Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Little things can make a big difference. Students who were midway through the first week of classes lined up for free sno cones on Wednesday at Gogebic Community College. It was a welcome back activity, said Dayle Jackson, director of student outreach and engagement at GCC. "We've got a sno cone machine, so hey!" Jackson said. This is a lot different than high school, she said. Outreach and engagement staff address things like...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. - Parents and students of the Hurley K-12 School had an open house Thursday to help take the anxiety out of the first day of fall semester classes on Tuesday. Amanda Jewell, Montreal, said she and her daughters going into kindergarten, third and sixth grade, were able to see their class schedules, meet their teachers and find their lockers. "I think it's a great idea," Jewell said. "This is the first time I came and I think it's been...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — When Ironwood teachers returned to their classrooms Tuesday they had some help from the district’s Parent Teacher Organization with the cost of classroom supplies. The PTO made $75 available for classroom supplies, PTO president Clancey Byrne said, for any interested teachers to use as they saw fit. “They say the average teacher spends about $200 of their own money for school supplies,” Byrne told the Daily Globe. “Seventy five dollars doesn’t cover it, but it makes a dent.” Byrn...
Friday, Aug. 30 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Aug. 31 Union... Full story
BLAIR. Wis. — Bridget A. “Barb” Nicholson of Mercer, died on Wednesday August 28, 2019 in Blair, Wis.. Bridget was born Jan. 14, 1937 in Carrick East, Cornamona, County Galway, Ireland. Her family moved nearby to Kilbeg, Clonbur when she was a child. After working briefly in England, Bridget, along with her younger sister Maureen, immigrated to Chicago in 1957. Bridget became an American citizen in 1963. Bridget married Peter Frank Jonas July 25, 1959. She was widowed in 1968. Bridget married Clyde E. “Bud” Nicholson July 11, 1970. They move... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Donna M. Hagelin, 92, of Ironwood, passed away Thursday morning, Aug. 29, 2019. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Jerald Rocco, owner and manager of Lakeside Memorial Chapel Inc., in Wakefield.... Full story
SAXON, Wis. — It’s been 3 years, 1 month and 19 days since flooding from the July 11, 2016 storm, destroyed Saxon Harbor. Today, for the first time since that storm, boats will be able to use the harbor’s marina again. The marina’s new docks and boat launches are open for public use, however, county officials are asking visitors to be patient over the next few weeks while some of the final cosmetic work is completed around the marina. “Go down and enjoy, but understand there’s still some work that’s being finished up,” Iron County Forestry...
