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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - A large crowd came to Gogebic Community College to support the pool, but they didn't leave happy. After much debate, the GCC Board of Trustees approved the college budget for the 2015-16 school year, keeping the pool closed, while exploring the possibility to lease the pool to Snowflake Aquatics for $1. Several audience members expressed interest in keeping the pool open. Ceci Aho, Barracuda Swim Team coach, said running a pool...
Wednesday, Sept. 30 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. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer (Wis.) Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 3 to 6 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. Smear League, 6:30 p.m., Rigoni’s, Ironwood, 906-932-3747. Adult Children of Al...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - June A. Anderson, 75, of Ironwood, passed away Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at her home with her family following a lengthy illness. June was born on June 1, 1940, in Ironwood to Samuel and Tiami (Korhonen) Rappley. June attended Ironwood Area Schools and graduated in 1958. She continued her education in 1972 and graduated with an associate degree in applied business. June held several distinguished government appointed positions with various agencies and was a proud Democratic...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — On a split vote, the Ironwood City Commission approved an ordinance Monday designed to keep heavy truck traffic off McLeod Avenue and Ayer Street. The ordinance passed on 3-1 vote, with commissioner David Sim opposed and Rick Semo absent. It was supported by Mayor Kim Corcoran and commissioners Brandon Tauer and Joseph Cayer Jr. The ordinance was opposed by several business owners and the Ironwood Industrial Development Corporation. Keith Johnson, president of the IIDC, said both McLeod a...
Tuesday, Sept. 29 Government City of Ironwood Election Commission, 11:45 a.m., Municipal Memorial Building Assessor’s Office, Ironwood. Gogebic County Board of Commissioners, 4 p.m., courthouse, Besemer. Gogebic Community College Board, 4:30 p.m., Lindquist Student and Conference Center, GCC. Gogebic County Road Commission, 5 p.m., road commission office, courthouse, Bessemer. Iron County Board of Supervisors, 6 p.m., courthouse, Hurley. Wednesday, Sept. 30 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mercer Area P...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - James M. Zak Sr., 89, of Ironwood, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood. Jim's journey through life started and ended in Ironwood. He was born Dec. 12, 1925, son of the late Michael and Mary (Kurtz) Zak, and grew up in Reno Location. On occasion, he would drive by the "old" house and comment on how things had changed. When World War II broke out, he felt an obligation to serve his country and left Luther L. Wright High School at the age of...
Monday, Sept. 28 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 class, 4 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Methamphetamine ETC, 8 p.m., support group, Woodland Church, Ironwood. 906-285-2813 or methetc.web.com. Jack Frost, 6 p.m.,...
HURLEY - Once defense arrived at Friday's game, it stole the show. The Hurley Midgets, buoyed by two third-quarter takeaways, shut out the Gogebic Miners in the second half for a 54-28 Great Western Conference victory. Gogebic recovered quickly from last week's humbling trip to Lake Linden and led the Midgets 28-27 at the half in a fast-paced shootout. But things quickly went Hurley's way after halftime. "We scuffled a bit in the first half. They were coming really quick downhill, in between...
IRONWOOD - Three people were arrested on drug and gun charges following a Thursday morning raid on a Coolidge Avenue residence. Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics Team members and the Gogebic-Iron SWAT team members responded before 11 a.m. The names of the three people who were arrested were not included in a short GIANT press release. Officers entered the house with a search warrant, according to GIANT team leader Sgt. Chris Colassaco, of the Hurley Police Department. The three people who were...
To the Editor: In response to Brett Bockhop’s Letter to the Editor of Sept. 8 on Kathryn Lopez’s columns about Planned Parenthood, newspaper opinion pages are supposed to give different and varying opinions. The choice is up to the reader whether or not to indulge in the opinion of the writer. Cokie and Steve Roberts and Gene Lyons give views that differ from Lopez’s. Generally, a learned person finds it beneficial to sift through a variety of views and form one’s own opinions, based on facts. However, in regard to Bockhop’s comments that the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County’s 4-H program is looking for both new members and adults who can help teach important life skills to members, according to Neil Klemme, the youth development agent with the University of Wisconsin’s Iron County Extension Office. 4-H-related activities are open to students as young as those in kindergarten, according to Klemme, with regular 4-H activities beginning in third grade and running through the freshman year of college. Klemme hopes those who join 4-H gain a numbe...
Thursday, Sept. 24 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley....
