The Daily Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com As the calendar turns from November to December, local school districts are busy preparing for their annual winter concerts. Districts in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties, as well as Iron County in...

Wednesday, Nov. 27 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Recovery Walk ‘n Talk, 10 a.m. to nooon, Iron Belle Trailhead, Hurley. Talk with a recovery coach. Call 715-660-0073. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Commun...

ONTONAGON, Mich. — Sigrid Bonetti passed away Oct. 25, 2019 at Ontonagon Aspirus Long Term Care. She was born in Bruce Crossing on Feb. 25, 1930, to the late Charles and Sophie (Moilanen) Lindberg. She attended local schools and graduated from...

IRONWOOD, Mich. — Margaret Ellen Barlock, 82, of Bruce Crossing, passed away on Oct. 13, 2019, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital surrounded by her family. Margaret was born on Aug. 22, 1937, to Gladys (Egger) and Jack Connors in Wakefield. She attended...

By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com EWEN — People were mad for plaid on Saturday during the height of the three-day 43rd annual Log Jamboree in Ewen. Flannel in all colors and styles was the uniform of choice for participants from babies to...

ONTONAGON, Mich. — Phyliss Rose Tulppo, 96, was called home to be with our Lord and Savior on Sunday, June 30, 2019 in Ontonagon, at the Aspirus Long Term Care Facility. Phyliss was born in Suring, Wis., to the late Albert and Rose Allie on July...

By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — After seven years of ministering to the spiritual needs of Ironwood Roman Catholics, the Rev. Robb Jurkovich said his next role will be as chaplain of OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical...

By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Locals looking for some new reading material were drawn to the Ironwood Memorial Building Saturday as the Friends of the Ironwood Carnegie Library held one of its two annual book sales. “W...

By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com BERGLAND — The six districts in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District will be starting school earlier next year after the state approved the district’s early-start waiver Tuesday....

EWEN, Mich. — Grace Malnar, 95, of Ewen, passed away April 24, 2019. Grace was born in Ewen, on Jan. 4, 1924 and graduated from Ewen High School. She married James Malnar on Aug. 7, 1946. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother and...

By LARRY HOLCOMBE lholcombe@yourdailyglobe.com Prom season, an annual rite of spring where area youth dress to the 9s and enjoy an evening out with their classmates will begin this weekend. Three area high schools will celebrate prom on Saturday ...

ONTONAGON — A Ewen man who claimed the “laws of nature” decree that “he did not need a license to hunt deer, was found guilty of just that in an Ontonagon jury trial Thursday. Ronald Ehinger, 68, was charged with two counts of taking an...

By JAN TUCKER jantuck@jamadots.com ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County Equalization Director, Ann Marie Husar had some good news for the Ontonagon County Board Tuesday. Husar said the valuation of Ontonagon County in 2018 has risen by 2.5% over the...

WATTON, Mich. — Roy W. Mannikko, 94, of Watton, passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Aspirus Hospital, Iron River, Mich. after a brief illness. Roy was born on April 29, 1924, in Sidnaw, Mich, to the late Aila Syrjala and Victor Manikko. He...