Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Nov. 20 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. 21 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Nov. 18 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EDT; White Pine Township Hall, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EDT;...
MONTREAL, Wis. - Mayor Kelly Traczyk said that the city of Montreal applied for the Neighborhood Investment Fund Grant to receive funding for a proposed park at the Montreal common council meeting on Nov. 9. Traczyk said it will be named Riverside Park, which is also the name of the community center on a 1938 map of the city. The proposed park will be located on 22 acres of city property and will have a "mindfulness meditation walk," a dog park and community gardens. An old baseball field will...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Nov. 17 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. 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. 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,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Nov. 16 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, 10:30-11:15 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, Patterson Courts, Ironwood....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Nov. 13 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. 14 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors adopted the 2022 budget on Tuesday. The $16,324,722 budget was presented by Iron County Clerk Michael Saari during a public hearing prior to the regular board meeting. The initial budget presented totaled $16,089,722 in expenses, with $10,661,432 in revenues and an allowable levy of $5,428,290 to make up the difference. The budget was adjusted prior to the meeting to reflect expenditures including $220,000 for construction of a 160-foot communication t...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — With air terminal modification bids due in a week the work to renovate the Gogebic-Iron County Airport to better handle an increase in passengers will be underway before the year is out. The renovations will expand the current holding area seating from 27 to 46, according to airport manager Michael Harma at the airport board meeting on Monday. The seating is required as Denver Air Connection flights are now boarding in excess of 30 passengers on Chicago flights and nearly as m...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Nov. 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. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Participants with a volunteer fair on Saturday said the event offered a one-stop snapshot of all types of opportunities to become involved in the community. The event succeeded in showing people there are many worthwhile and enjoyable things to do in the area, said Steve Lundey, board vice president of Theatre North. "They see with everything here how much this area has to offer, period," Lundey said. "Whether entertainment or other...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Nov. 9 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Nov. 6 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. 7 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Nov. 4 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. 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,...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Development Zone Council on Oct. 27 acted to prioritize the ongoing efforts to bring broadband wireless across the entire county as an essential goal. The action followed discussion of the Iron County Board of Supervisors’ recent rejection of a multi-county bond agreement for Bugtussle Wireless to install 108 miles of a fiberoptic cable corridor. The line would have provided gigabyte or faster downloads directly from Bugtussle or through leaser companies that would bra...
WAUSAU, Wis. - John P. Patritto, 89, of Medford, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, at Aspirus Hospital in Wausau, with his wife by his side. He was born on Aug. 29, 1932, in Ironwood, Michigan, to the late Felix and Erma (Cornolo) Patritto of Hurley. He was a 1950 graduate of the Lincoln High School in Hurley. John was very proud of his Italian heritage. A funeral mass for John will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, with Fr. Patrick McConnell...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Nov. 3 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, 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, Ironwood. 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, Nov. 2 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HOUGHTON — The COVID-19 case rate for Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties has increased by more than 25% since Oct. 20, according to an update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department on Thursday. “The case rate in the Western U.P. jumped from 350.2 cases per 100,000 population to 439.2. That included increases in all five counties. Houghton, Keweenaw and Baraga counties are all over 500,” the update says. The COVID-19 positivity rate and case count in Houghton Count...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Oct. 30 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. 31 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] MARENISCO - The Michigan state Christmas tree, a 63-foot blue-spruce, was harvested on Wednesday morning from a property on the outskirts of Marenisco, following a brief ceremony. "It's all about bringing people together that makes this so special," said Jeff Canfield of the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget which orchestrates the tree selection process. "It's just a great time to celebrate." The ceremony began with the...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors on Monday rejected a resolution to join a multi-county bond issuance to support financing for a company to install broadband infrastructure in rural areas. The board voted 13 against the final resolution for an unconditional county guarantee of a pro rata share in a multi-county agreement for $8 million in taxable revenue bond financing for the Bugtussle 1 LLC project to install communication towers and fiber optic lines for rural broadband. Board membe...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Oct. 27 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. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Oct. 26 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. 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, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Members of the Gogebic County Ambulance Committee outlined the purpose and need for renewing a two-year emergency medical service millage this week at events in Watersmeet and Ironwood. Gogebic County Board Chair James Lorenson, who also chairs the county ambulance committee, said that county officials cannot encourage people to vote yes or no for any ballot item. The EMS millage presentations were to educate voters on the purpose and need to support rural EMS. “The ambulance services cu...
