Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Thursday, May 14 Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org. Government Bessemer Housing Commission, 8 a.m., Executive Director’s Office, 709 West Iron Street, Bessemer. Iron County Finance Commitee, 9 a.m., courthouse, Hurley. Bessemer Downtown Development Authority, 4 p.m., DDA room, City Hall. Friday, May 15 Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. E...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, May 13 Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Wakefield American Legion, 5:30 p.m. Auxiliary, 6 p.m. regular meeting, post, Wakefield. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Government Wakefield Housing Commission, 9 a.m., Sunset Manor community room, 200 Pierce St.,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, May 12 Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Bessemer School Board, 2 p.m., special meeting, available online on Zoom. Gogebic County Road Commission, 3 p.m., budget workshop, Courthouse Annex, Bessemer. Montreal City Council, 5:30 p.m., city hall. Iron County Law Enforcement Committee, 5:30...
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. - Terrance K. "Terry" Lindholm, also known as the Jolly Green Giant or Mr. Green Jeans, 79, of Kingsford, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain. Terry was born Jan. 31, 1941, in Norway, son of the late John and Ada (Hammill) Lindholm. As an 8-year-old child, Terry took the opportunity to show off the survival skills taught to him by his father by surviving a night in the woods alone, even making himself a bed of...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Hundreds of short-term, vacation rental homes in the western Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin are facing a drop in anticipated early summer bookings from the coronavirus stay-at-home orders, but owners say the impact is not the same as on other small businesses. Most of the rentals are privately-owned homes or cabins that owners rent by the day, week or month when they are not present. They are marketed through online rental agencies, such as Airbnb, Vrbo or with a local m...
Saturday, May 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, May 10 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. Monday, May 11 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p....
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley School Board was unanimous in maintaining the planned virtual high school graduation ceremony at a special meeting Tuesday for the purpose of setting dates so staff can start formalizing a program. The decision included a board commitment to revisit a student-proposed plan for a second in-person ceremony at its June meeting. At that time the board anticipates the outlook for summer in terms of pandemic shutdown orders and bans...
WAUSAU, Wis. - James "Jim" M Saari, 56, of 137 E. Coolidge Ave., Ironwood, Michigan, passed away peacefully April 30, 2020, at Aspirus Hospital in Wausau. Jim was born on July 23, 1963, in Chicago, to Alice Allen and Richard Saari. He graduated from high school in Eugene, Oregon, in 1982, went on to get an Associate Degree in graphic arts and design from Gogebic Community College in Ironwood. While he was at GCC, he met and married the love of his life, Carol (Kuduk) Saari, on May 21, 1988. He...
ASHLAND, Wis. — Members of the Wisconsin National Guard will be on hand in Ashland Thursday to help with a community COVID-19 specimen collection event. Ashland County Public Health and the Bad River Band of Lake Superior are hosting the event for western Wisconsin residents that is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The event will be held at the Lake Superior Elementary School driveway at 1101 Binsfield Road. Organizers are asking people to approach the school via Binsfield Road by entering from Wisconsin 13, the entrance will b...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HANCOCK — Western Upper Peninsula Health Department officials said they were notified Thursday of the first positive confirmation of COVID-19 in Baraga County. The case involved a man with a recent history of travel, according to the officials, and the department is continuing to investigate whether the case is related to his travels and if others have been in close contact with the man. “We will be closely monitoring any individuals who may have had direct, personal contact with the ide...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, May 2 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, May 3 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. A...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] A bridge project in Ontonagon County recently received a private grant as the Iron Belle Trail Fund announced the work was one of five projects on the statewide Iron Belle Trail to receive a portion of $300,000 in funding. “With recreation trail use up more than 200%, trails are more important than ever and provide a means for people to stay physically and mentally fit during these challenging times,” said Steve DeBrabander, the executive director of the Iron Belle Trail Fund. “The Iron Belle Trail...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - With the arrival of warmer weather and the beginning of the construction season, work is under way to complete the rebuilding of Saxon Harbor after flood waters destroyed it in the July 2016 storm. Saxon Harbor's marina was completed last summer, therefore the focus is now on completing the harbor's campground. "(Snow Country Contracting) has ... started working again for the spring, they spotted a bunch of equipment and materials (at...
