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. Saturday, April 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. Sunday, April 17 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield sewer system was overwhelmed with surface water due to heavy rains and melting snow on Wednesday. “The rain coupled with snowmelt placed extreme pressure on the City’s sanitary sewer system,” city officials announced on social media. In an effort to prevent untreated wastewater from backing up into residents basements, city manager Rob Brown said that city staff took action and began releasing untreated, highly diluted raw sewage outside the sanitary sewer system. The water w...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Planning Commission adopted bylaws during its regular meeting on Tuesday night. “Planning Commission bylaws are a necessary step in the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Redevelopment Ready Community program,” city manager Rob Brown said. The bylaws delegate the process for the election of commission members, their terms of office, member removal and replacement and other details about meetings, records, quorum, conflicts of interest and duties. The commiss...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, April 14 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Wakefield residents living in the Plymouth Location have some challenging sewer repairs ahead. City manager Rob Brown informed the council during its regular meeting on Monday that a sewer backup in one property had led to the discovery of an unusual and complicated sewer layout for the district. Brown explained to the council, during his city manager report, that after a backed up sewer had been cleared from one property, the neighboring property immediately begin to have a sewer p...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, April 13 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2...
HURLEY, Wis. - Richard D. Livingston Sr., 75, of Hurley, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, with his family at his side. Richard was born and raised in Ironwood, Michigan, a son of Clyde and Hazel Livingston. He attended Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood and graduated in 1966. He joined the U.S. Army and was a Vietnam veteran. Richard is survived by his loving wife, Margaret; a son, Richard Jr. (Sally); and two cherished grandsons, Blake and Colin. He is further survived by three...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, April 12 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Friends...
NEGAUNEE, Mich. - Swen Marvin Nurkala, 88, longtime Negaunee resident, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, April 2, 2022, at U.P. Health System Marquette under the loving care of U.P. Home Health and Hospice. Swen was born Feb. 3, 1934, at home in Watton, to Victor and Lempi (Jarvimaki) Nurkala, attended elementary school in Watton and graduated from L'Anse High School. He continued his education at Suomi College and received a two-year business degree before being drafted into the U.S. Arm...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, April 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. Sunday, April 10 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Patricia Ann (nee Valle) Forbes Kuduk, 87, of Wakefield, formerly of Ironwood, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at the Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. Patricia was born on March 30, 1935, in Montreal, Wisconsin, a daughter of John Joseph and Florence Irene (Wheeler) Valle. She attended Hurley High School and graduated in 1953. Patricia is survived by a son, Jeffery Allen Forbes, Minneapolis; a sister, Virginia (Gene) Belmas, Rhinelander, Wisconsin; and many...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — A water project the city of Wakefield hoped to start this year may have to be postponed until 2023 as a result of some delays that will cause the project to go out for bid in late May or June, according to city manager Rob Brown. Brown said that he is not sure the city will be able to find a company to bid on the project with a reasonable offer so late in the season. The city obtained funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Division for $2.925 million project a...
BESSEMER, Mich. — Wilford A. Nickel, 87, of Bessemer, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at the Memorial Medical Center in Ashland, Wisconsin. He is survived by four children, Robin Symes, Rondy Moore, Ronald Nickel and Renae Ecker; nine grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren. A celebration of Wilford’s life with a luncheon will be held on Saturday, May 7, at 11 a.m., at the farm on Moore Road. Jerald Rocco, owner and manager of Lakeside Memorial Chapel Inc., in Wakefield, is assisting the family with their arr...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, April 7 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet...
HURLEY, Wis. - Kristine Ilta Giovanoni, 74, of 300 Poplar St., in Hurley, went to be with the Lord early Saturday morning, April 2, 2022. Kristine was born on Jan. 11, 1948, in Wakefield, Michigan, a daughter of Lyle Edward and Ilta Sulamit (Maki) Thompson. Kristine attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1966, where she excelled in athletics. After high school, she married Ted Harju. Kristine loved making others happy, was very generous and loved the Lord. She was an accomplished seamst...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, April 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood....
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Sexual assault awareness was the focus of a presentation by Downtown Art Place artists Katie Rose and Tracy Truesdell as part of Ironwood's First Friday at the Incredible Bank Friday evening. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The people who came helped create journals to be given to the local Domestic Violence Escape shelter. Some inscribed them with messages of hope. Rose and Truesdell guided others in decorating the journal covers...
PAYNESVILLE, Mich. — Deborah Faye (nee Cronkright) Teikari, 69, of Paynesville, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2022, following a very brief illness. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends. Deborah was born on March 31, 1953, in Ontonagon, to her parents Daniel and Jean (Pittsley) Cronkright of Trout Creek. She attended Trout Creek School. Deborah married Daniel Teikari in 1990, and they made their home in Paynesville. Debbie, as she was affectionately known, worked as a bartender, and then as a cook at the Lac Vieux Desert R...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, April 5 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, April 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. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Sunday, April 3 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield City Council passed an animal ordinance amendment during its regular council meeting on Monday night. The ordinance is the result of city staff and law enforcement receiving several dog complaints through 2021. The complaints included issues with dogs running at large, excessive barking, dog feces and a dog attack that resulted in the death of another dog. The issues were reviewed at length by the city planning commission, which reviewed the current animal ordinance, and t...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 31 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Townsh...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Earl Charles Gumm, age 88, of Ironwood, formerly of Bessemer, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Friday, March 25, 2022, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. He was born June 14, 1933, in Crandon, Wisconsin, son of the late Carrie and Curtis Gumm. Earl grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan until he went to war in Korea in 1953, where he was a corporal in the U.S. Army. He was working in Milwaukee when he...
MONTREAL, Wis. - Paul Michael Henning, 59, of Montreal, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at his home. Paul was born on April 17, 1962, in Tacoma, Washington, a son of Michael Paul and Lynda Kay Paulette (Eilo) Henning. He grew up in Kimball and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley with the class of 1980. Paul proudly served his country in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1981 to 1995. He was an active member of the Mercier-Kero American Legion Post 371 in Saxon. On Aug....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 30 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. 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...
