Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Downtown Ironwood Development Authority welcomed two new members at its virtual meeting Thursday, bringing the city board to full strength at nine members. The two new members are Bruce Greenhill and Darrin Kimbler. It was their first meeting since their mayoral appointments were approved by the Ironwood City Commission. Greenhill is the operations manager for the Historic Ironwood Theatre. Kimbler owns Taiga Farm and Vineyards in Ironwood Township. He is also the agriculture e...
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Bernadette Rose "Bernie" DeKatch, 73, Green Bay, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. She was born Aug. 11, 1947, to Paul and Ellen (Lazaran) DeKatch in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. After the untimely death of her mother, the family moved to California before settling in the Hurley-Ironwood area. Bernie graduated from Hurley High School. At the age of 26, Bernie moved to Green Bay to take a job at Pauly's Cheese. She is survived by special friends who were her family, Kathleen...
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. - Caryl Faye Coxey, 87, of Big Bear Lake, tragically passed away Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19. Caryl was an incredibly strong fighter her entire life, but the insidious, sinister pandemic virus proved itself to be unconquerable. Caryl was born on Sept. 12, 1933, and raised in Neenah, Wisconsin, the daughter of Alvin and Elsie Laflin. Her parents owned the DX gas station next to the home and it was there that developed her dear love of cars...
HURLEY, Wis. — George C. Champion, 95, of Ironwood Township, Michigan, passed away on Dec. 12, 2020, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley due to COVID-19. George was born on July 8, 1925, in Ironwood, Michigan, son of William R. and Edna (Johnson) Champion. He attended local schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served from Jan. 17, 1944, until his discharge on May 7, 1946, as a sergeant. On July 2, 1949, he married Bonna Lee at the First Baptist Church in Kenosha. G...
IRONWOOD — An Ironwood City Commission workshop on Monday revealed the benefits and consequences that come from choosing which grants to apply for in order to build a proposed water treatment and filtration system with a new pump station. Jeff Sjoquist of Coleman Engineering, said his firm is taking the lead on Michigan grant applications as the subcontractor to Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. SEH is the construction engineering firm that recommended a $9.7 million concrete, gravity filtered water treatment plant that would address manganese a...
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors and its various committees will continue to meet in person, while giving individuals an opportunity to attend remotely, after a motion to switch entirely to Zoom meetings failed to get enough support for a vote Tuesday. Supervisor Anne McComas proposed the switch to completely remote meetings due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, saying she didn’t think it was safe for the county board and its committees to meet in the boardroom in the county courthouse. “Having been elected by the people of the...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 17 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EST; White Pine Township Hall, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EST; Mass City Resource Center, 1-1:30 p.m. EST. 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.,...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Joan F. "Joanie" Buchko, 91, of Ironwood passed away on Dec. 12, 2020, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. She was born Sept. 6, 1929, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Oliver and Frances (Kutil) Surprenant, and graduated with honors at Luther L. Wright High School. Joan was a member of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood and the former Holy Trinity Catholic Church. She valued faith, family, friends, baking, art and music. She could play the piano, accordion, and brach and...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Dec. 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. EST. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County District Attorney Matt Tingstad is no longer responsible for prosecuting former Hurley fire chief Darrell Petrusha after a judge removed Tingstad from the case, citing a totality of circumstances that “gave the appearance of impropriety.” “The defendant has the constitutional right to be prosecuted by a conflict-free prosecutor,” Taylor County Judge Ann Knox-Bauer wrote in a ruling last month. “Further, the public has the right to a prosecutor who is viewed to be free from a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Dec. 15 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,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department and Iron County Health Department released the latest updates of local COVID-19 cases Thursday as health officials continue to battle the ongoing coronavirus pandemic; and although the numbers continue to rise, Thursday didn’t show as large of a jump as the region has seen in the past. Gogebic County had a total of 656 positive cases and 271 additional probables over the course of the pandemic, including 24 deaths and 69 active cases as of Thursday. Thi...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — The Mercer Area Food Pantry has seen a dramatic increase in the demand for food since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to pantry board member Louise Minisan. “My numbers are at least a thousand (people) a week that we are feeding, and that’s pretty huge for Mercer,” Minisan told the Daily Globe. “Previously, we had about 350 people per week that we serviced.” The pantry handles food distribution twice weekly. On Wednesdays they distribute dairy products from the state’s...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council on Monday heard more updates on the proposed Range View Drive project that could see nearly half of costs reimbursed through the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Multimodal Local Supplement program. Hurley Street Commissioner Scott Santini, and Jeff Seamandel, a project engineer with MSA Professional Services, the city’s engineering company, were present to update the board on progress to rebuild and widen Range View Drive from 10th Avenue to the west side...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 10 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 Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m.,...
