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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY- The Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee voted to recommend that the Iron County Board of Supervisors approve a temporary moratorium on the creation or development of any Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in the county following a public hearing on the issue Tuesday. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, sometimes referred to as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, are farms with over 1,000 animal units according to County Zoning Administrator Thomas...
HURLEY - With all the success the Hurley football program has had, it's hard to find many firsts. But senior Jordan Moore (5-10, 265) will be the first Midget to play in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association/Children's Hospital Small School All-Star Football Game at Titan Stadium in Oshkosh, Wis., on July 18 at 2 p.m. "It's just a great honor to be representing Hurley," Moore said. "To be the first one to go and play is a great feeling." Moore, a defensive and offensive tackle, will play...
Tuesday, March 24 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, Tacconelli’s. 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. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open meeting, Wesley United Methodist...
Monday, March 23 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. All Saints Catholic Academy open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. ET, 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. Government Ironwood...
MARQUETTE, Mich. - George C. Paul, 90, of the D. J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans, Marquette, died Saturday, March 21, 2015, in Marquette. He was born Sept. 10, 1924, in Ironwood, son of the late George and Mary (Hein) Zuchowski. George attended local schools and served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II from March 8, 1943, until Nov. 28, 1945. George served in three campaigns; Eastern Mandates, Papua and Western Pacific. In 1970, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Long...
IRONWOOD - Local artists, members of the Range Art Association, have been studying master painters for the upcoming "Paint the Masters" show. Seventeen local artists have been studying famous master painters. Some of the artists being studied include Paul Gauguin, Georgia O'Keefe, Rembrandt, Salvador Dali, Johannas Vermeer, Claude Monet, Cezanne, Winslow Homer, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. The artists each study a master artist's work and attempt to recreate the original. One of the...
Saturday, March 21 Children’s Story Hour, 10 a.m., Marenisco Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s Group, noon, Salem Lutheran, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2 to 5 p.m., Mercer, Wis., School gymnasium. Chess Nuts Chess Club, 4 p.m., Maplewood Steakhouse, Ironwood. Sunday, March 22 Senior bingo and lunch, 12:15 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Senior Center. Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Alcohol...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - John H. Suutala, 85, of Vanderhagen Road, Ironwood Township, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at home on Friday, March 13, 2015, after a lengthy illness of COPD and chronic pneumonia. John was born Nov. 4, 1929, in Ironwood, son of the late Johannes and Lydia (Teerimaki) Suutala. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force. For three of those years he was stationed near Leicester, England, where he met his beautiful bride of 61 years, Grace "Toni" Cheney....
ASHLAND, Wis. - Dianne M. Hanson, 67, of Saxon, died peacefully Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Memorial Medical Center in Ashland, with her loving family by her side. The former Dianne Bluse was born March 13, 1948, in Ashland, daughter of Elizabeth "Bette" (Gervais) and the late Clayton "Chick" Bluse. She attended grade school in Saxon and graduated from St. Ambrose High School in Ironwood, Mich., in 1966. She then received a teaching certificate from Ashland Co. Normal Teachers College in 1968 a...
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Hurley's Aiyana Nickel started the track-and-field season with a win in the 200-meter dash at Thursday's Tomahawk Indoor Invitational at UW-Eau Claire. She finished the race in 29.34 seconds. She also placed in the long jump (fourth) and triple jump (seventh). Susan Walesewicz finished seventh in the 1,600 run. The Hurley girls took ninth as Tomahawk won the meet. The Hurley boys finished 10th while Black River Falls won. Kris Bluse led the Midgets with a third-place finish in the high jump. He was also fifth in the 55 h...
Six Iron County students traveled to Madison during the last week in February as part of the delegation from Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland and Iron counties that were in the state capital for the 30th annual Superior Days. The event, which took place Feb. 24 and Feb. 25, allows representatives from the four northern counties to lobby state legislators and officials on issues they feel are important to the northern region. Iron County's delegation - made up of three Hurley students and three Mercer...
HURLEY - The University of Wisconsin's Iron County Extension Office is seeking donations to repair one of the train trestles that span the Montreal River, connecting Ironwood and Hurley, as part of a larger 16-mile trail construction project that would connect the Montreal Wis., ski trails with Sunday Lake in Wakefield. Organizers are looking for $50,000 in donations to add railings to the trestle and decking over the existing wooden beams so that it could be safely traveled on, explained Will...
