Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Wedneday, Jan. 15 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, 1-1:30 p.m. EST. Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Recovery Walk ‘n Talk, 10 a.m. to nooon, Iron Belle Trailhead, Hurley. Talk with a recovery coach. Call 715-660-0073. Red Cross Blood Drive, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Memorial Building, Ironwood. Appointments at 608-445-8950. Alcoholics Anonymous, o... Full story
Tuesday, Jan. 14 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, west parking lot, 11:45-noon; Mill Trace Apartments, Ironwood Township, east parking lot, noon-12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments, Ironwood Township, community room, 12:30-12:45 p.m. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service... Full story
MASS CITY, Mich. - Walter Lukkarila, 84, of Mass City, passed away on Dec. 17, 2019. Born on May 28, 1935, in Hancock, and raised in Mass City, Walter graduated from Mass High School in 1953 and then from Michigan Technological University in 1958, with a Bachelor of Science in mining engineering. He began his mining career at the White Pine Copper Mine as a underground miner in 1957. Walter married Mary Helen Findley on April 29, 1961, and they resided in White Pine, where he built his first... Full story
Wednesday, Dec. 18 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, 1-1:30 p.m. EST. Recovery Walk ‘n Talk, 10 a.m. to nooon, Iron Belle Trailhead, Hurley. Talk with a recovery coach. Call 715-660-0073. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 9... Full story
Tuesday, Dec. 17 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. 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,... Full story
Wednesday, Dec. 4 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, noon-2:30 p.m. EST, fire hall, Bruce Crossing; 2-4 p.m. EST, 429 River St., Ontonagon. 906-667-0283. Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Recovery Walk ‘n Talk, 10 a.m. to nooon, Iron Belle Trailhead, Hurley. Talk with a recovery coach. Call 715-660-0073. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. I... Full story
ONTONAGON, Mich. — Earl L. “Ike” Kersten, 79, of Trout Creek, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Ontonagon. He was born Jan. 11, 1940, in Ironwood, son of the late Earl and Ruth (Anys) Kersten. Ike attended Watersmeet schools and served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 until 1963 aboard the U.S.S. Manley. He married the “love of his life,” Dorothy Pole, on May 13, 1967, at the Lutheran Church in Bruce Crossing. He was employed by the U.S. Forest Service at the J.W. Toumey Tr... Full story
Wednesday, Nov. 20 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bruce Crossing Stannard Township ballpark, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10: 30 a.m.; Marenisco Town Hall, 9-9:15 a.m. Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Daily Globe 100th Birthday Open House, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Recovery Walk ‘n Talk, 10 a.m. to nooon, Iron Belle Trailhead, Hurley. Talk with a recovery coach. Call 715-660-0073. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran C... Full story
Tuesday, Nov. 19 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 parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments west parking lot, 11:45-noon.; Mill Trace Apartments east parking lot, noon: 12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments community room, 12:35-12:45 p.m. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-5... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BRUCE CROSSING - A crowd gathered at the trailhead parking lot for O Kun de Kun Falls near Bruce Crossing Saturday for a ribbon cutting to mark the completion of a project to improve the hiking route to the waterfall. "I think it's a testament of just what we can get done when we work together. Now we have a situation where the resource has been taken care of - this trail is now accessible to so many that in the past it wouldn't have been - and...
