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  • Civic Center to host Gogebic County Fair

    Mar 28, 2024

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — The location for the 2024 Gogebic County Fair has been declared officially as the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center in Ironwood. Fair Board members had been optimistic about the change in venue, and the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners also had voted to approve the switch from the county fairgrounds. But Jay Kivisto, manager of the Civic Center, assured on Tuesday that his board of directors also now has made it official. Regarding Fair Board members, he said, “Our Civic Center board met...

  • Ironwood buys Civic Center property from GCC for $1

    Mar 28, 2024

    By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission agreed Monday evening to purchase the land the Pat O’Donnell Civer Center stands on for $1 from Gogebic Community College. The purchased also included a 30-foot strip of parking along the north side of the Civic Center. City Manager Paul Anderson said in a memo to the commission that the city needs ownership of the property in order to meet requirements of a Michigan Department of Natural Resources Land and Conservation grant it hopes to gain to help pay...

  • High school Pi Day competition held at GCC

    Mar 28, 2024

    By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College played host to nearly 100 local middle and high school students for the inaugural Pi Day Competition on March 20. Thirty-one teams of three students from grades 7-12, representing four school districts from within the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District competed in a series of mathematical problems it not related to, certainly in honor of, pi - the ratio of the circumference of a circle to it's...

  • Title search raises problem with targeted site for new Heritage Center

    Mar 28, 2024

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Plans by the Bessemer Area Historical Society to construct a new Bessemer Heritage Center on East Sellar Street have reached an impasse due to a discovery that part of the targeted property is not owned by the city, as originally thought. The Heritage Center is now at the main street address of 403 S. Sophie St., but the plan was to construct a new building on the south side of the 100 block East Sellar Street after the City Council and Downtown Development Authority both voted to sell a piec...

  • Great Michigan Read begins here tonight

    Mar 28, 2024

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Great Michigan Read has begun, and area libraries and educators are gearing up for this year’s book “Firekeeper’s Daughter,” by Angeline Boulley. The Ironwood Carnegie Library, the Wakefield Public Library and the Gogebic Community College are working together to bring activities to both adults and youth alike to celebrate a love of reading. The first event is set for today at 6 p.m. in Room B-21 at GCC. The event will feature a screening of the documentary “Lawyers: Defenders...

  • Marenisco to act on 2024-2025 fiscal year budget

    Mar 28, 2024

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO TOWNSHIP — Members of the Marenisco Township Board of Trustees will meet on Friday evening to adopt their proposed $1.1 million budget for 2024-2025. According to Township Supervisor Bruce Mahler, a related public hearing on Monday evening drew no opposition. The public hearing was part of a regular board meeting. In a Tuesday phone call, Mahler underscored the effect that inflation has had on the budget for the fiscal year starting on April 1. “We found especially in this last year that...

  • Globe honored by Michigan, Wisconsin newspaper associations

    Mar 28, 2024

    By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Globe’s editorial and advertising staffs were recently honored with awards from the Michigan Press Association and the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Sports Editor Jason Juno earned awards for both news and sports writing, as well as sports photography. A story Juno wrote about a successful effort to find a missing boy in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park on May 11, 2023, earned first place in the MPA’s Spot News Story category. Entitled “Safe and Sound,” the same...

  • HIT 'Lights Up' with local talent for fundraising show

    Mar 28, 2024

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Local musicians put the fun in fundraising Saturday night as they performed in "HIT Lights Up," an event designed to help in financing ongoing costs at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. The 2-hour show featured 14 performers and 20 songs, ranging from rock to pop to country, with a consistent dose of high spirits among performers and the audience. A core band and vocal group provided the base of the entertainment, and they warmed up the crowd with...

  • Norma J. Pucilowski

    Mar 28, 2024

    BESSEMER, Mich. - Norma J. Pucilowski, age 86, formerly of Bessemer, died March 18, 2024. Norma Jane Schneider was born on Oct. 23, 1937, to the late Alfred and Mary (Selvig) Schneider in Jamestown, Michigan. Norma attended local schools in North Dorr, Michigan, and graduated high school from Catholic Central in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the class of 1955. On Aug. 17, 1957, she was married to the late Donald "Patchy" Pucilowski at the Visitation Church in North Dorr. In 1969, they moved from...

  • Kathryn Doris Jackson

    Mar 28, 2024

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Kathryn Doris Jackson, age 77, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at Westgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after her long battle with multiple sclerosis. Kathy was born the daughter of Francis and Lois (Deringer) Chatterson on Nov. 8, 1946, in Park Falls, Wisconsin. She was a 1964 graduate of Hurley. Kathy was a seamstress for local manufacturers. She enjoyed flower gardening, playing Smear, and was a big Green Bay Packers fan. She will be...

  • Community Calendar

    Mar 28, 2024

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 28 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Downtown Ironwood Development Authority, 8 a.m., Women’s Club Room, Memoria...

