Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 2057 - 2081 of 5680
Wednesday, June 19 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. 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. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Nicolet College Foundation, 12:30 p.m., Nicolet College Fireside Room, Rhinelander Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club,...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Gary D. Johnson, 78, a longtime resident of Ironwood, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2019. Gary was born on Sept. 20, 1940, in Painesdale, a son of Hugo and Martha (Maki) Johnson. He attended Luther L. Wright High School and graduated in 1958. Gary proudly served his country in the U.S. Army for two years. During that period, he participated in the military police school at Fort Gordon, Ga. Gary was assigned to the 193 M.P. Co. 94th M.P. Battalion West Germany as a security...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Frank John Sopko, 97, died peacefully in Westgate Nursing and Rehab Center on June 15, in Ironwood, Michigan, Frank was born on July 1, 1921, in Ironwood to Louis and Mary Sopko. He married Eileen McManman on July 22, 1947. Throughout his life, he worked at the local CCC's, Cary Mine, White Pine Copper Mine, and the Ironwood School System before retiring in 1985. He grew up and lived in Norrie location until 2014 before moving to the Hurley Senior Apartments, then Westgate Nurs...
HURLEY, Wis. - Ronald H. Ahola, 84, of Hurley, died peacefully Saturday, June 15, 2019, at Villa Maria in Hurley. Ronald was born on May 7, 1935, in Ironwood, Mich to Henry and Marie (Saari) Ahola. He graduated from Luther L. Wright high school in 1952. He was in the Army from March of 1954 to February of 1956 and was stationed in Germany for the Korean campaign. During his time in the Army, he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, sharpshooter medal, and Army of Occupation Medal...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley K-12 School board approved using Hurley Northstars as the school's mascot name during Monday night's meeting. The change was passed with Leslie Kolesar being the only member to vote "no." Prior to the board's vote, senior class president Ally Rye along with Dayne Stuhr - president of the mascot executive committee - explained how the name was selected. "Once we had it down to three (choices), we sent that out to the whole school...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County’s forestry and parks committee approved the winning bids for the county’s 2019 spring timber sale last week, a key source of revenue for the county. A total of 55 bids were received on 17 of the 18 sales up up for bid, with one sale failing to receive a bid. The winning bids the committee approved June 11 are expected to generate approximately $1,228,743 for the county’s coffers. However, the exact amount won’t be known until the parcels are logged. Iron County Forester...
Tuesday, June 18 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. Loony Pedalers ride, 9 a.m., M & N, Vilas County Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] HURLEY - Penokee Range 4H Livestock Club hosted a "Haymakers 'n Hotdogs" fundraising event Friday at Cary Mine Market. The event raises money for the club, which in turn is partly used for the "betterment of Iron County's fairgrounds," 4H leader Brock Swartz said. "We have our main show at the market sale," he said. "The kids all display their animals at the fair." The club has installed concrete in the barns to contain any biohazards, he said,...
Monday, June 17 GOCAA distribution Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, GOCAA, 100 S. Mill St., Bessemer, from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.; Wakefield VFW, 9-9:30 a.m.; Sunset Manor Apartments community room, 9:40-9:55 a.m.; Riverview Apartments parking lot, 10-10:15 a.m.; Hillcrest Apartments community room, 10:30-10:45 a.m.; Fairview Apartments community room, 10:50-11 a.m. Alpha Delta Kappa, noon, Sharon’s C...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] KIMBALL, Wis. - A two-vehicle crash temporarily closed U.S. 2 in Kimball Friday afternoon. The two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision at around 2 p.m. Friday, Iron County Sheriff Paul Samardich told the Daily Globe, on the highway near Defer Road. Four people were transported by Beacon Ambulance to Aspirus Ironwood Hospital as a result of the crash. The highway had re-opened by 4 p.m. The Iron County Sheriff's Department continues to...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] HURLEY - Outside walls are nearly erected at Hurley K-12 School's Northwoods Manufacturing expansion project and work on the roof deck is expected to take place within a week. The combination of nice weather and contractors doing good work has resulted in no issues and the project is progressing "better then expected," Greg Phillips, construction manager for the school said. "So far everything has gone smoothly and ahead of schedule," he said. In a...
