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Articles from the March 14, 2020 edition


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  • Hurley school closes through April 13

    Mar 14, 2020

    By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley School District officials announced Friday morning they're suspending classes beginning Monday through April 13 due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. "All activities, besides the school board meetings at this point, will be canceled," Superintendent Kevin Genisot said in a press release. "There will be no practices or general school use of the facility in any capacity." This amounts to three unscheduled weeks off of...

  • Water Authority to seek administrator

    Mar 14, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] RAMSAY — The Gogebic Range Water Authority on Thursday approved a job description and classified advertisement for a part-time administrator. The current administrator, G. Jean Verbos, said her goal is to have the board identify and hire the best candidate so that she can spend time working with the individual to train him or her on all aspects of the job over the course of one year. “It's a huge system and require a lot of babysitting,” Verbos said. “It's not just clerical duties.” Verbos sa...

  • GOISD districts move spring break

    Mar 14, 2020

    By DAILY GLOBE STAFF [email protected] Following Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's announcement Thursday ordering all schools in the state of Michigan to be closed from Monday through April 5 to help stop the spread of COVID-19, or the coronavirus, the six districts in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District are rescheduling their planned spring breaks. "The governor has stated that school districts that do not have spring breaks that occur during this mandatory closure, cancel their brea...

  • Community Calendar

    Mar 14, 2020

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, March 14 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, March 15 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. St. Urho’s Day Dance, 2 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Narcotics Ano...

  • Leola Irene 'Ducky' (Dalbeck) Cook

    Mar 14, 2020

    MERRIWEATHER, Mich. - Leola Irene "Ducky" (Dalbeck) Cook, 82, a longtime resident of Merriweather, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Leola was born on May 8, 1937, in Wakefield, a daughter of Clarence and Elizabeth (Minier) Dalbeck. She graduated from Bergland High School. On Feb. 20, 1954, Leola was united in marriage to Lloyd L. "John" Cook Jr. in Wakefield. For many years, she was a paramedic at Beacon Ambulance in Ironwood. Her hobbies were camping, gardening, plaster craft, beadwork...

  • Sandra Lee Snarski-Smith

    Mar 14, 2020

    IRONWOOD, Mich. – Sandra "Sandi" Snarski-Smith, 54, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Sandi was born on Sept. 1, 1965, in Bessemer Township. She grew up in Hurley, Wisconsin, and graduated from Hurley High School. Sandi continued her education and graduated from Gogebic Community College. She worked as a pipeliner/welder for a number of years in her life. Sandi was a very outgoing, adventurous, free-spirited and loving person. She enjoyed singing and playing g...