Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By STEVE NEWMAN [email protected] IRONWOOD — Bob Jacquart couldn’t hold back his excitement for the $10 million in funding to help renovate Copper Peak that was included in the state’s budget bill passed early Friday morning. “We’re happy with what the state did, it’s pretty special,” he said. The state budget includes grants for a variety of Upper Peninsula projects, including grants for $1 million for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to create 10 jobs in Gogebic County, $1.5 million for Waupaca Foundry to open a plant in Iro...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 22 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, Dec. 23 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...
Thursday, Dec. 20 Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., 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. Mended Hearts and Diabetes Support Group, 2 p.m., Aspirus Grand View Hospital conference area, Ironwood. 906-932-2443. Bessemer Area Historical Society, 2 p.m., 403 Sophie St., Bessemer. Regional Hospice Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., Comfort In...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Waupaca Foundry, Inc., a manufacturer of high-quality cast and machined iron components for the transportation and industrial markets, plans to expand into Ironwood. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation said Tuesday the project is expected to generate total private investment of $4.3 million and create 61 jobs. Michigan was chosen over competing sites in Arkansas and Wisconsin, MEDC said. Ironwood Community Development Director Tom...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County is considering implementing a temporary moratorium on importation and raising of cervids in the county, with the Iron County Comprehensive Planning and Zoning Committee deciding Tuesday to schedule a public hearing on the issue. The temporary ban would allow the county to consider how it wants to handle any potential deer farms that may consider locating in the county. “Just to remind you, this doesn’t mean no deer farms ever. This is a one-year block on deer farms for us to...
Wednesday, Dec. 19 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. UPHP Blood Drive, 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m., Wakefield Municipal Bldg. 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. American Legion Post 58, 2 p.m., Iron County Memorial Building, Hurley. Mercer Health and Wellness...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - Dean Juntunen, president of the Ontonagon Area Board of Education, said goodbye to the board Monday after 22 ½ years, most of them as president. Juntunen did not seek re-election this fall. Juntunen commented that when he came on the board over 20 years ago it was all male members. "As I leave the board will be all women," he added. He continued, "We have a very good board and I am proud to serve with them." Juntunen will have plenty to do...
Tuesday, Dec. 18 Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., Ironwood Memorial Building. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,...
Monday, Dec. 17 Gogebic County Health and Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Iron County Mobile Food Pantry, noon, Iron County Recycling/Iron County Forestry Parking Lot, 606-607 3rd Avenue North, Hurley. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — It’s possible cellphone coverage in Iron County will improve after the Iron County Board of Supervisors’ finance committee approved an agreement with U.S. Cellular Thursday to allow the company to lease tower space from the county. The company will pay Iron County $1,300 a month to lease space on two of the county’s towers, one located in the Mercer area and the other in Upson. “I think it’s real fair,” said Darrell Petrusha, who has been working for the county on various communication...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Ironwood and Gogebic County projects were approved for Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grant awards by the state legislature. The Miners Memorial Heritage Park mountain bike trail system project was approved for a $280,000 grant and the Iron Belle Bessemer to Ramsay trail project will receive $299,900. In February, the Gogebic County Board passed a resolution supporting an application to the trust fund for development of three miles of the Iron Belle. The total project cost is $1,428,000. Board...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The present ambulance service for Gogebic County will continue into 2019, with Beacon Ambulance covering the west end of the county and Aspirus covering the east end. The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday approved a $370,000 subsidy for Beacon to provide the service. Aspirus has a current contract that runs through March and will likely be renewed then by the board for the eastern end with a $57,000 subsidy. Jim Lorenson, of Ironwood, who chairs a special ambulance c...
Thursday, Dec. 13 Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., 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. WordPress 101 class, 11 a.m., Mercer Public Library. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, 11:30 a.m., Sharon’s Coffee House, Hurley. Reservations or cancellations to 906-932-4953. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1...
Wednesday, Dec. 12 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., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center....
Tuesday, Dec. 11 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. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., Ironwood Memorial Building. Cookie Exchange, 11 a.m., Mercer Public Library. 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, Bessemer. Bessemer American Legion Auxiliary, 5:00 p.m. Ironwood American Legion...
Monday, Dec. 10 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 Inc. board, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. “Pepsi Cares” donation drive for DOVE and HOPE, 3:30-6 p.m., 5th and Silver Street, Hurley. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] While Iron County opened its snowmobile trails this week, other Wisconsin counties will wait until Dec. 15 to do so. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials said lack of snow and trail easements beginning on Dec. 15 are factors in the counties’ plans. While Iron County has received nearly 50 inches of snow and there’s about a foot on the ground, snowmobilers weren’t exactly flocking to Hurley yet on Friday, as the trail news hadn’t spread downstate. About 80 miles of trails were opened init...
Saturday, Dec. 8 “Christmas for Kids” donations, 8 a.m.-noon, Iron County fire stations. Gingerbread House building, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Public Library. Union Station Food Pantry and 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. Erwin Commmunity Club Christmas party, 1 p.m., Erwin Town Hall, VanBuskirk Road. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Mercer Community Christmas Party, 4 p.m., Mercer Community Center....
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - A Superior, Wis., man who is charged in a fatal March 27 traffic accident in Saxon was bound over for trial Thursday. Jesse Troy Gasper, 34, faces five charges in the early morning logging truck-car accident on U.S. 2 that claimed the life of former Ironwood resident Amanda Schiiller, 31. She was a passenger in the car driven by Gasper, who was injured in the crash near the Saxon cemetery. The accident closed the highway for nearly eight...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation issued more than $6 million in funds to enhance and support transportation resources for seniors and individuals with disabilities, according to a news release Monday. Sixty agencies will receive funds, including Iron County and the Highline Corporation. Iron County will receive $31,200 toward the purchase of a minivan, while Highline will receive $53,600 to replace one of its buses. Both vehicles will be used for similar purposes to h...
Friday, Dec. 7 Red Cross Blood Drive, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., A.D. Johnston High School, Bessemer. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady...
HURLEY — Iron County snowmoible trails opened Wednesday, according to the Hurley Chamer of Commerce. The White Thunder Riders had three groomers out in the morning and reported that 80 miles of trail in northern Iron County were groomed. Today, the following trails will be open: —All of 17. —8, from County G to the intersection with West Brancj Riad. —8B, 13C, 15A, 11A, 6 and 2. —All of 77. —2, from Boomer Creek Road to Harbor Drive. —2A to the condos. —15, from Hogsback to Island Lake Road. —13, from Montreal to Island Lake Road. The followi...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - While the members of Gogebic Community College's TRIO program have undoubtedly heard they shouldn't drink and drive before, Michigan state police troopers explained why during a "Eat, don't drink and be merry" lunch and learn program Wednesday. Along with the potential risk to themselves and others, the troopers said drunk driving can also be an expensive mistake. "They say on average your first drunk driving, will cost you about $10,000...
