Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners heard a court update from District Court Judge Michael Pope at their regular meeting on Wednesday. Pope said that the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission recently found that the state’s criminal defense system was not up to standard. As part of the state’s changes to improve the system, he said that public defenders are required to receive continuing education on how to represent their clients. He said that the state is also increasing what publi...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Lori Modjewski, vice president of operations and human resources at the First National Bank in Wakefield retired on Wednesday after 43 and a half years of service. "Things are changing, so it's time. Trying to keep up with the technology is getting to be hard at times," Modjewski told the Daily Globe. "I'm just looking for a little bit more relaxing lifestyle. It's time for some of the younger ones to do some of the work." Modjewski grew up...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Michael Robert Wiita, 73, of Bessemer, beloved husband, father, brother, brother-in-law, grandfather, uncle, cousin and friend, was received with open arms to our Lord on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. Mike was born on Nov. 10, 1948, in Bessemer Township, a son of Donald Andreas and Viola Marie (Sipponen) Wiita. Mike was a 1967 graduate of Wakefield High School. He attended the Henry Ford School of Forestry in Alberta, Michigan, obtaining certification as... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Dec. 24 Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Saturday, Dec. 25 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics... Full story
