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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY, Wis. - Walter I. Hess, 86, of 308 Iron St., Hurley, passed away on Sunday, July 1, 2018, following a brief illness. Walt was born on May 11, 1932, in Chicago, Ill., son of the late Irwin and Catherine (Bruen) Hess. He attended schools in the Chicago area before enlisting and serving in the U.S. Army from 1953 to November 1955. After his honorable discharge from the Army, he was employed by Motorola in both the Chicago and Schaumburg, Ill., areas for 33 years, retiring in 1988. Walt was...
HURLEY — Gogebic Range residents had an additional reason to celebrate the Fourth of July when the search for a missing Hurley man ended successfully around 10:12 a.m. Tuesday. Rich Tilton was found alive and relatively well near the Oma Town Hall on U.S. 51 after spending three nights in the woods. Relatives posted on Facebook that Tilton, 63, who had been missing since around 8 p.m. Saturday, had been found. Iron County Sheriff Tony Furyk said Tilton was able to make his way out of the woods and was walking along a rail grade north of C...
Thursday, July 5 Iron County Health Department Walk In Clinic, 8:30 a.m. -noon. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Av. 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. Strong Bones exercise class, 1:00 p.m., Mercer Community Center. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 1...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The search continued Monday for a Hurley man reported missing over the weekend. Rich Tilton, 63, has been missing since approximately 8 p.m. Saturday, according to an Iron County Sheriff’s Department Facebook post. Department officials said searchers found Tilton’s vehicle and dog Monday, and were actively searching an area south of Hurley with canine units and planes in hopes of finding Tilton. The department said it didn’t want to specify the area searchers were looking at to avoid c...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Motions for two of the five men charged in the shooting death of Wayne M. Valliere Jr. of Lac du Flambeau are scheduled to be heard in Iron County Court this afternoon. Joseph D. Lussier, 26, and Richard F.A. Allen, 27, both of Lac du Flambeau, are scheduled for a jury trial Aug. 3-15. Among the motions to be heard today by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden are: —A request for a change of location of the trial. —A request to sever the two cases. —A motion to enlarge the time for filing further...
Tuesday, July 3 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Av. tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk and Hound. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood....
By STEVE NEWMAN [email protected] IRONWOOD - Historic Ironwood Theatre was a hive of activity Saturday with two performances of the children's play "Alladin and His Magic Lamp." The play was part of a week-long theatre workshop under the direction of Prairie Fire Children's Theatre, a Minnesota group that sends out 12 sets of directors to prepare and perform plays with young people in workshops throughout the summer. According to theatre manager Bruce Greenhill, Prairie Fire directors and...
By STEVE NEWMAN [email protected] HURLEY — Hurley’s annual Independence Day fireworks suffered a setback Saturday night when one of the fireworks malfunctioned and a portion of the device went off among the crowd of spectators. According to Fireworks Committee President Mike Fontecchio, who was assisting fellow Hurley Fire Department members with the fireworks exhibition, a “cake box” of fireworks malfunctioned. The “cake box” of fireworks has a single fuse, but many fireworks are attached inside it, he said. Usually the box of fireworks...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, June 30 Young Authors and Illustrators, 10 a.m. - noon, grades 4-8. Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Greenland 4th of July Parade, 1 p.m. EDT. White Pine 4th of July Parade, 1 p.m. EDT. Watersmeet 4th of July Parade, 2 p.m. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood City Commission approved a resolution at its meeting Monday to accept a Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant to help the city acquire property for a trail between Norrie Park and the Miners Memorial Heritage Park. The strip of property is a former Canadian National railroad grade. The railroad company still owns about half of the 2-mile stretch and the rest is owned by other private property owners, said Ironwood...
Friday, June 29 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. Air National Guard Band of the Midwest, 7 p.m., Ontonagon Theater of Performing Arts, Ontonagon. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics...
