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Monday, Jan. 14 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Tai Chi, 9-10:15 a.m., Mercer Community Center, 715-776-3993. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis.... Full story

BESSEMER — The Gogebic Conservation District completed some inportant invasive plant eradications in 2018, according to its annual report. James Wojcik, chairman of the board of the district, said, “We obtained two grants from the Gogebic...

Saturday, Jan. 12 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sisu Awards Ceremony, 1:30 p.m., Ironwood Memorial... Full story

Friday, Jan. 11 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, Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/... Full story

By RALPH ANSAMI ransami@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — Salary increases for 2019 of $69,597 were approved for non-union employees and elected officials by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners at a Dec. 21 meeting. The increases for non-union...

By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — Two people were arrested in east central Wisconsin Wednesday in connection with the armed robbery home invasion in Marenisco Township in December. A man, 47, and woman, 41, were arrested in...

Thursday, Jan. 10 Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Strong Bones class, 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.. Mercer Community Center. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet... Full story

By RALPH ANSAMI ransami@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners reorganized Wednesday with two people absent. Dan Siirila, of Ironwood, (commissioner district 1), was elected chair. He’ll replace George Peterson,...

DULUTH, Minn. — Keith A. Mathews, 71, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away on Jan. 2, 2019, at St. Mary’s Essentia Health Hospital in Duluth. Keith was born in Austin, to Dorothy and Harold Mathews, on Oct. 24, 1947. In 1968, he married Deb L. and... Full story

By RALPH ANSAMI ransami@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Participants in the weekend’s Sisu Ski Fest cross country marathon races in Ironwood will have the opportunity to step back into time when the Gogebic Range was hit with “the mother of all b...

Wednesday, Jan. 9 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood.... Full story

By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com Those interested in exploring some or all of the Upper Peninsula on two wheels this summer can start planning now, as pre-registration is now open for the second annual Tour Da Yoop, Eh. “I believe...

By RALPH ANSAMI ransami@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners will meet Wednesday at 5 p.m. for a re-organizational session. The board originally planned to meet last week for the session, but was unable to do so....

Tuesday, Jan. 8 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m. Wakefield Public Library. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis.... Full story