  • Fair Board begins organizing this year's county fair

    Mar 21, 2024

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — Members of the Gogebic County Fair Board began Monday evening to work toward a confirmed county fair for 2024. The action was the result of a vote last week by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners to approve the Fair Board’s proposal to hold this year’s fair at the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center in Ironwood. The county board also allotted its standard $17,500 toward fair expenses. Official approval by Civic Center officials awaits, but Fair Board member Linda Nelson said they so far...

  • Ironwood Fire

    Mar 21, 2024

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    Mar 21, 2024

  • GRTA banquet draws large crowd

    Mar 21, 2024

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - The winter season has been light on snow, but Saturday night's annual banquet for the Gogebic Range Trail Authority drew hundreds of people and thousands of dollars. Held at Ironwood's Aurora Club, the event for the 51-year-old organization resulted with attendees sprawled between two large gathering rooms. The evening began with a cocktail hour, followed by a dinner, awards, raffles and music rounding out the evening. GRTA President Jerry...

  • Gogebic County commissioners approve new location for fair

    Mar 21, 2024

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners voted last week to approve a proposal for this year’s county fair to take place at the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center in Ironwood. The vote included the board’s commitment to allot $17,500 toward fair expenses, as it routinely has done for past fairs. The proposal to host the fair at the Civic Center was made by the county Fair Board, which has been searching for a solution to retain this year’s fair ever since the county board voted on Oct. 11 of...

  • GCC sells Civic Center land to city of Ironwood , which already owns building

    Mar 21, 2024

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees finalized a land sale to the city of Ironwood including and surrounding the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center. The civic center has been located on campus for 25 years on land that had been leased to the city. “The civic center has been operating on that property with really no lease since 2007,” said the college’s Vice President of Business Services Chad Lashua. He said city officials are looking for funding to replace the ice making...

  • Gogebic County officials address 911, ambulance issues

    Mar 21, 2024

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners took action on several issues relating to public safety at the most recent March 13 meeting. Commissioners voted to approve a resolution that authorizes the continuation of a surcharge to fund 911 services. “It will take effect on July 1,” said Heidi DeRosso, the county’s Emergency Services/911 coordinator. DeRosso said that the county’s 911 Committee recommended continuing the same charge that is currently in effect. According to the...

  • Ironwood School Board approves sound system upgrade in John Krznarich gym

    Mar 21, 2024

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area School Board approved Monday the hiring of Range Telecommunications to upgrade the sound system in the John Krznarich Gym for $34,313. The project is expected to be completed before commencement and awards ceremonies this May. “The plan is the first of May he plans to be here doing the work,” said superintendent Travis Powell. “Well before we do the awards banquets, the athletic banquet, any of the stuff that we would do in the gym.” Additionally, the board approved...

  • Gogebic County OKs multi-county approach to materials management

    Mar 21, 2024

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Members of the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners voted last week to approve a resolution that commits to a multi-county approach to materials management planning. The action followed a report by Commissioner Joseph Bonovetz, who is this county’s representative on the commission for the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region in Hancock. Jerald Wuorenmaa, WUPPDR’s executive director, told county commissioners several months ago of the state-driven movement to upgrade...

  • Gogebic County 4-H Knapsack program receives grant

    Mar 21, 2024

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Gogebic County 4-H Knapsack program received a $1,500 donation this past week from Republic Services to go toward purchasing of food for students in need during holiday breaks. Tyler Jacobson, municipal sales manager for the Northern Wisconsin branch of Republic Services presented the donation on their behalf. According to Gogebic County 4-H program coordinator Ashley Dennis, the donation will be able to feed approximately 100 families,...

  • Peterson draws on Lincoln's past

    Mar 21, 2024

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD - Local historian Larry Peterson presented his collection of original artwork, portraying President Abraham Lincoln at different stages of life at the Ironwood Memorial Building on March 13. Peterson told the audience that the collection came as a way of preserving history. "I figured that I am an artist, but I am also a historian. What can I leave behind as a legacy that would mean something?" asked Peterson. This search led into him taking a...

  • Community Calendar

    Mar 21, 2024

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 21 Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:25-9:40 a.m. EDT; White Pine, Carp Lake Township Hall, 10-10:15 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon, Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 12:30-1 p.m. EDT. Ironwood St....

  • Keith Alan Thiede

    Mar 21, 2024

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Keith Alan Thiede, 65, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully on Feb. 24, 2024, at the Lake Shore Home in Wakefield. Keith was born the son of Marvin and Dorothy (Fisher) Thiede on July 25, 1958, in Ironwood, Michigan. He was a graduate of Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. He enjoyed doing his art in his younger years. Keith loved laying in the grass on nice sunny days listening to his music. Keith loved listening to Elton John and the Beatles. Keith loved to take walks...

  • Carol K. Pesola

    Mar 21, 2024

    ANOKA, Minn. - Carol K. Pesola, 87, of Anoka, Minnesota, passed away on March 12, 2024. She was born on Sept. 7, 1936. Carol grew up in Erwin Township in northern Michigan and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, Michigan, in 1954. Shortly after her graduation she married her high school sweetheart, Ray, and they were married 64 years. Ray and Carol lived in New Brighton for most of the first 30 years. When they were ready for a townhouse, they moved to Anoka and attended...

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