Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD, Mich. - Steven E. Boyd, 60, of Ironwood Township, left an unfillable place in our lives and hearts in the early morning hours of April 4, 2019. For six years he fought an aggressive cancer with a smile on his face. He shared his positive outlook freely with others. He is survived by his fiance Jacalyn and her son Hallby, children Chris (Rachel) and Brian, brother Bruce (Lorna), sister Barbara (Dave), father Don (Rose), four grandchildren, five nephews and one niece. Steve graduated...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Students across the Gogebic Range are practicing as they prepare for the upcoming spring concert season. The season kicked off Tuesday with Ironwood's fifth-grade band concert and Ewen-Trout Creek's POPS concert, featuring the district's junior-senior high school band and choir. Hurley Hurley's Silver Express group will have its first concert of the spring today at 7 p.m., putting on shows at the school through Friday before touring the...
Wednesday, April 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, April 23 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Smokey Bear Celebration, 10 a.m., Mercer Library. 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. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episc...
By STEVE NEWMAN [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Superior Health Foundation announced this past week a grant of $4,995 to the Gogebic Range Health Foundation. The Gogebic Range Health Foundation collaborated with Michigan’s Western Gateway Trail Authority to create Iron Belle Wheelers, which is a volunteer-run program that provides access to the Iron Belle Trail by offering bicycle rides to individuals who cannot ride a bicycle independently. GRHF added another $2,000 in funds, which wil...
Monday, April 22 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. 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 Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next...
HURLEY, Wis. - Frances B. (Elias) Holm, 83, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, with her family by her side at the Villa Marie Health & Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. She was born May 11, 1935, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Emery and Bernice Elias. Frances attended A.L. Norrie School and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School, class of 1953. On June 27, 1953, she was united in marriage to Richard D. Holm at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Ironwood,...
Saturday, April 20 Easter Egg Hunt, 10-11 a.m., Mercer Public School. 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, April 21 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., M...
Thursday, April 18 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EDT; White Pine Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:45 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST. 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....
Wednesday, April 17 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, Bruce Crossing Stannard Township ballpark, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 1:15-1:30 p.m.; Marenisco Town Hall, 3-3:20 p.m. Cuddlebugs Story Time, 9:30 a.m., Carnegie Library, Ironwood. 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...
Tuesday, April 16 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. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only,...
Monday, April 15 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, GOCAA, 100 S. Mill St., Bessemer, from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.; Wakefield VFW, 9-9:30 a.m.; Sunset Manor Apartments community room 9:40-9:55 a.m.; Riverview Apartments parking lot 10-10:15 a.m.; Hillcrest Apartments community room 10:30-10:45 a.m.; Fairview Apartments community room 10:50-11 a.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood....
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Anna M. Slade, 77, of Bessemer and Escanaba, passed away in Ironwood on April 12, 2019. Anna was born in Detroit to Elvie M. (Salo) Borns and Arnold Tapio. She grew up in Erwin Township and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, in 1959. In 1984, she married Wallace E. Slade, her devoted husband of 35 years. Wally was a 5th grade school teacher in Gladstone (Flat Rock), Mich. and their lives joined in Escanaba as Wally and Anna finished their careers. Anna's...
WAKEFIELD — After decades of work with snowmobile trails, the Gogebic Range Trail Authority is expanding its work to support ORV use in the region, according to club president Steve Hamilton. The GRTA recently became part of a Michigan Department of Natural Resources administered ORV Trail Sponsorship Program. This program establishes GRTA as the maintainers of a 12-mile ORV trail from M-64 in Marenisco west to Korpela Road in Wakefield Township, and provides access to ORV trail-permit improvement funds, according to Hamilton. The club p...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, April 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 Easter program, noon-1 p.m., Bessemer VFW Post 3673. 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, April 14 Alcoholics...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] BESSEMER - The Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency has made changes to its monthly delivery of groceries through its Commodity Supplemental Food Program. Linda Cossi, CSFP coordinator, said, more pick-up locations plus the convenience of a "drive-through" system will allow for more efficient food distribution. "Like in Ontonagon," she said, "We'll park our truck in the Catholic church parking lot. People will drive up - we'll put the box in...
Thursday, April 11 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or 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. Red Hats Northwoods Divas, noon, Burger Bar and Grill, Gile, Wis. RSVP: 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, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Pokemon Club, 4 p.m., Carnegie...
Wednesday, April 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. Red Cross Blood Drive, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Hurley Elementary School. 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...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — It’s a situation no one wants to be in, but Ironwood Township officials are preparing to move forward following township supervisor Steve Boyd’s death. Boyd died early Thursday morning following a battle with cancer. The township board has 45 days from last Friday to appoint a person to fill the vacant supervisor position, which township officials said translates to May 19. “They have to take the oath prior to that (date),” said treasurer Maria Graser. If the board doesn’t a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Given the proximity to the township’s existing system, the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees agreed to take over responsibility of a water line Tuesday. Located on Country Club Road, the line will be under the roadway to tie in the Gogebic County Country Club and Elk & Hound restaurant into the township’s system. The property is currently part of the city of Ironwood’s water system. Ironwood Utilities Manager Bob Tervonen said the property is at the end of the city’s...
Tuesday, April 9 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Tiny Tot story time, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Mercer Lioness Blood Drive, noon – 4 p.m., Mercer Community Center, 2648 W. Margaret Street, for appointment, call 7...
Monday, April 8 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Mercer Tai Chi, 9 a.m., Mercer Community Center. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival Board of Directors, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. a...
Saturday, April 6 Men’s Breakfast, 8 a.m., Havenwood Baptist Church, 501 Copper St., Hurley. 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, April 7 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pic...
Thursday, April 4 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Friends of the Library, 9:30 a.m., Carnegie Library, Ironwood. 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. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Free Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Methodist Church. Public is invited. ReGeneration Youth,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood Township man who used the postal service to receive drugs was sentenced to eight years in prison in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Scott David Salmi, 45, was sentenced to between eight and 30 years for delivery of methamphetamine and between three and 10 years for possession of meth. The two sentences will be served concurrently, as stipulated in Salmi’s plea agreement in the case. “We’re not just talking about small a...
