Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, April 14 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, April 13 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. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2...
HURLEY, Wis. - Richard D. Livingston Sr., 75, of Hurley, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, with his family at his side. Richard was born and raised in Ironwood, Michigan, a son of Clyde and Hazel Livingston. He attended Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood and graduated in 1966. He joined the U.S. Army and was a Vietnam veteran. Richard is survived by his loving wife, Margaret; a son, Richard Jr. (Sally); and two cherished grandsons, Blake and Colin. He is further survived by three...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer library has applied for grant funding to aid with three of its community engagement projects. Librarian Melissa Lupino said that she applied for two grants that are being offered by the American Association of Retired Persons. One of the grants would provide $8,000 for recreational equipment. The equipment is intended to go along with the new Iron Belle trailhead to be built south of City Hall, Lupino said. “The city is working on the trailhead project right behind city hal...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, April 12 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Friends...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - Bessemer's Bluff Valley Park may soon have a facelift. City Manager Charly Loper announced during the monthly Recreation Committee meeting that she applied for a $100,000 grant from Kubota Tractor Corporation, of Grapevine, Texas, to update the park. According to Loper the company is offering five $100,000 grants and one of the recipients will be given an additional $100,000. She said the company is also offering some "smaller" things as...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Library has partnered with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to provide free COVID-19 at home test kits to the community. Library director Melissa Lupino said MDHHS started a pilot program for the test kits in lower Michigan at a handful of libraries. “It must have gone well, because they opened it up for other libraries to volunteer to be one of these sights, and we threw our hat in and we were chosen to be one of the distribution sights,” she said. The l...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, April 9 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. Sunday, April 10 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER - Following a recent building study, Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Chair Jim Lorenson concluded that the county needs a new jail. A Jail Committee was formed at the board's meeting on March 23 and it came back to the board Wednesday with a recommendation for a contractor to establish a jail design study. Lorenson said that the newly appointed committee met with Tom Weber, an independent contractor specializing in justice system and...
BESSEMER, Mich. — Wilford A. Nickel, 87, of Bessemer, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at the Memorial Medical Center in Ashland, Wisconsin. He is survived by four children, Robin Symes, Rondy Moore, Ronald Nickel and Renae Ecker; nine grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren. A celebration of Wilford’s life with a luncheon will be held on Saturday, May 7, at 11 a.m., at the farm on Moore Road. Jerald Rocco, owner and manager of Lakeside Memorial Chapel Inc., in Wakefield, is assisting the family with their arr...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, April 7 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, April 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, April 5 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325....
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - Students at Washington Elementary School in Bessemer excitedly bought books throughout the week at the first book fair the school has held in years, according to school principal Mark Switzer. "I think it is really good," Switzer said. "We haven't had a book fair in years. So we are kind of arcing towards a little normalcy." Switzer said that the book fair was extremely well attended and "incredibly busy." He said the kids seemed to really...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - Students filed into the A.D. Johnston High School Library on Tuesday to fill knapsacks for their comrades in need of food during break through the Gogebic County Eat Smart Knapsack Program. The program was established six years ago as a way of providing food for children who depend on school meals for their daily nutritional needs. "It's a huge collaborative effort," said Crystal Suzik of the Gogebic County Great Start Collaborative. The...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 31 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Townsh...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Area School Board met for its monthly meeting on Monday evening. Superintendent Dan Niemi announced that senior graduation has been set for the Friday before Memorial Day, May 27, and is planned to be held at 7:30 p.m. Niemi said the seniors conducted a poll among themselves asking if they would prefer an indoor or outdoor graduation. The result, he explained, revealed the students would prefer to do an indoor graduation, so they wouldn’t need to worry about weather. The board als...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - Members of the Ironwood City Commission had the opportunity to set the goals that the city will focus on for the next two years at a work session prior to their regular meeting on Monday. City Treasurer and Financial Director Paul Linn said this work session marked the beginning of a very important part of the city's budget review process. He said that the goals that the city commission chooses to adopt in these sessions will be reflected...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Earl Charles Gumm, age 88, of Ironwood, formerly of Bessemer, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Friday, March 25, 2022, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. He was born June 14, 1933, in Crandon, Wisconsin, son of the late Carrie and Curtis Gumm. Earl grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan until he went to war in Korea in 1953, where he was a corporal in the U.S. Army. He was working in Milwaukee when he...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 30 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. 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...
BESSEMER, Mich. - James Domenic Chiapuzio, 84, of Bessemer, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 26, 2022, with his family at his side. James was born on Jan. 5, 1938, in Anvil Location, Bessemer Township, a son of Domenic Anton and Albertina Marie (Callovi) Chiapuzio. He attended Bessemer schools. At a young age, James joined the U.S. Navy and proudly served his country for nearly four years. He was honorably discharged as a seaman apprentice on Dec. 19, 1958. On April 30, 1960, James was...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, March 29 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, March 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. Sunday, March 27 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Cent...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Sheriff Ross Solberg introduced a new road officer, Deputy Ryan Zawodny, to the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting on Wednesday. Zawodny said he was originally from the Lower Peninsula and previously worked at the Ironwood Public Safety Department before starting to work at the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office on March 13. “I’m not a native Yooper but hope to stay here for a long time. I went to Northern Michigan University, originally for biology...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Helen Josephine Whitburn, age 92, of Bessemer, took Jesus' hand home on March 22, 2022. She was born on Feb. 4, 1930, to her mother and father, Orsolina and Inocente Corozolla in Vulcan, and lovingly raised from infancy by her Mom and Dad, Louis and Agnes Barbacovi in Bessemer, along with her Barbacovi sisters and brother. Helen attended Bessemer area schools graduating with the A.D. Johnston High School class of 1949. She enjoyed music and excelled as a soprano in choral ensem...
