Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WATERSMEET - A Wednesday evening town meeting on Gogebic County's proposed ambulance millage drew several dozen people to the Watersmeet Community Center. The nearly two-hour session was led by Jim Lorenson and Jim Loeper, members of the Gogebic County ambulance committee. The Nov. 6 election ballot will ask county residents to vote yes or no on raising taxes for three years on all Gogebic property by no more than one mill, or $1 of state taxable...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] The federal Essential Air Service program that subsidizes passenger service at the Gogebic-Iron Airport in Ironwood Township has been extended for five years. The government program currently pays a subsidy for Air Choice One to operate out of Ironwood. Air Choice One, which has been offering passenger flights at the airport for four years, is currently under a three-year EAS agreement. Commercial air providers are selected for EAS through bidding processes and passenger boardings have increased here...
Thursday, Oct. 25 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, 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. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org....
BESSEMER, Mich. - Robert L. "Farmer" Gierl, 87, of Bessemer, passed away peacefully, with his loving family by his side, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Bob was born on Nov. 13, 1930, in Colby, Wis., son of the late Nicholas and Laurina Gierl. He graduated from Colby High School in 1948. On Sept. 10, 1953, Bob was united in marriage to the love of his life, Arlene Mills. They enjoyed 65 wonderful years together, Arlene survives. Bob was a butter maker by trade, and was employed by Frome Dairy in...
CRYSTAL FALLS, Mich. - Gary Allen-Mitchell Cronkright, 80, of Trout Creek, passed away on Oct. 21, 2018, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls. He was born May 27, 1938, in Trout Creek, to the late Adelbert and Clistia Cronkright. He worked at the White Pine Copper Mine, as well as working as a carpentry contractor. In 2010, he retired from the LVD Casino in Watersmeet. Mick was a member of Calvary Temple Assembly of God church in Trout Creek. He is survived by his longtime...
Wednesday, Oct. 24 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. IMPACT...
Tuesday, Oct. 23 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Iron County Health Department walk in flu clinic, 4-6 p.m., Hurley. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mer...
Monday, Oct. 22 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Tai Chi for Health and Balance, 9 a.m., Mercer Community Center. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. After School Halloween Crafts, 3:30 p.m., Mercer Public Library. Beginner Finnish language class, 3:30 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Advanced Finnish language class, 4:30 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our...
Saturday, Oct. 20 Union Station Food Pantry/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. 21 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., Wesley United M...
Thursday, Oct. 18 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon County Remonumentation Peer Review, 9 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, 9:45-10 a.m. EST, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, Bergland; 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST, Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, White Pine; 11-11:45 a.m. EST, Holy Family Catholic Church parking lot, Ontonagon; 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST, Resource Center, Mass City; 2:15-2:45 p.m....
Wednesday, Oct. 17 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mercer Annual Health Fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Mercer Community Center. “Foxconn in Wisconsin: What Does it Mean for My Community?” 10 a.m., meeting room, Iron County Courthouse. 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 Center. Iron County Veterans Service Office...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — A hearing on a motion to dismiss theft and credit card charges against former Hurley Fire Department Chief Darrell Petrusha was continued Monday afternoon in Iron County Court. Iron County Judge Patrick Madden continued the hearing to Thursday, Oct. 25, at 11 a.m. Petrusha’s attorney, Steve Lucareli, argued the charges against Petrusha regarding the alleged mis-use of a fire department credit card should be dismissed. Lucareli claimed one of the charges, as amended, isn’t supported by state...
Tuesday, Oct. 16 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, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. 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, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining,...
Monday, Oct. 15 Gogebic County Health and Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Tai Chi for Health and Balance, 9 a.m., Mercer Community Center. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m., 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran...
Editor’s note: This is the second story in a three-part series on the Nov. 6 ambulance millage vote for Gogebic County. By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] While Beacon Ambulance presently provides ambulance service to much of Gogebic County, the eastern end, in the Watersmeet area, is served by Aspirus out of Iron River, at an annual cost of $43,000 a year. Residents of that area are out of the “golden hour” that can determine life and death in a 911 emergency response call, said Jim Lorenson, chair of the Aspirus Ironwood Hospi...
Saturday, Oct. 13 Union Station Food Pantry/Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Story Time, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Stories, activities and a craft. 906-229-5236. 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. 14 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and W...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College student Savannah Westie, of Mass City, knows about hard work, having hauled hay at a friend's farm near her home for several years. Like with any job, the correct tools are needed, but she said she has never found the right gloves for the job. Enter Invent@NMU, an idea and business incubator based at Northern Michigan University. The Invent@NMU staff were at GCC Thursday afternoon pitching a new product of their...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Record rainfall for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Wednesday has sent Ironwood's 2018 precipitation total to nearly 11 inches above average. A total of 2.33 inches fell at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant off Cloverland Drive, setting an Oct. 10 record covering the past 117 years. At 2:20 a.m. Wednesday, wastewater that had not received full treatment was being released into the Montreal River to prevent sewage backups into homes. A...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — It appears Gogebic County will receive a $650,000 fire and rescue vehicle for the Gogebic-Iron Airport at a cost of $8,125. The county board of supervisors on Wednesday approved a resolution authorizing a funding application for the vehicle. Airport manager Mike Harma noted a federal grant will cover most of the costs of the 1,500-gallon fire truck. Iron and Gogebic counties will split the local $16,250 match. County board member Joe Bonovetz, of Bessemer, said an emergency exercise in t...
BESSEMER — Gogebic County Emergency Government Coordinator Jim Loeper told the county board of supervisors Wednesday there were high water issues throughout the county, including possible flooding of the Presque Isle River in the Marenisco area. While Loeper said the greatest threat of flooding may have passed, as people left the 5 p.m. county board meeting it was pouring heavily outside the courthouse in Bessemer, where side streets that are under construction had flooded. Loeper said countywide rainfall from the past few days totaled 4 i...
Thursday, Oct. 11 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, 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. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, noon, luncheon, Rigoni’s Inn on Ayer Street in Ironwood. RSVP 906-667-0116. Invent@NMU Kiosk, noon-2 p.m., Student Center, Gogebic Community College. Grief Support G...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Additional charges have been filed against one of the men accused of participating in the murder a Lac du Flambeau man in Mercer on Dec. 22. Assistant Attorney General Richard Dufour, lead special prosecutor, filed an additional 14 counts against Evan T. Oungst, 28, in Iron County Circuit Court Friday. Oungst is already charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse in connection to the shooting death of Wayne M. Valliere Jr. On Friday, Oungst w...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Additional threat counts have been filed against an 81-year-old Kimball, Wis., man who has been bound over for trial on a charge of making a terroristic threat at the Marshfield Clinic in Mercer on Aug. 2. On Tuesday, Robert “Barrel Bob” Gollubske was also charged with threatening to blow up both the Iron County Courthouse in Hurley in 2013 and the Northwoods Paving (Mathy Construction) asphalt plant in Kimball in 2016. The courthouse threat count was refiled after having been previ...
Wednesday, Oct. 10 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, Oct. 9 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, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Tiny Tot Story Hour, “Things that Go”, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Tai Chi, 3 p.m., Bessemer city auditorium, 906-663-4045. Bessemer American Leg...
