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Articles from the August 17, 2017 edition


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  • Peters talks northern issues

    Aug 17, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - U.S. Sen. Gary Peters visited Ironwood Wednesday during his motorcycle trip around the state. During the visit he stopped by the Daily Globe to talk about the issues he is working on in Washington D.C. - including jobs, health care, the Essential Air Service and a promise to look into the rules regarding the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to natural disasters. As part of the Senate committee's on Commerce, Science and...

  • Bessemer school board holds first meeting with new principal

    Aug 17, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer School Board met on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. The meeting lasted over two hours and nothing was settled. Nothing was settled because decisions were not made as it was a working group. As such, without the concerns of voting, the members appeared free to brainstorm and think how best to engage the future, without setting any policy. No one from the public showed up. Dave Wineburner, the new A.D. Johnston principal was in...

  • Man who concocted work excuse scheme sentenced in Iron County

    Aug 17, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — A 36-year-old former Montreal, Wis., resident was sentenced in Iron County Court Wednesday morning for failure to update information as a sex offender and being a party to the crime of identity theft. David Trovillion was sentenced by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden to one year in jail for being a party to identity theft, concurrent with an Ashland County sentence Trovillion is serving at the Waupun prison. He was also sentenced Wednesday to a year of incarceration and 12 months of e...

  • Community calendar

    Aug 17, 2017

    Thursday, Aug. 17 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, 9:45-10 a.m. EST, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, Bergland; 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST, Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, White Pine; 11-11:45 a.m. EST, Holy Family Catholic Church parking lot, Ontonagon; 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST, Resource Center, Mass City; 2:15-2:45 p.m. EST, Stannard Township Ballpark, Bruce Crossing; 2:30-2:45 p.m., Watersmeet Town Hall parking lot, Watersmeet. 906-884-2106. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic...

  • James Thomas Kangas Jr.

    Aug 17, 2017

    James Thomas Kangas Jr., better known as Jimmy, was born on Jan. 30, 1974. He was the first-born child of Jim and Marie Kangas. Jimmy attended Newport Grade School and Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, graduating with the class of 1992. Upon graduation, he was awarded a Presidential Four-year ROTC Scholarship. He went on to attend St. Norbert College in DePere, Wis., graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1996. Jim was a decorated U.S. Army officer and veteran. During his 12-year Army...

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