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Articles from the March 6, 2019 edition


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  • Longtime HIT volunteers receive Hall of Fame honors

    Mar 6, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Two long-term volunteers at the Historic Ironwood Theatre received recognition last Saturday night when they were added to the theatre's Hall of Fame. Mark Silver and Karen Hagemann both received the honors following years of dedicated service. Each of them also received a clock as a tangible gesture of appreciation. HIT operations manager Bruce Greenhill praised Silver, who often has acted as a gifted emcee, while also contributing to many...

  • Suspect in downstate murder arrested in Watersmeet

    Mar 6, 2019

    By DAILY GLOBE STAFF [email protected] WATERSMEET — A man wanted for the murder of a 14-year-old downstate was taken into custody in Watersmeet Friday without incident. Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team arrested Juan Sandro Cabrera, 18, at approximately 5:30 a.m. Friday at a home in Watersmeet, according to a Michigan State Police news release, after receiving information from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department about Cabrera’s location. Cabrera, who is facing open murder, felony firearm possession and gang...

  • Bessemer planners prohibit marijuana enterprise

    Mar 6, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer planning commission voted Tuesday night to pass Ordinance No. 372 to amend the city's zoning ordinance to prohibit the establishment of recreational marijuana ventures within the city. The vote was unanimous and resolved an impasse that had occurred at last month's commission meeting when the same ordinance resulted in a tie vote, with members Bill McDonald and Louis Miskovich voting against it and Chairman Dave Osier and member...

  • Community calendar

    Mar 6, 2019

    Wednesday, March 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Iron County Health Department Walk-in Clinic, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, noon-2:30 p.m. EST, fire hall, Bruce Crossing; 2-4:30 p.m. EST, 429 River St., Ontonagon. 906-667-0283. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound...

  • Emil Michael Sabol

    Mar 6, 2019

    WILSONVILLE, Ore. - Emil Michael Sabol was born in Ironwood, Mich., May 6, 1924, the son of Joseph and Anna Sabol. He passed away Feb. 25, 2019, in Wilsonville. Emil was one of seven children: brothers John, Joseph and George, and sisters Anne, Elizabeth and Mildred. His parents immigrated from Croatia, a province of the Austrian Empire, in 1910. After graduating from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1941, he enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps where he worked on forestry...

  • Thomas Wayne Anderson

    Mar 6, 2019

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Thomas Wayne Anderson, 77, of Ironwood, passed away unexpectedly at home on March 4, 2019. Tom was born on Sept. 19, 1941, in Minnesota, to Arvid and Nan (Gustafson) Anderson. He was a graduate of Edina High School. After graduation from high school he served his country in the U.S. Army. After his honorable discharge he returned home and attended college at the University of Minnesota. He worked for over 30 years as a salesman. He sold for more than 15 companies selling...

  • Sandra Mae Robb

    Mar 6, 2019

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Sandra Mae Robb, 75, passed away on March 4, 2019 at her home in Ironwood. She was born on June 23, 1943, to John and Hazel (Bushie) Silanpa in Bessemer. She attended Ironwood schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School. Sandra moved to Marquette to attend beauty school in 1963. Then she moved back to Ironwood where she met Daniel Robb, and they were married. They moved to Janesville, Wis., in 1968, then moved back to Ironwood, then moved to North Dakota and...