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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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LAKE GOGEBIC, Mich. - Pearl Margaret Kauranen Horvath, 99, of Lake Gogebic, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, March 18, 2021, at the Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, Wisconsin. Pearl was born on Oct. 25, 1921, in Chicago, a daughter of George and Margaret (Mielke) Geyer. She attended school at Dever Elementary in Chicago. Pearl married John E. Kauranen in 1940. They were blessed with three sons. She worked in factories and ended her working career as a florist wh...
WAKEFIELD — Last summer, an expansion of the Iron Belle Trail linked Bessemer to Ramsay, meaning that the trail in Gogebic County now stretches from Hurley to Ramsay, with a paved trail for silent sports such as hiking and biking. A new hurdle now exists in how to continue the trail expansion from Ramsay to Wakefield — action highly anticipated by trail lovers and by business owners who might stand to gain sales from the added activity. The city of Wakefield now finds itself squarely in the midst of the effort because it is one of five own...
WESTON, Wis. - Ted Sanders was called home to Heaven on March 25, 2021. He was born in Wakefield, Michigan, on Aug. 24, 1968. He was one of the earliest premature babies to survive in the U.P., being born 13 weeks early, earning the nickname "two-pound Teddy." His strength and resilience started at birth and continued throughout his life. Ted attended Ramsay Elementary School and A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, Michigan. Ted was raised on his family's campground, Alpine Campground in...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Jeanne E. Giackino, 82, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully Wednesday evening, March 24, 2021, at her home. Jeanne was born on Jan. 18, 1939, in Wakefield, the daughter of Waino A. "Wayne" and Lillian M. (Hongisto) Jarvela. She attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1956. On her 19th birthday, Jan. 18, 1958, Jeanne was united in marriage to the love of her life, Richard L. "Rich" Giackino, in Ramsay. Jeanne was an active member of All Saints Lutheran Church in...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, March 30 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Pickleball, 9:30 a.m.-noon,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, March 27 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, March 28 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The work to provide faster response for ambulance service in the remote areas of Watersmeet Township area has slowed, according to information provided to the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday. The minutes from the Ambulance Committee noted a contract with an ambulance service in Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin, continues to be on hold after the Gogebic Iron Medical Control Authority indicated issues, including the company is not licensed in Michigan. James Lorenson, com...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, March 26 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcohol...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - The former director of the Ironwood Public Safety Department will have to pay a fine and complete community service after being sentenced by videoconference in Gogebic County District Court Wednesday on a misdemeanor eavesdropping charge. Gregory Dean Klecker, 61, was ordered to pay a $600 fine and complete seven days of community service for attempted eavesdropping in relation to his use of a recorder to document a conversation between...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] RAMSAY — Some residents of Bessemer Township complained at Monday’s annual meeting of the township board of trustees about a proposed increase of $3,000 to the deputy treasurer’s wage. The request by township treasurer Hope Tarnaski would have increased deputy treasure Corine Johnston’s pay to $3,600. Residents voiced concerns with the increase. It was the first township meeting attended by members and residents in-person and via Zoom. Resident Jean Verbos questioned the need for the increase, when th...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 25 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 24 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer,...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Lightning is said to have caused an equipment failure at an Ironwood substation, leading to a Monday morning power outage for much of Gogebic County and northeast Iron County. The outage occurred around 6:50 a.m. when equipment failed at the Ironwood substation located at Oak Street and Alfred Wright Boulevard, according to Liz Wolf Green, a spokesperson for Xcel Energy, Inc., out of the corporate office for Michigan and Wisconsin in Eau...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — A program that is designed to keep Michigan residents who fell behind on their rent and utilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in their homes started March 15, and will run through the end of the year, according to Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency.. The state of Michigan COVID-9 Emergency Rental Assistance program is a collaborative community process to expedite rental and utility assistance to affected tenants and their landlords, said Rochelle Clemens-Ludtke, the GOCAA h...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, March 23 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. 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 Church, Bessemer. a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, March 20 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, March 21 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
RAMSAY — As the city of Wakefield prepares for a decision on assuming control of the Indianhead Water system, the board of the current operator, Gogebic Range Water Authority, sought to learn more about the option at its virtual meeting on March 11. G Jean Verbos, water authority administrator, presented details of the Indianhead Water system to the board. This included a description of the customer base by meter size, commodity rate, readiness to serve rate, debt retirement and a profit and loss statement. There will be a more in depth d...
IRONWOOD - Four area schools will host blood drives over the coming weeks. The American Red Cross blood drives could provide scholarship opportunities. "The Red Cross offers these schools a scholarship program that if they get their students engaged to volunteer, contact donors, try to recruit their fellow students," said Christine Luxton, account representative for the American Red Cross. The program credits the students for the units they collect through the school year The program runs from...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Michael Paul Evsich, 61, of Ironwood passed away on Feb. 11, 2021, following a long courageous battle with cancer, with his family by his side. He was born in Escanaba on Feb. 3, 1960. He had two sets of adoptive parents, Aldo and Violet Lassio and Frank and Louise Evsich, who loved him dearly. Michael attended Bessemer area schools. After getting his GED, Michael enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He was also employed by Halvorline's. Michael was united in marriage to Susan Lee...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Members of the Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education voted Monday evening to authorize four separate athletic contracts with the Bessemer Area School District. The five-year Gogebic Miners contracts relate to football, baseball, softball and cross-country, and members added a contingency to each of them in relation to how coaches will be hired. The contingency relates to each district’s handling of internal posting versus preference. Wakefield-Marenisco added to the contract that, alt...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 18 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EDT; White Pine Township Hall, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall;...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council voted unanimously during its regular meeting Monday night to reconvene on April 5 in an in-person/virtual hybrid format. This will be the first time the council has met in person since March 2020. “We are now able to have meetings with up to 25 people as long as everyone is properly spaced,” City Manager Charly Loper informed the council. Loper suggested the hybrid meetings, but cautioned “a lot” of the county’s population is still waiting COVID-19 vaccination...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 17 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Marenisco Town Hall, 9:15-9:30 a.m; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10:30 a.m.; Bruce Crossing, Stannard Township ballpark, 12:30-1 p.m. EDT. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ir...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] Given scarce snow all season and a current warming trend, the skiing season is now closed for Whitecap Mountains Resort in Upson, Wis. "This is the last day," said Tom Backerud from the front desk on Sunday. "We've gotten about half the snow we usually get, so it's been a little off," added Backerud, who handles reservations. The total regional snow count as of the end of last week was under 80 inches. Even so, Backerud said that business throughout the...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, March 16 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10...
