Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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SHAWANO, Wis. — Jean Eleanore (Swanson) Lewis, 92, of Shawano, formally of Hurley, died Oct. 15, 2021, in Shawano, with her family by her side. Jean was born Aug. 15, 1929, in Detroit, daughter of the late Clifford and Laila (Asunto) Swanson. Jean’s ancestors were pioneer residents of Ironwood, Michigan. She attended schools in Winegar, Wisconsin (Presque Isle) and Ironwood, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School in 1947. While in the high school band, she was seated first saxophone and that love of music remained a big part of her lif... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Oct. 20 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Marenisco Town Hall, 9:15-9:30 a.m; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10:30 a.m.; Bruce Crossing, Stannard Township ballpark, 12:30-1 p.m. EDT. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church,... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Oct. 19 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m.; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood, parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments, Ironwood Township, parking lot, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments, Ironwood Township,... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Commissioners will consider joining other rural Wisconsin counties in taking out an approximately $8 million bond that would allow a privately-owned company to provide communication towers and fiber optic lines for rural broadband. Following a public hearing on Wednesday, the board scheduled the matter for the Oct. 26 meeting, where three-fourths of the 15-member board must support to approve the bond. The board 14-0 supported a tentative approval at the p...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Oct. 16 Paavo Nurmi Marathon Idea Session, 8-9 a.m., Cary Road Park, Hurley. Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Oct. 17... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood is providing reminders for visitors and residents to captures the moment with a selfie when visiting the historical sites and natural beauty of the area. The wooden stands with tips on the taking the best photo of yourself with the optimum background are now in place at the Iron Belle Trail segment in Depot Park with the historic depot as the recommended background subject. Another is in place at the downtown Art...
MADISON, Wis. - Florence Trier, 84, passed away peacefully on Oct. 2, 2020, at home in Madison after a long illness, surrounded by her family. She was born in Montreal, Wisconsin, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (D'Andreis) Pasqualucci. She attended local schools and graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1953. Florence married James Trier in Montreal on July 14, 1956. A generous and loving sister, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, Flo made every person she met feel speci... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Oct. 15 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org.... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council on Tuesday approved a water and sewer bond refinancing that is intended to save the city approximately $2.1 million from current bond rates through 2049. The city’s current four water and sewer bonds from 2008 and 2009 total $7.5 million with an interest rate of 4.25%. The new 2.42% interest rate was revealed at the meeting. Mark Deraney, a municipal bond advisor and vice president of AMKO Advisors in Fargo, North Dakota, was present with Harold Lance, an AMKO acc...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Oct. 14 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. 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,... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday approved payments and bid requests regarding the city wells, building demolitions and new equipment for public works. The city commission approved the final $39,200 payment to Binz Bros. Well Drilling and Pumping Service of Hurley, for completion of the Well No. 203 Rehabilitation Project. The initial $37,000 bid was awarded in April to conduct the final of six well rehabilitation projects. The city commission approved an additional $2,200 change o...
TORONTO, Ontario - Some people come into our lives and quietly go. Others enter our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never quite the same. Such a one was our beloved sister, aunt and friend, Patty. It is with great sadness the family of Patricia Morzenti announces her peaceful passing on Oct. 5, 2021, in Toronto, Ontario. She was born on March 4, 1955, in Ironwood, Michigan, across the state-line from her home in Montreal, Wisconsin, (Go Packers!) to Charles and Anna (Hornick)... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - Dorothy Bunjevac, 93, of Ironwood, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at the Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. Dorothy was born to John and Genevieve (Armata) Cisewski on May 18, 1928, in Ironwood and raised in Montreal, Wisconsin. She met and married Steve Bunjevac on July 26, 1946. He preceded her in death. Dorothy had a very strong work ethic; and if you drove past her house, you could see her mowing her lawn, shoveling her driveway, trimming her... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Oct. 13 St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. 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 Hal... Full story
IRONWOOD - Joel Wesley "Jody" Graser Sr., 70, of Ironwood and formerly of Des Plaines, Illinois, has courageously lost his third battle of cancer, with his family by his side, on Oct. 3, 2021, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. Joel was born on Feb. 7, 1951, in Chicago, to Gilbert "Bud" and Diana (Norris) Graser. Joel did not graduate from high school, but decided in his junior year to enlist in the U.S. Navy in 1968 to serve his country for the next three years during the Vietnam war. On March 16,... Full story
TOWN OF OMA, Wis. - Susan Marie Abelson, 69, a longtime resident of Oma, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Susan was born on Nov. 14, 1951, in Bessemer Township, Michigan, a daughter of Eugene J. and Arlene M. (Yurich) Abelson. She attended Oma Grade School, Cary School and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1969. Susan worked at Look Up Workshop later named Highline Corporation for just shy of 48 years. She retired in May 2018. Susan loved her family, Cornerstone... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Terry D. Erickson, 64, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at his home. Terry was born on June 24, 1957, in Ironwood, a son of Floyd E. and Ruth M. (Wolfe) Erickson. He attended Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. On June 30, 1979, Terry was united in marriage to Denise Ann D’Antonio at Riverside Bible Church in Ramsay, by the Rev. Walter Nordin. He was employed at the Ottawa Forest Products Inc., in Ironwood. Terry is survived by his beloved wife of 42 years, Denise; two children, Jason (Ju... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Oct. 12 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - Elementary students of Hurley K-12 School spent Thursday afternoon getting a first hand look at fire department equipment and learned about fire safety. "This is just something we do for the community and kids and the school," said Hurley Fire Chief Mike Sejbl, noting that the department comes to the school annually in October, which is Fire Prevention Month. Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 3-9 for 2021. "We come here every year and set our...
ESCANABA, Mich. — Marilyn A. (Zuchowski) Slade, age 87, of Escanaba, formerly of Gile, Wisconsin, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba. She was born in Ironwood, on Aug. 28, 1934, and resided there until 1938 when the family moved to Gile. Marilyn was the daughter of Angeline and Bernard Zuchowski. She was a 1952 graduate of Hurley High School. On Nov. 2, 1957, Marilyn married Erwood (Erv) Slade at the Wesley Methodist Church in Ironwood, and he preceded her in death on April 26, 2013. Visitation w... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Oct. 9 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Oct. 10 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The city of Hurley Streets Department is working to get as many road and park projects completed as possible while the fall weather still allows. In his report to the Hurley Board of Public Works Committee, street commissioner Scott Santini said there are various projects that can still be completed as the city prepares for the transition to the winter schedule. Other ongoing projects include paving the new basketball court at Riccelli Park, although the basketball poles and hoops may n...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. - Lawrence "Larry" J. Jokipii Jr., 54, of Wisconsin Rapids, passed away on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. There will be two celebrations of life. The first will be held from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, at his daughter Sara's house at 10299 Township Court in Marshfield. The second will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10, at Jack Pine Saloon at 699 S. Main St. in Adams. Friends and family are welcome at either or both. Larry was born on Aug. 25, 1967, in Duluth,... Full story
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY - The new roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 2 and U.S. 51 opened to traffic on Wednesday. Construction on the area around roundabout is scheduled to continue quietly until Oct. 28, according to project development engineer Kai Kilen from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Kilen said that the project has proceeded according to plan and that they are entering the last stage of construction on the roundabout. In the next three...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Oct. 7 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. 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,... Full story
