Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Thursday, April 23 Pre-school story time, 10:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. 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. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. Chess Club, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Wakefield Methodist Church Community Dinner, 5 to 6:30 p.m., free....
Wednesday, April 22 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. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. American Red Cross blood drive, noon-6 p.m., Memorial Building, Ironwood. For appointment, call 906-932-5478. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Authority and...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Neil R. Rappley, 76, of Ironwood Township, passed away Monday, April 20, 2015, at Westgate nursing facility. Neil was born Aug. 4, 1938, in Ironwood Township to the late Samual and Taimi (Korhonen) Rappley. He attended Roosevelt school and Luther L. Wright high school. He worked many years in logging with his father before moving to Kenosha Wis., working at American Motors and Chrysler. Retiring in 1989, he moved back to Ironwood. Neil, known as "Sonny," enjoyed hunting, fishin...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Monday, April 20 Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Health and Welfare Comittee, 9 a.m., Gogebic Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Pre-school story time, 1:45 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Iron County Historical Society, 2...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - John H. Suutala, 85, of Ironwood Township, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at home on Friday, March 13, 2015, after a lengthy illness of COPD and chronic pneumonia. John was born Nov. 4, 1929, in Ironwood, to the late Johannes and Lydia (Teerimaki) Suutala. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force, in which three of these he was stationed near Leicester, England, where he met his beautiful bride of 61 years, Grace "Toni" Cheney. On returning home to Ironwood...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Following a short public hearing, the Ironwood Township Planning Commission re-approved permits for eight of the township's gravel pits Thursday, while tabling another three permits after unforeseen issues arose with the applications. The commission decided to wait until its next meeting on April 30 to deal with the permits for the remaining three operating gravel pits in the township after the owner of one had a question and the other two had neighbors come forward with...
Thursday, April 16 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, children, 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. EST, Stannard Township Ballpark, Bruce Crossing; 2:30-2:45 p.m., Watersmeet Town Hall parking lot, Watersmeet. 906-884-2106. Gogebic County Veterans Service...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Ironwood started off the soccer season with a 2-1 loss to perennial Northern Lights Conference power Three Lakes Tuesday. Ironwood coach Don Cvengros thought his Red Devils were in trouble going into the game. With spring break, they haven't practiced at all yet. Thirteen of the 18 girls were available to play Tuesday and a half dozen are new to the game. The ball was in the Bluejays' end much of the warm and sunny evening, but Ironwood played solid defense and made it a game. "They controlled the action; our defense p...
Wednesday, April 15 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Bessemer Chamber of Commercer, noon, City Hall auditorium. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Kenneth A. Pakonen, 83, of Ironwood and formerly White Pine, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, April 12, 2015, in Ironwood. Kenneth was born April 30, 1931, in Phelps, Wis., son of the late Toivo and Alma (Haaro) Pakonen. He attended the Roosevelt Grade School in Ironwood Township and graduated from the Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood with the class of 1949. He was a member of the ROTC and served in the National Guard until his Honorable Discharge on Jan. 26, 1962....
Monday, April 13 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Aurora Club, 6 p.m. monthly membership, Aurora Club, Ironwood. Festival Ironwood committee and vendors, 7 p.m., American Legion, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon Village Housing,...
BESSEMER — A bid for a new roof on the annex to the courthouse was approved by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday. An $88,682 bid from Quality Roofing, of Marshfield, Wis., was approved, as recommended by the county board’s economic development and capital improvements committee. Tom Laabs, of Ironwood, chair of the committee, said there will be a 20-year warranty on the rubber roof. He said the old roofing material will be removed. The Gogebic County Road Commission will pay one-third of the roof replacement costs. Fun...
Thursday, April 9 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. Luther L. Wright and St. Ambrose Classes of 1965 reunion planning, noon, Elk and Hound, Ironwood, 906-932-0240. Red Hatters, noon, Rigoni’s Inn, Ironwood. Leader dog presentation, 1 p.m., Mercer School. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., all welcome, Lakeland Senior Center, 412 Balsam St., W...
Wednesday, April 8 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. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood, area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Hurley Education Foundation, noon, conference room, Hurley School. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer (Wis.) Town Hall, 715...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Violet “Vi” A. Stampone, 91, of Ironwood, died peacefully Saturday, April 4, 2015, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, with her loving son, Daniel, by her side. The former Violet Luoma was born Feb. 10, 1924, in Erwin Township, Ironwood, daughter of the late Oscar and Miina (Nelmark) Luoma, and attended K.P. Silberg Grade School and Luther L. Wright High School. She was married to Joseph C. Stampone on July 26, 1947, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Ironwood by the late Monsignor J.B. Moriarity. Joe preceded her i...
Tuesday, April 7 Church Women United planning, 9 a.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Lioness Blood Drive, noon to 4 p.m., Community Center, Mercer, Wis. 715-476-3511. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Disabled American Veterans, 6 p.m., Legion Clubrooms, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration,...
Monday, April 6 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Wakefield Seniors with guest speaker Sheri Graham of the Bessemer Housing Authority, 2 p.m., Wakefield Senior Center. Pat O’Donnell Civic Center Board, 5 p.m., Civic Center, Ironwood. Iron County Memorial Building Restoration Committee, 5:30 p.m., Hurley. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Sports Hall of F...
Thursday, April 2 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. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Pere Menard Assembly 471, 6 p.m. business...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Air Choice One CEO Shane Storz met with the Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board Wednesday in an attempt to repair relations with both the board and customers in the area after several issues caused a number of flights in March to be cancelled. According to documents provided by Storz, the airline had 104 completed flights in Ironwood for the month of March, whereas the airport's normal rate was 156 per month. Storz explained that the problems that caused the drop had been...
Thursday, April 2 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. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Pere Menard Assembly 471, 6 p.m. business...
Wednesday, April 1 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mercer, Wis. Bessemer Booster Club, 6:30 p.m., A.D. Johns...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - James Edward Erickson, 50, of Mill Trace Apartments, Ironwood Township, died Friday, March 27, 2015, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood. Jim was born Nov. 29, 1964, in Ironwood, the son of Ronald and Carole (Luoma) Erickson. He attended Roosevelt Grade School and Luther L. Wright High School, and was a self-employed carpet and vinyl installer in the area for many years. Jim enjoyed fishing, hunting, and playing cards with his buddies, and was a big Green Bay Packers...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - John H. Suutala, 85, of Ironwood Township, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at home on Friday, March 13, 2015, after a lengthy illness of COPD and chronic pneumonia. John was born Nov. 4, 1929, in Ironwood, to the late Johannes and Lydia (Teerimaki) Suutala. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force, in which three of these he was stationed near Leicester, England, where he met his beautiful bride of 61 years, Grace "Toni" Cheney. On returning home to Ironwood...
Thursday, March 26 Downtown Ironwood Development Authority, 8 a.m., Memorial Building, 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. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. Iron County Democrats, 4 p.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11;...
BESSEMER — Tom Novascone’s job as equalization director for Gogebic County was extended by four years Wednesday. The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners approved a new four-year contract for Novascone. Novascone will be paid $42,000 annually for the period from April 1 through March 31, 2019. The salary is the same as for the past year. He will work three days a week in Gogebic County. Novascone met with the county personnel and negotiations committee on March 11 and said he’d like the four-year contract, which was approved on a 7-0 vote...
