Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] RAMSAY - Bessemer Township received its new fire truck Saturday. It was manufactured in Lyon, S.D., at Rosenbauer America's plant at a cost of $227,650 and replaces a truck that had been in service for 30 years. Rosenbauer is a "global leader in firefighting technology," according to its website, and the new truck was custom-designed to accommodate the conditions and environment of Gogebic County. To get the new truck up and running, the volunteer...
Monday, Nov. 14 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Aurora Club, 6 p.m. monthly membership, Aurora Club, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. MECCA ski club meeting has been changed to Mon., Nov. 14th at 6:00 National Finnish American...
Saturday, Nov. 12 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Iron County Democrats, 9 a.m., Frontier Inn, Springstead, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Nov. 13 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, Nov. 14 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 M...
Thursday, Nov. 10 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. 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. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, noon, Elk and Hound, Ironwood. Reservations required to 906-663-4871. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., The Inn...
Wednesday, Nov. 9 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. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Ironwood Community Blood Drive, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. For appointments call Betsy, 906-932-5478. 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:...
Tuesday, Nov. 8 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion, Bessemer. Ironwood American Legion Post 5, 5:30 p.m. dinner,...
Monday, Nov. 7 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, 5 p.m., Civic Center, Ironwood. 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, 6:30 p.m., MECCA cabin near the treatment facility, Mercer, Wis. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist C...
RAMSAY, Mich. - Chester H. Turula, 85, a lifelong resident of Ramsay, passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning, Nov. 1, 2016, at his home. Chester was born on March 14, 1931, in Wakefield, a son of John and Lillian (Fingeroos) Turula. He grew up in Ramsay and attended the Ramsay School and A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer. On Feb. 17, 1951, Chester was united in marriage to Eleanor M. Wuorinen at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ironwood. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - Non-motorized trail supporters and local officials gathered at Moore Street in Bessemer Monday for a ceremony marking the opening of the second local phase of the statewide Iron Belle Trail. The opening of the newest phase extends the popular trail from the Ironwood city limits to Bessemer's Moore Street. The new section measures approximately 4.2 miles, bringing the total length of the trail to 6.7 miles. During the ceremony, Coleman...
Monday, Oct. 24 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 Belle Trail Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, noon, Moore Street, Bessemer. Finnish Language Classes, 3 p.m., beginners, 4 p.m., advanced, Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Chess Club, 4 p.m. Carnegie Library, Ironwood. 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,...
Saturday, Oct. 22 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Oct. 23 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, Oct. 24 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics A...
HURLEY, Wis. - David "Dave" A. Tauer, 66, of Oma, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, in Duluth at St. Mary's Hospital, with his loving family at his side. Dave was born April 19, 1950, in Wakefield, the son of Joseph and Leona (Sobieski) Tauer. He was raised in the Bessemer, Mich., area and attended A.D. Johnston High School. He served during the Vietnam War in the U.S. Army from Nov. 5, 1969, until Nov. 2, 1971, when he was honorably discharged. On Dec. 23, 1970, before leaving for Vietnam,...
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. - Vernon Cartner, 91, of Spring Hill, Fla., passed away peacefully on Sept. 28, 2016. He died of kidney disease while receiving excellent care in hospice at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago. He bravely faced this stage in his life with the love and support of his children and their spouses. Vern was born Feb. 2, 1925, in Chicago. He grew up in a northern suburb as an only child. During World War II, he enlisted in the Army and served in...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Anna Elias, 92, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday Oct. 12, 2016, surrounded by the love of her family. Anna was born on the Fourth of July, 1924, in Ashland, Wis., daughter of the late Jacob and Albertina Tannheimer. Anna attended Bessemer schools and graduated with the class of 1942. On July 12, 1943, she was united in marriage to Stanley J. Elias at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Mo. Stanley preceded her in death on Feb. 11, 2009. Anna was also...
RAMSAY, Mich. - Helen (Vidakovich) Sailer, 85, a long-time resident of Ramsay, passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 11, 2016, with family and friends at her side. She was born in Wakefield on Nov. 24, 1930, the daughter of direct Yugoslavian (Serbian) immigrants, Paul and Milka (Borich) Vidakovich. Helen graduated from the Wakefield High School in 1949. Helen's roots began in Wakefield's Plymouth-Wico location, where the heavy concentration of "iches" (name endings of Yugoslavian...
Thursday, Oct. 13 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. 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 U.S. 51 North, Arbor Vitae, Wis. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11;...
Wednesday, Oct. 12 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. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. 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...
Monday, Oct. 10 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Aurora Club, 6 p.m. monthly membership, Aurora Club, Ironwood. Wolverine Ski Club, 6 p.m., Wolverine Chalet, Ironwood Township. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Methamphetamine ETC, 8 p.m.,...
ELKO, Nev. - Joseph Charles Knaack, 50, of Elko, formerly of Ramsay, Mich., passed away Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2016, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Joe was born on Sept. 14, 1966, in Wakefield, Mich., a son of William and Charlotte (Dal Ponte) Knaack. He attended school in Ramsay and Bessemer, Mich., and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in 1984. Joe enlisted in the U.S. Army after high school, completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and served in the...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - City Commissioner Jim Mildren is impressed with the new stretch of the Iron Belle Trail from Ironwood to Bessemer. City commissioners learned Monday the non-motorized trail construction is nearly finished. The trail will tentatively be dedicated at an Oct. 24 ceremony at the Bessemer end. The Ironwood stretch of the hiking-biking trail has been in use for more than a year and a Friends of the Iron Belle Trail group has organized. It will...
WOODRUFF, Wis. - Virginia M. LaFave, 84, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in Woodruff. She celebrated her 85th birthday with her Lord and Savior in Heaven, after being called home. Virginia LaFave (nee McKie) was born on Sept. 25, 1931, to the late William and Cecelia McKie in Bessemer, Mich. She attended A.D. Johnston High School and graduated from University of Wisconsin-Superior in 1953 with a major in English. Virginia taught in Detroit, and Chico, Calif., followed...
Monday, Sept. 26 Little Finland, Finnish classes: 3 p.m. beginners, 4 p.m. advanced at Little Finland, Kimball. WI. 906-932-1608. 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. 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, Ontonagon. area74.org. Methamphetamine ETC, 8 p.m., support group,...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER — The finishing touches are being made on Phase 2 of the Western Gateway Trail that will stretch from the Ironwood city limit to Bessemer by the end the construction season in October. The authority governing the trail learned Wednesday paving of the trail is complete all the way to the end of Phase 2 on Moore Street, according to Coleman Engineering’s Paul Anderson. Also, the observation decks are complete, he said. Work on fencing the trail where necessary is in progress. Meanwhile, wor...
WHITE PINE, Mich. - Roland "Rocky" Antoine Jr., 60, of White Pine, passed away Friday morning, Sept. 16, 2016, surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness. Rocky was born on May 30, 1956, in Wakefield, a son of Elaine (Powell) and Roland Antoine Sr. He grew up in Ramsay. In 1972, his family moved to White Pine, and he attended White Pine High School and graduated in 1974. For two years, Rocky proudly served his country in the U.S. Army as a military police officer. Following his honorable d...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Dorie L. Olson, 98, of Wakefield, died Sept. 1, 2016, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood. She was born Oct. 23, 1917, in Wakefield, daughter of the late James and Marian (Ozzello) Negro, and graduated from Wakefield High School in 1935. After graduation, she worked at the Wakefield Co-op in Jim Town for three years. In 1938, she married Edward W. Olson of Bergland, and they moved to Big Bay and later to Detroit, where she worked during the war years. Upon returning to...