MARATHON, Wis. - Esther A. Schiavetti, 96, Marathon, formerly of Ironwood, Mich., died Tuesday, June 26, 2018 under the care of Interim Hospice and Palliative Care at Copperleaf Assisted Living, Marathon. She was born March 2, 1922 in Ironwood, daughter of the late Domenic and Ida (Lerza) Gentile. On June 14, 1958 she married Angelo Schiavetti at St. Mary Catholic Church, Hurley. He preceded her in death on Dec. 28, 2003. In her earlier years Esther worked at Paul's Department Store in Hurley...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - A Gile man accused of sexually assaulting a child is going to have to come up with $50,000 to get out of jail after Iron County Judge Patrick Madden set a cash bond in that amount at a hearing Wednesday. Phillip R. Laguna Jr., 68, is charged with two counts of 1st degree child sexual assault-contact with a child under the age of 13, felony intimidation of a victim and physical abuse of a child-intentionally causing physical harm. "Mr. Lagun...
Thursday, June 28 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Av. 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. “Ten Magic Butterflies” Carnegie Story Time, 4 p.m., Miners Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Iro...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Charges were filed against a Superior, Wis., man in Iron County Court Tuesday, in connection to a fatal accident in the town of Saxon. Jesse Troy Gasper, 34, is charged with homicide by vehicle-use of a controlled substance, possession of THC-second and subsequent offense, knowingly operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license causing death, operating with a detectable amount of a controlled substance in blood causing injury and possession of drug paraphernalia. THC is the main p...
Wednesday, June 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. Tanka Tanka Skunk Cuddlebugs Story Time for toddlers and preschoolers, 9:30 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. 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.,...
IRONWOOD - Ida Elaine Lindberg, 86, passed unexpectedly on Monday, June 18, 2018. She was the middle daughter of Richard and Mary Niemi. Ida attended Roosevelt in north Ironwood and was looking forward to the upcoming Roosevelt School reunion scheduled for this summer. This event will miss her dearly. She went on to graduate from Luther L. Wright High School in 1949. Glen J. Aho of Hurley married Ida in 1951. They moved away for a short period of time, but came back again to Ironwood and raised...
Tuesday, June 26 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Av. tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Grant writing workshop, 11 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk and Hound. “Through the Time Machine: ART ROCKS!,” 1 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Merce...
HURLEY, Wis. - On June 21, 2018, at 12:30 a.m., Evelyn Jeanne Lundberg, 80, crossed the river into the arms of her Heavenly Father. She fought the good fight and completed the race. Evelyn was born in Medford on Aug. 22, 1937. She obtained her bachelor's degree in primary and secondary education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She married David Lundberg on Dec. 23, 1960. They moved to the Montreal area in 1965 and began running Whitecap Mountains in 1966, where she remained until h...
HURLEY — When the Iron County Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, it is expected to approve a disaster declaration for the storms earlier this month. The disaster declaration is for the “extensive road damage and some trees on roadways throughout the county,” caused by the flooding and winds on the morning of June 15, according to a copy of the declaration. The declaration cites the extent of the damage and county’s budgetary restraints as to why the declaration is needed. Iron County was included in Gov. Scott Walker’s state of emergency...
Monday, June 25 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, 715-561-4450. 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. Snakes Rock! Nature Program, 1 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Stroke Support Group, 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Clinic Education Room. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m.,...
Saturday, June 23 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. Garland City Consort concert, 7 p.m., Historic Ironwood Theatre. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 24 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Described by some participants as "trick-or-treating for seniors," the Iron County Human Services Department held the inaugural Across the Borders Senior Informational and Awareness walk Thursday. The event - which was organized by the Iron County Human Services Department and the Aging and Disability Resource Center - ran from the Hurley Trailhead off Second Avenue to Depot Park in Ironwood on the non-motorized trail. Participants were...
HURLEY - The Hurley School Board decided Monday there will be no long search to replace district administrator Chris Patritto, who will retire a year from now. Coming out of a closed session, the board announced it had agreed to hire Kevin Genisot as district administrator, effective June 30, 2019. Genisot is currently employed as elementary principal at the K-12 school. He started off as an elementary teacher at Hurley and became principal in 2012. Genisot, who graduated in 1997 from Hurley...
