Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BRUSHKANA, Alaska - A former Bessemer resident who wanted to take a year off before starting a career in nursing is now making her mark in the world of Alaska dog sled racing. Julie Ahnen has spent the past three years working for dog handlers and is now competing in major races. Her finish times have surprised herself as much as others for racing younger dogs against some of the best mushers in the world. "This is definitely the biggest year in...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Feb. 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, Feb. 21 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Area ski hills are calling the recent extreme cold snap both a blessing and the third leg of a perfect storm of a crazy season. The business adjustments for COVID-19, the low amount of snow, and around 10 days of below zero temperatures are a challenge for any resort, said Bruce Noren, co-owner and general manager of Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort in Ironwood Township. Yet, the season is going better than expected, he said. The skiers...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — Grant funding the city of Bessemer was hoping to get through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to cover the replacement of lead service lines might be more difficult to obtain than the city had originally thought. This is because the grant monies are highly sought after, and the city already has loan funding for the project, according to city manager Charly Loper. “This one’s kind of frustrating because at first it was looking really promising like we could get grant funded. Now we’re...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Helen R. (Reising) Grebner, "Aunt Honey," 81, of Bessemer, formerly of Peoria, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Helen was born on June 21, 1939, in Peoria, a daughter of Joanna A. (Kovachevich) and Edward J. Reising Sr. On Nov. 16, 1963, she married Bernard J. Grebner at St. Mark Catholic Church in Peoria. Helen is survived by a son, Todd A. (Sue Bolton), Bessemer; a brother, William (Patti), of Michigan; a sister, Catherine Reising-Jones (Jeffrey), of Maine....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Feb. 18 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EST; White Pine Township Hall, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EST; Mass City Resource Center, 1-1:30 p.m. EST. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall;...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Feb. 17 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. EST. Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990....
MANITOWOC, Wis. - Linda Lou Azzoli (nee Liimakka), 75, passed away on the morning of Feb. 9, 2021, in Manitowoc. Linda was born on Nov. 10, 1945, in Ironwood, Michigan, to Russell J. and Jeanette M. (Heinske) Liimakka. She was a very special mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Linda will be very missed by her family and friends. Linda is survived by her children, Jeffrey Ray Azzoli Sr. (Kristie), Teresa Lynn Azzoli (Dave), and Nicholas Charles Azzoli (Deanna); her...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Feb. 16 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m.; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood, parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments, Ironwood Township, parking lot, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments, Ironwood Township, community room, 12:30-12:45 p.m. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m.,...
BERGLAND, Mich. - Mary Louise Massie, almost 91, passed away early Saturday morning, Feb. 13, 2021, under the attentive and loving care of the staff at the Trillium House and Upper Peninsula Home Health and Hospice after a courageous battle with cancer. Mary Lou was born in Norway, Michigan, on March 25, 1930, the daughter of the late Ralph and Sophie (Remondini) Massa. She graduated from Bessemer High School in 1947, and St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1951. On Sept. 1,...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Violet O. "Mama Vi" Koski, 90, of Bessemer, passed away on Feb. 1, 2021, at Gogebic Medical Facility in Wakefield. Violet was born in Bessemer on Nov. 20, 1930, to Mary and Victor Moro. Vi had a love for life and for everyone that came into it. She was so often found sitting outside her home chatting with anyone who happened to come by. The love she had for her family was unconditional. Vi spent many years as a bartender in Bessemer and loved to sing all of the old country...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Feb. 13 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, Feb. 14 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners will voice its objection to what they described as a diversion of COVID-19 vaccinations from rural to more populated areas of the state. The board Wednesday unanimously approved sending a letter to the appropriate people within the offices of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Public Health and Human Services. The letter will state the county’s concern that a decision was made to divert vaccines to larger health systems in more densely populated areas of lower Michigan. The...
BESSEMER - Bessemer school officials were able to turn on the heat in the Washington Elementary School kitchen for the first time in months Wednesday as a repairs were made to the building's heating system. A crew of heating technicians spent four hours on Wednesday repairing the part of the system that controls the heat in the kitchen. According to head cook Brandy Babich, the kitchen has not been properly heated since the start of the school year. She said that the heat would come and go...
MONTREAL, Wis. — With $1 million in grant funding on the line, the Montreal City Council decided Tuesday to make a final effort to collect the remaining income surveys needed to qualify for Community Development Block Grant funding. “Right now, we’re very close to having three of the four streets we looked at being qualified. I think we only needed eight more surveys to be completed,” said Art Bahr, with the city’s engineering firm, who appeared at the meeting via telephone. The income surveys are needed to determine whether the project a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Feb. 12 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Feb. 13 Union Station Food...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Feb. 10 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,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Feb. 10 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,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Feb. 9 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Finnish American Festival Board, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion, Bessemer....
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD – In order to spread awareness of teen dating violence, officials with the Domestic Violence Escape shelter have placed information on tables at Bessemer, Hurley, Wakefield-Marenisco, and Mercer schools. "We just really want to get awareness information out there in general. I don't think people realize just how big of an issue teen dating violence actually is," said Alyssa Ahonen, the Michigan children's advocate for DOVE. "It is actually v...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Feb. 6 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, Feb. 7 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - The Gogebic Community College Lindquist Student Center reopened on Monday. The center had been closed for public use since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. The center offers a venue for the public to walk, lift weights, and use the gym. "We're getting the community back in," said Erik Guenard, vice president of business services at GCC. "The walking track has been the main source of what we're seeing for people visiting th...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Feb. 5 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....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Feb. 4 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. Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Pere Menard Assembly 471, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church fellowship hall, Ironwood....
