Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — The Mercer Town Board of Supervisors on Thursday addressed the issue of the growing number of vacation rental units without permits. There are at least three residential homes in the community are being used as tourist rooming houses, said John Sendra, town board chair during his report to the supervisors. The owners are advertising as vacation rentals through online rental agencies such as AirBnB and VRBO but as far as the city is aware, no one is paying lodging or other taxes a...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, MERCER, Wis. — If an Iron County grant application is approved the town of Mercer and city of Hurley may receive subsidized public transportation services sometime in 2020, according to officials. Bay Area Rural Transit (BART), based in Ashland, is a subsidized public transit system that operates at minimal cost to passengers. BART also provides accommodations for physical accessibility to the disabled. Cally Bucknell, director of the Iron County Department of Human Services, and Trista O...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. — Staff of the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the North (ADRC) looks to move into the former Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Hurley by the end of the month, according to a report at the Hurley Senior Center, Inc. Board of Directors meeting Thursday. The Hurley Senior Center staff has functioned as the county aging unit but is now a separate entity, said Trista Olson, director of the Senior Center. Senior Center staff are now contracted with the Iron County ADRC office in...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. - What started as a pre-Thanksgiving meal fun run among friends has grown into an annual community charitable event. The fifth Trot-4-Food is set for Thanksgiving, with same-day registration starting a half-hour before the 8 a.m. start on Thursday, Nov. 28, at the Iron County Health Department, 502 Copper Street, Hurley. Participants can choose between the 1.5-mile or 4-mile walk, run, trot and have the health department to warm up befo...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture for designating 43 counties — including seven Upper Peninsula counties — as primary natural disaster areas Tuesday. Along with these primary areas, Gogebic and Ontonagon counties were included as contiguous counties as they border primary counties. The designation makes assistance available to agriculture producers in those counties impacted by adverse weather conditions, a governor’s spokesperson said in a news release...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — Three youths face charges after stealing a pickup truck in Ashland and leading law enforcement on a high speed chase that ended in Marenisco on Saturday morning. A 14-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy, allegedly stole a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado from a private owner in the city of Ashland Wisconsin at about 7:40 a.m., according to a news release from Ashland Police Department on Tuesday. The vehicle was reportedly unlocked with the keys left inside at the time of t...
Wednesday, Nov. 20 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bruce Crossing Stannard Township ballpark, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10: 30 a.m.; Marenisco Town Hall, 9-9:15 a.m. Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Daily Globe 100th Birthday Open House, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Recovery Walk ‘n Talk, 10 a.m. to nooon, Iron Belle Trailhead, Hurley. Talk with a recovery coach. Call 715-660-0073. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran C...
Tuesday, Nov. 19 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 parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments west parking lot, 11:45-noon.; Mill Trace Apartments east parking lot, noon: 12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments community room, 12:35-12:45 p.m. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-5...
Monday, Nov. 18 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, GOCAA, 100 S. Mill St., Bessemer, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Wakefield VFW, 9-9:30 a.m.; Sunset Manor Apartments community room, 9:45-10 a.m.; Riverview Apartments parking lot, 10:15-10:30 a.m.; Hillcrest Apartments community room, noon-12:15 p.m.; Fairview Apartments community room, 12:30-12:45 p.m. 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....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved an option agreement Tuesday that gives Enbridge Inc. the ability to purchase an easement on Iron County land if the company moves forward with a plan to reroute its Line 5 pipeline. “It’s an agreement we would make with the county, where, if the day comes where we actually do build the pipeline, we would exercise that option and then we would negotiate an easement — a perpetual easement — with the county for that pipeline to exist on the Iron C...
Thursday, Nov. 14 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Red Hats Society Luncheon, order at noon, Maplewood Restaurant, Ironwood. Call Miriam at 906-667-0116. 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. Hurley Library Board,...
