A deputy with the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office has been cleared of an assault and battery charge in connection with a 2020 incident involving a prisoner. A jury found Deputy Scott Voit not guilty of misdemeanor assault . Voit was intially charged in 2021 with misdemeanor assault and battery along with a felony charge of … Read more
A Polar Plunge took place this past weekend in Montreal. raising money for Regional Hospice in the area. As reported by the Daily Globe, the North Pole Bar Polar Bears Plunge was a spin off the Regional Hospice plunge that took place every year in Wakefield until the pandemic brought the event to a halt. … Read more
Gogebic Community College will be inviting members of the graduating class of 2020 and 2021 to the first in-person commencement ceremony since 2019. The ceremony will be held on Friday, May 6th in the David Lindquist Center gymnasium on the Ironwood campus. . According to the Daily Globe, Kim Zeckovich, director of admissions and marketing … Read more
The Kiwanis Club of Ironwood in conjuction with the Red Cross will be hosting a community blood drive on Wednesday at the Ironwood Memorial Building from 11 am to 5 pm. Inventory of all blood products continues to be at an all time low across the U.S. due in part to the pandemic. To donate, … Read more
The Kiwanis Club of Ironwood in conjuction with the Red Cross will be hosting a community blood drive on Wednesday at the Ironwood Memorial Building from 11 am to 5 pm. Inventory of all blood products continues to be at an all time low across the U.S. due in part to the pandemic. To donate, … Read more
The Gogebic Range Health Foundation, in observation of PI Daywill hold a Run/Walk on the Iron Belle Trail, followed by a pie social and pie contest at Cold Iron Brewing, starting a 5 pm. The Pi K will begin from the Ironwood Depot Park, and the pie contest after. Money raised will benefit the Jonathan … Read more
The Gogebic Range Health Foundation, in observation of PI Daywill hold a Run/Walk on the Iron Belle Trail, followed by a pie social and pie contest at Cold Iron Brewing, starting a 5 pm. The Pi K will begin from the Ironwood Depot Park, and the pie contest after. Money raised will benefit the Jonathan … Read more
High school students from Gogebic and Ontonagon counties are participating in in the Michigan College Access Program Personnel Student Leadership Summit at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. According to the Daily Globe, six kids from Bessemer, three from Ontonagon, one for Wakefield-Marenisco, and one from Ewen-Trout Creek are going. The Keweenaw Trio Upward … Read more
Ambulance service contracts for Gogebic County have been finalized and signed. As reported by the Daily Globe, Jim Lorenson, the chair of the ambulance committee says contracts with the Beacon and Aspirus MedEvac services have been signed by all involved and are in place, including a provision covering the Eagle River hospital, so that Watersmeet … Read more
The president of the Ashland City Council has resigned from his position in order to apply for an IT/Geographical Information System position. State law prohibits someone from holding an elected office with the same municipality for which they work. Kevin Haas says he regrets having to give up his elected seat, but feels the geographical … Read more