HURLEY, Wis. — Rose Marie Hakari, 84, of Ironwood, passed away on Nov. 25, 2020, at the Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, where she resided for three years. Rose Marie was born Feb. 9, 1936, in Brentwood Township, daughter of Harry and Rose (Gutt) Smith, on her family’s farm near Phillips. She married Donald Nasi in 1956, and they had three sons. She devoted her life to raising her special needs son, Scotty. Rose Marie worked at Powderhorn, Kmart, Big Boy and Hulstrom’s, also known as the penny candy store. Rose Marie...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Dec. 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 MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] HURLEY — This year, many parades have had a new look due to social distancing concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. So, as organizers of Hurley’s inaugural Holiday Parade made plans for their first such event, they settled on a “reverse parade” for Saturday. Floats, displays, and even Santa Claus himself were at a standstill, taking up stationary positions along the parade route through the industrial park — as parade-goers were the ones on the move, driving by each of the floats, taking in...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Nancy Ruth Prosek, 80, of Ironwood, died peacefully Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Wakefield. Nancy was born March 28, 1940, in Ironwood, daughter of the late George and Doris (Gehrman) Prosek. She attended and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. Nancy moved to Milwaukee and worked for Wisconsin Electric Power Company for 11 years. She then returned to Ironwood working at First of America Bank/National City Bank, and retired in May 2003. Nancy was a lifetime me...
HURLEY, Wis. - Corinne Mary (Anderson) Holst, age 95, passed away on Dec. 3, 2020. She was born in Ironwood, Michigan, on Feb. 25, 1925, daughter of the late Albert and Mae (Eplett) Anderson. Corinne spent her childhood in Ironwood and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1943. She married the love of her life, Deane Alvin Holst, on Oct, 23, 1943. They spent a short time in Fall River, Massachusetts, where Deane was stationed in the U.S. Navy. When he was sent overseas, she returned...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Dec. 8 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion, Bessemer. Bessemer Legion Auxiliary, 5 p.m., Elk and Hound, Ironwood. Ironwood...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - The "Tree of Love" and "Celebration Tree" at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital were lit for the holiday season Tuesday, but without the ceremony that traditionally accompanies the tree lighting. A maintenance man simply flipped a switch at exactly 4 p.m. to light the trees, without an audience and as nearby staff continued with their work. "We aren't having the ceremony this year. We are doing a virtual video," said Alicia Cook, the liason for the As...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The effort to make safety improvements to West Range View Drive, the only road access to Hurley K-12 School, is again moving forward with a possible state grant, according to reports at the Hurley Board of Public Works meeting on Wednesday. Hurley Street Commissioner Scott Santini, and Jeff Seamandel, an engineer with MSA Professional Services, the city’s engineering company, addressed the board regarding the plan to widen a section of West Range View Drive from 10th Avenue to the mai...
CLIVE, Iowa - Richard Carl Perlberg, 73, of Clive, passed away peacefully Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, at Mercy One Hospice after a short, brave battle with cancer. His family was by his side. Richard, the son of Herbert and Saima (Toivonen) Perlberg, was born April 4, 1947, in Ironwood, Michigan. On Sept. 24, 1976, he married Jayne Greuel in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She preceded him in death on April 26, 2002. He then married Patricia Cooper on March 19, 2005. Richard graduated from Hurley High...
