Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - A day after celebrating the accomplishments of its graduates, Ironwood gathered Monday to honor and remember those who gave their lives serving their country. While for some Memorial Day has become an extra day off work and excuse to grill or barbecue, Ironwood Mayor Annette Burchell reminded those attending the ceremony of the purpose of the holiday. "Memorial Day isn't meant to be a national holiday of celebration. Memorial Day is a...
Monday, May 21 Gogebic County 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, Wis. 715-561-4450. Finnish Women’s Auxiliary, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. 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. Invent@NMU seminar, 2 p.m. CST, Gogebic Community C...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, May 19 Friends of the Iron Belle Trail clean-up, 8 a.m., one group at Depot Park in Ironwood, the other group starting at the trailhead in Bessemer. Story Time for children of all ages, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library, 906-229-5236 or [email protected]. 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...
HURLEY, Wis. - Isabelle "Belle" Elizabeth Bertolino was named after two queens by her sister, and was born to Polish parents, Kostec and Magdalena "Margaret" Wyzlic, in Ironwood, Mich., on April 26, 1925. The seventh of 10 children in the family, she attended school in Ironwood, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School in 1944, where home economics was her favorite subject. She worked at Hervala's Photography Studio before marrying Willis Bertolino, her husband of almost 70 years, on July 24...
Monday, May 14 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, 9 a.m.-noon, 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Finnish American Festival Inc. board meeting, Little Finland, Kimball. 906-932-1608. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. A...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood has undergone quite a few changes since Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder visited the city to help dedicate Depot Park trailhead in 2013. He took in many of those changes during a stroll through the city's downtown Monday as part of a visit to the Gogebic Range. "It's so amazing to see the energy level and the exciting things going on. I mean I remember when I was here to dedicate the trailhead - you've come a long way, even in the last...
Tuesday, May 8 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. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk and Hound. Grief Support Group, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Education Room, Aspirus Ironwood Clinic. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion, Bessemer. Ironwood American Legion Post 5, 5:30 p.m....
Monday, May 7 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Pat O’Donnell Civic Center board meeting, 5 p.m. at the 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 c...
Monday, April 30 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. 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. Chess Club, 4 p.m. Grades 3 and up. Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The strip of land between U.S. 51 and the Montreal River in Hurley will hopefully look more colorful this summer after the local Boy Scouts and master gardeners planted seed balls on the land Saturday. Saturday's work was the culmination of a project that started last fall when the Range Master Gardeners helped the members of Boy Scout Troop 323 out of Hurley and Ironwood actually make the seed balls. The balls are a mixture of mud and...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Even though the sun has melted much of the winter's snow across the Gogebic Range over the past few days, Ironwood is still in the running to set an all-time low average temperature for April. As of Wednesday morning, the average temperature for the month was 26.9 degrees, the lowest recorded in the past 117 years. That compares to the 117-year average of 38.1 degrees through April 25, according to the National Weather Service office in...
Monday, April 23 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Chess Club, 4 p.m. Grades 3 and up. Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 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. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, April 21 Earth Day Fair, 10 a.m. to noon, Mercer Public Library. 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 22 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 p.m., Wesley U...
Brian Thomas Smollar IRONWOOD, Mich. - Brian Thomas Smollar, also known as "Smiley" and "Yipples" to family and friends, 48, of Ironwood, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 13, 2018, at his home. Brian was born on June 1, 1969, in Ironwood to Louis E. and Marilyn (Maradik) Smollar. Brian was a graduate of Luther L. Wright High School Class of 1987 in Ironwood. He worked as a handyman for local farms and in building construction, as well as HVAC. He also enjoyed driving semi trucks for...
Monday, April 16 Spring Tai Chi classes, 9 a.m., Mercer Community Center. 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, 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Chess Club, 4 p.m. Grades 3 and up. Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Adult Poetry Group, 5:30 p.m., Carnegie Library,...
Saturday, April 14 Men’s Breakfast, 8 a.m., Havenwood Baptist Church, Hurley, 715-561-9921. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Hurley Prom Grand March, 6 p.m., Iron County Memorial Building. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, April 15 Laskiainen Festival, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Sledding festival, kropsua and pea soup. Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pic...
HURLEY - Iron County Emergency Management hosted Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College at the Oma Fire Hall for ice rescue training on Saturday, April 7. Twenty-three firefighters representing five local fire departments and the Wisconsin DNR were in attendance. "With the growth in winter outdoor recreation, including snowmobiles, ice fishing, snowshoeing, and cross country skiing, I recognized the need for formal ice rescue training for the firefighters," said Stacy Ofstad, Iron County Emergen...
Tuesday, April 10 Gogebic-Ontonagon County Remonumentation Peer Review, 9 a.m., Natural Resources Center conference room, Bessemer. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, 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. Mercer Lioness Blood Drive, Mercer Community Center, noon – 4 p.m., 715-476-3511. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk a...
Monday, April 9 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Spring Tai Chi classes, 9 a.m., Mercer Community Center. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Little Finland board of directors, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball. 906-932-1608. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Beginner Finnish language class, 3 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Advanced Finnish language class, 4 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Chess Club, 4 p...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday will consider awarding a $76,050 bid for a private company to mow the Riverside Cemetery grass in the summer. The bid from Saari’s Lawn Service, of Montreal, Wis., is for a three-year contract. The only other bid received was from Harma Lawn and Property, of Hurley, for $101,250 for three years. At their last meeting, commissioners balked at a plan by city manager Scott Erickson to have three part-time summer city workers cut the grass at the cem...
Saturday, April 7 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 8 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Gogebic Range Trail Authority, 6 p.m., Pit Stop, Bessemer. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. a...
MONTREAL — The city of Montreal has a new mayor, after Erik Guenard toppled incumbent Todd Haeger in Tuesday’s election. Guenard received 144 votes to Haeger’s 65. Haeger was elected mayor two years ago. In the city’s two uncontested city council races, Wayne Bergland received 108 votes and Joseph Leoni received 75 votes to represent Ward 1 and Ward 2, respectively....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Iron County voters head to the polls today to take part in Wisconsin's spring election. Voters will cast their ballots in a variety of state and local races, as well as a statewide referendum. Hurley voters will decide the contest for mayor between incumbent Joe Pinardi and Paul Mullard as well as who will serve on city council. In that race, seven candidates - Robert Lanctoe, Joanne Bruneau, Stephanie Innes Smith, Steve Lombardo, Jay Aijala, Jamey...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Monday, April 2 Bessemer Township offices closed. 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. 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. Daughters of Isaballa, 6 p.m., St. Sebastian Catholic Church, Bessemer....