Thursday, June 13 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Iron County Development Zone Council, noon, court house, board room. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, noon, Elk & Hound, Ironwood. Contact Carol Saari at 906-932-4953. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice of...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - A ceremony to mark the transition of maintaining the garden box at Longyear Park will take place just prior to the Gogebic Range Concert Band concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The "Forget Me Not" flower garden is to honor the memory of people with Alzheimer's Disease. The garden is adjacent to the Mathias Holemo Band Shell in Longyear Park, 299 W. Arch St., in Ironwood. The garden had been cared for by staff and volunteers of Regional Hospice...
Wednesday, June 12 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., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center....
HOUGHTON, Mich. - Ardith Cattelino, 96, a resident of Franklin House at Portage Pointe in Hancock, passed away peacefully on June 1, 2019. She was born in Upson, Wis., on June 16, 1922, daughter of Leopold August Miller and Emma Belle Kammerer. She attended elementary school in Upson and graduated from high school in Hurley, Wis., in 1940. On Feb. 3, 1951, Ardith married Peter Cattelino in Upson. They moved to Kingsford and raised two sons. In 2007, they moved to Houghton to live near their son...
HURLEY, Wis. - Louise J. Luoma, 86, of Saxon, passed away on June 6, 2019, at the Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center. Louise was born April 2, 1933, in Ironwood, Mich. to Louis and Mildred (Lantta) Mazner. Louise was a member of the Saxon American Legion Auxiliary and Saxon-Gurney Presbyterian Church and always helped whenever help was needed in the community. On June 11, 1949, she married the love of her life, Wilbert Luoma. They spent the next 68 years together always saying the key...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council met Tuesday to raise resident’s water rates by a 3% increase to offset the cost passed on by the city of Ironwood. Robbie Lanctoe, chairperson for the public works, said they have had a lot of phone calls about the “black water.” “Just all the dirty water we’ve had the last three weeks before this and then they (Ironwood) raise it 2.8%,” he said. Lanctoe doesn't know what happened to the water quality in Ironwood and said he even asked them for guidance. “We...
Tuesday, June 11 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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 American Legion Auxiliary, 5 p.m., Bessemer American Legion. Ironwood American Legion Post 5,...
IRONWOOD — Mary Elizabeth Brunelle, 100, of Ironwood, passed away June 7, Mary was a lifetime resident of Ironwood, and she graduated from Luther L. Wright School in 1938. Afterwards, she attended Gogebic Community College. She was a part of the Holy Trinity Altar Society CCD and was the President of Marquette Diocese Council of Catholic Women. She was an avid bowler in the Range Area Bowling league in Hurley, Wis. and was a member of The Eagle Bluff Golf Club. Mary was very fond of sewing, crocheting, and knitting. She was preceded in death b...
Monday, June 10 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival board of directors, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, 906-932-1608. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Beginner Finnish language class, 3:30 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Advanced Finnish language class, 4:30 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints L...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] HURLEY - Elemetary students at the Hurley K-12 School spent Friday, their last day of class, at a Hawaiian-themed picnic sponsored by the Parent Teacher Organization. Steve Lombardo, elementary principal, said they are sending the students off in style. "Our fine PTO has a number of different stations set up all throughout the school," he said. Children at the picnic raced from station to station following a schedule of events such as minnow racing,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, June 8 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 9 Library summer program kickoff, 12:30 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] HURLEY — Hurley K-12 School students and staff voted on Wednesday and chose Northstars as their new mascot to represent the school. The school originally planed to announce the new mascot at an upcoming school board meeting, but Kevin Genisot, district administrator at Hurley, said he wants the process to be transparent. “Here is what will be presented to the board on June 17, it doesn’t mean we have changed yet,” he said. “We need board approval for that.” Nearly 79%, or 500 out of 636 students an...
Thursday, June 6 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m., Bessemer V.F.W. Post 3673, 605 W. Lead St., Bessemer; 10-11 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-667-0283. 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,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Gov. Tony Evers visited Hurley Tuesday to present Iron County officials with a coastal management grant and highlight the importance of protecting Wisconsin's natural resources. "Whether it's downtown Milwaukee or Iron County, Wisconsin; if we want to continue to have the heritage that we were given around water, we have to protect it," Evers said, while presenting the grant. The $12,995 grant through the state's coastal management program...
