Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRON RIVER, Mich. - Rosalie A. King, 81, of Iron River, passed away Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Aspirus Iron River Hospital. She was born March 1, 1936, in Hurley, Wis., the daughter of the late John and Velia Grandelis. She graduated from the Hurley High School. Rosalie married Kenton King on Aug. 27, 1967, in Wakefield, and the couple celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary in 2008. Kenton preceded her in death on Oct. 27, 2008. Rosalie was both passionate and compassionate. She was a...
HURLEY — A 46-year-old Hurley resident received a deferred sentence in Iron County Court Wednesday on a charge that dates to 2001. John Kallas entered a no contest plea to exposing intimate body parts, a misdemeanor, following a plea agreement between his attorney, Richard Gondik Jr., and acting Iron County District Attorney Fritz Schellgell. After one year, there will be a court hearing and if all conditions of the agreement are met, the charge will be amended to disorderly conduct, Schellgell said. A $443 forfeiture to the court will be d...
Thursday, April 20 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, children, 9:45-10 a.m. EST, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, Bergland; 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST, Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, White Pine; 11-11:45 a.m. EST, Holy Family Catholic Church parking lot, Ontonagon; 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST, Resource Center, Mass City; 2:15-2:45 p.m. EST, Stannard Township Ballpark, Bruce Crossing; 2:30-2:45 p.m., Watersmeet Town Hall parking lot, Watersmeet. 906-884-2106. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood...
HURLEY, Wis. - Lawrence Samardich, 83, of Gile, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. He was born March 11, 1934, in Gile, son of the late Robert and Myrtle (Wheeler) Samardich. He attended schools in Gile and Montreal and graduated from Hurley High School in 1952. Upon graduation, he attended Gogebic Community College where he received an associate degree in 1954. He then attended Northwest Institute of Technology in Minneapolis...
Wednesday, April 19 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Blood Pressure Clinic, 10 to 11:15 a.m., Hurley Senior Center. 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 Historical Society, 1 p.m., Historical Society....
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The bond between Hurley pre-kindergarten students and Skyview Nursing Home residents is mutually beneficial. Hurley pre-K teacher Katie Brunell on Monday told school board members the students visit the nursing home four times a year, usually around the holidays. Board president Joe Simonich, of Kimball, employed in the health care field, attested as to how important the visits are to the senior citizens. He said as soon as the students leave the nursing home, some residents begin asking w...
Tuesday, April 18 Friends of the Ironwood Carnegie Library, 9:30 a.m., library, Ironwood. New members welcome. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with...
Monday, April 17 Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, and children, 9 a.m.-noon, 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30...
Saturday, April 15 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Easter Egg Hunt, 10:30 a.m., Gogebic Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, April 16 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, April 17 Gogebic County Human Services A...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved hiring Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC as the engineering firm for the reconstruction of Saxon Harbor Tuesday. It’s a key step to re-opening the park by the county’s target date of May 2019. Rain and flooding last sumer during a July 11 storm destroyed the harbor. The De Pere, Wis.-based Foth was one of three companies bidding for the project, according to the Iron County Forestry Department. The project will be split into two parts...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Donald Rick sentencing hearing in the Bear Trap murder-arson case has been changed from today to June 1 at 10 a.m. Rick, 45, of Saxon, admitted to murdering Lisa Waldros of Kimball in the fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon on March 12, 2016, and will be sentenced in Iron County Court. Rick previously entered a guilty plea to first-degree murder and five additional counts were dismissed, but will be read into the record at the sentencing hearing. A jury trial had been s...
Thursday, April 13 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. Red Hat Luncheon, noon, at Tacconelli’s, Bessemer. For reservations if not signed up, 906-667-0116 or 906-932-4953. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 U.S. 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Grief Support Group, 2 p...
HURLEY, Wis. - Mary Alice Manchester, 84, of Kimball, died peacefully Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. The former Mary Alice Dicus was born April 28, 1932, in Ladysmith, daughter of the late Perry and Mary (Dutkiewicz) Dicus, and graduated from Tony High School in Tony with the Class of 1950. She then received a teaching certificate from Eau Claire State Teachers College and taught in Bruce for several years. She was united in marriage to...
