Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Range Health Foundation has announced three recipients of the for the second year of the Jonathan A. Erickson Fund grants. The awardees include the Emberlight Ambassador Leadership Program, the Wakefield-Marenisco School Youth Skatepark Project and the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department for Project Life Saver. Andrea Bergman, executive director of the foundation presented two of the awardees with a check on Thursday morning....
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners approved area cities’ and schools’ millage requests at its regular meeting on Wednesday. Gogebic County Equalization Director Kathy Jo Koval said the county is requesting a levy of 6.6419 mills to be levied against a property tax base of $595,728,765. She said that the property tax base was established through an extensive sales analysis and review. Through analysis of hundreds of sales, the departments assessed properties at 50% of their true...
By Charity Smith [email protected] HURLEY - The annual Across the Borders community health fair returned to the Iron Belle Trail Tuesday. The annual event provides a way for residents to gather information on resources available to the aging in the community, while getting some exercise by walking the Iron Belle Trail from Hurley to Ironwood. Twenty-seven vendors representing a variety of organizations, governmental agencies and local businesses which provide various services to the elde...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, June 23 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:25-9:40 a.m. EDT; White Pine Township Hall, 10-10:15 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource... Full story
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] Summer officially began Tuesday morning and mother nature got an early start baking the region in record-setting warm temperatures Monday. Monday afternoon’s heat officially rose to a record 94 degrees according to a National Weather Service recording at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Facility in Ironwood. The facility takes readings every 24 hours at 7 a.m., so the 94 degrees from Monday afternoon technically becomes the high for June 21 — or “the 24-hour period ending at 7 a.m. on Tuesd...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, June 22 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. 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... Full story
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - Luther L. Wright K-12 School's last day of school was June 3, but Ironwood Area Schools staff are still serving meals to youth in the community over summer break. The school's summer food service program offers lunch at the Ironwood Depot Park from 11 a.m. to noon on Mondays through Fridays through Aug. 19. Lisa Ursini, a food services staff member, said that many people seem to think that only children from low-income families can get...
RAMSAY, Mich. - Marie K. (Rocco) Levelius, 101, a longtime resident of Ramsay, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 19, 2022, after a brief illness. Marie was born on May 27, 1921, in Wakefield, a daughter of Emil and Tillie (Marita) Rocco. She attended Ramsay School and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, with the class of 1938. Marie's early years were spent during the summer on the Marita farm in Highbridge, Wisconsin. Her earliest job was working for the Hansen family... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, June 21 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. 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 a.m.; Northwoods Estates Apartments, Ironwood... Full story
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] HURLEY - The Aging and Disability Resource Center of the North will host the third annual "Across the Borders" Senior Information and Awareness Walk on the Iron Belle Trail from Hurley to Ironwood Depot Park from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will feature booths spread out across that segment of the trail, from more than 20 local organizations which handle the care of seniors in various locations across both Michigan and Wisconsin. These include human service...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, June 18 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, June 19 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C... Full story
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The city of Wakefield planning commission considered implementing an ordinance to regulate chickens on residential properties. According to city manager Rob brown there is a surplus of residences that maintain chickens within the city. He said under the current code residents are allowed to have as many chickens as they would like as long as they are not within 175 feet of another dwelling. He said the current code is very vague and doesn’t event specify whether or not roosters are permitte...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, June 16 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, 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... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, June 15 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. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant,... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, June 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. 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 o... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, June 11 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, June 12 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. National Finnish American Festival Inc. Membership Annual Meeting, 2 p... Full story
BESSEMER – The Bessemer Planning Commission went over a draft ordinance to regulate short-term rentals during its regular meeting on Tuesday night. “It’s very thorough, there’s no question about it,” said councilman and committee member Terry Kryshak. The ordinance will require all short-term rental companies provide the city with a local agent. City manager Charly Loper said this person would have to be available to accept phone calls on a 24-hour basis, have a key for the property and be able to get there within 60 minutes. The ordinance...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, June 9 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... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, June 8 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...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, June 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. 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.... Full story
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Economic Development Corporation hear a presentation from Lisa McKenzie, an assistant regional planner with the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region office, about the results of WUPPDR’s housing study at their meeting on Wednesday. McKenzie said that the study was funded by the Economic Development Administration as part of the Pandemic Response and Resilience Plan of 2021. The study covered Gogebic, Baraga, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon cou...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Betty "Mabel" Rands, 96, of Bessemer, passed away on May 28, 2022, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. Betty was born in Ironwood on Aug. 8, 1925, the daughter of Reginald and Lillian (Tremain) Tippett. She attended school in Ironwood and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1943. She was employed in Washington D.C. during World War II for the United States government as a secretary. She also worked at Gogebic Community Colle... Full story
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — Registration is open for the second annual Gogebic Community College and Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District summer camps. “It is really exciting. It’s the second year we have tried to do some programing targeting middle school students,” said Glen Ackerman-Behr, director of workforce development at GCC. Last year’s program consisted of one camp in Gogebic County and one in Ontonagon County and Ackerman-Behr is excited about expanding the camps this year to include five different...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, June 3 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families — Gogebic County: Fairview Apartments, Bessemer, at 9 a.m.; Hillcrest Apartments, Bessemer, at 9:30 a.m. in the community room; Sunset Manor Apartments, Wakefield, at 10 a.m. in the community room; Riverview Apartments, Wakefield, at 10:30 a.m. in parking lot. (Home deliveries for Meals on Wheels recipients in B... Full story
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — In anticipation of the today’s last day of school, kindergarteners through sixth graders from Luther L. Wright K-12 School in Ironwood on Tuesday played on the school’s track and football field and in the school gymnasium in a “blast off” to summer. The event was coordinated by the Ironwood PTO. “In the past, we’ve called it ‘field day,’ but this year, we totally switched it up with the bounce houses and stuff, so we called it ‘summer...
