Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER - Gerry Pelissero will retire this week after 20 years as the clerk of court and register of deeds for Gogebic County. Pelissero took office on Jan. 1, 2000, and served five terms. He credits his staff for his role in serving the public, the various county departments and employees. "I think first and foremost my staff, present and retired, have delivered to the residents of Gogebic County," Pelissero said. Getting to know the various clerk...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 31 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. Friday, Jan. 1 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Dec. 30 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:6:30 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. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer...
HURLEY, Wis. — Marjorie Jane Smith, 94, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, at Villa Marie Health and Rehabilitation in Hurley. Marjorie was born on July 16, 1926, in Ironwood, Michigan, to John and Anna (Mayercak) Kozak. She attended Norrie Elementary and Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. She then moved to Detroit to work for the Ferry-Morse Seed Company. Marjorie moved to Los Angeles and worked as an insurance agent, and then was employed by Rolwell Company until her retirement. Marjorie enjoyed reading, dancing, decorating a...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — When it’s one, two three strikes you’re out regarding municipal property assessment reviews — the Michigan Tax Commission has created the option of a designated assessor to step in and bring the taxing unit into compliance. The Gogebic County Commission designated Kathy Jo Koval, the director of the county Equalization department, as its designated assessor at their Tuesday meeting. The action completes the interlocal agreement process that was already approved by local governm...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Dec. 29 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, All Saints Academy, Ironwood, use south entrance....
MARQUETTE, Mich. - Kurt R. Niemi, 69, of Marquette, passed away Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, at the Norlite Nursing Center where he had resided for the past three years. Kurt was born on May 26, 1951, in Bessemer, a son of the late Earl and Viola (Auvinen) Niemi. He was a 1969 graduate of Allen Park High School in Allen Park. He held a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Eastern Michigan University and a Bachelor of Science from Northern Michigan University in psychology. He also...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 26 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. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood....
IRONWOOD, Mich. - William "Bill" Suvanto, 80, a resident of Ironwood Township, entered into eternal life on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, Wisconsin after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. William was born on June 10, 1940, in Ironwood Township the youngest of 12 children to Arvo and Emma (Hendrickson) Suvanto. He attended Roosevelt School and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1958. On Jan. 2, 1960, he was united in marriage...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — A state program can help cities and counties learn to use visitor first impressions to help identify assets and realize potential, according to a tourism specialist who spoke to the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. Will Cronin, the tourism and community development educator for Michigan State University Extension, appeared virtually at the county commission regular meeting to discuss the First Impressions Tourism program. He said the program has helped marketing and d...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Although perhaps shared virtually in these challenging times the message of Christmas is no less powerful and transforming, according to area pastors who reflected on the celebration of the reason for the season. --- Rev. Donald Nickolson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Hurley said Christmas Day celebrates the birth of Jesus. "For many of us news of this event is familiar and traditional. It may not feel new or startling. It may...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Eileen Milda Stempihar, 91, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. Eileen was born on Aug. 19, 1929, in Hurley, Wisconsin to Amund and Verna (Hill) Nygard. She attended Hurley High School and graduated in 1947. On July 29, 1950, Eileen was united in marriage to Frank Stempihar at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hurley. She was a lifelong member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Wakefield. Eileen loved to cook. Her world revolved around her ch...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 24 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. Friday, Dec. 25 Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The three-district football co-op team in western Gogebic County is no more after the Ironwood Area Schools’ board of education voted to dissolve the co-op Monday, with the other districts in the co-op taking similar votes. The team consisted of students from the Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco school districts. “All three schools, through very cordial and collaborative conversation, … have agreed to dissolve the current Gogebic Miners football co-op with the intention we will...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Dec. 23 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. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer....
MANITOWOC, Wis. - Evelyn M. Baratone, age 87, of Manitowoc, died Wednesday morning, Dec. 16, 2020 at Shady Lane Nursing Care Center in Manitowoc. Evelyn was born on April 10, 1933, in Ironwood, Michigan, daughter of the late John and Esther (Makela) Peltonen. She was a graduate of Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. On Sept. 12, 1953, Evelyn married Eugene J. Baratone at St. Sebastian Catholic Church in Bessemer, Michigan. He preceded her in death on Oct. 29, 2020. She worked in Manitowoc...
Robert J. Kleimola Sr., 92, died Dec. 18, 2020. He was born May 3, 1928, son of the late Lempi and Waino Kleimola. On June 11, 1951, he married Beatrice May, and she preceded him in death in 2011. Robert attended local schools and entered the U.S. Army. He served during the Korean War with the 7th Army Artillery Battalion. Sgt. Kleimola was a graduate of the 7th Army Non-Commission Officers Academy in Munich, Germany. He was a life member of the Bessemer VFW Post 3673. He was employed in the...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER - The turnout was so overwhelming for the drive-thru Santa event on Saturday that the host crew from the Bessemer VFW Post 3673 wasn't sure they were going to have enough gift bags. When all was said and done the volunteers had handed out 225 of the 250 gift bags to a line of cars that formed three circles in the VFW parking lot and stretched for a couple of blocks east down alleys to avoid congestion on Bessemer streets. Each car had a...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Residents at the Westgate Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Ironwood and the Aspirus Long Term Care in Ontonagon received some Christmas cheer on Friday. Students in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District's CNA program visited the residents from outside their windows, and presented each of them with a bird feeder. "It's cool. I think they'll really like seeing the birds," said Savanah Clemens, a CNA student enrolled at...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Although Christmas Eve isn’t until Thursday, Santa Claus was ready for business last Friday with an early evening errand in the Wakefield area. Members of the Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department helped Santa to enact the important task of delivering responses to local kids who had sent letters to the big guy via the municipal building. “These are the little things that make a small town a home,” said City Manager Robert Brown, Jr. prior to the event. Late on Friday afternoon, Fire Chief M...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Dec. 22 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. area74.org. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines C...
HURLEY, Wis. — Nancy J. Iknayan, 78, of Bessemer Township, Michigan, passed away on Dec. 16, 2020, at the Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. Nancy was born on May 24, 1942, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the daughter of George and Jean (Eliott) Kane. She was an office manager for a medical office. She was a professional cake decorator for many years. Nancy is survived by her husband, Charles; son, Michael Kirby of Bessemer, Michigan; daughter, Marsha Miron of Bessemer, Michigan; three stepdaughters, Leah, Robin and Kelly I...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Diane Halverson, 61, passed away peacefully in her home on Dec. 17, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer. Diane, the daughter of Gladys and Donald DeRosie, was born on March 24, 1959, at the Wakefield Hospital. She graduated from A.D. Johnson High School in Bessemer with the class of 1977. She then attended the Patricia Stevens Career College earning a diploma in fashion merchandising. After working in Milwaukee for a few years she returned to the Ironwood area in 1981...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 19 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, Dec. 20 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] RAMSAY — The Powderhorn Area Utility District is close to finalizing a change to the district’s late fee which would make it non-compounding. The district board discussed the matter at its meeting Wednesday, held via telephone conference. The board is seeking to have the late fee for unpaid utility bills remain at 10%, but eliminate the compounding portion, to make it easier for customers to get caught up. The members heard that the Bessemer Township board approved the change at its meeting Monday and...
