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IRONWOOD — Longtime Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees member Susan Beals was elected chairman as the board held a re-organizational meeting Jan. 31. Other officers include William Malloy as vice chairman, Eric Fitting as treasurer and...

By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] SAXON, Wis. — The Saxon-Gurney Fire Department offered their annual roast beef fundraiser on Sunday, bringing back the tradition after a two-year absence. The crowd at the Community Center exceeded...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Kristie Peterson of Marenisco has accepted the job of clerk-treasurer for the city of Bessemer. She will begin her new job on Feb. 21. The offer was made on Feb. 2 after members of the City...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected]com BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Fair Board increased in size last week when the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners voted to appoint Randall Kashich of Ironwood as a new member. Related discussion during...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County has a new elder benefit specialist who happened upon the job quite naturally. “I originally had been working at White Cross Pharmacy, and part of what I did there was deliver...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — A 5-year recreation plan for 2023-2027 was adopted last week by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners, but members already anticipate addressing several new ideas proposed during a public...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — In hopes of moving forward with plans for an addition to Luther L. Wright K-12 School, trustees of the Board of Education of the Ironwood Area Schools voted on Monday evening to approve a resolutio...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] The global status of copper mining, as well as its future potential, was the subject of a virtual session last week that included the man who for six years has led Highland Copper Company Inc., a Canadian-based...

By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood welcomed Father Brian Gerber on Jan. 2. “It is a beautiful church,” said Gerber during an interview Tuesday. Gerber said his earliest...

BESSEMER — A 41-year-old women was sentenced Tuesday in Gogebic County Circuit Court for her involvement with the delivery of methamphetamine which occurred on July 11, 2022, in Bessemer Township according to Nicholas Jacobs, Gogebic County...

By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley School Board unanimously approved a resolution by the CESA 12 Board of Control to purchase a building as a new home for CESA’s operations in Ashland. District Administrator Kevin...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Despite not always agreeing on the finer details, members of Bessemer’s Downtown Development Authority are moving forward with a plan to seek outside advice on how to improve the city’s...

HURLEY, Wis. — Nancy Ann Vaara, 83, of Bessemer, Michigan, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. Nancy was born on April 13, 1939, in Ironwood, Michigan, to the late Raniero “Spun” and...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield City Council voted on Monday evening to hire a Houghton accounting firm to address city audits. City Manager Rob Brown, Jr. informed the Globe on Tuesday that the council agreed to...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission received good news on Monday evening regarding an audit of the past fiscal year’s financial status. “We did have a clean, unmodified opinion, which is what we were...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Jennifer Adams served her first day as Bessemer city manager on Tuesday. Technically, her new role started on Jan. 2, but that day was a city holiday in relation to New Year’s Day having fallen...

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — Each year, the Michigan Manufacturers Association presents Manufacturing Excellence Awards to a select number of winners, and one of them this year just happens to be from Gogebic County. Bob...

By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Friends of the Miners Memorial Heritage Park hosted a candlelight snowshoe walk around the Ironwood park’s trails on the evening of Dec. 28. Families, couples and individuals also enjoyed...