Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Monday, July 16 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, 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. Rocks and Minerals program, 1 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Strong Bones exercise class, 1 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Overeaters Anonymous,...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood area residents gathered Friday evening to pay tribute to a war hero they never knew. The Patriot Guard caravan escorted the remains of Pearl Harbor victim Navy Fireman Second Class Lowell Valley to Ontonagon, where he will be buried today. Around 50 people, many of them veterans, had gathered at the Michigan Tourism Information Center on U.S. 2 in Ironwood by 9 p.m., as darkness was setting in. Former Iron County Veterans Service...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Iron County Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts and other trail advocates in Iron County continue to work to develop the non-motorized trail between Hurley and Montreal, with a fundraiser planned Saturday at Cary Park in Hurley. ICORE will have brats, hot dogs, salad and cold drinks at Cary Park, according to Iron County's University of Wisconsin-Extension community educator Amy Nosal, starting at noon Saturday. Along with the food, the...
Tuesday, July 10 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, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining at Ironwood Memorial Building. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk and Hound. “Through the Time Machine: Art Rocks!” Impressionism class, 1 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. ages 6 and up. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6...
CHICAGO, Ill. - William "Bill" Rowe, 90, died on July 4, 2018, peacefully in his bed at home in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, surrounded by his wife, daughter, and beloved dog, Hercules. Bill is survived around the country by his wife, Judy, and daughter, Pamela, in the northwest suburbs of Chicago; grandson and namesake Ian William, in Minneapolis, Minn.; and siblings Arnette Magnuson, in Crystal Lake, Margaret Kauppi, in Llano, Texas, and John Rowe, in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was...
Monday, July 9 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. Mercer Lioness Blood Drive, noon-4 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Science Rocks! Michigan Science Center Science Fair, 1 p.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Strong Bones exercise class, 1 p.m., Mercer C...
Monday, July 2 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. Strong Bones exercise class, 1:00 p.m., Mercer Community Center. 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...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, June 30 Young Authors and Illustrators, 10 a.m. - noon, grades 4-8. Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Greenland 4th of July Parade, 1 p.m. EDT. White Pine 4th of July Parade, 1 p.m. EDT. Watersmeet 4th of July Parade, 2 p.m. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood City Commission approved a resolution at its meeting Monday to accept a Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant to help the city acquire property for a trail between Norrie Park and the Miners Memorial Heritage Park. The strip of property is a former Canadian National railroad grade. The railroad company still owns about half of the 2-mile stretch and the rest is owned by other private property owners, said Ironwood...
HURLEY, Wis. - On June 21, 2018, at 12:30 a.m., Evelyn Jeanne Lundberg, 80, crossed the river into the arms of her Heavenly Father. She fought the good fight and completed the race. Evelyn was born in Medford on Aug. 22, 1937. She obtained her bachelor's degree in primary and secondary education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She married David Lundberg on Dec. 23, 1960. They moved to the Montreal area in 1965 and began running Whitecap Mountains in 1966, where she remained until h...
Monday, June 25 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-1:30 p.m., Iron County Recycling-Iron County Forestry Parking Lot, 606-607 3rd Ave. North, Hurley. 715-561-2695. Snakes Rock! Nature Program, 1 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Stroke Support Group, 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Clinic Education Room. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m.,...
Saturday, June 23 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. Garland City Consort concert, 7 p.m., Historic Ironwood Theatre. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 24 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Described by some participants as "trick-or-treating for seniors," the Iron County Human Services Department held the inaugural Across the Borders Senior Informational and Awareness walk Thursday. The event - which was organized by the Iron County Human Services Department and the Aging and Disability Resource Center - ran from the Hurley Trailhead off Second Avenue to Depot Park in Ironwood on the non-motorized trail. Participants were...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Even though he said he doesn't necessarily make it to all the chapter meetings anymore, the Ni-Miikanaake chapter of the the North Country Trail Association honored long-time volunteer Gerald Anderson at its meeting Tuesday. Anderson, a former pastor of Sharon Lutheran Church in Bessemer, now lives in Rhinelander, Wis. However, even while living in Wisconsin, he still maintains a section of the North Country National Scenic Trail near...
IRONWOOD — A June precipitation record might be broken in Ironwood following nearly 8 inches of rain over the weekend. Ironwood’s rain total for the month stood at 8.73 inches as of Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service office in Marquette. The record through June 20 stands at 9.05 inches set in 1939. For June of 1939, Ironwood ended up with 11.32 inches of rain, according to the NWS, which keeps weather records that date to 1901. Ironwood’s normal monthly precipitation through June 20 is 2.17 inches. In a 1907 drought, there...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Damage assessments were under way Monday after as much as a foot of rain fell over the weekend in parts of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula. For the weekend, Ironwood streets flooded both Friday and Sunday as the storms caused untold damage. According to the National Weather Service, Ironwood received nearly 8 inches of rain over the weekend. The The heaviest total was 3.64 inches for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Saturday at the wastewater treatment plant off Cloverland Drive, but there was...
Monday, June 18 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. Sounds of Nature Program, 1 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Ages 6 and older, 906-932-0203. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Adult Poetry Group, 5:30 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. 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...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Mother Nature followed through on National Weather Service predictions of thunderstorms for the weekend with violent blasts on Friday that caused undetermined damage across the Gogebic Range. Storms rolled in around 5 a.m. when heavy hail, strong winds and lightning accompanied a downpour. From 3 to 5 inches of rain fell throughout the day, with more possible overnight. In a heartbeat, U.S. 2 was covered by a foot of water along Cloverland...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, June 16 Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Bessemer Library Summer Reading Kick-off, 1-4 p.m., Bessemer Public Library. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer, Wis., School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 17 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health...
HURLEY, Wis. - Joseph C. "Joe" Pecotte, 82, passed away peacefully, Sunday, June 10, 2018, at 4 p.m. in his home, surrounded by his family. Joe was born in Alton, Ill., on Oct. 28, 1935, to Clyde and Evelyn Pecotte. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bobi, (2009), his son, Joseph (1963), his brother, Fred (1999), and grandson, Joe (2017). During his childhood, he played piano, along with many other instruments. As an adult, he used that knowledge to direct a local drum and bugle corps, The...
Tuesday, June 12 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. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk and Hound. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion,...
Monday, June 11 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, 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival Inc. board meeting, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball. “Rockin’ at the Depot”, Range Master Gardeners and Ironwood Carnegie Library program, 11 a.m., Depot Park in Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Cigar Box Guitar Building, 2 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Overeaters Anonymo...
Saturday, June 9 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, June 10 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. National Finnish American Festival Inc. annual meeting, 2 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley U...
GILE, Wis. — A new fee to use the Gile Flowage boat landing at the park didn’t stop fishermen from heading out on the water Monday. The daily fee costs $5 and the annual fee is $25, both on the honor system, according to a poster at the park in Gile. Around a dozen boat trailers were parked at the park Monday morning on a sunny, ideal day for spring fishing, after a weekend of cold, wet weather. One boater about to head out onto the flowage approached by a reporter was unaware of the new fee, which was posted on the side of the information kio...
MONTREAL, Wis. - Lilly Alana Sivula, age 3, passed away on June 1, 2018 at her home after a lifelong battle with Early Infantile Batten's Disease with her family by her side. Lilly was born on April 30, 2015 at Memorial Medical Center in Ashland to Jackie Hedman and Scott Sivula. She loved unicorns, brown teddy bears, music of all kinds, and the wind on her face. She is now riding unicorns in heaven. She will be sadly missed by her parents, Scott (fiancé Ashley Sorrels) Sivula of Iron Belt and...