HURLEY - Neil Klemme, the youth development agent with the University of Wisconsin's Iron County Extension Office, is excited for the arrival of summer - not just because of the warm weather but also because it's time for another 4-H Iron County Summer Youth Camp. This year is going to be a first for Klemme as he has decided to add a special camp for sixth and seventh graders that will run alongside the traditional third- through fifth-grade camp. "It's really my favorite week of the year," said...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Rose J. Armata, 92, of Ironwood, died peacefully Sunday, March 15, 2015, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield, with her loving family by her side. The former Rose DaRonco was born March 8, 1923, in Kimball, Wis., daughter of the late John and Regina (Petracco) DaRonco, attended St. Mary's Catholic Grade School in Hurley and graduated with honors from Lincoln High School, Hurley, in June 1941. She was then employed as bookkeeper at Range Beverage Co. in Hurley, head...
Wednesday, March 18 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency supplemental food program, 9 to 10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments. 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. Kimball Homemakers, 1 p.m., Kimball, Wis., Community Center. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Tow...
MADISON, Wis. - On Friday, March 6, seven Hurley high school students and art teacher Terry Davis visited Madison to attend the closing ceremony of the 2015 Youth Art Month State Capitol Show. The show was on display in the Capitol Rotunda Feb. 21-March 6. Artwork by students Julee Jackson, Patricia Smith and Cassidy Ofstad from the Hurley K-12 School was among more than 400 pieces of student work selected for the annual show. Students Samantha Recla, Lynda Waldros, Karissa Recla and A.J....
Tuesday, March 17 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 Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Tacconelli’s. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Luther...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Eugene A. Martell, age 90, of Larch Street in Ironwood, died Saturday, March 14, 2015, in Ironwood. He was born June 14, 1924, in Minneapolis, son of the late Fred and Anne (Schirmer) Martell. Eugene had lived in Gile, Wis., and was a longtime Ironwood resident. He had owned and operated Furnace Cleaning and Stovepipe Replacement in Ironwood. He then worked for Superior Bottled Gas, which later became Great Lakes Gas. He retired from Great Lakes Gas. On Oct. 3, 1946, he was...
WILDOMAR, Calif. - Mary Louise (Santini) Brennan, 86, died peacefully at her daughter's home in Wildomar at 3:19 a.m. on March 9, 2015. Mary Lou was born in Hurley, Wis., on August 10, 1928, and was raised in Bessemer, Mich. She moved with her late husband, Jack, to Anaheim in 1954 and to Murrieta in 1999. She is a beloved mother and grandmother (Nona) and is survived by her five children, Elizabeth, John, Mary, Terry and Linda; and seven grandchildren, Sean, Ian, Kelsey, Mikayla, Nick, Stacia...
Monday, March 16 Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency supplemental food program, 9 a.m. to noon, Gogebic County Seniors, Bessemer. 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...
HURLEY, Wis. — Betty L. Oldenburg, 83, of Hurley, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Hurley with her great-nephew at her side. She was born on Jan. 29, 1932, in Hiles, Wis., daughter of the late Curtis and Carrie (Combs) Gumm. As a child, she attended school in Marenisco and Wakefield, Mich. In 1951, Betty was united in marriage with Carl Syrja. He preceded her in death in 1981. She then married Lloyd Oldenburg in 1983. He preceded her in death in 2000. Betty was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hurley. Betty is survived by two...
IRONWOOD - High school students from around the region took over Gogebic Community College Thursday as the college hosted its annual spring invitational Quiz Bowl tournament. The tournament - which actually featured a sixteen-team primary tournament and an eight-team secondary tournament because of the number of teams competing - hosted 24 teams from 13 schools across the western Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin, including Bessemer, Chassell, Ironwood, Wakefield-Marenisco, Drummond,...
Thursday, March 12 Bessemer Housing Commission, 9 a.m., 709 West Iron Street, Bessemer. 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. Redhatters, noon, Elk & Hound, Ironwood. 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;...
IRONWOOD - Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson said the city has developed a checklist to be used in the event of flooding. With temperatures in the 50s forecast for the next week, city commissioners had questions Monday about the potential for flooding. They're hoping for a gradual snowmelt to avoid the flooding damage that has occurred in some recent years. Erickson said the city has enough sandbags to be used in the event of high water along the Montreal River and more are available from...
Wednesday, March 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ladies Auxillary of VFW Post 1580, 1:30 p.m., Southgate, Hurley. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Hurley Education Foundation, noon, Conference Room in the Hurley School. Range Art...