ONTONAGON, Mich. — Sigrid Bonetti passed away Oct. 25, 2019 at Ontonagon Aspirus Long Term Care. She was born in Bruce Crossing on Feb. 25, 1930, to the late Charles and Sophie (Moilanen) Lindberg. She attended local schools and graduated from Ewen High School with the Class of 1948. Sigrid worked at Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company employment office in Detroit for a short time. She returned here, where she met and married Frank Osterman in 1949. He drowned at Lake Gogebic in 1955. In 1957 she married Val Bonetti in Ironwood, where they made t... Full story
Wednesday, Oct. 16 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Marenisco Town Hall, 9-9:15 a.m. ; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10:30 a.m.; Bruce Crossing Stannard Township ballpark, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT 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. Kimball Homemakers, 1 p.m., Community... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Margaret Ellen Barlock, 82, of Bruce Crossing, passed away on Oct. 13, 2019, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital surrounded by her family. Margaret was born on Aug. 22, 1937, to Gladys (Egger) and Jack Connors in Wakefield. She attended Bergland High School, graduating in 1955. Margaret married Andrew Barlock, March 10, 1956, in Ewen. They had four daughters, Donna, Teresa, Andrea and Mary. They also raised their grandson, Travis. She worked as an administrative assistant, for the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District u... Full story
Tuesday, Oct. 15 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308. Alcoholics... Full story
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. - James "Jim" Edward Mott, 85, of Ewen passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, after an extended illness. He was born in Ontonagon County on Sept. 21, 1933, to Charles Mott Sr. and Lillian VanBlarcom. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1952 as an ammunition specialist where he attained the rank of airman first class. He was stationed at Royal Air Force Base Wing in England where he met and married Ann Cawood, his... Full story
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] EWEN — People were mad for plaid on Saturday during the height of the three-day 43rd annual Log Jamboree in Ewen. Flannel in all colors and styles was the uniform of choice for participants from babies to senior citizens, with some folks also wearing fashionable “work boots” or matching hats or tennies and others featuring trendy braids or suspenders. Some kids used scooters to get around, while adults led barking dogs, pushed baby carriages, or chased excited toddlers in and around the McMillan Towns...
Wednesday, Sept. 18 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bruce Crossing Stannard Township ballpark, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 1:15-1:30 p.m.; Marenisco Town Hall, 2-2:15 p.m. 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. Kimball Homemakers, 1 p.m., Community... Full story
Tuesday, Sept. 17 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 parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments west parking lot, 11:35-11:45 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments east parking lot, 11:45-11:55 a.m.; Wildwood Apartments community room, 12-12:15 p.m. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse,... Full story
Wednesday, Sept. 4 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, noon-2:30 p.m. EST, fire hall, Bruce Crossing; 2-4 p.m. EST, 429 River St., Ontonagon. 906-667-0283. 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., M... Full story
Wednesday, Aug. 14 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. 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. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bruce... Full story
Tuesday, Aug. 13 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood 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 parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments west parking lot, 11:35-11:45 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments east parking lot, 11:45-11:55 a.m.; Wildwood Apartments community room, 12-12:15 p.m. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 9... Full story
Wednesday, July 17 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bruce Crossing Stannard Township ballpark, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 1:15-1:30 p.m.; Marenisco Town Hall, 2-2:15 p.m. 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. Kimball Homemakers, 1 p.m., Community... Full story
ONTANAGON, Mich. — Rose Sophie Mattson, 93, of Bruce Crossing passed away Friday, July 12, 2019, at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital. Rose was born on March 8, 1926, in Lake Linden to the late Isaac and Sophie Lervic. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry A. Mattson; a beloved sister, Ruth (Erik) Lytikainen; and a brother, Rueben (Ruth) Lervic. She is survived by one son, Gerald D (Sharon) Mattson; granddaughter, Melissa Ann (Parker Burshem) Mattson; grandsons, Anthony Isaac and Andrew John Mattson; great-granddaughter, Rose Eliina Mattson;... Full story
Tuesday, July 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 parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments west parking lot, 11:35-11:45 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments east parking lot, 11:45-11:55 a.m.; Wildwood Apartments community room, 12-12:15 p.m. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley.... Full story
WATERSMEET - The region's Fourth of July celebrations concluded on a sunny, warm Saturday with a full schedule of events in Watersmeet, which offered a parade, picnic, and fireworks, along with numerous activities. The parade route along U.S. Hwy. 45 featured flags posted on intermittent light poles, with people lining the street on both sides for a procession led by local veterans. "Yooper Pride" was the parade theme, which was boldly expressed by Nordine's Plaza in Watersmeet, which won first...
