Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Two people are facing drug charges following the search of a property in Ironwood Friday. The Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team executed the search warrant on a property near the intersection of Cloverland Drive and Curry Street Friday, a spokesman for the drug team said in a news release, as part of an investigation that started in June. Two individuals were arrested at the scene, according to the spokesman, on initial charges of conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house. The names of the two people a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Sept. 15 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. 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 Apa...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] RAMSAY - Thursday's ribbon-cutting ceremony in Ramsay not only celebrated the opening of the newest local segment of the Iron Belle Trail, it also marked the latest milestone in the 10-plus year effort to develop the local non-motorized trail system. "I just want to thank everybody personally for this project, it is ... a group effort and it would not happened without everybody being here and working on it. ... What a privilege to work with you...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Sept. 12 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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, Sept. 13...
BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a public hearing on the topic of the county's 2020-21 operational budget for its next regular meeting. The board 7-0 approved a public hearing prior to the 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 county board meeting at the request of Juliane Giackino, county administrator. The action followed a budget workshop prior to the regular meeting on Wednesday. The proposed budget was sent forward to the hearing without significant changes...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Sept. 10 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. SMART...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — Public health officials say that getting the most people vaccinated with a flu shot as possible by October will hopefully avoid the “twindemic” potential of both influenza and COVID-19. The Iron County Health Department has received its first shipment of influenza vaccine for the 2020-2021 flu season. The department guidelines are to distribute vaccines as soon as possible with the goal of vaccinating the community by the end of October. “We don’t want to confuse the flu season with the CO...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Wisconsin man has been arraigned on a felony charge related to a stabbing in Ironwood earlier this month. Benjamin Allen Bozile, 30, of Gillett, Wisconsin, is charged with one count of assault with intent to commit murder. The charge carries a potential maximum sentence of life in prison. The charge steps from an incident at an Ironwood motel in the 400 block of West Cloverland Drive on Sept. 1, according to a news release from the Ironwood Public Safety Department. Officers responding...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Sept. 9 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. 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.,...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] RAMSAY - Labor Day weekend is traditionally a time when family and friends gather for games, barbecues and an opportunity to enjoy each other's company before the winter season creeps in. Sunday afternoon was no exception as people came from near and far to indulge in the many new park amenities at Ramsay Memorial Park, made possible by a $400,000 renovation. Also ready just in time as an additional route to get there was the recently finished Iron Belle...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Sept. 8 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Sept. 5 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Sept. 6 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. A...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Sept. 4 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, Fairview Apartments, 9 a.m. Hillcrest Apartments, 9:30 a.m. Sunset Manor Apartments, 10 a.m. Riverview Apartments, 10:30 a.m. (Home deliveries for Meals on Wheels recipients in Bessemer and Wakefield will follow). Mill Trace Apartments, 11:30 a.m. to noon. Wildwood Manor Apartments, 12:15 to 12:30 p.m. Pioneer Park...
IRONWOOD — A suspect is in custody in connection to an alleged stabbing Tuesday in Ironwood. The Ironwood Public Safety Department was dispatched to an address on the 400 block of West Cloverland Drive at roughly 11 p.m. Tuesday. Initial reports were that a man had been assaulted and was on the ground, bleeding heavily, according to an IPSD news release. It was determined the man had been stabbed multiple times, according to the release, and was transported to Aspirus Ironwood via ambulance. Witnesses told responding officers the suspect had f...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Health Department released its latest two exposure sites Tuesday where people may have come in contact with someone who had COVID-19. According to the announcement, the department can confirm there were positive cases at the Around the Corner Pub in Mercer on the evening of Aug. 27 and at the Antlers Pub in Mercer on the evenings of Aug. 26 and Aug. 27. Other than “evening,” no times were listed in the health department’s announcement. “If a person (who) tested positive for...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Sept. 2 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. 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 Hall. 715-561-2190. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] ERWIN - Members of the Gogebic County Chapter of the Michigan Townships Association got a lesson in election rules at their meeting last week outside of the Erwin Township Hall. Gerry Pelissero, Gogebic County Clerk and Register of Deeds, provided the rundown as guest speaker of the evening. His aim was to provide procedural clarity in the wake of several changes that Michigan has undergone in recent years. He said he also, ultimately, wants to "see every...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A shoplifting complaint at a local store has led to the arrest of three people on local drug charges. The Michigan State Police and Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shoplifting complaint at the Ironwood Walmart on Aug. 17 involving two people — a man who was arrested on the scene and a second who had fled on foot. During the investigation, law enforcement personnel learned both individuals were staying at an Ironwood motel, according to a Gogebic Iron Area Narco...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HANCOCK — The Western Upper Peninsula now has a second death related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, after the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department announced Houghton County’s first fatality Saturday. “Our heartfelt sympathies and prayers go out to the family who has lost their loved one,” WUPHD health officer Kate Beer said in the announcement. “This is a sad reminder of the seriousness of the COVID-19 threat. We must continue our prevention efforts, especially for the safety of our el...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Sept. 1 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. MECCA Ski Club, 6 p.m., board and membership meeting, chalet at 4686 Fierick Road, Mercer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m.,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The health departments in both Iron County and the Western Upper Peninsula continue to work with local school districts as they start the school year in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “You, your children and our schools are preparing for a very different start to the school year. Positive cases continue to rise and the COVID-19 virus remains active in Iron County,” an Iron County Health Department spokesperson said in a news release Thursday. “Regardless of whether your ch...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Genisot family wants their COVID-19 experience to give others confidence that the community will get through the pandemic together but to expect that others will become infected before a vaccine or other solution will lessen the threat. “We’re expecting it with more staff. We’re expecting it with kids,” said Kevin Genisot, the administrator of Hurley K-12 School. “This is something that we are going to deal with at a level that hopefully everyone with an experience will find it eve...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Aug. 29 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street,...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved a three-year contract for county dispatching services to Negaunee Regional Dispatch. The contract was recommended by the Finance, Budgeting and Auditing Committee, and was supported by the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post. It will take effect on Jan. 1. The bid will realize approximately $145,259 in savings from the current contract with Iron County (Mich.) Dispatch, according to the letter from Heidi DeRosso...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic limiting events, Northern Iron County Engaged Residents is encouraging locals to get out and explore the area by launching its Backyard Adventure Month Tuesday. “The idea of having this whole thing is because, with the COVID shutdown, people are looking for things to do,” said Ken Saari, NICER vice president and one of several event organizers. For the month of September, challenge participants can obtain a competition booklet that contains the entry...
