Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the Ironwood Area Historical Society. To celebrate, and as a dual purpose to also raise funds for the depot building's roof repair, the society has rolled out brand new calendars featuring historic photographs and dates of interest. The Historical Society has been raising funds for a new roof for about two years. The estimated cost is between $50,000 and $60,000, according to Gary Harrington, the Soc...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — As city committees and staff continue to review information from a recent “First Impressions” report, officials said it’s possible that Ironwood may be part of a first-ever winter visitor study. The First Impressions study is conducted by Michigan State University’s Extension Community, Food and Environment Institute, and looks at community food systems, entrepreneurship, finance and homeownership, government and public policy, land use, leadership, natural resource management and touri...
Monday, Nov. 4 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. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. 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. MECCA Ski Club, 6 p.m., MECCA cabin near the treatment facility, Mercer, Wis. Gogebic County Fair Board, 6 p.m., Fairgrounds, Ironwood....
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — A groundwater study of 11 Northwest Wisconsin counties looked at naturally-occurring minerals and raises awareness on the importance of testing unregulated wells. “It’s important to focus on northwest Wisconsin because there has not been a lot of focus here,” said Kelsey Prihoda, researcher and Great Waters Research Collaborative program manager for the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulat...
Saturday, Nov. 2 Absentee Voting, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Office of City Clerk, 213 S. Marquette Street, Ironwood. 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, Nov. 3 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironw...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Curtis A. Wolfe, 28, of Lac du Flambeau, appeared in Iron County Court Thursday and pleaded to his role in the 2017 murder of a Lac du Flambeau man. Wolfe entered no-contest pleas to being a party to the crime of second degree reckless homicide by omission, being a party to the crime of hiding a corpse, being a felon in possession of a weapon, and being the party to a crime of harboring or aiding a felon. "I have reviewed the criminal...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Hurley man was sentenced to more than three years in prison in Iron County Court Tuesday. Andrew R. Zaleski, 39, was sentenced to a total of 3.5 years in prison for three felonies he pleaded no contest to in August. He was sentenced to two years in prison and two years of extended supervision for felony bail jumping, two years in prison and two years of extended supervision for false imprisonment and 18 months in prison and two years of extended supervision for stalking. Judge Gary Carls...
Wednesday, Oct. 30 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Recovery Walk ‘n Talk, 10 a.m. to noon, 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 Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., M...
Tuesday, Oct. 29 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. 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. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area7...
Monday, Oct. 28 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. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Bessemer Township Board, 5 p.m., Township Hall, Ramsay. Mercer School Board,...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] HURLEY - After a review of what was learned in the first class, students in David Vuorenmaa's hunter's safety course were ready for a "hands on" session Thursday. Vuorenmaa teaches for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in Iron County. Throughout the night not only was safety the main priority, but responsibility, knowledge and involvement were highly emphasized as well. Students learned how to pick up a rifle, how to load it with the correct...
Thursday, Oct. 24 Downtown Ironwood Development Authority, 8 a.m., Women’s Club Room. 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Free Community Dinner, Wakefield Methodist Church, 5 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First P...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Just as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced plans to replace the Iron County Forestry office in Mercer, area residents are also upset about fisheries staff being reassigned to Ashland. Two full-time fisheries biologists currently working out of Mercer will be based out of the Ashland service center within the next few months, said Mike Vogelsang, the fishery supervisor for northern Wisconsin. The DNR is undergoing...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County is in the process of launching a new program designed to highlight the need for broadband internet access. The Iron County 4-H Tech Changemakers, part of a larger partnership between 4-H and Microsoft, is designed to use students as “digital ambassadors” to teach seniors in the community about technology. “The idea was to get high school students involved in the education of their community about the need for broadband access,” said Neil Klemme, the University of Wisconsin...
Wednesday, Oct. 23 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. Recovery Walk N Talk, 10 a.m. - noon, Iron Belle trail head. 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 Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer...
Tuesday, Oct. 22 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. 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. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area7...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SEATTLE — One of the largest private owners of timberlands in the world has announced the sale of over half a million acres in the state of Michigan, including land in Ontonagon County. Weyerhaeuser Company announced last month that it was selling its 555,000 acres in Michigan to Lyme Great Lakes Holding — an affiliate of The Lyme Timber Company — for $300 million cash. Lyme Timber Company Managing Director and CEO Jim Hourdequin said the sale includes 41,151 acres in Ontonagon County and 58,93...
Monday, Oct. 21 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. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Bessemer Housing Commission, 8:30 a.m., executive director’s office, 709 W. I...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The community group Northern Iron County Engaged Residents, or NICER, is seeking volunteers to help with its inaugural Spooky Halloween Trail Walk. The walk is planned from 4-6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Hurley K-12 School's adventure trails, followed by food and beverages in the school commons area. Although the walk is suggested for kids grades five and under, organizers said it is open to anyone in the community. "The Spooky Hallowee...
Saturday, Oct. 19 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. 20 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., W...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] MERCER - It was a fun and educational day for those who attended the annual Mercer Health Fair Wednesday. Everything from chemical free cosmetics to health screenings to fire prevention and more was represented. The event was sponsored by the Mercer Food Pantry, the Mercer Lions and Lionesses and the Iron County Health Department. "It went well, we had a few new vendors, the spud-mobile and the (MedEvac) helicoptor," said organizer Louise Minisan. "We...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — After 20 years of teaching an Iron County hunter safety course for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, instructor David Vuorenmaa said the lack of hunting accidents in the area shows that the mandated class has helped hunters with prevention. “We’ve had a very successful rate, and have never had any serious injuries,” Vuorenmaa said of the spring and fall classes. “We’ve taught hundreds of kids so far.” The DNR requires all individuals born after Jan. 1, 1988 to successfully...
Thursday, Oct. 17 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EDT; White Pine Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:45 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 1:15-1:45 p.m. EDT. 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....
Wednesday, Oct. 16 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Marenisco Town Hall, 9-9:15 a.m. ; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10:30 a.m.; Bruce Crossing Stannard Township ballpark, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. 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. Kimball Homemakers, 1 p.m., Community...
