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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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L'ANSE, Mich. - William John "Bill" Martens Jr., 87, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in L'Anse after a long battle with cancer. Bill was, until recently, a resident of Mercer, Wis., since 1993. Recently his illness required him to move to L'Anse with his daughter, Wendy Collins. Bill was born in Chicago in 1931 and resided on the North Side in the same house his family built in the 1860s. After graduating from Lane Tech High School, Bill served in the U.S. Army and was...
HURLEY — The Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team has released additional details about the three defendants arrested in the town of Knight over the weekend. The Iron County Sheriff’s Department initially responded to a report of an altercation in the town of Knight at approximately 6:53 a.m. Sunday, according to a GIANT press release. During the initial investigation, responding deputies located drug paraphernalia and suspected controlled substances, which led to the execution of a search warrant on the residence, which resulted in the discovery o...
Thursday, May 3 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, 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. Celebrate Recovery, 6 p.m., free meal followed by meeting, Bessemer city hall auditorium. Knights of Columbus 4th...
MARQUETTE, Mich. - Sarah J. Nurmesviita, 58, of Marquette, passed away Jan. 7, 2018, at U.P. Health System. Sorrowfully, yet not without hope, is how we, her family, announce her passing. We are profoundly thankful for her being part of our family. Sarah was born at Trinity Hospital on Feb. 25, 1959, in Ashland, Wis., to Donald W. and Irene F. (Hautala) Mildren. As a child, Sarah loved to go on rides with her parents. As a youth, she was involved in Gogebic County 4-H and horse showmanship....
Wednesday, May 2 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Walk-In Clinic, 8:30 a.m. -noon, Iron County Health Service, Hurley. 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 C...
More northern Wisconsin waters are melting in time for the Saturday inland fishing season opener and walleyes are likely to have finished spawning in many lakes, state fisheries officials said Tuesday. Justine Hasz, Wisconsin’s fisheries director, noted much of the state is experiencing temperatures in the 70s this week, with a few 80s mixed in, and that means that ice conditions are highly variable and changing quickly. There’s still plenty of ice on bodies of water like the Gile Flowage, near Hurley. Chief DNR Warden Todd Schaller said ang...
Tuesday, May 1 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Finnish Women’s Auxiliary, 10 a.m., Little Finland, new members welcome. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. U.P. Regional Blood Center blood drive, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. 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. Grief Support Group, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Educ...
Monday, April 30 Tai Chi, 9 a.m., Mercer Community Center. 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. 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. Chess Club, 4 p.m. Grades 3 and up. Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield....
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A dry and sunny Saturday greeted participants of the 3rd Annual Color Run/Walk of Domestic Violence Escape, Inc. DOVE, which is based in Ironwood, offered the untimed circuits at Sunday Lake, with registration at Wakefield's VFW Post 9084. "This is the first year that we still have ice on the lake," said Jeanine Winkowski, executive director of DOVE. Sarah Legassa of Wakefield, who was participating for the second time, joked that she was...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The strip of land between U.S. 51 and the Montreal River in Hurley will hopefully look more colorful this summer after the local Boy Scouts and master gardeners planted seed balls on the land Saturday. Saturday's work was the culmination of a project that started last fall when the Range Master Gardeners helped the members of Boy Scout Troop 323 out of Hurley and Ironwood actually make the seed balls. The balls are a mixture of mud and...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Spring was in full flower Saturday as Bessemer gave a hearty welcome to its first annual “Daffodil Dayz” at VFW Post 3673. Daffodils and bulbs were available for sale upon entry, and tables throughout the bar featured daffodil centerpieces. “Daffodil girls” dressed in yellow sold tickets at a table filled with festive green raffle bags. Meanwhile, the hall bustled with about 30 vendor booths selling a variety of goods to happy shoppers, many dressed in yellow, green, pink or blue. “We’re going...
