Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY - Persons of Polish ancestry had the opportunity to learn a little more about their origins by attending a Wednesday evening presentation at the Iron County Historical Museum. The session was specifically within the former courthouse of the building, which once was known as the Iron County Courthouse. Jay M. Orbik, an Illinois genealogist, was at the site to present information on Polish immigration to the Gogebic Range, specifically from Iron...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, July 29 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Iron C...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] The Wisconsin primary election will take place Aug. 9. By turning out to vote, Wisconsinites will be able to decide which candidates will appear on the general election ballot in November. On a local level, Iron County Sheriff Paul W. Samardich is running for re-election as Republican. There is no candidate for sheriff on the Democratic ballot. Conversely, Iron County’s Clerk of Court Karen M. Ransanici is running for re-election as a Democrat, and there are no candidates for the position on the R...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, July 28 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, 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...
WATERSMEET, Mich. - Arleen H. Schenk, 81, of Watersmeet, passed away Monday, July 25, 2022, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. She was born Aug. 5, 1940, at Lac Vieux Desert Indian Village, daughter of the late Joseph and Jessie (McGeshick) Pete. Arleen was a beautiful gem of a woman who could light up a room with her smile. She had an unlimited love for her friends, family and tribal community. Even after giving all of that love, she still had enough love for her Detroit...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, July 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. 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...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HANCOCK — Because of an increase in COVID-19 cases in the county, Gogebic County was reclassified as a “high” level of community spread in the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department’s weekly update on Saturday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all people take additional precautions at high community levels. These include wearing a well-fitting mask indoors in public, regardless of vaccination status. At medium and high community levels, the CDC recommends that im...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, July 26 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, 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. Breakfast...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] The Iron County Heritage Festival, a series of events that aim to tell the full story of the Wisconsin county from past to present, starts on Friday and will continue through Aug. 14. The first event is appropriately an open house at the Iron County Historical Museum on 303 Iron St. in Hurley from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday. According to travelwisconsin.com, the museum offers “three floors of intriguing, nostalgic and educational exhibits – including logging, mining, farming, weaving, clothing, hom...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] GURNEY, Wis. — Volunteers from the North Country Trail Association and other organizations continued expansion of the North Country National Scenic Trail in Iron County on July 16-17, according to NCT Heritage Chapter member Laura Bethany Thomas. Thomas said the work in the town of Gurney will continue on Aug. 13-14, on a section of trail from Wisconsin Highway 169 east for 5.5 miles to Wren Falls. Work will begin at a parking lot and kiosk on the trail along Highway 169. The trail heads west from t...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, July 23 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. Emberlight Festival Performance Infusion — Kivajat Finnish Dancers, 1 p.m., Miners Memorial Heritage Park, Ironwood. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Sunday, July 24 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., c...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee passed its last conditional use permit for a tourist rooming house at their meeting on Tuesday. Under the county’s new land use ordinance, property owners must now apply for a TRH administrative permit through the zoning department. The last CUP for a tourist rooming house went to a site on Lipp Lane in the town of Mercer. When he presented the amended ordinance to the county board in May, Assistant Zoning Administrator Ger...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Human Services board made several decisions involving vacant positions within the department at their meeting on Monday. The board approved a job description for a new lead social services worker position. Human Services Director Cally Bucknell said that one of the purposes of this position is to answer day-to-day questions that social workers would normally need to bring to their managers. Bucknell said that a child services worker, Mercedes Anderson, is interested in f...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, July 21 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:25-9:40 a.m. EDT; White Pine Township Hall, 10-10:15 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — Following Michael Harma’s announcement of his resignation as Gogebic-Iron County Airport manager effective Aug. 10 last week, the board reconvened for a special meeting on Tuesday. At this meeting, the board agreed to accept Harma’s resignation and appointed Todd Richter as interim manager. Board member Jim Lorenson proposed that Richter be named interim manager because he has worked for the airport the longest of all their employees. He also motioned that Richter and airport secre...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, July 20 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. 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 Chur...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HANCOCK — COVID-19 cases in the western U.P. increased by 47% in the past week, according to an update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department on Thursday. This update reported 170 new cases and one death, an increase from 90 new cases and one death on July 5. Eighty-three of these new cases were in Houghton County, 56 new cases were in Gogebic, 16 new cases were in Baraga, eight were in Ontonagon and seven were in Keweenaw. The one death occurred in Gogebic County. As of Thursday, the c...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, July 19 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. 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.; Northwoods Estates Apartments, Ironwood Township, parking lot, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments, Ironwood Township, community room, 12:30-12:45...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, July 16 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. FESTIVAL IRONWOOD Highlights Wake, Run and Roll, registration 7 a.m., race 8:30; Car show registration, 8-10 a.m.; Honor guard ceremony, 8:15 a.m.; Volleyball t...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners approved a list of wage increases for elected and appointed non-union employees at its meeting Wednesday evening. Most of the increases are effective with the new fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. Some of the increases included another increase on Oct. 1, 2023. The increases were recommended by the Personnel Committee just prior to the board meeting. County administrator Juliane Giackino told the Daily Globe with this set of increases done, as w...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Despite expressing regret at the current sting of inflation, members of the Bessemer City Council voted on Monday evening to deny a request from a contractor providing lawn services at Hillcrest Cemetery. Joe Saari of Saari’s Lawn Service had requested an additional payment of $300 per cutting beyond the agreement in his current contract. “A contract is a contract,” said Mayor Adam Zak. “I agree,” said Councilman Charlie Tirpik. “We don’t want to set a precedent with all the contractors we...
IRON RIVER, Mich. - Mark A. Martini, 75, of Iron River, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at his home surrounded by his family. Mark was born on May 11, 1947, in Marquette. He was the son of the late Arthur and Ann (nee Fochesato) Martini. Mark married Barbara (nee Ippolite) on March 16, 1968, in Marquette. Mark taught high school English at West Iron County Schools for 30 years and remained an educator and coach at heart; he spent his last few years after retirement as a substitute...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — Monday’s meeting of the Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board ended with a jolt when Michael Harma, airport manager, suddenly announced his resignation at the end of the session. “Today is my last meeting,” said Harma after the board completed discussing all other matters. “Aug. 10 is my last day.” He added, calmly, “At this point, I think it’s a hindrance that I’m here. I’ve had enough, and that’s all I have.” Board members did not respond to the announcement except for James Lorenson requesti...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, July 13 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. 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...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, July 12 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, 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. Friends...
