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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD, Mich. - Christopher Mewbourn, 61, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully at his camp, Camp Overkill, on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Chris was born on Jan. 30, 1957, in Milwaukee, son of the late Hubert and Kathleen (Kraynak) Mewbourn. He attended local schools in Ironwood and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1975. Chris earned his Commercial Driver's License at 18 years old and worked as a truck driver or mechanic in the heavy construction business until the time of his death....
Monday, Nov. 19 Gogebic County Health and Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, 715-561-4450. Mercer Health and Wellness exercise session, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Mercer Community Center. 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. Harbortown AA, 7:30...
By STEVE NEWMAN [email protected] HURLEY - Crafters and those who appreciate their work flooded the Hurley K-12 School commons for the Hurley Booster Club Craft Fair on Saturday. The annual show, has become a tradition during this time of the year. Vendors were in good spirits as they displayed the results of their hard work. Susan and John Kopacz, from Hurley, brought stained glass creations. She cuts the glass pieces by hand and solders them together to form special designs. John was...
DULUTH, Minn. — Gretajean DeRubeis, 82, of Palm Desert, Calif., and Barnes, Wis. (formerly of Duluth), passed away on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Gretajean was born on July 1, 1936, to Matthew and Wilhelmina (Bay) Torma in Eben Junction, Mich. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, Mich., in 1954 and moved on to Northern Michigan University, in Marquette, Mich., where she earned her undergraduate degree in elementary education. Shortly after graduation, she married her b...
Saturday, Nov. 17 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Nov. 18 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United M...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley City Council Tuesday authorized members of the Iron County Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts to continue working toward their ultimate goal of expanding a nonmotorized trail from the Montreal River to Cary Park or beyond. So far, said ICORE member Mike Fauerbach, the unnamed, paved trail runs about 300 feet from U.S. 51 to the Montreal River, where a bridge provides access to Ironwood's Iron Belle Trail. Fauerbach said ICORE hopes, at a...
Thursday, Nov. 15 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, Bergland, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m., White Pine Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, 10:20 a.m. to 10:35 a.m., Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., Mass City Resource Center, 1:15 to 1:45 p.m. 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 The Associated Press and Daily Globe staff MADISON, Wis. - A state appeals court isn't letting Donald Rick withdraw his guilty plea in the gruesome Bear Trap homicide in Saxon. Rick, 46, formerly of Hurley, told investigators he decided to rob the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon on March 12, 2016, after he lost all his money at a casino in Lac du Flambeau the night before. After the bar closed, he tackled bartender Lisa Waldros, of Kimball, stabbed her and then burned down the bar with her body...
Wednesday, Nov. 14 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, 1:00 p.m.to 1:30 p.m. EST, Marenisco, Watersmeet-Food Pantry, U.S. 45, 1:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. CST 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. “Business Bites: Building an Online Marketplace,” noon, Mercer Com...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - The Gogebic Range never forgets its veterans. On a snowy Monday morning with poor driving conditions, the Hurley K-12 gymnasium was about three-fourths full with students, teachers and community residents for a salute to veterans. Two members of the senior class plan on enlisting in the armed services and 21 of the students attending the ceremony will likely one day be veterans, if averages hold true, said Maj. Fred Matusewic, of Hurley, U.S....
Tuesday, Nov. 13 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. 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. Tiny Tot Story Time, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library, 906-229-5236 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Drag...
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...
