Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Tuesday, Feb. 12 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., Ironwood Memorial Building. A Matter of Balance, 10 a.m.-noon, first floor conference room, Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, 906-663-4045. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Ironwood Carnegie Library... Full story
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission welcomed back Andrew DiGiorgio as the director of the Public Safety Department. After the meeting DiGiorgio told the Daily Globe he was leaving his teaching position at Gogebic Community College to return to the position he left 18 months ago. He said his decision to quit teaching was not because he didn’t enjoy it, but because he realized he missed law enforcement. Digiorgio said his style of policing is more “non-traditional” and he would like to engage more wi...
ONTONAGON, Mich. — June Clara (Kirmse) Tredeau, 89, of Greenland, was called by the Lord to once again be with the love of her life and the man that adored her for over half a century. June passed away on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019 in the caring hands of the staff at Ontonagon Aspirus Long-Term Care. She was born on Nov. 8, 1929 to the late Reinhold and Minnie Kirmse. June left the family farm to work at a chair factory in Port Washington, Wis., where she met her future husband and best friend Lester Tredeau. They were married on Aug. 5, 1950. O... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Raymond H. Berg, 77, passed away on Feb. 10, 2019 at the Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. He was born Feb. 19, 1941, son of Walter and Mildred (Kleimola) Berg. He attended Roosevelt School and graduated from A. D. Johnson High School with the class of 1959. Ray was married to Carol Paynter; and they had one daughter, Traci Lee. Later they divorced. In August of 1980, he married Nancy Jacobson Seffker; and together they raised their blended family of Joseph Seffker, Tracy Mae Damm, Grant Berg and Traci Lee Cherne. A... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. - Gloria M. Stella, 85, of Babbitt passed away Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth. She was born on May 24, 1933 in Carey, Wis. to Leno and Mary (Ranario) DeRosso and graduated from Hurley High School. On May 3, 1952 she married Frank A. Stella in Hurley. They made their home in Babbitt and Gloria was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church and a homemaker. Gloria is survived by her husband Frank Stella of Babbitt; three sons, Michael (Shirley) of New Prague,... Full story
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Wakefield city council members voted Monday evening to accept a counter offer from Robert Brown, Jr., who was their first choice for a new city manager. Brown interviewed with the council on Jan. 14, and the council voted to offer him the position on Jan. 23. The "at-will" employment contract is for three years, with an option to renew for a fourth year. Annual salary will be $51,000 in the first year and will rise gradually to $62,000 if...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon Village Council Monday unanimously approved a new contract for Village Manager Joe Erickson. Erickson has been village manager since January 2012. According to the council the new three year contract is nearly the same as the previous one with some minor word changes. Erickson said he was pleased with the contract. "I am eager to continue working on projects which will bring additional progress to the community. He noted the village...
