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Articles from the February 17, 2017 edition


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  • Iron County Aging Unit holds painting classes

    Feb 17, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley Senior Center was an art studio Thursday as the Iron County Aging Unit held its second of three painting classes. Led by local artist Anne Marie Batiste, the class worked to replicate a landscape painting. "It's about a two-hour class, it gets people out and interested," aging unit manager Mark Marczak told the Daily Globe. "It's been going over very well; people are really liking it." The aging unit also held an event last week...

  • Bessemer Historical Society receives inquiry regarding 1940s parachutist

    Feb 17, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Historical Society met Thursday afternoon to talk about old times. It is a new year for membership dues. The society is up to 132 members. Ed Sandene discussed an inquiry he received recently. An individual had reached out to him regarding a parachutist who came to Bessemer around 1940 with a Ford TriMotor plane. Two local pilots took the parachutist and his triangle chute up for each of his 46 jumps, which set a world record...

  • January warmth didn't produce much snow here

    Feb 17, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — January weather in Ironwood was marked by half the normal snowfall and above average temperatures. In his monthly report for the National Weather Service office in Marquette, Kevin Crupi noted readings during the first half of the month were about 15 degrees below average, but the last two weeks were 20 to 25 degrees higher than normal. As a result, the average January reading of 16.4 degrees was above the long-term average of 11.8 degrees. Snowfall totaled just 23.3 inches, compared to t...

  • Community Calendar

    Feb 17, 2017

    Friday, Feb. 17 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady... Full story

  • Christ Eugene Pertile

    Feb 17, 2017

    SUN CITY, Ariz. - On Feb. 7, 2017, our beloved father, Christ Eugene Pertile, left us to join his Heavenly Father in eternal life. Our father gave a courageous and dignified battle to recover after having a stroke on Dec. 31, 2016. We held his hand while sharing loving and personal memories, told him how we loved him so, and reminded him of a life well lived. Christ Eugene Pertile was born on March 26, 1928, to Medio and Lee Pertile (Bissell) in Ironwood, Mich. He received his education at St.... Full story

  • Janis Ruth Palutke

    Feb 17, 2017

    WAUSAU, Wis. - Janis Ruth Palutke was ushered into Glory on Tuesday morning, Feb. 14, 2017, at North Central Health Care Facility-Garden Side Crossing. She was born on June 4, 1935, in Minneapolis, to the late Russell and Laura Porter. She was a member of Trinity Independent Church, North Minneapolis, where she taught Sunday School and was involved in a very active youth group. Janis attended Patrick Henry High School and Minneapolis Academy in the Twin Cities, graduating in 1953. During the... Full story