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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...
IRONWOOD - Even though it wasn't the warm, sunny day organizers hoped for; a decent crowd gathered in the wet weather Sunday to participate in the ninth annual Go Ride R Range Ride bike ride. "We had 55 (riders). Some started the ride, some bailed out, some came to eat," organizer Jim Mildren joked. "But it was 55 riders on a pretty wet day." The ride started at Ironwood's Depot Park, using Aurora and Hurley's Silver Street to get the non-motorized trailhead at the Montreal River in Hurley...
Monday, June 4 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. 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. Festival Ironwood Committee, 7 p.m., American Legion. Harbortown...
Saturday, June 2 Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Open House, 1-3 p.m., Mercer Senior Center, Mercer. 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 3 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...
MONTREAL, Wis. - Capt. Patrick James "PJ" Baker, 80, of Montreal, passed away May 23, 2018. He was born July 23, 1937, in Rhinelander to Howard and Cynthia (Baldwin) Baker. Following graduation from Rhinelander High School, he attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine transportation. He then traveled the world as the captain of large ships for many years and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Patrick was preceded in...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - When it comes to the weather, statistics have a way of averaging out. So while Ironwood had almost no rain for the first three weeks of May, downpours on Wednesday sent the monthly rainfall total nearly identical to the 117-year average. A total of 1.41 inches of rain fell for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Thursday at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant weather station on the Montreal River, off Cloverland Drive. Later Thursday, scatte...
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...