HURLEY — An Ironwood man entered a not guilty plea to a possession of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, citation Monday in Iron County Court, when a seven-year-old charge resurfaced. Leland Ojaniemi, 58, was cited by Iron County Sheriff’s Department deputy Jason Geach on Sept. 6. An initial adjourned court appearance was set for Oct. 12, when Ojaniemi faces a $263 forfeiture for the citation. Ojaniemi, who was represented Monday in court by attorney Patrick Boerboon, also faces a worthless check charge dating to April 30, 2008, acc...
Wednesday, Sept. 23 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer (Wis.) Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Gogebic Range Genealogical Society, 1 p.m., Ironwood Area His...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - Hurley School District Administrator Chris Patritto discussed the ramifications of a drop in student enrollment of 15 students with the school board on Monday. Patritto told the school board the third Friday K-12 count was conducted last week and it registered 589 students. The district adds on the equivalency of four full-time students from the summer school count for a total of 593. He said he expected the decline. Patritto projects a...
Tuesday, Sept. 22 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. Hurley VFW Post 1580 special meeting, 6 p.m., Hurley VFW. 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. area74.org. Government Local Roads Improvement Program, 10 a....
HURLEY - Shirley L. McDonald, 94, of Ironwood, Mich., died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, with her family by her side. The former Shirley Van Stratum was born Dec. 6, 1920, in Hurley, daughter of the late Dr. Byron and Ruth (Goodman) Van Stratum. She attended St. Ambrose Catholic Grade School in Ironwood through the eighth grade and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1938. She then graduated from Ironwood Junior College (now...
HURLEY — A Gurney, Wis., resident recently entered a not guilty plea to a charge of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle. The next Iron County Court appearance for Matthew Sorrels, 28, will be an Oct. 30 pre-trial hearing. Sorrels was involved in a Feb. 27 traffic accident on U.S. 2 in the town of Kimball that claimed the life of Harvey Harold Hill, of Washburn. Hill died at a Wausau hospital on March 14. Charges were filed on March 17. Sorrels is also charged with homicide by use of a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol content and homicide...
Monday, Sept. 21 Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. 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 Historical Society, 2 p.m., Iron County Historical Society Museum, 303 Iron St., Hurley. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Eagle Bluff Golf Cub, annual meeting, 7 p.m., clubhouse; all members welcome....
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — An Oct. 13 meeting is planned on a request from the Eagle Bluff Golf Course board to have the city reduce the golf club’s annual $10,000 lease payment. The city council met Thursday and finance committee chair Joanne Bruneau announced the Oct. 13 session. Mayor Joe Pinardi said the golf club is experiencing financial difficulties. The city owns the golf course property and charges the golf club an annual lease fee. It’s not the first year the golf course representatives have come before the c...
IRON RIVER, Wis. - The storms stayed away as the Hurley girls and Ironwood boys took second at the first Indianhead Conference cross country meet of the season at Northern Pines Golf Course Thursday. Officials ran the varsity races prior to the junior high races with storms expected, but only a light rain came and went. Washburn defeated Hurley 32-45 in the girls race with South Shore in third with 48 points. Both the Midgettes and Castle Guards had two runners in the top 10, but Washburn placed...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Not guilty pleas were entered in Judge Patrick Madden’s Iron County Courtroom Wednesday during the initial appearance of three defendants charged with a range of crimes including misdemeanor battery. John Paul Ranta, 29, of Woodruff, Wis., is facing a felony charge of strangulation and suffocation — which carries a maximum penalty of 6 years in prison and a $10,000 fine — and two misdemeanor charges. The misdemeanor charges — battery and disorderly conduct — carry maximum penalties o...
Thursday, Sept. 17 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. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer,...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - There were two developments on Monday regarding the non-motorized Iron Belle trail from Detroit to Ironwood. The Ironwood stretch, called the Western Gateway trail, was dedicated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony near Depot Park in the afternoon, attended by about 50 people. The city commission later agreed to transfer $10,000 in Bridge the Gap funds to the city of Hurley. That will allow Hurley to extend the trail from the Montreal River Bridge t...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Comprehensive Planning Land and Zoning Committee Tuesday again discussed a plan to install an electronic sign at the Mercer School, and while no formal action was taken, there was a consensus that the committee would reach a decision at its next meeting. The discussion stems from a request by Zoning Administrator Tom Bergman for the committee to clarify how it viewed the county’s prohibition of “flashing signs.” Bergman, in essence, wanted to know whether the committ...
