Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Ironwood's Carnegie Library is "Geeking the Library" with an open house Thursday at 5 p.m. "Geek is a verb," Elaine Erickson, library director, said. "For example, I geek the library." Geek the Library started in 2010, and is an effort in communities across the nation to show people that the library has the resources to support whatever it geeks, their passions, Erickson said. The open house will kick off the program, with goodies and treats provided. Participants can create posters a... Full story
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) - The air was thick with the stench of decay as sweating workers lowered the plastic coffins one by one into a grave the size of an Olympic swimming pool. Scores of unidentified bodies were interred together Thursday in a hillside cemetery without any ritual - the first mass burial in this city shattered by last week's Typhoon Haiyan. Six days after the disaster, some progress was being made in providing food, water and medical aid to the half-million people displaced... Full story
ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon Area School Book Fair Tuesday sold more than $4,000 in books which will result in 1,800 scholastic dollars for books in the school. For more than 20 years, there has been a book fair where children, adults and organizations can choose the finest books for all school-aged children. For six of those years, it has been the "organizational baby" of Avelin Yost. Yost transformed a room at the Ontonagon School into a children's bookstore with imaginative displays geared for v... Full story
IRONWOOD - The Daily Globe is hosting its fourth annual food drive through Nov. 22. Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at the office, Mondays through Fridays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To help boost the number of donations, the Globe is offering an incentive. "People who bring in five or more non-perishable food items will receive a one-week subscription to the Daily Globe, current or new," Marisa Casari, circulation manager, said. "We hope to get as many items as possible." This year,... Full story
RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. (AP) - Hundreds turned out for Sarah Palin's Christmas book signing at a Walmart in the Wausau area. The former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate is promoting her new book, "Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas." Carrie Kolbeck of Wausau was among those waiting Thursday to meet Palin. Kolbeck says Palin "just believes in standing up for religious freedom" and calls her "a very brave woman." It was Palin's fourth stop on her national... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Lenore Ursula Pawlak, 85, of Ironwood, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, with her loving family by her side. The former Lenore Dary was born Oct. 21, 1928, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Walter and Regina (Sokolowski) Dary, attended St. Mary's Grade School in Hurley, Wis., and graduated from Lincoln High School there in 1946. Furthering her education at St. Elizabeth School of Nursing in Chicago, Lenore became a registered nurse in... Full story