Saturday, April 25 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, April 26 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, April 27 Iron County Food...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The county 911 fee was set at $2 by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday. The commissioners 6-0 approved a recommendation from the county’s 911 Committee to increase the county’s 911 operating surcharge from $1.50 to $2 per month effective July 1. Commissioner George Peterson was not present. Heidi DeRosso, county emergency management and 911 coordinator, said the intention of the committee is to remain at $2 for the foreseeable future. The voter-approved fee incre...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Members of the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team and Michigan State Police arrested a Minneapolis, Minnesota man Tuesday they say was involved with distributing illegal narcotics in Michigan and Wisconsin. Jay Saarela, 33, was arrested during a traffic stop in Ironwood Township that was part of an investigation that began earlier this month, according to a GIANT spokesman. The spokesman said officers also allegedly seized methamphetamine, heroin, prescription narcotics, a revolver and other weapons, and over $2,000 in U.S. c...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — With the entirety of its membership either elected or re-elected in the April 7 election, the 15 supervisors on the Iron County Board of Supervisors were sworn in for their new terms Tuesday evening at the Iron County Memorial Building. Following the swearing-in, Joe Pinardi, of Hurley, was re-elected as board chairman and took over running the meeting — which was held at the Memorial Building as the extra space allowed for participants to practice social distancing during the ongoing cor...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The city of Hurley held a special reorganizational meeting Tuesday to swear in the newly elected mayor and alderpersons to the city council. This was the first virtual meeting held by Hurley since the start of the coronavirus pandemic that has state executive orders for closures and stay at home to avoid exposure to COVID-19. There were 16 participants attending the virtual meeting which by law is accessible to the public with the links made available by the city staff. Mayor Paul M...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] MONTREAL, Wis. - The Iron County Food Pantry remains open, having developed a system to allow their older volunteers to continue to service residents of Iron County in need of food throughout the COVID-19 crisis. According to Mary Mattson, the office manager at Iron County Food Pantry, the health department was originally wanting to replace the volunteers at Iron County Food Panty with younger volunteers from the county's Health and Human Services...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The well-being of students is the most important thing as Hurley School District returns to a “new normal.” Students remember how they felt and how they were treated more than what they learned, said a message posted by School District Administrator Kevin Genisot. The ongoing monitoring of each student’s mental health status as well as ensuring the basic needs will help maintain a high level of confidence going forward. “Our students will be healthier and more resilient for the rest of the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BAYFIELD, Wis. — Bayfield County had its first death related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic last week. The Bayfield County Health Department announced Friday it confirmed the death of a county resident due to COVID-19 Friday. The person was a 78-year-old who had been hospitalized for over three weeks and had not recently traveled in the community, according to the department. It said the person had no known contact with a known positive COVID-19 case or traveled out of the area recently. T...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, April 18 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, April 19 Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org....
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to ratify an earlier COVID-19 emergency proclamation that was issued by Mayor Paul Mullard. The resolution acknowledges the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted, or is anticipated to impact the city. The emergency conditions create a situation where the governing body is unable to "meet with promptness," after which Mullard declared that a state of emergency existed from March...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MADISON, Wis. — Iron County’s 12 cities and towns will be receiving over $380,000 in general transportation aid to help with road work, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced last week. The money — which is one of several payments the communities receive from the state each year — help communities fund the construction, maintenance, and operation of roads and streets under their jurisdiction. “The importance of a sound transportation system is especially evident as we face the chall...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — Former alderman Jay Aijala is Hurley’s new mayor, according to unofficial results of the April 7 election that were posted Monday evening by Iron County. With all precincts reporting, Aijala received 294 votes, which was enough to defeat the challenge for the two-year term from Thomas Conhartoski, who received 242 votes. Conhartoski, however, did win a seat on the city council. The votes were not counted until Monday as one of Wisconsin’s COVID-19 emergency order directives. The unoff...
