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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WARSAW, Mo. - Francis Paul White, 76, of Warsaw, passed away Monday, June 5, 2017, at his home in Warsaw. He was born Oct. 7, 1940, in Ironwood, Mich., the son of Floyd Anton and Mary (Vanderschaegen) White. He grew up in Ironwood and after graduation, moved with friends to California. Francis worked for a short time in the entertainment field and then at An-Jan Pet & Feed in San Jose, Calif., until retiring in 2003. He then moved to Warsaw to be with his long-time friends, the Fultons, which...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council awarded a $1,134,153 contract to Ross Peterson Construction Tuesday for this summer’s utility project. Jamey Francis, of the public works committee, said the city had $30,000 more for the project than it expected in a previous federal grant that can be used for the project. He said that will enable Peterson to run a new water line under U.S. 51. In addition to the base project, the council agreed to fund a U.S. 51 sewer main for $53,960 and $68,255 in Germain Hill wat...
Wednesday, July 12 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Blood Pressure Clinic, noon to 1 p.m., Wakefield City Hall. 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. Wakefield American...
MONTREAL, Wis. - One year after 12 inches of rain in four hours destroyed Saxon Harbor, the Montreal man who lost his life in the storm is being remembered. City of Montreal Mayor Todd Haeger on Monday declared Mitch Koski Week. "I would ask that during this week, think about your friends, neighbors and find a way to help better the community," Haeger said. "That's what Mitch would have done. On July 11, 2016, there was a call for help, and Mitch answered." Koski, 56, was killed when his truck...
Tuesday, July 11 Pickleball, 9 a.m. to noon, good weather, Hurley High School tennis courts, bad weather: Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. 906-229-5236. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. U.P. Regional Blood Center Blood Drive, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. 906-932-7672. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org....
HURLEY, Wis. - Archie Dean Searle, 82, of Ironwood, died peacefully in his sleep at the Villa Maria Nursing home in Hurley on June 29, 2017. Archie was born May 8, 1935, to John James and Dorothy (Hewitt) Searle in Ironwood, Mich. He attended Central grade school and later graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1953. Right after graduation, Archie joined the U.S. Navy, where he served as an ordnance man on the USS Midway and the USS Saratoga. While on the Midway, he was awarded his Shell...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] The University of Wisconsin Extension office will be offering a Food Preservation course during July and August. The course consists of two classes for the corresponding areas. With two being held in Hurley and the same two being offered in Mercer. The course instructor, Iron and Ashland County Family Living Educator, Heidi Ungrodt will be doing demonstrations of two different canning techniques. The theme of the course will be “Sweet & Savory in a Jar.” For the first course, Ungrodt will be dem...
Monday, July 10 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival Board, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Pat O’Donnell Civic Center Board, 5 p.m., Civic Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Aurora Club, 6 p.m. monthly membership, Aurora Club, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, n...
Saturday, July 8 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 9 a.m. to noon, Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, July 9 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, July 10 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish A...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - Those who bought tickets in the various Fourth of July 50/50 drawings across the Gogebic Range should check their numbers, because while the biggest jackpot in Bessemer has been claimed, the winners of several other local drawings have yet to come forward. Tom Miskovich, who was born and raised in Bessemer but now lives in Wausau, Wis., was the lucky person in possession of ticket No. 06330 that took the $34,861 prize in Bessemer....
Thursday, July 6 Pickleball, 9 a.m. to noon, good weather, Hurley High School tennis courts, bad weather: 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. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18;...
Wednesday, July 5 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. Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mercer, Wis. Superior Riders, 6:30 p.m., Bank Club, Hurley. Bessemer Booster C...
The Fourth of July is a time for communities across the area to gather and celebrate. Many communities have planned parades, games in the park and fireworks. Not all the celebrations are on Tuesday, July 4, though, as the annual excitement builds with events in the days prior. Ramsay Bessemer Township will be the first to light up the sky with fireworks in the region tonight at dusk. That event is after a street dance that starts at 6 p.m. offering music, food and refreshments near the Town...
