Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Friday, Jan. 18 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Gogebic...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Iron County voters will head to the polls on April 2 for the state’s spring election, but before that one town — Mercer — will see a primary election on Feb. 19. The race for two spots on the Mercer board of supervisors will require a primary because there are too many candidates for the general election ballot. Seven candidates — incumbent Tom Thompson, Tanner Hiller, Brad Bettin, Eric Snow, Christa Reinert, David McNutt and Opal Roberts — filed papers to appear on the Feb. 19 ballot. The top f...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The death of a competitor cast a cloud over the 10th annual Sisu Ski Fest this weekend, as Mike Fauerbach passed away on-course during the 15K Heikki Lunta cross country ski race Saturday. “He died doing exactly what he wanted to do. He had skis on his feet and he was in the woods,” Fauerbach’s son, Rob, told the Daily Globe Sunday. Other skiers found Fauerbach, 67, of Saxon, unresponsive one half-kilometer from the race’s starting line and stopped to help, according to Sisu Race Directo...
Monday, Jan. 14 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Tai Chi, 9-10:15 a.m., Mercer Community Center, 715-776-3993. 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, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m., 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. National Finnish American Festival board of directors, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, 906-932-1608. Strong Bones class, 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.. M...
Tuesday, Jan. 8 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m. Wakefield Public Library. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. A Matter of Balance, 10 a.m.-noon, first floor conference room, Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, 906-663-4045. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Blood Drive, noon - 4 p.m.,...
Monday, Jan. 7 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. Pat O’Donnell Civic Center board, 5 p.m., arena. 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. Ironwood Sports Hall of Fame, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School, room 205. MECCA Ski Club, 6 p.m., MECCA cabin near the treatment facility, Mercer, Wis. Erwin C...
HURLEY, Wis. - Dorothy H. Peite, 96, of Hurley and formerly of Ironwood, Mich., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Dorothy was born Aug. 4, 1922, in Montreal, daughter of Peter and Anna (Homieleska) Gulan. She was a 1940 graduate of J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley. After graduation, she was a machinist at Allis-Chalmers in Milwaukee, making a specific part for the "heart of the B52s" during WWII. Other employment included working at Schlitz Brewery, Johnston's Candy and Cookie Factory and as...
IRONWOOD - Eighty-five people participated in the seventh annual Mark Fitting Memorial snowshoe walk Wednesday evening. It was the start of the region's weekly Wednesday night Superior Snowshoe walks. "We had another good turnout," said organizer Sam Davey afterwards. "Conditions were great." This week's walk started and ended at the Michigan Information Center on U.S. 2 on a trail that begins in the parking lot and heads south along the Montreal River to Riverside Cemetery and back. The annual...
Monday, Dec. 31 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. 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. Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Tuesday, Jan. 1...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 29 Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Dec. 30 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. Monday, Dec. 24 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. 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 to Holiday gas station, Ont...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 22 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, Dec. 23 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...
CAREY, Wis. - Robert Lloyd "Bobbie" Eilo, 84, of Carey, died at his home on Dec. 16, 2018. Bob was born in Mellen, the fifth of nine children of Sulo and Pearl (Peterson) Eilo. Raised in Iron Belt, he graduated from Iron Belt High School with the class of 1952. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1957, joining the Company A, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, returning stateside after serving overseas in Germany. He proudly remained in the Army Reserve until his honorable discharge in 1962. Bob began wor...
Monday, Dec. 17 Gogebic County Health and Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. 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. Iron County Mobile Food Pantry, noon, Iron County Recycling/Iron County Forestry Parking Lot, 606-607 3rd Avenue North, Hurley. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church,...
Tuesday, Dec. 11 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. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., Ironwood Memorial Building. Cookie Exchange, 11 a.m., Mercer Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion, Bessemer. Bessemer American Legion Auxiliary, 5:00 p.m. Ironwood American Legion...
Monday, Dec. 10 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival Inc. board, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. “Pepsi Cares” donation drive for DOVE and HOPE, 3:30-6 p.m., 5th and Silver Street, Hurley. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of...
HURLEY — Iron County snowmoible trails opened Wednesday, according to the Hurley Chamer of Commerce. The White Thunder Riders had three groomers out in the morning and reported that 80 miles of trail in northern Iron County were groomed. Today, the following trails will be open: —All of 17. —8, from County G to the intersection with West Brancj Riad. —8B, 13C, 15A, 11A, 6 and 2. —All of 77. —2, from Boomer Creek Road to Harbor Drive. —2A to the condos. —15, from Hogsback to Island Lake Road. —13, from Montreal to Island Lake Road. The followi...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Temperatures near 30 degrees beckoned an enthusiastic audience to line both sides of Aurora Street for Saturday night's Jack Frost Festival of Lights parade in Ironwood. Frosty winds backed up the parade's dual themes of "Jack Frost" or "Christmastime," and Mr. Frost himself expended no end of energy in darting up and down the street to hand out candy to children. He was aptly garbed in a cool, sparkly, silver suit and ever-present smile....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — While they don't know the final number they're working towards, Iron County Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts members began raising funds toward the purchase of a section of rail grade in northern Iron County Sunday at a fundraising dinner. “I think things have gone very well,” Mike Fauerbach told the Daily Globe. “I don't know if we've had quite as many people as last year because of the weather, but it was very, very close,” said Fauerbach, one of the fundraiser's organizers. Along wit...
Monday, Dec. 3 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. 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. Ironwood Sports Hall of Fame, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School, room 205. MECCA Ski Club, 6 p.m., MECCA cabin near the treatment facility, Mercer, Wis. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist...
Monday, Nov. 26 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Mercer Health and Wellness exercise session, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Mercer Community Center. Iron County Mobile Food Pantry, noon-1:30 p.m., Iron County Recycling-Iron County Forestry Parking Lot, 606-607 3rd Ave. North, Hurley. 715-561-2695. 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,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Supporters of the effort to develop non-motorized trails in Iron County are looking to raise the money needed to continue their efforts, with a fundraiser planned in early December. Iron County Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts will hold a fundraising dinner Dec. 2 at Sharon's Coffee Company in Hurley. ICORE treasurer Bob Traczyk said the event, from 3:30 to 6 p.m., will feature a menu of salad, pizza, pasta and dessert. There will also be a...
The Iron County Fire Association will host its annual Christmas for Kids toy drive on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 8 a.m. to noon. All fire stations in Iron County will be open that day to receive donations for Iron County kids in need, said Iron County Emergency Services Director Stacey Ofstad. “We want to help out area kids in need and see that every kid has a great Christmas,” said Ofstad. “We don’t want any kid waking up on Christmas morning without a present.” Officials aren’t just collecting unwrapped toys, but other items for kids, as we...
