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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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MERCER, Wis. - Rockney Bernard Johnson of Mercer passed away on Oct. 13, 2021, at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife, Gretchen Johnson, his children Laurie Ringquist, Kris Tetting (Don), Diane Brusoe (Bruce) and Ryan Johnson (Cindy), his stepson Michael Zazeski (Becki) and 11 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bernard and Antoinette Johnson and his brother, Dan Johnson. Rocky was born in Bessemer, Michigan, and after graduating from high school, he entered the U.S....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Oct. 19 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. 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,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Oct. 16 Paavo Nurmi Marathon Idea Session, 8-9 a.m., Cary Road Park, Hurley. 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, Oct. 17...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Ambulance Committee of the Gogebic County Board is currently seeking a firm to conduct a long-term feasibility study regarding rural service operations. Ambulance committee chair James Lorenson said at the meeting Wednesday that a long-term feasibility study would be conducted by a consulting group or the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region office. The committee has also studied rural ambulance feasibility studies of other Michigan and Wisconsin communities. A G...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Recreation Committee took a field trip across the street last week to the site of the city’s new Iron Belle trailhead, to be located behind city hall. City manager Charly Loper and council member Terry Kryshak spray painted outlines on the grass of where the pavilion and bike park would be located for the recreation committee to review. Loper said the plans had been shifted slightly to the right of city hall because of the steep incline of the hill behind the building. The siz...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Oct. 14 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. 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,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Oct. 13 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, Ironwood. 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. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hal...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — An outbreak of COVID-19 within the Bessemer Area School district has forced the cancellation of multiple events, according to district superintendent Dan Niemi. The district was forced to cancel three football games and a scrimmage that were scheduled between Oct. 4 and Oct. 15. The junior high football game against Lake Linden-Hubbell scheduled for Oct. 5 was cancelled, along with today’s junior varsity football scrimmage against Mellen, Wisconsin. The varsity football games that were sch...
TOWN OF OMA, Wis. - Susan Marie Abelson, 69, a longtime resident of Oma, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Susan was born on Nov. 14, 1951, in Bessemer Township, Michigan, a daughter of Eugene J. and Arlene M. (Yurich) Abelson. She attended Oma Grade School, Cary School and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1969. Susan worked at Look Up Workshop later named Highline Corporation for just shy of 48 years. She retired in May 2018. Susan loved her family, Cornerstone...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Oct. 12 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Apportionment Committee on Thursday approved the new population-based voting district map to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. The committee membersall favored the same mapping plan from four different options. The Michigan Bureau of Elections provided two options and two more were drawn up by Ramona Collins, county clerk and register of deeds, which included option one. The work was to adjust to the current county population of 14,380, which is a 2,400 overall d...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Oct. 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Oct. 10 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood...
BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Douglas Kenneth Wuorinen, 60, of Burnsville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. Douglas was born on June 23, 1961, in Wakefield, Michigan, the son of Kenneth and Beverly (Hill) Wuorinen. Doug attended Washington School in Bessemer, Michigan, until his family moved to Bloomington in August 1973. In Bloomington, he attended Olson Middle School and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School. He received several certificates for auto body repair, welding and...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Oct. 7 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. 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,...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The lobby of the Gogebic-Iron County Airport terminal was more full than most people could remember on Monday. There were several passengers arriving from Chicago, along with 22 passengers ready for the return flight. There were just as many people present for the grand opening celebration for Denver Air Connection taking over the Essential Air Service and bringing jet service to Ironwood. Passenger numbers for the first few days equaled nearly a month of flights with the previous EAS a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Oct. 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, 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, Ironwood. 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 Restaurant,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Oct. 5 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Oct. 2 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 Oct. 3 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - Students at Washington Elementary school will remain masked, according to the decision of the Bessemer Area School Board on Tuesday. The members decided to keep its elementary school mandate in place until further notice. The school board will re-evaluate the elementary mask mandate at each monthly board meeting. "I think we got a good plan right now," said Superintendent Dan Niemi. "People are really compliant and we are being really...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Sept. 29 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, 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, Ironwood. 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...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Sept. 28 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anon...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Ida Marie Johnson, 73, of Wakefield, passed away unexpectedly Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, at her home. Ida was born on Aug. 21, 1948, in Wakefield, a daughter of Edward Eino and Edna Geraldine (Ziegler) Johnson. Ida was employed by the Department of Natural Resources and the state of Michigan. For more than 27 years, she proudly served her country as a master sergeant and was in the 148th Fighter Wing - Minnesota Air National Guard. Ida loved to cook, take care of her flower...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Sept. 25 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. Bessemer Woman’s Club, 3 p.m., Bluff Valley Park pavilion, Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Sept. 26 Alcoh...
