Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees approved a wage agreement with its union employees Monday, approving a raise in exchange for additional contribution to health care costs. “The (wage increases) were 70 cents an hour and then they agreed to pay an additional $50 a month for health coverage,” Ironwood Township Supervisor Jay Kangas told the Daily Globe. Robert Murphy, a staff representative with the township employees’ union, said the union has also ratified the agreeme...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction requires CPR training but the Hurley K-12 School also benefits from a teacher who brings years of practical experience to the role. The CPR training is a unit of the freshman health class that is taught by Aaron Bender, a social studies teacher at Hurley School who took over the health class and teaches compression only CPR with defibrillator training about four years ago. He brings 15 years of...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Thanks to action on Tuesday evening by the Wakefield Planning Commission, some city property owners soon may have an opportunity to buy city land that is within — or adjacent to — their own property lots. Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend to the City Council that it “offload” the targeted lots by putting them up for minimum bids. City Manager Robert Brown, Jr. said gradually selling lots that the city does not need will result in “a little bit of pocket change” for city coffers...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Jan. 16 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Jan. 17 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I... Full story
RHINELANDER, Wis. - PollyAnn Hiipakka passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at The Rennes Health and Rehabilitation Center in Rhinelander. She was born on Oct. 6, 1934, to the late Matt and Lempi (Siirila) Rahko in Ironwood, Michigan. Polly attended grade school at the Erwin Central School in Erwin Township and was a 1952 graduate of Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. After graduation, Polly worked at Doolittle's Resort of the Woods in Boulder Junction. She was also employed as a... Full story
SAXON, Wis. — Lorene Ann “Renee” Massoglia, 81, of Saxon, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Renee was born on Aug. 31, 1939, in Ashland, the youngest child of Donald B. and Frances G. (Organist) Meredith. She graduated from Saxon High School in 1957. On Oct. 3, 1959, she married Robert L. “Bob” Massoglia at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Saxon. Renee was a lifelong homemaker. She was a member of the St. Ann’s Guild and a volunteer for the Saxon-Gurney American Legion Auxiliary. She loved to cook and bake for family and fri... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Susan Beth Nurmi, 63, of Wakefield, passed away Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Susie was born on May 29, 1957, in Waukegan, Illinois, a daughter of Rueben Johannes and Patricia Lois (Makela) Nurmi. She attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1976. Susie is survived by a daughter, Liisa (Ben) Cole; two grandchildren, Iyla and Gabriel; her mother, Patricia L. Pensala; a sister, Vickie Krueger; her stepmother, Viola M. Nurmi; and numerous stepbrothers, stepsisters, cousins and... Full story
