Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Thursday, May 2 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Free Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Methodist Church. Public is invited. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18;...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The case of one of the defendants charged in connection to the killing of a Lac du Flambeau man north of Mercer appears to be headed toward a trial. A December trial date was set Tuesday after Iron County Judge Patrick Madden heard a motion laying out the state’s final settlement offer to Curtis Wolfe, 27, for his alleged role in the death of Wayne M. Valliere Jr., whose body was found Jan. 1, 2018, in the Mercer area. The five-day tri...
Wednesday, May 1 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Iron County Health Department Walk In Clinic, 8:30 a.m., health department. 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. Alzheimer’s D...
Tuesday, April 30 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Open House, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Northwoods Christian Academy, Hurley, 715-561-2545. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Government Gogebic Community College Board, 4:30 p.m., room B-22, Jacob Solin Business Center, GCC. Wednesday, May 1 Christian Men of the...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY - The Iron County Memorial Building in Hurley was loaded with people Saturday as folks lined up to enjoy steaks made to order, as well as ongoing camaraderie. For $25, the advance-reservation meal was part of the 29th annual fundraiser for the Vietnam Veterans of America Gogebic-Iron Range Chapter 529. The event allows veterans to fund a popular December event in which local children receive a gift from Santa at the memorial building. According to...
HURLEY — An Illinois man wanted in his home state attempted to escape from Iron County Sheriff’s Department custody Saturday while being treated for a medical issue. The man was booked into the Iron County Jail early Saturday morning on local charges of disorderly conduct and a warrant out of Illinois, according to Iron County Sheriff Paul Samardich. The attempted escape occurred at roughly 1:06 p.m., as the inmate fled into the nearby woods while being escorted out of the Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, Samardich said in a news release. The man...
Monday, April 29 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, 715-561-4450. Open House, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Northwoods Christian Academy, Hurley, 715-561-2545. Finnish Women’s Auxiliary, 10 a.m., Little Finland. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Iron County Mobile Food Pantry, noon-1:30 p.m., Iron County Recycling-Iron County Forestry Parking Lot, 606-607 3rd Ave. North, Hurley. 715-561-2695. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] HURLEY - The 2019 Silver Express performed in front of a nearly sold out crowd at its last concert at the school on Friday evening. Silver Express co-director Roy Haeger said the band is going on tour, "But will play a few songs" during graduation. "This is the last hurrah for the seniors," he said. Silver Express member Cody Sobrack sings, plays the saxophone, piano, harmonica and cowbell and said being in the band has been a lot of fun. "It's a...
Saturday, April 27 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. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, April 28 Mercer Senior Games, 11:30 a.m., free lunch at 12:15 p.m., game,s 1-3 p.m. Alcoholics...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] Prom season, an annual rite of spring where area youth dress to the 9s and enjoy an evening out with their classmates will begin this weekend. Three area high schools will celebrate prom on Saturday — Ironwood, Hurley and Ontonagon. Ironwood’s junior class will host the prom at the Memorial Building in downtown Ironwood. The grand march is planned for 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:10, with music and dancing to follow. Thirty couples have signed up to attend to the evening themed “Di...
Thursday, April 25 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Free Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Methodist Church. Public is invited. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18;...
HURLEY, Wis. - Mayona Buinowski, 89, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away at the Villa Marie Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley on April 21, 2019. She was born to Thomas and Louise Rowe on April 1, 1930, in Savannah, Ga. She married Norbert Buinowski on June 20, 1953, in Savannah. She enjoyed spending time at the family cottage on Lake Gogebic with her family for get-togethers and spending time outdoors. Her hobbies included gardening flowers, bushes, and shrubs She enjoyed sitting on her...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Students across the Gogebic Range are practicing as they prepare for the upcoming spring concert season. The season kicked off Tuesday with Ironwood's fifth-grade band concert and Ewen-Trout Creek's POPS concert, featuring the district's junior-senior high school band and choir. Hurley Hurley's Silver Express group will have its first concert of the spring today at 7 p.m., putting on shows at the school through Friday before touring the...
Wednesday, April 24 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. IMPACT...
HURLEY, Wis. - Leonard V. Zaleski Sr., 96, of Hurley, passed away at the Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on Feb. 22, 1923, in Ironwood, Mich., the son of Vincent Zaleski and Bernice (Bogard) (Zaleski) DaPra. Leonard married Mary Jane Conhartoski on Oct. 25, 1947. Leonard worked as a miner most of his life. He served in World War II in Burma and India. He was active in the VFW and other community organizations. Mary Jane preceded him in death on July 28, 2015, after 67...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County Judge Patrick Madden dismissed the charges against five current and former board members of the Mercer School Board Monday, finding they lacked the intent needed for the crimes they were charged with. “One of the clear obligations of this court is to not permit actions to go forward which do not meet the basic requirements of ‘mens rea’ and ‘actus rea,’ which is … you have to have a guilty mind and a guilty act to commit a crime,” Madden said, while ruling on one of the defe...
Tuesday, April 23 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. Smokey Bear Celebration, 10 a.m., Mercer Library. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episc...
HURLEY, Wis. - Frances B. (Elias) Holm, 83, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, with her family by her side at the Villa Marie Health & Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. She was born May 11, 1935, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Emery and Bernice Elias. Frances attended A.L. Norrie School and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School, class of 1953. On June 27, 1953, she was united in marriage to Richard D. Holm at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Ironwood,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — With the snow melting, outdoor enthusiasts on the Gogebic Range are putting away their skis and getting out their summer toys. Those fans of road biking can join the Superior Riders, which start its eighth season May 15. The rides will generally take place every other Wednesday, according to organizers, starting at a different location for each ride. Covering roughly eight to 15 miles and taking 60 to 90 minutes, the rides are doable for all skill levels. “There might be some gravel … bu...
Friday, April 19 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Gogebic...
KETTERING, Ohio - Dorothy I. (Ahonen) Silkworth Kuula, age 88, of Bessemer, Mich., passed away on April, 9, 2019 in Kettering. Dorothy was born on Sept. 5, 1930 in Kimball, Wis. to Gustaf Adolph Ahonen and Jennie F. (Nurmi) Ahonen. On July 1, 1950 she married Don Silkworth, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 4, 2001. In March of 2002 she married William Kuula, and he preceded her in death in December 2002. She was a 1948 graduate of J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley, Wis. She raised her...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The nine singers and performers in Hurley's Silver Express are finishing up their final rehearsals in the coming days as they prepare for the concerts and subsequent spring tour. The group of five seniors, four freshman and one sophomore will perform shows at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday in the Hurley K-12 School's auditorium. The shows promise a, "Huge variety of music, from oldies to what's on the radio today," co-director Roy...
Thursday, April 18 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EDT; White Pine Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:45 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 1:15-1:45 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., Marenisco Township....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley and Mercer students in Iron County's Woods and Waters program had a chance to see some of the commercial uses of the trees in the Northwoods as they toured some of the local timber companies Wednesday. The tours were designed to give students an idea of what happens to the trees after they are logged. “It dawned on me last year ... where we had our tour of the logging aspect of (the timber industry),” said Iron County conse...
Wednesday, April 17 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, Bruce Crossing Stannard Township ballpark, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 1:15-1:30 p.m.; Marenisco Town Hall, 3-3:20 p.m. Cuddlebugs Story Time, 9:30 a.m., Carnegie Library, 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...
