Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Articles from the May 26, 2017 edition


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  • Johnson sentenced to prison for Iron probation violation

    May 26, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - A 30-year-old area woman was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of extended supervision Thursday in Iron County Court on a probation violation. Nicole Johnson, who lists her address as the Iron County Jail but previously resided in Bessemer, was on probation in Iron County on auto theft and child neglect charges. On Thursday afternoon, she first appeared in court on burglary and auto theft charges related to break-ins along...

  • School's Out

    May 26, 2017

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  • Township board votes to sue former treasurer

    May 26, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — While most of the overflow crowd had already left the building due to the preceding closed session Thursday, the Ironwood Township Board ended its first meeting since the charges against her were announced by deciding to sue former township treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso. Treasurer Maria Graser’s motion, which passed unanimously, cited “claims resulting from the ongoing investigation” into Olson-DeRosso’s alleged embezzlement while serving as treasurer as the basis for the litig...

  • Wakefield post warns against mega lottery scam

    May 26, 2017

    WAKEFIELD — Trooper Jerry Mazurek from the Michigan State Police Post in Wakefield notified the Daily Globe of a new scam in the area. The target of the scam receives an “Award Notification” of a mega lottery. with the target’s name as the winner of a large sum of money. The scammers claim the lottery is designed and promoted by the European Union, United States and United Kingdom governments and other international lottery institutions to promote the Commonwealth Games 2018. Enclosed with the award notice are methods of contact with the sca...

  • Community calendar

    May 26, 2017

    Friday, May 26 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, 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. Government Gogebic County Land Bank, noon,... Full story

  • Darlene Marie Kokely

    May 26, 2017

    WAUSAU, Wis. - Darlene Marie Kokely, 73, of Iron Belt, died Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. She was born June 2, 1943, in Ironwood, Mich., the daughter of Eino and Dolores (Baross) Mattson. She graduated from the J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley with the Class of 1961. For the past 18 years, she had been employed at Ironwood Plastics, retiring on Feb. 2, 2017. Darlene enjoyed country music concerts, ice fishing and stamping and crafting. She especially enjoyed spending time... Full story

  • Steve Emery Skoviera

    May 26, 2017

    IRONWOOD, Mich. — Steve Emery Skoviera, 91, a native of Ironwood, died peacefully with his loving family by his side at 8:33 a.m., March 17, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society-Ottumwa in Ottumwa, Iowa. A memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church with Father Robb Jurkovich presiding. Inurnment will be in Riverside Cemetery in Ironwood. The family will be present at the church one hour prior to the service to greet relatives and friends.... Full story

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