Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. — Roast beef was on the menu at the Saxon Community Center as the Saxon-Gurney Fire Department held its annual Raffle and Roast Beef Dinner fundraiser Sunday. The annual event serves as a fundraiser for the department, according to Chief Stacy Ofstad. “This year, probably, we’re going to be looking at getting some new radio equipment and some more pagers,” Ofstad said, explaining what the money would likely be used for. “Some of our radios are getting to be 15 years old, so we’re sta...
Monday, Feb. 1 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Sports Hall of Fame, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright School, room 205. MECCA Ski Club, 6:30 p.m., MECCA cabin near treatment facility, Mercer, Wis. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Methamphetamine ETC, 8 p.m., support group...
HURLEY, Wis. - James D. Chernak, 76, of Bessemer, Mich., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in Hurley. He was born Dec. 2, 1939, in Ironwood, the son of the late Paul and Rose (Callovi) Chernak. On May 12, 1990, he was united in marriage to Gisela Liedtke in Illinois. She preceded him in death on Dec. 31, 2010. Jim graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer with the class of 1957. After graduation he joined the U.S. Navy. After 20 years of service, he was employed as a printing press...
HURLEY — The Aging Unit of Iron County will conduct an assessment of participants in its delivered meals program, according to interim executive director Leslie Kolesar, to ensure all participants are receiving the appropriate services. Kolesar said the home-delivery program received federal funding, and one of the requirements of the funding is that each participant be assessed annually to ensure it is eligible for the program. “The biggest guideline is the person needs to be essentially homebound, not able to leave the house under normal circ...
IRONWOOD - Tom Coverly, an international speaker, comedian and illusionist, will appear at Gogebic Community College and the Hurley K-12 School on Wednesday. The Range Suicide Prevention Council, Gogebic Community Mental Health, Cornerstone Church and Wakefield-Marenisco and the Bessemer, Ironwood and Hurley schools are bringing Coverly to Gogebic and Iron counties. Coverly will speak to area middle and high school students at GCC during the school day and to the general public at 6 p.m. at the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Gogebic Range Broadband Committee received an update Wednesday on a pair of Department of Natural Resources fire towers in the southern part of Iron County. The committee has been considering using them to expand broadband services in the area. The county has been talking to the DNR about acquiring the towers — one near Pine Lake and the other in Springstead — and commissioned Coleman Engineering to complete an inspection of the towers. Results of the inspection were reported Wedne...
HURLEY — Security concerns have caused the planned move of the Iron County Health Department to the Hurley K-12 School to be called off. In a letter to the Daily Globe, school district administrator Chris Patritto explained that while the school district will continue its relationship with the health department, the move won’t take place. “On Jan. 18, the Hurley School Board granted us (the administration) permission to work out details to see if there was a possibility of the Iron County Health Department leasing space here within the Hurle...
Thursday, Jan. 28 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, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. Free community dinner, 5-6:30 p.m., Wakefield United Methodist Church, Wakefield. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironw...
Wednesday, Jan. 27 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. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer (Wis.) Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 3 to 6 p.m., Mercer School gymnasi...
Tuesday, Jan. 26 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. 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., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Gogebic Community College Board, 4:30 p.m., room B-22...
By Tom Stankard [email protected] With winter in full-swing, snowmobilers and skiers came to Gogebic and Iron counties this past weekend to partake in winter activities. Throughout the weekend, the sounds of snowmobiles could be heard near the trails and in downtown areas. Lance Roffers, of Green Bay, Wis., visited Iron County for the first time. Roffers said he had fun in Hurley and liked snowmobiling along the snow-covered trails. Roffers said the trails were in good condition for the most part. During his visit, Roffers said he...
Monday, Jan. 25 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Finnish Language class, 4 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Methamphetamine ETC, 8 p.m., support group, Woodland Church, Ironwood. 906-285-2813 or methetc.web.com. Government Gogebic...
