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  • GRTA's volunteers back grooming snowmobile trails

    Dec 31, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Gogebic Range Trail Authority began grooming Friday's fresh snow to form the base of its snowmobile trails Friday. "We are entering our third season, running with a 100 percent all-volunteer staff," said GRTA president Steve Hamilton. "We're the only club in the western Upper Peninsula to operate like this." As is typical with early season conditions, club members faced a mixed bag of weather as they prepared to trail-groom in earnest ov...

  • Ojibway closing ranked as top story

    Dec 31, 2018

    Editor's note: In the past several days, the Daily Globe has been counting down the top five stories of 2018. The fifth and final story today is about the Dec. 1 closing of the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco. Number 2 was the Feb. 21 downtown Ironwood fire. Number 3 was the Ironwood Township embezzlement case. Number 4 centered on events surrounding the murder of Wayne Valliere, Jr. in the Mercer, Wis., area a year ago. Number 5 addressed the recently passed three-year ambulance...

  • Fitting Memorial Walk set for Wednesday

    Dec 31, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Superior Snowshoe walks kick off Tuesday with the Mark Fitting Annual Memorial Walk at the Michigan Information Center on U.S. 2. The walks will take place Wednesdays through March 13, starting at 6:30 p.m. This year’s schedule of walks is: —Jan. 2, Mark Fitting Annual Memorial Walk, sponsored by Pit Stop. —Jan. 9, Bessemer walk at Iron Belle trailhead behind city hall, sponsored by Bessemer VFW. —Jan. 16, Cottonwood tree walk, sponsored by Manny’s Restaurant. —Jan. 23, Gogebic C...

  • Community calendar

    Dec 31, 2018

    Monday, Dec. 31 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Al-Anon, 6 p.m., 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. Tuesday, Jan. 1... Full story