HURLEY, Wis. - Darlene Mae Kula, 86, of Hurley, passed away suddenly, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Darlene was born to Charles E. and Hilda A. (Maki) Lundquist on April 5, 1933, in Waukegan, Ill., where she was raised and attended school, graduating from Waukegan High School with the class of 1951. Darlene was so proud of her academic achievements in school. Throughout her early working years, Darlene was a dime store clerk, a telephone operator and then worked as a secretary for Abbott Labs in North...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Caleb Dominic Buck-Harris, 14, of Bessemer, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. He loved his family, dogs and chickens, and had many talents including music, sports and making people laugh. "His life was a song he played and we were just notes in it." Caleb is survived by his mom and best friend, Vanessa Rose Buck, loving father who raised him, Nathaniel Price, his dad, Brandon Harris, prize-winning gramma, Laurie Modeen; grandpa and grandma, Mike and Karen Buck; grandma...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — Work is expected to resume at Action Floor Systems today after the company halted production for a day following a fire Monday at its Mercer facility. Company president Tom Abendroth said the company made the decision as a precaution and much of the work should be able to proceed as normal. “We made choice not to run production today and just made sure we went through everything and everything was in good, working order,” Abendroth told the Daily Globe Tuesday. Iron County Dispa...
Wednesday, Nov. 13 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Recovery Walk ‘n Talk, 10 a.m. to nooon, Iron Belle Trailhead, Hurley. Talk with a recovery coach. Call 715-660-0073. 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., M...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Firefighters from several area departments responded to reports of a fire at Action Floors in Mercer Monday afternoon. Iron County Dispatch received the initial reports of the fire at approximately 2:36 p.m. at the facility just south of Mercer on U.S. 51. Among those responding to the scene were the Mercer, Sherman-Springstead and Oma volunteer fire departments, as well as the Mercer Area Ambulance. Reports on the scene indicate...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission held its first meeting since the Nov. 5 election, where all five members were re-elected. The meeting started with the commission accepting the city clerk’s report of the Gogebic County Board of Canvassers that certified the election results on Nov. 6. The candidates took the oath of office. Annette Burchell remains mayor as the candidate who received the most votes, with Kim Corcoran named mayor pro tem with the second high vote total. Joseph Cayer, Jim Mil...
Tuesday, Nov. 12 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Story Time, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Gogebic Medical Care Facility Family Night, 4:30 p.m., conference room, Wakefield. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m.,...
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin attorney general Josh Kaul announced Tuesday the state’s Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 26 resulted in collecting 60,472 pounds of medication. “This successful Drug Take Back collection reflects the commitment of people across the state to fighting substance abuse,” Kaul said in a news release. “Thanks to the many Wisconsinites who are helping to prevent unused and unwanted medications from being diverted.” The effort was the second largest collection in the nation, according to the release — with only Texas collecting mo...
Monday, Nov. 11 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival, 10 a.m., board meeting, Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Veteran’s Day Dinner, 5 p.m. Social Hour, 6 p.m. dinner, Free to all Veterans, Bessemer VFW Post 3673. Alcoholics Ano...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — The town of Mercer is no longer a defendant in a tribal lawsuit brought against the state of Wisconsin and several northern municipalities, according to a report from attorney Fritz Schellgell at the Mercer Board of Supervisors meeting on Thursday. According to the lawsuit filed in 2018 at the U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin including Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac Du Flambeau, Red Cliff and Bad River, are suing t...
MERCER, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said it will delay reassigning fisheries staff to Ashland by a year. The Wisconsin DNR said in October that programmatic changes would eventually transition permanent staff positions from field offices to service centers around the state. Two full-time fisheries biologists who currently work out of Mercer, agreed voluntarily to move to the Ashland service center early after learning the positions would be moved there after they retired or left. That timeline has been updated based o...
IRONWOOD - Ironwood sure has taken to heart the old mantra that regular-season records don't matter come tournament time. The 9-15 Red Devils have now won more district tournament games (two) than conference games (one) as they prepare to host a district final against Calumet tonight. Ironwood beat Iron Mountain 25-14, 18-25, 25-15, 25-16 in Wednesday night's MHSAA Division 3 District 65 semifinal. "It just goes to show a record doesn't tell you what kind of team you're coming up against," Iron...
Wednesday, Nov. 6 Survivors of Suicide, 3 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, 906-932-5718. Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Recovery Walk ‘n Talk, 10 a.m. to nooon, Iron Belle Trailhead, Hurley. Talk with a recovery coach. Call 715-660-0073. 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 H...
Tuesday, Nov. 5 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or 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. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Come Write Your Novel, 5:30 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration,...