RHINELANDER, Wis. — Esther Edith Levijoki, 92, passed away peacefully April 1, 2017, a resident of Cumberland Heights Assisted Living in Rhinelander. She was born Sept. 22, 1924, to Clarence and Helmi (Hakala) Stenroos in Thomson Township, near Cloquet, Minn. Esther’s parents both passed away by the time she was 3 years old and consequently she lived most of her childhood with her grandparents, William and Hannah Stenroos, in Cloquet. Edward, her only sibling, went to live with Helmi’s parents, Franz and Mary Hakala, in Kinny, Minn. Her favor...
Wednesday, April 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. rea74.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...
IRONWOOD - Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson told the city commission Monday at least two road projects are on the horizon. Van Buskirk Road will be seal-coated. The project is expected to begin in four or five weeks, he said. The Michigan Department of Transportation plans a summer project to mill and overlay (resurface) U.S. Business Route 2 throughout the city, extending from Cloverland Drive, through downtown and all the way to Hurley, Erickson said. The commission also learned the new...
HURLEY — A $2,500 bond was set Monday in Iron County Court for an Ironwood man who faces a felony bail jumping charge in connection with numerous other cases. LeRoy Hamm, 34, appeared before Judge Patrick Madden, who ordered a blood draw for analysis for Hamm, who faces charges dating to 2014. Under conditions of the bond, he may not use controlled substances, nor alcohol. Madden questioned Hamm about a black eye and his swollen face, asking whether that occurred in the county jail. Hamm said he had been in an altercation at an Ironwood r...
HURLEY, Wis. - Gregg D. "Jocko" Giacomino, 58, of Southgate Village, Hurley, died unexpectedly Friday, April 7, 2017, at home. He was born Aug. 4, 1958, in Ironwood, Mich., son of Virginia (Smee) and the late Dominic Giacomino. He attended grade school in Iron Belt and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley in 1978. He then was employed at Netz Glove in Pence until it closed, at Jacquart Manufacturing in Ironwood for many years, Copps Bakery and Tom Davis Overhead Door in Hurley, and...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Catherine L. “Cathie” Vaara, 61, of Vaughn St., Ironwood, Mich., passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017, at the University Hospital in Minneapolis. She was born Oct. 8, 1955, to Robert and Delores Vaara of Ironwood. Cathie attended area grade schools and Ironwood High School. She continued her education at Gogebic Community College in their first Cosmetology Class. She also took a course in Medical Records, which is where she chose to focus her career. She worked in that field of Medicine for many years until she became ill....
Tuesday, April 11 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion, Bessemer. Family Fun Night, 5 to 7 p.m., presented by MSU-Extension at Ironwood Memorial Building. Ironwood...
HURLEY — A 48-year-old Ironwood woman was sentenced Monday afternoon in Iron County Court to a year in jail and three years probation for a single count of identity theft. Wendy Wuorinen had originally been charged with 26 counts of theft for withdrawing around $7,613 from a customer’s account at the Iron County Community Credit Union in Kimball without authorization. She earlier entered a guilty plea to a single felony, under an agreement that the other felonies would be dropped, but read into the record. Although a pre-sentence inv...
Monday, April 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. Iron County Memorial Building Restoration Committee, 5:30 p.m., Memorial Building, Hurley. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Aurora Club, 6 p.m. monthly membership, Aurora Club, Ironwood. Festival Ironwood, 7 p.m., Ironwood American...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Margaret F. "Marge" Salo, 89, of Ironwood, died peacefully Saturday evening, April 1, 2017, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, with her loving family by her side. The former Margaret Rimkus was born July 13, 1927, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Frank and Leocadia (Koleski) Rimkus. She attended Ironwood schools and Luther L. Wright High School. It was during World War II when she had to leave school in the 11th grade so she could...
HURLEY, Wis. - Sylvia "Dixie" Kovacevich Shutes moved from this life to the next on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, after celebrating her 95th birthday. She was born Feb. 26, 1922, in Hurley, to Vaso and Johanna Kovacevich. After graduating from Hurley High School and working at Joe's Pasty Shop, Sylvia moved to lower Michigan where she proudly worked on .50 caliber Browning Machine Guns to help in the war effort. Sylvia married Warren G. Shutes before he shipped out on his naval tour in the Pacific....