ASHLAND, Wis. - While Ironwood's signature track-and-field meet had an Ashland feel, from the location to the team champions, the Red Devils still put their mark on Friday's Jack Kraemer Invitaitonal. Ironwood's Nick Niemi won the 800 and 1,600 meter runs against some of the best competition he will face this year, leading the boys team to a third-place finish. The 39th annual Kraemer will go down in history as the first Kraemer to be held outside of Ironwood, thanks to a late snowmelt. In the...
Saturday, April 28 Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society Spring Rally, 8:30 a.m., St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Hurley. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Seventh Annual Mellen Roly Poly Contest and Dinner, 2 p.m., judging, dinner, 4 to 6 p.m. drawings 6 to 7, Town of Morse Town Hall, Mellen, Wis. 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 29 Alcoholics Ano...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — While he has worn a number of different hats since several Gogebic County courts were combined, Judge Joel Massie has decided it’s time to hang them all up. “It’s been a rewarding 26-plus years and I’ve enjoyed particularly working with the people in the courthouse and the lawyers,” Massie told the Daily Globe earlier this month, reflecting on his time on the bench. “I just think it’s at a point where it’s time to move on.” Massie first became a judge when Gov. John Engler appointed hi...
Friday, April 27 Watersmeet Township School District kindergarten roundup, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., morning session at Lac Vieux Desert Head Start, 9-10:40 a.m., afternoon session at Watersmeet school, 12-2:40 p.m., 906-358-4505, ext. 301. 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m., library Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church,...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to set up a committee to resolve the ambulance service issue in the county, likely by the end of next month. After meeting as the finance committee with representatives of Beacon Ambulance and one of its owners, John Kutz, the county board agreed to set up the committee in an effort to retain service through the end of the year. It will be up to county board chair George Peterson, of Watersmeet, to determine the size of the c...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Even though the sun has melted much of the winter's snow across the Gogebic Range over the past few days, Ironwood is still in the running to set an all-time low average temperature for April. As of Wednesday morning, the average temperature for the month was 26.9 degrees, the lowest recorded in the past 117 years. That compares to the 117-year average of 38.1 degrees through April 25, according to the National Weather Service office in...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A presentation by Highland Copper Company, Inc. at Tuesday's Wakefield City Council meeting concluded with rousing applause from an audience of more than two dozen residents. Sylvain Collard, Highland's general manager, offered a slide show while explaining the company's Copperwood timeline in Wakefield Township aims for construction to begin later this year, followed by operation starting in 2021. "There is a lot of potential," said Collard...
Thursday, April 26 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, 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. Pokemon Group, 4 p.m., ages 8 and older, Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Book Discussion, 4 p.m., Great Michigan Read: “X: A Novel” by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon. Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Open Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Met...
Wednesday, April 25 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. Cuddlebugs Story Time, 9 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 Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and...
HAYWARD, Wis. - Jerry St. Catherine, 81, of Hayward, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 21, 2018, with his wife by his side. Jerry St. Catherine was born Feb. 23, 1937, in Ironwood, Mich., the son of Angelo and Anna (DeRosso) St. Catherine. He grew up in Hurley, where he was a gifted athlete excelling in football, baseball and basketball. While in high school he began taking flying lessons. Flying became a lifelong passion for him. Jerry joined the U.S. Army where he was a member of the...
HURLEY, Wis. - Evarest Stella, 65, of Hurley, passed away on April 17, 2018. Evarest served our country as a Marine in Vietnam. He loved the outdoors and loved riding his motorcycle. He was a very gentle, kind man who will be missed by his family and friends. At his request, no services will be held....
Tuesday, April 24 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Create your own Family Documentary, 10 a.m., Mercer Public Library 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, Elk and Hound. Grief Support Group, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Education Room, Aspirus Ironwood Clinic. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6...
Monday, April 23 Tai Chi, 9 a.m., Mercer Community Center. 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. Chess Club, 4 p.m. Grades 3 and up. Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 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 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Iron County is holding a variety of events throughout the month to raise awareness about how to recognize signs of possible abuse. Members of the Iron County Sheriff's Department were in Mercer Thursday, serving root beer floats to the students. Teresa Way, a children's social worker with the Iron County Human Services Department, said the event was a way for the students to meet the members of...
