vice-chair. Initially, both women were nominated as chair, but a written vote resulted in a tie. After some discussion, Suckow stepped down from the nomination. The board also voted to approve the hiring of Rice Rodeo Company of Medford, W...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] GOGEBIC COUNTY — In relation to cumulative vote totals, every major state and national race in Gogebic County leaned Republican. In the 110th District of the Michigan House of Representatives, Greg Markkanen (R-Hancock) got 4,347 votes next to Democrat Kim Corcoran, who is Ironwood's mayor and earned 3,740 votes. A national race with local impact was that of U.S. Congress District 1, in which incumbent Republican Jack Bergman of Watersmeet received 4,626 votes in this county, or 56.86%, next to D...
By BRENDA MOSELEY [email protected] MERCER - Employees of a new ranger station in Mercer sponsored an Oct. 29 open house that included tours and refreshments. The station is under the umbrella of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. For the last few decades, the DNR's Mercer team has been working in a two-story log cabin constructed in 1939 for use as a ranger's residence. According to DNR forestry team leader Ryan Peaslee, who directs the Mercer staff, the original building did...
BY SARAH LAUZON Globe Student Intern [email protected] BESSEMER - On Oct. 25, the high school marching bands from the Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco schools performed a halftime show during the Ironwood Red Devils vs. Gogebic Miners game at Massie Field in Bessemer. The joint band, which included a total of 62 students, performed three songs. Each song featured unique group marching movements, with students marching in many directions, passing each other closely and forming var...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] GOGEBIC COUNTY — Gogebic County citizens may vote in Tuesday’s general election from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at their designated precincts. Early and absentee voting options also are available with details available from each voter’s county or city clerk. The full ballot for each precinct is available on the Gogebic County website (choose “election results” and then “local ballot information,” and address the drop-down choices). In the information provided below, only contested races are noted, and na...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees approved its most recent preliminary audit as presented on Tuesday evening. Josh Sullivan, a Traverse City CPA with Rehmann Robson LLC, presented the report. He expressed appreciation to the GCC team for its work in helping the audit come together. "Overall, when you look at the statement deposition, there was a decrease in overall assets of around $500,000," he said. "However, you also have a...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD - At a Monday meeting, the Board of Education for Ironwood Area Schools approved snow-plowing bids for the 2024-2025, 2025-2026, and 2026-2027 school year as presented. The overall bid was awarded to Jake's Excavating and Landscaping LLC of Ironwood at the rate of $7,475 per year. The bid covers the school parking lot, the West Pabst Street entrance doors and loading ramp, the north entrance and driveway, and the south bus drop-off drive on...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] IRON COUNTY — Local citizens may vote in the Tuesday general election from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in their designated precinct locations. Options also exist for absentee and early voting, with details available from each voter’s county, city or town clerk. According to Iron County Clerk Christan Brandt, all voters will receive the same ballot, which will include options to vote for the president/vice president, U.S. senator, U.S. Congressional District 7 and Wisconsin House District 74. According to the...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — If the number of absentee ballots is an indication of the size of November’s election, Ontonagon will see increased numbers. Bill Chabot, the county’s deputy clerk, said that the township normally sends out 500 absentee ballots, but because of this year’s requests, 700 have been mailed. Chabot said he feels there would have been more requests, but the local ballot has only a few contested races. “There is not a race for sheriff this year, and that is one that generally brings out the biggest v...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission voted on Monday evening to approve road, curb and sidewalk cost options in relation to the city’s Phase 5B project, for which bids are expected during the winter of 2025. According to city manager Paul Anderson, the project encompasses a broad section of the city, including major utility work — along with resulting reconstruction of roads — on portions of multiple streets. Those streets will include Lowell, Lawrence, Coolidge, Harding and Michigan, with in...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] HURLEY - Members of the Iron County Economic Development Committee met on Tuesday evening to brainstorm ways in which to strengthen local business, whether existing or new. They also worked toward refining specific goals toward that objective by acknowledging the need to address weaknesses, such as a need for housing, affordable daycare and broadband extension. In addition, they expressed interest in retaining young people or in luring them back to...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley Area School Board of Education met on Monday for its annual meeting, in which district administrator Kevin Genisot presented the public with the budget for the 2024-2025 school year. The board then voted to approve a proposed levy of $2,995,698, as presented for operation of the school, for the same time period. This levy amount is $588,334 higher than the unaudited total from the previous school year. The levy and budget then were both formally approved at the regular October board m...
By SARAH LAUZON Globe Student Intern [email protected] IRONWOOD – The Doors of Life program, an informational presentation created for area high school students, will be held on Oct. 30 at 12:30 p.m. in the Lindquist Center in Gogebic Community College. This program will feature approximately 17 to 18 speakers who are employed in the Upper Peninsula, largely in outdoor-related careers. These speakers, who will be wearing their respective job uniforms, will each be given three to five minutes to tell the audience why they chose their s...
