The Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...