Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Monday, Nov. 12 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Mercer Veterans Day program, veteran’s coffee at 8:30 a.m., veteran’s breakfast at 9 a.m., program at 10 a.m., Mercer School. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, 715-561-4450. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, 9 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m.. 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. National Finnish American Festival board of directors, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, 906-9...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — While it hasn’t committed to spending any money yet, the Iron County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to seek bids for rebuilding the Saxon Harbor campground. With the Federal Emergency Management Agency announcing in recent months it would be capping the amount of money the county can be reimbursed for the campground after its destruction in the July 2016 storm, the board decided it was worth seeing the bids for various parts of the project before deciding how to proceed. “Ul...
MUSKEGO, Wis. - Eugene Reinerio, 95, resident of Tudor Oaks Senior Living Community in Muskego, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, with family and friends close by. He was born on Aug. 9, 1923, in Pence, Wis., son of the late Dominic and Anna (Brackett) Reinerio. Eugene attended local schools and graduated from Hurley High School in 1941. After a tour of duty serving with an Army medical section in WWII, he was honorably discharged with several service medals in 1946. On June...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — More than three of every four registered voters in Iron County cast ballots in Tuesday’s mid-term election, a rate that helped the state of Wisconsin set a new mid-term turnout record. A total of 3,118 of the 4,012 registered voters in Iron County went to the polls Tuesday, a 77.7 percent turnout rate. The Associated Press reports more than 2.67 million Wisconsin voters cast ballots — or 59.38 percent of the state’s voting age population. It marked a new record for Wisconsin mid-ter...
IRONWOOD - Eighty-one area high school band students gathered for a day full of music at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Tuesday. Students from six area high school band programs participated in the annual Gogebic Range Honors Band under the direction of Nicholas Enz, assistant professor and director of bands at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. It was a long day, but a great day, according to Bessemer band director Dan Pitrone. "They rehearsed from 8 until 3 and then put on a show," he...
Thursday, Nov. 8 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., 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. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, noon, Ben’s Place, Ironwood. Reservations or cancellations to 906-667-0116. Free Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Methodist Church. Public is invited. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; R...
Wednesday, Nov. 7 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, 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 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 Disease Caregivers Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, M...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — A sentencing hearing scheduled for Monday for James Lussier, 20, of Woodruff, on a murder-related charge was delayed in Iron County Court. Court officials said Lussier’s attorney, Marty Lipske, requested the delay for his client. No new date had been set as of Monday morning. A pre-sentence investigation, ordered by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden, was filed with the court on Oct. 24. Lussier is one of five men charged in the beating and shooting death of Wayne M. Valliere Jr., whose bod...
Tuesday, Nov. 6 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Iron County Highway Committee, 4 p.m., highway...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Following her Saturday night performance at the Historic Ironwood Theatre, singer Tristan McIntosh described her experience on Twitter as "the most humbling performance of my life." McIntosh, who was a season 15 finalist on "American Idol," had explained to her audience during the seventh annual HIT Idol event that she had a lingering illness and said, "My upper (vocal) register is almost gone." On Twitter, she reported, "I could only sing a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County voters will join voters around Wisconsin in heading to the polls Tuesday to decide a number of national, state and local races. State races At the state level, Tuesday’s ballot features the race for governor and lieutenant governor, where Republican incumbents Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch are looking for another term in office. They are being challenged by Democrats Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes, Libertarians Phillip Anderson and Patrick Baird, Wisconsin Green Party can...
Monday, Nov. 5 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. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. 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 K-12 School, room 205. MECCA Ski Club, 6 p.m., MECCA cabin near the treatment facility, Mercer, Wis. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist...
Thursday, Nov. 1 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., 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. 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; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Pere Menard...
KING, Wis. - David Paul Morzenti, 70, of Island Lake, passed away peacefully on Oct. 28, 2018, at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King, after courageously battling long-term heart failure. He was a greatly loved father, father-in-law, grandfather, brother, brother-in-law and uncle. David was born on Nov. 26, 1947; son of the late Charles and Anna Morzenti. He was preceded in death by sister, Kathleen, and brothers, Ken and Donald. Survivors include his daughter, Thuy, and his son, David...
Wednesday, Oct. 31 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, 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 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 Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Woodland Church, Ironwood. Adult Children of...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — An 81-year-old Kimball, Wis., man appeared in court Monday morning on two threat counts and an additional count of making a terroristic threat. Robert “Barrel Bob” Gollubske is charged with threatening to blow up both the Iron County Courthouse in Hurley in 2013 and the Northwoods Paving (Mathy Construction) asphalt plant in Kimball in 2016. Iron County Judge Patrick Madden advised Gollubske to seek representation through the public defender’s office. Gollubske said he had sought to contact...
Tuesday, Oct. 30 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mike Beno, editor of “Our Wisconsin,” 7 p.m., Mercer Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Little Finland chorus practice for Christmas concert, 6 p.m...
HURLEY, Wis. – Edith Irene Saari, 95, died on Oct. 27, 2018 in Hurley. Edith was born in Ironwood, Mich. to John Sigfrid and Jennie Maria (Luoma) Berg on June 29, 1923. She attended local schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1940. On January 26, 1946, she married Eugene Saari, and they lived in Milwaukee until moving "back home" to the Saari family farm in Kimball, Wisc. in July, 1976. Edith worked for Allis Chalmers in research, at GE X-Ray and Johnson Control in r...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A "Fun Frolic" at the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School packed the gym Saturday as fuzzy animals, skeletons, mummies, superheroes, and even a pint-sized policeman ran to and fro with pumpkin-faced bags, collecting candy and memories while making lots of noise. The event, which was bursting with joy, featured a central area circled in chairs, where tiny witches, goblins, etc. could play safely in a munchkin-sized acrylic house or shoot balls into...
Monday, Oct. 29 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. AL-ANON, 6 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org....
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY - Kathy Santini will celebrate her fifth anniversary next month. It's been five years since a mammogram revealed she had breast cancer. Santini said she'd been getting mammograms annually "for years," and the one in November of 2013 showed she had ductal carcinoma in situ, which she said means the cancer had not spread beyond the spot in which it was found. "If you have to get cancer," she said, "that's the kind to get." She said breast cancer did...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Oct. 27 Union Station Food Pantry/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,...
Thursday, Oct. 25 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, 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. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org....
