Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BY TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — A drop in annual membership renewals to the Ironwood Area Chamber of Commerce is a reflection of the pandemic impact on local businesses, according to chamber director Michael Meyer. Meyer spoke to the Downtown Ironwood Development Authority at its Thursday meeting. He said business owners are struggling to make ends meet. Renewal fees have not increased but businesses are under a great deal of stress right now, he said. “That is going to continue for a while,” Meyer said. “But I expec...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Hunters gathered at the Northwoods Wildlife and Wetlands Club on Friday to sight-in their guns in preparation for deer season which began in Wisconsin on Saturday. Sight-in Day is a free annual event held by the club to give hunters the opportunity to ready their guns for the nine-day gun deer hunting season. "This is where you go to hunt (Mercer Area)," said Pete Wetzler, vice president of the NWWC. "It"s a nice service that is provided...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — Officials with MECCA Trails have announced they will host their first Winterfest fundraising event in collaboration with the Gogebic Range Health Foundation from Dec. 18 to Feb. 21, 2021. While the skiing will be real, the event will be virtual, as participants will have the better part of two months to complete races. Winterfest will include the third annual Turtle River Pursuit — made up of 11K classic and 11K freestyle races — as well as three other events on the trail system. “We a...
HURLEY, Wis. - Saverio "Sam" Vinci, 95, of Hurley, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. Sam was born March 9, 1925 in Colla, Catanzaro, Italy. He was the son of Gregorio and Luigina (Bruni) Vinci. While in his 20s, Sam traveled to Brazil where he met and married the love of his life, Maria Lucia (Toquetti) Vinci. There, he and Maria had their first born and started their family. Sam was always ambitious, and opened and operated a bicycle shop which he owned with his two brothers. After spending years in...
HURLEY, Wis. — Lily M. Youngs, 83, of Hurley passed away on Nov. 19, 2020, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. Lily was born April 30, 1937, the daughter of John and Clara (Barrett) Taylor. She attended school in Hurley. She married James Youngs on March 31, 1956. Lily loved her family dearly and will be greatly missed. She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Clara Taylor; husband, James; daughter, Diane Ruda; son-in-law, Gary Ruda; brothers, John and Robert Taylor; and sisters, Bernadine Helgren and E...
MARQUETTE, Mich. - Keith Roehm went to be with our Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Marquette. He was 94 years old. Harold Keith Roehm was born in Ontonagon on Feb. 10, 1926, to Harold and Mabel (Johnson) Roehm. He was the oldest of four sons, Keith, John, Larry and Clarence. He attended Ontonagon Schools and graduated high school in 1944. At the age of 18 years old he entered the U.S. Army and served for two years as a radio operator, stationed in France in World War II. Upon retur...
ROCKLAND, Mich. - Loretta Marie Hoffman was accepted into the loving arms of our Lord on Nov. 19, 2020. Her 98-year legacy of faith and family will forever be cherished by everyone she touched in her kind and giving way. The world lost a treasured mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. Loretta was born in Rockland on April 21, 1922, to Henry and Mary (Schmaus) Lohman (who passed when Loretta was 16). She graduated from Rockland High School in 1940. A life-long resident of Rockland,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Nov. 24 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Sharon Lutheran C...
