Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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RANTOUL, Ill. - Arthur A. Braghini, 86, of Rantoul. Illinois passed away on the morning of Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 at his home. He was born Dec. 25, 1933 in Bessemer, Michigan, a son of Louis and Cesira (Grandelis) Braghini. He married Joan McQuiggin on June 1, 1957 in Ironwood, Michigan. She preceded in death on May 22, 2009. He is survived by a son, Louis (Amy) Braghini of Champaign, Illinois; 2 daughters, Debbie (Mike) Corkran of Marion, Illinois and Diane (Steve) Craghead of Indianapolis,...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Area Schools sent home a kindergarten and fourth-grade class Monday as a precaution against COVID-19 after a student in each of the classes became ill. Bessemer Superintendent Dan Niemi said the precaution went beyond what the district is required to do “Even though it is not required, we had to tighten the reins,” said Niemi. “I don’t want to have a pandemic breakout in our school system.” A letter to parents posted on the district’s Facebook page said testing for the kinde...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Sept. 23 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,...
BESSEMER, Mich. – Roy Sand, 82, of Bessemer passed away on Sept. 14, 2020, at his home in Bessemer, Michigan. He was born on July 31, 1938, son of Eskel and Elizabeth (Loos) Sand. Roy joined the Navy and was part of the United States Naval Construction Battalion, known as the Seabees, and served a part of the Surface Anti-Submarine Development Detachment in Key West, Florida. He was married to Ruth Anderson, and she preceded him in death. He then married JoAnne Erickson on June 26, 2009. Roy h...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Sept. 22 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...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Sept. 19 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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, Sept. 20...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Sept. 18 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....
NEGAUNEE, Mich. - Barbara R. Peterson, 93, in the presence of her loving family, went to be with her Lord on Sept. 15, 2020, at Eastwood Nursing Home in Negaunee. She was born May 12, 1927, daughter of John and Victoria (Pertile) Frello. Barbara married Howard Peterson, and he preceded her in death in 1983. She worked as an inspector for fishing poles at Kodiak Company. Barbara loved to read and work puzzles, but her passion in life was her children and grandchildren. She loved to cook Italian...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Sept. 17 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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, 11-11:45 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Theodore A. Schmalz of Bessemer, died Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, in Ironwood, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation, and Assisted Living Community less than two months after the passing of his beloved wife Alicia. He was born Aug. 9, 1933, in Ironwood, son of the late Theodore C. and Linnea (Jokopii) Schmalz. He attended Newport grade school and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1951. He married the former Alicia M. Simmons on Aug. 2, 1958, at St. Ambrose Catholic...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — After two years of committee meetings, workshops, public hearings and several revisions, the Ironwood City Commission approved the city’s adult-use marijuana ordinance on Monday. The 3-2 approval amends the city code to regulate adult-use marijuana establishments. The effective date of the ordinance was not announced at the meeting but the commission extended its option-out ordinance through Nov. 9 at a previous meeting to allow time for administrative and enforcement structures to be pu...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] UPSON, Wis. - With most cornhole leagues inactive during the coronavirus pandemic, the special events attract many players including the first ever tournament sponsored by Whitecap Mountains Ski Resort on Saturday. The tournament is one more way to draw people to the resort in the off-season, according to David Dziuban, resort manager. The golf course had an especially busy summer and in addition to weddings and family events, the cornhole...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Sept. 16 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....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Sept. 15 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. 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 Apa...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Theodore A. “Ted” Schmalz, 87, of Bessemer Township, passed away on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. A full obituary will be published at a later date. McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home of Ironwood is assisting the family....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] RAMSAY - Thursday's ribbon-cutting ceremony in Ramsay not only celebrated the opening of the newest local segment of the Iron Belle Trail, it also marked the latest milestone in the 10-plus year effort to develop the local non-motorized trail system. "I just want to thank everybody personally for this project, it is ... a group effort and it would not happened without everybody being here and working on it. ... What a privilege to work with you...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] RAMSAY — An effort to reduce the size of the Gogebic Range Water Authority Board ended after opposition from municipality members led to removing the action from consideration at its regular meeting Thursday. The municipalities represented on the water authority include the charter township of Ironwood, and the townships of Bessemer and Wakefield, and the cities of Bessemer and Wakefield. Each municipality has two or three members plus alternates and the Water Authority proposed a five-member b...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Sept. 12 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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, Sept. 13...
BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a public hearing on the topic of the county's 2020-21 operational budget for its next regular meeting. The board 7-0 approved a public hearing prior to the 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 county board meeting at the request of Juliane Giackino, county administrator. The action followed a budget workshop prior to the regular meeting on Wednesday. The proposed budget was sent forward to the hearing without significant changes...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Sept. 11 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....
By CHARITY SMITH by [email protected] BESSEMER - The city of Bessemer and the Michigan Department of Transportation will be having a virtual public hearing at 5 p.m. on Sept. 21 to discuss the proposed detour route for U.S. 2 traffic heading through the city's downtown district, during the reconstruction of the highway during in the summer of 2022. "We've looked at numerous routes and this is the best route we've found. It's by no means perfect," said city manager Charly Loper, of...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Sept. 10 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. SMART...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Wisconsin man has been arraigned on a felony charge related to a stabbing in Ironwood earlier this month. Benjamin Allen Bozile, 30, of Gillett, Wisconsin, is charged with one count of assault with intent to commit murder. The charge carries a potential maximum sentence of life in prison. The charge steps from an incident at an Ironwood motel in the 400 block of West Cloverland Drive on Sept. 1, according to a news release from the Ironwood Public Safety Department. Officers responding...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Sept. 9 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, Wis.,...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] RAMSAY - Labor Day weekend is traditionally a time when family and friends gather for games, barbecues and an opportunity to enjoy each other's company before the winter season creeps in. Sunday afternoon was no exception as people came from near and far to indulge in the many new park amenities at Ramsay Memorial Park, made possible by a $400,000 renovation. Also ready just in time as an additional route to get there was the recently finished Iron Belle...
