Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Jan. 19 Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m.; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood,... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Jan. 16 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. 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, Jan. 17 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic County has completed all the steps to receive funding for a retirement fund shortfall with the former Western Upper Peninsula Manpower Consortium, according to reports at the Gogebic County Board meeting on Wednesday. In her report to the board, Juliane Giackino, county administrator, said the process to reimburse the county shortfall funding in the transition from the consortium to Michigan Works! in 2013 that has since increased to $1,101,926 as of the most recent 2019 v...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Jan. 14 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, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m.,... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Jan. 9 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. 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, Jan. 10 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Jan. 7 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. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Pere Menard Assembly 471, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church fellowship hall, Ironwood.... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Even as the vaccination process continues, the number of local COVID-19 cases continues to rise; with Gogebic County passing the 1,000-case mark in the last week. The county has had 712 confirmed positive cases and 294 additional probable cases, according to the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department’s Monday update, for a total of 1,006 cases since the presence of the virus was first confirmed in the area in March. The county has 18 active cases as of Monday’s update and 39 deaths. Ont...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Jan. 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Comm... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] As the process of vaccinating locals against COVID-19 continues, regional health departments are providing additional information on the rollout of the vaccines and when it is expected to become available to various groups of residents. “WUPHD expects vaccine administration to roll out over a series of months and is working with area hospitals, physicians and outpatient clinics to distribute available vaccines according to a phased approach that has been adopted by the Michigan Department of H... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Jan. 5 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. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Alcoholics... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Jan. 2 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Jan. 3 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. N... Full story
WAUSAU, Wis. - Mary (Gentile) Paoli, 97, a lifelong resident of the area passed away on Dec. 28, 2020, at Aspirus Hospital in Wausau. She was born on Nov. 15, 1923, in Hurley, the second oldest of eight siblings to the late Domenic and Ida (Lerza) Gentile. Mary attended St. Mary's Grade School and graduated from the Lincoln High School in Hurley with the class of 1941. She attended Gogebic Community College when it occupied the top floor of the Luther L. Wright High School. She held various... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 31 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. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org. Friday, Jan. 1 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 26 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. 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.... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 24 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. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org. Friday, Dec. 25 Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The three-district football co-op team in western Gogebic County is no more after the Ironwood Area Schools’ board of education voted to dissolve the co-op Monday, with the other districts in the co-op taking similar votes. The team consisted of students from the Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco school districts. “All three schools, through very cordial and collaborative conversation, … have agreed to dissolve the current Gogebic Miners football co-op with the intention we will... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Dec. 23 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer.... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 19 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. 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. 20 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 17 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EST; White Pine Township Hall, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EST; Mass City Resource Center, 1-1:30 p.m. EST. 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.,... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Dec. 16 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Marenisco Town Hall, 9:15-9:30 a.m; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10:30 a.m.; Bruce Crossing, Stannard Township ballpark, 12:30-1 p.m. EST. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990.... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — An equipment failure in Ironwood led to a power outage over much of the region miday Monday. An Xcel Energy map showed there were 26 outages in the area affecting 8,574 customers from Saxon and Gurney in Iron County, Wisconsin in the west, to Berglund in Ontonagon County to the east, and much of the Upper Peninsula communities to the south. “We had equipment failure in our Ironwood substation,” said Christine Ouellette, senior media relations representative with Xcel Energy’s Michiga...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Dec. 15 Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m.; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood,... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department and Iron County Health Department released the latest updates of local COVID-19 cases Thursday as health officials continue to battle the ongoing coronavirus pandemic; and although the numbers continue to rise, Thursday didn’t show as large of a jump as the region has seen in the past. Gogebic County had a total of 656 positive cases and 271 additional probables over the course of the pandemic, including 24 deaths and 69 active cases as of Thursday. Thi... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 12 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. 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. 13 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I... Full story
