The Daily Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

MARQUETTE — Bessemer’s Ben Zielinski stepped into the spotlight in his senior year, while Ironwood’s Jacob DiGiorgio has another year left on the hardwood. Both were selected to the All-U.P. team at Wednesday’s 64th annual meeting of the... Full story

MARQUETTE — Like her sister, Ontonagon senior Brooke Turin can now be called an All-U.P. girls basketball player. Turin was named to the Class D First Team in voting at the 39th annual Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscaster Association... Full story

HANCOCK, Mich. — Ruth W. Lampinen, 87, of Hancock, passed away early on Saturday morning, March 15, 2014, at PortagePointe. She was born on April 20, 1926, at Mason Hill, a daughter of the late Charles and Riika (Tuovila) Lantto. She attended... Full story

EWEN - Too strong. Too physical. Too athletic. And just too darn good. That described Crystal Falls Forest Park as it captured the MHSAA Class D District 127 Tournament championship game with a 65-50 victory on Friday night. "I was very happy with... Full story

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Pete (Norman) Allen, of Ewen, passed away on Feb. 24, 2014, at 4:30 a.m. at Marquette General Hospital, following a courageous and valiant battle with colon and liver cancer. Never losing his dignity or good nature, he is an... Full story

BESSEMER — Everything — everything — was stacked against Bessemer Tuesday. The fourth-ranked Class ABC team in the U.P., Ironwood, opened up a 17-4 lead on the Speedboys, which had lost three of their last four, and now were dealing with an an... Full story

BESSEMER - What's with all these winning (and losing) streaks the Bessemer Speedgirls have been on this season? Bessemer started out with three wins, lost five in a row and now have won four straight... Full story

BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. - Robert A. Spears, 59, of Bruce Crossing, died at home on Jan. 31, 2014. He was born Sept. 22, 1954, to Art and Peggy Spears in Detroit. He grew up in Marine City and Walled... Full story

WHITE PINE - Mike Urbis of Ewen was named Aspirus Community Champion at the annual Aspirus employee recognition dinner Friday at the Konteka in White Pine. Urbis, along with Jim Jessup, perform... Full story

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To the Editor: Last week Adam Bump, of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, claimed 17 of the 23 wolves killed during last fall’s wolf hunt happened in places within known territories of packs repeatedly attacking livestock or pets and... Full story

ONTONAGON, Mich. — Francis R. “Frank” Urbis, 88, of Paulding, died on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at Aspirus Ontonagon Long Term Care hospital. Francis was born in Ewen on April 5, 1925, son of Andrew and Mary Urbis. He married Patricia Knapp, of... Full story

IRONWOOD - In a non-conference game that had the feel of something much bigger, the tall and talented Ironwood Red Devils showed they could rise up in a big game and carved out a 65-58 win over Washbu... Full story

WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Charles H. Mott Jr., 76, of Bessemer, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, in Wakefield. He was born Sept. 1, 1937, in Ewen, son of the late Charles H. and Lillian (VanBlarcom) Mott. He re... Full story

At least for a few more hours, Allison (Bailey) Bottoms, a 1997 Ewen-Trout Creek graduate, holds the Upper Peninsula career scoring record. At 2,131 points, Bottoms, a 6-1 center, is one of just three... Full story

HURLEY - Ironwood played well and Hurley did not. It was that simple and it led to Ironwood getting off to a good start early in the new year by downing Hurley 57-46 in an important Indianhead...

ONTONAGON, Mich. - Robert "Bob" Frank Giesen, 74, of Ontonagon, passed away on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Robert "Bob" was born in New Prague, Minn., on Jan.... Full story

IRONWOOD - Ironwood was ready for Bessemer this time. After losing to the Speedboys in the first matchup last season, Ironwood overcame terrible shooting in the first quarter and a never-say-die Besse... Full story

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WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield-Marenisco School Board discussed the proposed consolidation of the Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco school districts at its meeting Monday. A group of citizens has proposed a... Full story

ONTONAGON, Mich. - Edward Floyd Greeno, 90, of Ewen, died on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, at Long Term Care in Ontonagon. Ed was born Oct. 1, 1923, in Ewen, the son of Floyd and Bernice (Taylor) Greeno.... Full story

EWEN - Opponents don't often leave Ewen with 34-point victories. But Lake Linden-Hubbell already is playing like the U.P. top-five Little 5 team it was last year and Ewen-Trout Creek is adjusting to... Full story

IRONWOOD - It was a game that seemed destined for overtime after it was tied after one quarter, a one-point game at the half, tied at the end of three quarters and tied through much of the fourth... Full story

IRONWOOD - How did that shot not go in? Mesabi Range's Bacarius Dinkins, who scored a game-high 22 points, managed to get to the rim after his team inbounded it with 2.2 seconds left. His layup to... Full story

ONTONAGON - The sounds of hammers pounding nails filled the room on Nov. 7 and Nov. 20 at the Ontonagon High School Building Trades program lab as 39 area high school girls participated in Women in... Full story