Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By Megan Hughes [email protected] WAKEFIELD - This past Saturday the Wakefield VFW was bustling with activity as organizer Lynnea Laessig and the Gogebic-Ontonagon Great Start Collaborative welcomed attendees to their inaugural Family Wellness Fair. The fair started at 10 a.m. on Saturday with local healthcare groups and businesses setting up tables to spread the message of personal health. "Our goal is to inspire and educate people to make healthy choices and promote self-care." Laessig...
Monday, Sept. 23 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, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Bessemer Township Board, 5 p.m., Township Hall, Ramsay. Mercer School Board,... Full story
Saturday, Sept. 21 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, Sept. 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... Full story
Thursday, Sept. 19 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EDT; White Pine Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:45 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 1:15-1:45 p.m. EDT. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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.... Full story
Wednesday, Sept. 18 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bruce Crossing Stannard Township ballpark, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 1:15-1:30 p.m.; Marenisco Town Hall, 2-2:15 p.m. 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. Kimball Homemakers, 1 p.m., Community... Full story
Tuesday, Sept. 17 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 parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments west parking lot, 11:35-11:45 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments east parking lot, 11:45-11:55 a.m.; Wildwood Apartments community room, 12-12:15 p.m. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse,... Full story
Monday, Sept. 16 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, GOCAA, 100 S. Mill St., Bessemer, from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.; Wakefield VFW, 9-9:30 a.m.; Sunset Manor Apartments community room, 9:40-9:55 a.m.; Riverview Apartments parking lot, 10-10:15 a.m.; Hillcrest Apartments community room, 10:30-10:45 a.m.; Fairview Apartments community room, 10:50-11 a.m. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church,... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — In the county administrator’s report to the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, Juliane Giackino said she is working with legislators to finally resolve a six-year-old pension fund issue. As a member of the five county Western Upper Michigan Manpower Consortium with Houghton Keweena, Iron and Ontonagon counties, a $330,000 shortfall in 2013 has grown to $970,000 for the county owned pension program in 2019, Giackino said following the meeting. In June 2013, the state man...
Thursday, Sept. 12 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley.... Full story
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - While the Ontonagon Village Council has been considering the question of an ordinance to allow the licensing of marijuana facilities and businesses in the village or adopting an ordinance to prohibit them, the crowd at Monday's council meeting left no doubt about what they wanted. Speaker after speaker called on the council to opt-out of permission for such business in Ontonagon. Tim Guzek, a former Ontonagon police chief and officer, and county...
Monday, Sept. 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. 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. Aurora Club, 6 p.m. monthly membership, Aurora Club, Ironwood. Gogebic County Fair Board, 6 p.m., fairgrounds, Ironwood. Harbortow... Full story
Saturday, Sept. 7 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, Sept. 8 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., W... Full story
Thursday, Sept. 5 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m., Bessemer V.F.W. Post 3673, 605 W. Lead St., Bessemer; 10-11 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-667-0283. 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,... Full story
Wednesday, Sept. 4 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, noon-2:30 p.m. EST, fire hall, Bruce Crossing; 2-4 p.m. EST, 429 River St., Ontonagon. 906-667-0283. 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., M... Full story
Tuesday, Sept. 3 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Wakefield Township Board,... Full story
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — It was estimated the Ontonagon Labor Festival Parade Sunday broke all records with crowds three and four deep along River Street. Perfect weather and a reputation for “home-grown, special floats” added to the enthusiasm of the crowd. The three stage float of the Norwich Country Club won the float competition at the Ontonagon Labor Day Festival Parade. The country club float was titled the Summer of 1969. The first part was titled Peace and Love with its Woodstock theme. The second depicted the m...
Thursday, Aug. 29 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Government Downtown Ironwood Development Authority, 8 a.m., meeting, Conference Room 1,... Full story
BESSEMER - The Gogebic Conservation District has a program to locate and control or eradicate Japanese knotweed and multiflora rose, among other invasive plant species, in Ontonagon County and Gogebic counties. The work is being conducted under a Joint Chiefs grant, so named because the funding is made available by the leaders of the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the U.S. Forest Service. Work so far has included development of a brochure titled "A Field Guide to Common Terrestrial...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The pro's and con's of accepting marijuana as a micro-business in the village of Ontonagon drew a standing room only crowd at the Ontonagon Village Council meeting Monday. Former State Rep. Scott Dianda representing a firm, Tranquility Fields of Ann Arbor, said the firm would grant a franchise with a local owner, employ eight people and would be a "brand new business." He explained a "brand new building would be brought into the site with all...
Monday, Aug. 26 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. 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. MECCA Ski Club, 6 p.m., ski chalet on Fierick Road, Mercer.... Full story
Thursday, Aug. 22 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Government Downtown Ironwood Development Authority, 8 a.m., meeting, Conference Room 1, sec... Full story
Monday, Aug. 19 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. Gogebic County Fair Board, 6 p.m., Gogebic County Fair Grounds, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government... Full story
Saturday, Aug. 17 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. North Country Trail Association Ni-Miikanaake Chapter Picnic, 12:30 p.m. Black River Harbor picnic area. 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, Aug. 18 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I... Full story
BY JAN TUCKER [email protected] SILVER CITY — The Ontonagon County Road Commission and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources agree something must be done to protect County Road 107, the main entry road on the east end of the Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park, but the question remains what course of action to take. High water levels and whipping winds off Lake Superior have undermined approximately 1.65 miles of the road, which is also known as the 107th Engineers Memorial Highway. Seven proposals are under consideration and a...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - As the 2019-20 school year approaches administrators of area school districts said funding has allowed security upgrades in an ongoing effort to provide a safe learning environment. "Student safety is our number one priority," said Jason Gustafson, superintendent of Wakefield-Marenisco School District. "In order for students to learn effectively, they must feel safe in their learning environment." The school district has invested heavily...
