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Fire rakes fairgrounds
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Swiftly moving fire on Tuesday morning destroyed three structures at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds in Ironwood. The grandstands, the 4-H horse barn...
Globe names new publisher
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD – Globe Publisher Sue Mizell is retiring this week, ending 34 years in the newspaper industry. She's stepping down on Friday after 11 years wi...
CMH hosts mental health awareness event
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The 11th annual Walk a Mile in My Shoes rally at the Wakefield VFW was held last week, as area students and people from local health systems area mental health awareness groups gathered to spread...
Bessemer to offer interviews to three manager applicants
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — After a closed session on Monday evening, members of the Bessemer City Council voted to offer interviews to three persons who are among 26 applicants for the position of city manager. Afterward,...
'In case of emergency'
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Gogebic-Iron County Airport hosted its triennial crash simulation on Saturday morning. With more than 19 organizations participating, the...
Fairground buildings await demolition
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County officials are striving to move forward with progress at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds, and some measure of it arrived on Tuesday with a delivery of demolition equipment and...
Wakefield MSP hosts community open house
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Post of the Michigan State Police hosted an open house on Wednesday, Sept. 13. “Although we are hosting it, my goal here was to bring in multiple resources from different agencies...
Local schools to get full-time law enforcement officer
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — A full-time sheriff’s deputy now will be stationed within schools in Bessemer, Wakefield and Watersmeet. “We are starting our school resource officer program in the schools,” said Sheriff...
Copper Peak Trails Fest draws bike riders, runners
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Outdoor enthusiasts gathered at Copper Peak for the annual Copper Peak Trails Fest last weekend for a series of bike and foot races. This...
Ironwood water pump station project begins
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission heard Monday that the $11 million Phase 1 of the city’s water pump station project has begun with site work by Snow Country Contracting in Ironwood Township....
Bessemer officials vote to dredge creek
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Parks and Recreation Commission voted last week to approve $5,200 for Fahrner Excavating of Ironwood to clear West Kallender Creek, which leads into the fishing pond in Bluff Valley...
Fairground demolition scheduled for next week
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — Demolition of the grandstands and poultry barn may begin next week, said Gogebic County Commissioner James Byrns on Tuesday. Byrns spoke to The Globe after a Tuesday evening meeting of the...
Ontonagon Labor Day festival, parade draws thousands
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] ONTONAGON - The 67th annual Labor Day celebration took place this past weekend with three days of activities starting on Friday with a community picnic and...
Festival Italiano brings food, fun
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] HURLEY— People flocked to Silver Street in downtown Hurley on Saturday to celebrate Festival Italiano, a gathering of food, music and games to honor the area’s Italian heritage. The celebration kicked off...
MDNR closes Trail 2 between Ramsay, Wakefield
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — A failure to create a connecting route between Ramsay and Wakefield has resulted in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources closing that part of Trail 2 for the 2023-24 snowmobile season. The...
High temperatures boost Labor Day weekend activity
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — According to the U.S. Department of Labor, members of Congress declared in 1894 that the first Monday in September should be a legal holiday. Many Americans try to set aside the entire long...
Bessemer loses city manager and clerk-treasurer
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council is now facing the vacancy of its two highest positions in the city, thanks to the recent resignation of Jennifer Adams. Upon returning from vacation on Monday, Adams...
Porkies music festival draws massive crowd
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] ONTONAGON - Where can you go to hear anything from rock to soul to new-age fusion while mingling in a laid-back land of mellow smiles and easy goodwill? More...
Iron County Board rewards employees with incentives
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY — Members of the Iron County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday evening to support county employees in relation to either flexibility in hours or targeted increases in pay. Representatives of six co...
Ironwood school board starts up school year
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area School District board met on Monday evening to finalize items pertaining to the 2023-2024 school year. One of the topics the board discussed was the hiring of a number of staff...
Mining officials visit White Pine
WHITE PINE — Highland Copper Company and Kinterra Capital Corp. officials visited the site of a planned White Pine North mining project on Aug. 17. The visit was “a significant step forward” in developing the copper mining project, according a...
Rockland's Old Victoria craft fair celebrates living history
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] ROCKLAND - Sunday's 40th annual Old Victoria craft fair was a big hit in Rockland, as sunny weather drew a large, ongoing crowd to the historical site nearly 12...
Wakefield city council eyes sidewalk ordinance
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — A sidewalk generally is viewed as a useful means of walking, or rolling, from one point to another without infringing on a stranger’s lawn. However, a Tuesday evening discussion by members of...
Mystery quilt brings color to Carnegie Library
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Carnegie Library received a mysterious donation recently in the form of a handmade quilt depicting heavy construction equipment on one side and the covers of some of the maker’s...
Airport still searching for manager
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board is looking to revisit its job posting for a new airport manager in an upcoming special meeting, the board decided at it regular meeting Monday. Board member Ji...