Thursday, June 29 Pickleball, 9 a.m. to noon, good weather, Hurley High School tennis courts, bad weather: 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. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18;...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Arne E. Nasi, 88, of Ironwood, died peacefully early Wednesday morning, June 28, 2017, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. He was born April 3, 1929, in Montreal, Wis., son of Einar and Josephine (Pelajesta) Nasi, attended Montreal Grade School and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley, Wis., in 1947. He worked on ore boats on the Great Lakes, in the Montreal Mine for 10 years until the mine closed and as foreman at White Pine Copper Co. for 10 years. He...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Timothy J. Jagla, 70, of Ironwood, died peacefully Friday, June 23, 2017, with his family by his side, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, following a five-year battle with multiple myeloma. Tim was born June 6, 1947, in Chicago, son of the late Roman and Evonne (Jacquart) Jagla. He attended Holy Trinity Grade School in Westmont, Ill., and graduated from St. Ambrose High School in Ironwood in 1965. He then worked briefly for International Milling Co. in Minneapolis and, upon returning to Ironwood, was employed in construction for S...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Foth Infrastructure and Environment, LLC, will continue its work as the engineering firm for the reconstruction of Saxon Harbor, after the Iron County Board of Supervisors approved the contract for Phase 2 of the reconstruction’s design process Tuesday. While the first design phase of the reconstruction project to return Saxon Harbor to an operable state following its destruction during rain and flooding during the July 11, 2016 storm consisted primarily of gathering information, Pha...
Wednesday, June 28 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. 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. Hurley Chamber of Commerce, 4:30 p.m., Chamber of Commerce office Hurley. Superior...
Tuesday, June 27 Pickleball, 9 a.m. to noon, good weather, Hurley High School tennis courts, bad weather: Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. New members welcome. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Life Support Group...
WESTON, Wis. - Edwin J. Sybeldon, 79, of Pine Lake, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at Tender Reflections in Weston. He was born Sept. 4, 1937, in Ironwood, Mich., son of the late Edwin and Rosetta (Murray) Sybeldon, and graduated from Hurley High School in 1955. He then received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from St. Norbert College in De Pere and a master's degree in social work from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1966. Ed was employed by Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. in...
MUNISING, Mich. — Patrick “Pat” C. Dowd, 53, of Munising, died Thursday, June 22, 2017, at his home under the loving care of his family. He was born on Jan. 14, 1964, in Port Huron, to William and Janet (Paeth) Dowd. Patrick graduated from Ironwood Catholic High School in 1982. In 1996, Patrick went to Gogebic Community College and earned his degree and became a Registered Nurse. He worked at Tendercare Health Center in Munising, as a pediatrics and NICU nurse in Green Bay and Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, Wis. Patri...
Monday, June 26 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 Classes, beginner 3 p.m., advanced 4 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. 906-932-1608. 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, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Gogebic County Road Commission, 3 p.m.,...
HURLEY, Wis. - Gladys Valerie Higgins, 96, a long-time resident of Hurley, formerly of Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Bessemer, Mich., passed away peacefully early Friday morning, June 23, 2017. She was born on May 1, 1921, in Bessemer, the daughter of the late Oscar and Edith (Reed) Hill. Valerie attended Barber and Washington grade schools and A.D. Johnston High School. She was employed by Hansen Glove Corporation in Ironwood, Mich., and Milwaukee as a glove cutter. During World War II, Valerie...
TRENTON, N.J. - Luisa P. Toni Hughes passed away peacefully on Monday, June 12, 2017, at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton with her loving family by her side. Born in Italy, Luisa was a long time resident of Cherry Hill, N.J., and also a part time resident of Hurley, Wis., before moving to Bordertown, N.J. She was a graduate of the Hurley High School class of 1953. As a self sufficient woman, Luisa ran a luncheonette and candy store in Haddenfield, N.J. She also owned a clothing...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Daniel Gerald Ferguson, 26, an escapee from the Gogebic County Jail in Bessemer on Monday, was captured Friday afternoon, ending an intensive manhunt. The sheriff's office released information it received a tip Ferguson was hiding in a residence in the city of Bessemer where he was apprehended without incident Friday around 2 p.m. Sightings with Ferguson's ex-girlfriend and other possible sightings were described on the Gogebic Cou...
