Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Saturday, May 14 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Children’s Story Time, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, May 15 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Bessemer Township Fourth of July Committee, 6:30 p.m., Ramsay Fire Hall. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, May 16 Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m...
Thursday, May 12 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, Elk and Hound, Ironwood. Reservations required to 906-932-5455 or 906-663-4871. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., all welcome, Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Stella Marie Bristol, 96, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, with her loving and caring family at her side. The former Stella DeFelice was born on Sept. 10, 1919, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Antonio and Florence DeFelice and was one of 10 siblings. Stella attended St. Ambrose Grade School and St. Ambrose High School. After graduation, Stella worked in West Allis, Wis., for the Allis Chalmers Company during the national war effort, welding on the B-29 bomber. Her...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - A Ramsay man who faces prison time on heroin and meth charges in Gogebic County was sentenced in Iron County Court Tuesday to three years in the Wisconsin prison system for delivery of methamphetamines. Michael Johnson, 21, was also sentenced by Judge Patrick Madden to four years of extended supervision and assessed fines and court costs of $2,500. He must seek alcohol and drug counseling and submit DNA samples, among other provisions of the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County will continue to prohibit motorcycles on all-terrain vehicle trails in the county. The Iron County Forestry and Parks Committee agreed Tuesday to keep the ban in place, at least until the state devises a way to provide additional revenue for trail upkeep. “The reason this has come about is the state has recently passed a new law that is going to allow motorcycle use on ATV trails,” County Forest Administrator Eric Peterson said. “The state has approved ... the formati...
Wednesday, May 11 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. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. MARSP, 11 a.m., Golden Dragon Restaurant, Ironwood. Ironwood Community Blood Drive, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-932-5478. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Testifying via video feed from the Iron County Jail, Michael Scott Johnson, 21, Ramsay, pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine and possession with intent to deliver heroin in Gogebic County Circuit Court in Bessemer Monday. The plea was part of a deal that will result in six additional charges and a habitual offender-third offense designation dismissed by the Gogebic County Prosecutor’s Office. Both felony charges Johnson pled gui...
Tuesday, May 10 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., 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. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. 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. Ironwood American Legion Post 5, 5:30 p.m. dinner,...
Monday, May 9 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Board, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Beginning Finnish Language Class, 3 p.m., followed by Advanced Finnish Language at 4 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Young Authors and Illustrators Group, 3:30 p.m., Luther L. Wright Library. Grade 5-8. Chess Club, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Unlike other recent fishing openers where large snowflakes greeted fishermen, Saturday's weather looks good in northern Wisconsin. It won't be quite as warm as today's 80-degree predicted temperature, with readings in the low 60s, but snowsuits won't be required, either. Fishermen will head to their favorite streams and lakes and they have hundreds of choices in northern Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has been conducting...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] UPSON, Wis. — The traditional kids’ fishing opener on Weber Lake has been moved back a week this year to Saturday, May 14. The Youth Fishing Jamboree is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon and the first 50 children to be signed up will receive a free rod and reel combination and a lunch of hot dogs, bratwursts and soft drinks, sponsored by the Superior Bass Fishing Club. Members of that club, with the help of many other volunteers, will assist youths and their families at the jamboree. Bait will be pro...
Thursday, May 5 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., all welcome, 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; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Pere Menard Assembly 471, 6 p.m. business...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Iris (Steele, Clement) Brown, 100, died peacefully at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield on Sunday, May 1, 2016. Iris R. Steele was born Oct. 23, 1915, to Oscar and Sarah Steele of Gurney, Wis. Her wish was to be cremated with no viewing. After graduation from Saxon High School, she worked in Chicago as a cook and then in a torpedo factory to aid the war effort during World War II. She returned to Saxon, Wis., in 1943 to marry Paul "Napoleon" Clement. They purchased...
Wednesday, May 4 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. 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 Evang...
Tuesday, May 3 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. 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 Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Authority and Board, 2 p.m., Treatment Facility’s b...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Carl "Buddy" Baron, 90, died peacefully at his Ironwood home, surrounded by his loving family, on Saturday, April 30, 2016. Carl was born Aug. 2, 1925, to Emil and Esther Baron, of Montreal, Wis., and graduated from high school in Hurley, Wis. He was baptized, confirmed and a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Ironwood. Entering the U.S. Navy, Carl served on submarine duty in the Pacific during World War II. After completing his service, he returned to Ironwood and on Aug. 23,...
KIMBALL, Wis. - Ben A. Walston, 73, lost his battle with throat and lung cancer April 29, 2016, at his home in Kimball. He was born Sept. 7, 1942, in Faro, N.C., son of the late Adolph and Effie Walston of North Carolina. In 1962, he married Mary Frances Barnes in North Carolina. They soon moved to Rockford, Ill., with an infant daughter and two years later had a son. Mary Frances preceded him in death. In 1973, he married Jeanne K. Huotari in Rockford and in 1976, they moved north to Hurley...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] HURLEY - Over 50 years ago, a B-47 Stratojet disappeared from radar during a low-level training mission approximately 10 miles south of Hurley. Three months later, another aircraft disappeared near the same area, a densely wooded place about 3 miles east of U.S. 51. The planes were part of the Air Force's 40th Bombardment Wing from Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, Kan. The missions took place because the area's terrain is similar to locations that...
HURLEY - The Gogebic Iron Range Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 529 held their 26th annual Steak Feed Fundraiser Saturday evening at the Iron County Memorial Building. "I've waited all day for this," said attendee Tina Martinsek "Every year, the steaks are good." The event kicked off with a raffle and door prizes. Out back, Kyle Thompson and Terry Seibel stood over a grill flipping dozens of steaks. "Our steaks are awesome; they're hand-cut and everything," said Thompson. Over 400 steaks...
Thursday, April 28 Cuddle Bugs Story Time for Babies and Toddlers, 9:30 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. 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., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. Pokemon Club for Students, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Bessemer Chamber of Commerce, 5 p.m., Chamber Offic...
Wednesday, April 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. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Bessemer-Ironwood Chamber’s Business Box Lunch, Bessemer City Hall. 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...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Gogebic Range Water Authority will be paying the full cost of repairs to the Margaret Street sewer system after the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees voted against contributing to the project Monday. The work will repair issues with the road that were the result of earlier work done on the sewer lines, Township Supervisor Alan Baron said. “We’ve been after this since I’ve been here to repair the road that was done improperly on Margaret Street,” Baron said. “It’s bee...
Tuesday, April 26 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area7...
