Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Volunteers from both Ironwood and Bessemer united for a Saturday clean-up event on the Iron Belle Trail as part of the worldwide Earth Day celebration. Around 20 people showed up at Depot Park in Ironwood and got their hands dirty for the trail clean-up and an equal number of people gathered at the Bessemer end of the non-motorized trail. The volunteers said they were pleased that a day earlier, students from both Ironwood and Bessemer had...
KIMBALL, Wis. - A crowd gathered at Little Finland Sunday to hear Ernie Korpela's presentation on Finnish history, just one of the events Little Finland is holding to mark the centennial celebration of Finnish independence. Korpela, who was born and raised in Wakefield and now lives in Cornucopia, Wis., began by going over his family's history - including his father in law, who managed a Finnish bread co-op in Superior Wis., that supplied many of Gogebic Range's co-op stores. He said that like...
IRONWOOD — Regional Hospice is beginning a six-week grief support group, starting in May, at the Aspirus Ironwood clinic. The group will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m., every Monday between May 1 and June 12 in the clinic’s education room. “When a person who is a part of our lives dies, understanding the uniqueness of this loss can guide us in finding the support we will need,” a hospice spokesperson said in a release announcing the group. “Sometimes aspects of our backgrounds will affect our grieving. We all belong to varied ethnic and religious...
Monday, April 24 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Finnish Women’s Auxiliary, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. New members welcome. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Finnish Language Classes, Beginners 3 p.m., Advanced 4 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. 906-932-1608. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas...