Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] LANSING — Gogebic County and other Upper Peninsula counties without active iron or copper mines for decades have had difficulty finding qualified candidates for elected mining inspectors. Legislation introduced to the Michigan Legislature would revise those requirements to help ensure safety and accountability, according to a Friday announcement. Senate Bill 1121 sponsor Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township, and House Bill 6240 sponsor Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, are seeking to remove a sta...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Sept. 26 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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,... Full story
IRONWOOD - With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic preventing large in-person gatherings, two Gogebic Range organizations are hosting virtual versions of their annual races. Both the organizers of the Bridges and Bluffs half marathon and Copper Peak Trails Fest are hoping the community comes out to support the virtual events this year as they are the biggest fundraisers of the year for the Friends of the Iron Belle Trail and Sisu Dirt Crew respectively. Rather than completing the race on a single...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] RAMSAY - Thursday's ribbon-cutting ceremony in Ramsay not only celebrated the opening of the newest local segment of the Iron Belle Trail, it also marked the latest milestone in the 10-plus year effort to develop the local non-motorized trail system. "I just want to thank everybody personally for this project, it is ... a group effort and it would not happened without everybody being here and working on it. ... What a privilege to work with you... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] RAMSAY — An effort to reduce the size of the Gogebic Range Water Authority Board ended after opposition from municipality members led to removing the action from consideration at its regular meeting Thursday. The municipalities represented on the water authority include the charter township of Ironwood, and the townships of Bessemer and Wakefield, and the cities of Bessemer and Wakefield. Each municipality has two or three members plus alternates and the Water Authority proposed a five-member b...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Sept. 12 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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. 13... Full story
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] RAMSAY - Labor Day weekend is traditionally a time when family and friends gather for games, barbecues and an opportunity to enjoy each other's company before the winter season creeps in. Sunday afternoon was no exception as people came from near and far to indulge in the many new park amenities at Ramsay Memorial Park, made possible by a $400,000 renovation. Also ready just in time as an additional route to get there was the recently finished Iron Belle... Full story
BESSEMER — Although a ceremony is planned later this week to formalize the event, the newest local segment of the non-motorized Iron Belle Trail is now open. The segment extending the trail from Moore Street in Bessemer to Ramsay opened Friday. Prior to the segment’s completion the local trail ran from the Hurley trailhead between U.S. 51 and the Montreal River in Wisconsin into Michigan to the Moore Street trailhead. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for Thursday in Ramsay to mark the trail opening. Due to COVID, this is an invite-only eve...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] ERWIN - Members of the Gogebic County Chapter of the Michigan Townships Association got a lesson in election rules at their meeting last week outside of the Erwin Township Hall. Gerry Pelissero, Gogebic County Clerk and Register of Deeds, provided the rundown as guest speaker of the evening. His aim was to provide procedural clarity in the wake of several changes that Michigan has undergone in recent years. He said he also, ultimately, wants to "see every... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Aug. 22 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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,... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] RAMSAY — The Gogebic Range Water Authority board received some good news Thursday regarding highway construction that will require moving of water mains. The water authority engineer, Darren Pionk of C2AE, updated the board on the U.S. 2 reconstruction through Bessemer that will require the water authority to adjust the depth and placement of some water mains in the Marshalek Road area. A virtual meeting with Michigan Department of Transportation engineers addressed major concerns over the l... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] RAMSAY — Although the segment won’t formally open for another month or so, work extending the non-motorized Iron Belle Trail into Ramsay is nearing completion as the trail’s blacktop has now been poured. “The week after Labor Day is what we’re shooting for officially (for the opening),” said Paul Anderson, a project manager with Coleman Engineering who is overseeing the project. He said some shoulder restoration work still needs to be done, as well as the installation of fencing on the Ramsay side... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Aug. 8 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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, Aug. 9... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Boutique Air, the new Essential Air Provider for Gogebic-Iron County Airport, started service to the area on Saturday with flights to Minneapolis and Chicago. Boutique took over EAS service from Air Choice One with a contract from Aug. 1, 2020, through July 31, 2022, that was approved in April by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The San Francisco-based Boutique has air service routes nationwide and fly mostly the 9-seat...
CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. — Hazel Loretta (Barron) McGill, 99, formerly of Byron, California, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 23, 2020, at Best Life Home Care in Citrus Heights. She was born Jan. 22, 1921 in Ramsay, Michigan, to the late William Sr. and Lauretta (Harris) Barron. She was married to Denver H. McGill on July 9, 1955, in Santa Rosa, California. She is preceded in death by husband, Denver H. McGill; daughter, Cheryl (McGill) Ginochio; sisters, Norma Johnson, Emily Bersano and Violet Sloma; and brother, William Barron Jr. S... Full story
BESSEMER, Mich. - Arlene Gierl, 87, of Bessemer, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2020. Arlene was born on Sept. 6, 1932, in York, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Calvin and Elnora Mills. In 1950, she graduated from Owen High School in Owen, Wisconsin. She continued her education and graduated from Spencerian Business College in Milwaukee in 1951. On Sept. 10, 1953, Arlene was united in marriage to the love of her life, Robert "Farmer" Gierl. They enjoyed 65 wonderful years together. Farmer... Full story
RAMSAY, Mich. - Stephen "Steve" P. Jurasin, 77, of Ramsay, passed away peacefully Monday July 20, 2020. He was surrounded by his loving family. Steve was born on Jan. 2, 1943, in Ironwood, a son of Joseph and Julia (Serbin) Jurasin. He graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer with the class of 1960. Steve proudly served his country in the U.S. Army for two years, most of his time being spent in Germany. He was honorably discharged on April 16, 1964. After returning to Bessemer,... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, July 25 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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,... Full story
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Wakefield postmaster Drew Tikkanen has been named the "2019 Engagement Leader of the Year," for the Greater Michigan District of the U.S. Postal Service. "I was very shocked when this happened," Tikkanen said. "I was not expecting it. Especially one out of our whole district. I didn't know they had this kind of thing until they presented me with it." Tikkanen said she was presented the award Thursday via a surprise Zoom presentation from...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, July 11 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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, July 12... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER TOWNSHIP — Work continues on building the next segment of the non-motorized Iron Belle Trail, which will extend the existing trail from Moore Street in Bessemer to Ramsay. Construction on the segment started June 1 and the trail’s subgrade has been constructed, most of the necessary culverts have been installed and gravel has been put down on most of the trail. “We are hoping for paving by around Aug. 1 or so,” said Paul Anderson, a proje...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Elsie Ilona Nevala, 94, of Ironwood, passed away Tuesday June 16, 2020, at Aspirus Hospital in Ironwood. The former Elsie Ilona Hagman was born April 23, 1926, in Ramsay. Her parents were Jaako Hagman, born in Ylistaro, Finland, and Anna Kolehmainen, born in Kiiminki, Finland. Preceding in death were her husband for 58 and a half years, Donald Nevala; and siblings, Tena, Irene, Gertrude, Bertha, Mayme, Jack and Wilbur. In August 1927, Jaako was hit and killed by a train while... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, June 20 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 21 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer H... Full story
WINCHENDON, Mass. - Ida May (Banovetz) George, 86, of 11 Front Place, Winchedon, died May 26, 2020, at Alliance Health, in Baldwinville. She was born in Wakefield, Michigan, on May 22, 1934, the daughter of Joseph J. and Arvilla I. (Boleau) Banovetz. Ida May attended grade school at Puritan Location and St. Sebastian schools, in Bessemer, Michigan; and junior high at Notre Dame Convent in Milwaukee. She graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer with the class of 1952. She was in... Full story
Saturday, June 6 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, June 7 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, June 8 Iron County Food P... Full story
