Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Today is Election Day in Wisconsin and Iron County residents will elect members to the Iron County Board of Supervisors, as well as the Hurley City Council, Montreal City Council, Mercer Town Board, and Hurley and Mercer school boards. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The only contests for the Iron County Board Supervisors are in Districts 6 and 12. In District 12, incumbent Opal Roberts is challenged by Hank Joustra, both of Mercer. No one filed paperwork for the District 6 position before the deadline in January, so that seat will go to...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, April 5 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325....
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HOUGHTON — Low COVID-19 community levels continued in Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties, according to an update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department on Thursday. In all, just 44 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the five counties in the seven days since March 23, including four in Baraga County, five in Gogebic, 28 in Houghton, four in Keweenaw and three in Ontonagon. There were, however, two deaths – one in Gogebic and one in Houghton. The county with the hig...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, April 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. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Sunday, April 3 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY - The Iron County Board of Supervisors considered the purchase of two floor scrubbers for the forestry and parks department/highway commission building and the Iron County Courthouse and a remodel and upgrade of the courtroom on the second floor of the courthouse at their regular meeting on Tuesday. At the Iron County Finance Committee meeting on March 10, Board of Supervisors Chair Joseph Pinardi said that building custodian, Melinda Nasi,...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Earl Charles Gumm, age 88, of Ironwood, formerly of Bessemer, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Friday, March 25, 2022, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. He was born June 14, 1933, in Crandon, Wisconsin, son of the late Carrie and Curtis Gumm. Earl grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan until he went to war in Korea in 1953, where he was a corporal in the U.S. Army. He was working in Milwaukee when he...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 30 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. 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...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, March 29 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, March 26 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. Sunday, March 27 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Cent...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Sheriff Ross Solberg introduced a new road officer, Deputy Ryan Zawodny, to the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting on Wednesday. Zawodny said he was originally from the Lower Peninsula and previously worked at the Ironwood Public Safety Department before starting to work at the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office on March 13. “I’m not a native Yooper but hope to stay here for a long time. I went to Northern Michigan University, originally for biology...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] With the bipartisan infrastructure law delivering $65 billion to improve broadband access, Iron County, Wisconsin is in a prime position to capture funds to upgrade to high-speed internet, according to Iron County Development Zone Coordinator Kelly Klein. But to qualify for additional state and federal grants for underserved areas, the county needs data to show that homes and businesses have little broadband access or internet speeds that fall below federal standards, said Klein. To that end, the...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 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. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Marenisco Town Hall, 9:15-9:30 a.m; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10:30 a.m.; Bruce Crossing, Stannard Township ballpark, 12:30-1 p.m. EDT. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and fina...
In the aftermath of warm weather and temperatures above 50 degrees this past weekend, the Iron County Snowmobile and ATV/UTV Trails were closed for the winter season at 8 a.m. on Monday. The Iron County Forestry and Parks Department can legally keep the trails open until March 31, but they closed the trails 10 days early this year because of the warm weather and rain, Office Manager and Trail Coordinator Tara Krall said to the Daily Globe on Monday. When the rest of the snow melts and the ice...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, March 22 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, Ironwood, parking lot, 10:30-11 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments, Ironwood Township, parking lot, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments, Ironwood Township, community room, 12:30-12:45 p.m. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood....
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HANCOCK — The cumulative COVID-19 case rate for Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties has dropped for the fourth week in a row, according to an update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department on Friday. The COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 population is 276.2 in Baraga County, 208.5 in Gogebic, 150 in Houghton, 182 in Keweenaw and 206.4 in Ontonagon, for a total of 185.2 cases per 100,000 population in the western U.P. As of last week, the cumulative case rate for the f...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, March 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. Sunday, March 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., United Methodist Church, Wakefield, 706 P...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 17 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — At its Feb. 15 meeting, the Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee considered a request to change the definition of a lot in the Iron County shoreland ordinance. Iron County Board Chairman Joseph Pinardi asked Land and Zoning Administrator Erika Roeder to compare their definition with that of other counties in the state. Roeder shared her findings with the committee at their meeting on Tuesday. The request came from Wayne Riebe, owner of the Gateway Lodge and Resort i...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 17 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 16 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. 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,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, March 15 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. 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 Servi...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HANCOCK — When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated their way of monitoring COVID-19 community levels on Feb. 25 to be determined by the number of new COVID-19 admissions and staffed inpatient beds, the five counties in the western Upper Peninsula went from a high risk of transmission to low community levels. Because of these changes, the western U.P. was suddenly considered low risk for COVID-19 by the CDC for the first time in months. This may have been short lived, however, as a...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Sixteen teams from 11 regional school districts participated in the annual Spring High School Quiz Bowl at Gogebic Community College on Thursday. Hurley, Ironwood, Bessemer, and Wakefield-Marenisco each sent two teams to the tournament. Calumet, Chassell, Hancock, Houghton, West Iron County and Phillips, Wisconsin, were also represented. The teams faced off against each other through the morning on all sorts of questions. Subjects included...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, March 12 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. Sunday, March 13 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Ambulance Committee and Board of Commissioners met at the courthouse on Wednesday. Jim Lorenson, chair of the ambulance committee, reported that the contracts with the Beacon and Aspirus MedEvac services have been signed by all parties and are in place. He reminded the committee that the Aspirus MedEvac contract includes a payment to license staff and rigs at the Eagle River hospital, so Watersmeet Township will be served from the south and east. Lorenson said that an a...