HURLEY — A total of 91 students in the Hurley School District have unmet dental needs, according to Dr. Erin Cutler, who has been working with the school the past three years. She met with the Hurley School Board Monday to discuss how to get more children dental help. Through the Northlakes Dental Clinic out of Ashland, hygienists come into the Hurley K-12 school and screen children three times a year through a federal grant. When it’s determined the children have cavities, or other problems with their teeth, notes are sent home to the par...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Officials are urging Iron County residents to dial 911 in emergencies as the county launches its enhanced 911 system on Jan. 27. The enhanced 911 system is a cloud-based storage system and tie 911 calls to a master street addressing system that will provide a map of a caller's location to help responders reach destinations faster, according to Iron County 911 Coordinator Stacy Ofstad. "The main benefit is that it's going to be a much...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Unlike recent years, the Hurley School District is not facing drastic cuts to balance its 2016-’17 budget. District administrator Chris Patritto told the school board on Monday that although a “very, very preliminary” estimated budget is in the planning stages, his “rough guess” is that the initial deficit the school board will face will be around $75,000. He estimated revenues for the 2016-’17 budget at around $7.1 million, with expenditures in the neighborhood of $7.2 million. Patritto said...
Thursday, Jan. 21 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, children, 9:45-10 a.m. EST, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, Bergland; 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST, Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, White Pine; 11-11:45 a.m. EST, Holy Family Catholic Church parking lot, Ontonagon; 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST, Resource Center, Mass City; 2:15-2:45 p.m. EST, Stannard Township Ballpark, Bruce Crossing; 2:30-2:45 p.m., Watersmeet Town Hall parking lot, Watersmeet. 906-884-2106. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer,...
HURLEY — A 63-year-old Hurley tavern owner who had been charged with four cocaine counts recently entered a no contest plea to an amended single misdemeanor of possessing the drug. Peter Zucco, of 603 Granite St., owner of the Alaska House tavern, was placed on probation for six months and was ordered to pay $418 in fines and court costs by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden. Zucco had been bound over for trial on Nov. 17. An arrest warrant was issued on June 12 for offenses on June 3. Hurley police indicated two Ironwood area women filed a c...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — It might get a bit crowded in the Iron County Department of Human Services office in the near future. That was the news Director of Human Services Cally Kilger delivered Monday at the county’s Human Services Committee meeting when discussing the merger between the county’s aging unit and Aging and Disability Resource Center. “There has been some brainstorming as to how to fit everybody into the current space if we have additions to staff, which may occur very soon with the integra...
Wednesday, Jan. 20 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Hurley Education Foundation, noon, school conference room, Hurley. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Iron County Veterans Service Off...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Sigrid M. Luoma, 97, of Ironwood, died Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at home. She was born on Nov. 15, 1918, in Ironwood, the daughter of the late Isaac and Mary (Ross) Panula. She attended Ironwood schools, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School with the Class of 1937. On Nov. 1, 1941, she was united in marriage with Otto Luoma in Las Vegas. He preceded her in death on July 15, 1980. Sigrid is survived by three cousins. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one sister, Ruth E. McDole, on June 8...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Health Department plans to move its offices into the Hurley K-12 school. The Hurley School Board on Monday gave district administrator Chris Patritto the go-ahead to work out a lease deal with Zona Wick, of the health department. Wick said the health department will need a long-term lease, moving from the Gateway professional building downtown, where the office has been located for many years. She said there is no room in the courthouse to house the health department and s...
Tuesday, Jan. 19 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 Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood...
KIMBALL, Wis. - Doris J. Soine, 84, of Kimball, died peacefully Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, in her home, surrounded by her loving family, following a brief battle with cancer. The former Doris J. Valle was born Sept. 17, 1931, in Gile, daughter of the late Frank and Johanna (DaRonco) Valle, and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley with the Class of 1949. She then attended St. Scholastica School of Nursing in Duluth, Minn., receiving a degree as a registered nurse, and worked at the...
