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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — It’s possible the case of a 52-year-old Hurley woman who is charged with six counts of theft from Iron County may be settled in a month. The attorney for Mary Peterson Tijan, of 112 Germania St., told Iron County Judge Patrick Madden Wednesday that negotiations with special prosecutor Fritz Schellgell are continuing. At a pre-trial hearing, Joseph Rafferty Jr. told Madden, “I assure the court that there’s a cauldron (of activity) bubbling underneath,” referring to the talks. Madden told Raff...
Thursday, Oct. 6 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. 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; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Lifekeeper Memory Quilt...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - A 47-year-old Ironwood woman waived her right to a preliminary hearing and was bound over for trial Tuesday morning in Iron County Court on 26 counts of identity theft. Wendy Wuorinen is alleged to have withdrawn around $7,613 from the Iron County Community Credit Union in Kimball from a customer's account without authorization. The withdrawals occurred from November 2014 to December 2015 while she was employed there, according to the criminal...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A crowd of around 50 people gathered at the Iron County Memorial Building for a discussion of plans for trailheads in Hurley and Montreal. The Hurley trailhead is planned to be located between the Montreal River and Second Avenue/U.S. 51, roughly parallel with Silver Street. It is designed to serve both non-motorized and motorized trail users at where the Iron County trail system connects to Michigan’s trails. The other trailhead would also be located along the Montreal River, all...
Wedensday, Oct. 5 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., 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 Evangelical Luthe...
HURLEY - To reduce costs, the U.S. Army has decided to merge several Reserve units around the country, including closing the 312th Engineer Company in Hurley. The Reserve unit has been housed in the Hurley Industrial Park for more than 30 years and has rented the training center from the Iron County Resource Development Association, Inc. "The development corporation built the building and it was designed specifically for the Reserves," said Jack Giovanoni, president of the ICRDA. "Because of...
Tuesday, Oct. 4 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. Disabled American Veterans Northern Chapter 66, 6 p.m., Ironwood American Legion. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org....
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. - Glen M. Pretti, 50, died on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at his home with family at his side. He was born Nov. 21, 1965, to Louis and Mary K. (Moha) Pretti. He graduated from Hurley High School in 1984 and attended Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Mich., where he played basketball for the Generals. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in real estate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989. He was an independent commercial real estate broker for...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] HURLEY - Area football fans came together to watch the Range Bulldogs play against the Ashland Oredockers at Veterans Memorial Field in Hurley. Standing alongside his players, head coach Eric Thier said football was a passion for him growing up and has enjoyed "the heck out of" coaching for the past five years. The Range Bulldogs are part of the Pop Warner football League and the team consists of fourth, fifth and sixth graders from both Michigan and...
Monday, Oct. 3 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. Wakefield Seniors, 2 p.m., Wakefield Senior Center. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 5:30 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Sports Hall of Fame, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School, room 205. Ironwood PTO, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School, room 124. MECCA Ski Club, 6:30 p.m., MECCA cabin near the...
WAUSAU, Wis. - Lawrence L. Sobolewski, 85, of Ironwood, Mich., died peacefully Thursday evening, Sept. 29, 2016, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, with his loving family by his side. He was born April 22, 1931, in Ironwood Township, son of the late Bruno and Romanda (Kowalkoski) Sobolewski. He attended Ironwood elementary schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1949. He then entered the U.S. Army and proudly served his country in Korea in the 2nd Infantry Division, receivi...
Saturday, Oct. 1 Friends of the Iron Belle Trail clean up, 8 a.m., Ironwood Depot Park. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Oct. 2 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Gogebic Range Trail Authority, 6 p.m., Pit Stop, Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, Oct. 3 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 M...
HURLEY — The Federal Communications Commission is currently accepting public comment on a petition by Gray Television/WSAW-TV to include Ashland and Iron counties in its Wausau, Wis., satellite television market. According to information presented at Tuesday’s Iron County Board of Supervisors meeting, the petition is requesting that area satellite TV providers be allowed to provide the two counties with Wausau’s feed, instead of being forced to provide the feed from Duluth. When the broadcast boundaries were initially established, Iron Count...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County and local officials took part in a statewide “Turnout for Transportation” meeting Thursday night to discuss the lack of adequate road funding in Wisconsin. Meetings happened simultaneously in every county in the state. Iron County Highway Commissioner Mike Swartz said a meeting like this had never been done before and indicated how serious the state’s road funding problem is. After a short video featuring representatives that sponsored the meeting — including the Wisconsin...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] Students in Ironwood and Hurley cap off a jam-packed homecoming week today. Throughout the week, they dressed in themed clothing and showed their school spirit by decorating hallways with posters rooting for their team. Outside the classroom, students participated in competitions to see which grade is the best. To kick off the school week at Ironwood K-12, students wore clothes featuring their favorite sports teams. After school, girls participated in...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - City Commissioner Jim Mildren is impressed with the new stretch of the Iron Belle Trail from Ironwood to Bessemer. City commissioners learned Monday the non-motorized trail construction is nearly finished. The trail will tentatively be dedicated at an Oct. 24 ceremony at the Bessemer end. The Ironwood stretch of the hiking-biking trail has been in use for more than a year and a Friends of the Iron Belle Trail group has organized. It will...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Gogebic Range Broadband Committee, Wednesday, learned some details of the ceremony planned to mark Iron County’s reception of a broadband expansion grant. According to Iron County Development Zone Coordinator Kelly Klein, one of the people involved in obtaining the grant, the ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 9 at one of the fire towers that is being purchased through the grant. “The committee, along with the county board and development corporation, will all be invited (to the cerem...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County Judge Patrick Madden on Tuesday gave a Superior man who previously pleaded no contest to a heroin count one last chance to stay out of prison. Bernie Sanders, 47, had received a deferred sentence in 2015 on a charge of possession with intent to deliver heroin. On Tuesday, acting Iron County District Attorney Fritz Schellgell recommended Sanders be sentenced to 18 months in prison and 18 months of extended supervision for violating conditions set in the deferred prosecution a...
Thursday, Sept. 29 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. 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; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30...
Wednesday, Sept. 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. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., 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. 715-5...
BELGIUM, Wis. - Elaine Glaser, 86, of Belgium, formerly of Pence and Milwaukee, passed away Friday evening, Sept. 23, 2016, at Belgium Gardens, where she had resided for the last six years. Elaine was born in Ironwood, Mich., on July 25, 1930, daughter of John and Helmi Mandelin Brackett. The family lived in Pence. She attended local schools and graduated from Hurley High School in 1947. Elaine was united in marriage with Russell Glaser on Aug. 24, 1948, in Eau Claire. The couple settled in...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - "I cannot thank you enough," Kenneth Wegmeyer, of Ironwood, said Monday as the people who saved his life on Aug. 17 were honored. The Ironwood City Commission recognized the citizen volunteers, public safety officers and Beacon Ambulance attendants who revived Wegmeyer after he suffered a heart attack while riding his bike with the Superior Riders that evening. Wegmeyer was able to joke Monday that he really doesn't remember much of that...
Tuesday, Sept. 27 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. Survivors of Suicide, 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church basement, Ironwood. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoh...
