Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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GILE, Wis. - The Northwoods Land Trust and Iron County Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts are sponsoring a guided paddle on the Gile Flowage Wednesday. Participants will meet at Gile Park at 10:30 a.m. to launch their canoes or kayaks for a paddle at "an easy pace," according to an event announcement. "The 3,400-acre Gile Flowage is one of the last, relatively undeveloped Laurentian shield lakes in Wisconsin. Its rocky shores and numerous islands are more reminiscent of the Boundary Waters than...
By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] BESSEMER - Bessemer resident Louis Arnold addressed the Bessemer Parks and Recreation Committee Thursday, seeking clarification as to the "no dogs allowed" in Bluff Valley Park. He said he was confused when he went to walk his dog in the park. He saw the sign, then observed a dog waste station. Committee member Allen Archie explained the "no dogs allowed" sign was posted early this summer after there had been problems with dogs in the park being...
IRONWOOD — A jazz performance in downtown Ironwood tonight will be the latest First Friday musical event. Hot Club of Appleseed will perform from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Art Park, sponsored by Contrast Coffee and a grant to the city from the Michigan Council for the Arts. Andrew Brown, a guitarist from Ann Arbor, is the son of a Motown session musician. He has spent years touring the U.S. with the band Appleseed Collective. He’s influenced by the music of Django Reinhardt and in the past year has been gigging four to seven nights a week wit...
Friday, Sept. 7 Coffee with a Cop, 8 a.m., Rigoni’s Bakery, Ironwood. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. First Friday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., music, Downtown Art Park, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. a... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Alfred Rogers, 81, of Watersmeet, passed away on Sept. 4, 2018, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. Alfred was born in Fenwick to Gayla and Albert Rogers on June 3, 1937. He went to school in Fremont. He married Elvira Dellorto on Aug. 6, 1959, in Corinth, Miss. He owned his own carpet business, Roger's Carpet Service, for 50 years. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951-1955. Alfred enjoyed music, hunting and everything about the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he lived for 30... Full story
CHARLOTTE, Mich. - Ellen S. Kangas passed away on Aug. 4, 2018, at her daughter Diane's home in Charlotte. Ellen was born in Ironwood, the daughter of George and Senia (Nasi) Lassila. She married Matt H. Kangas, who preceded her in death on March 5, 1987. Ellen was also preceded in death by her son, Dennis K. Nylund; brothers, Edwin and Ray; and sisters, Evelyn Lassila and Elsie Stella. Surviving are her daughters, Diane Trethewey and Marla (Stephen) Kangas-Bunt; three grandchildren, Christie... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - Delores M. Lanier, 80, of Hurley, died Aug. 29, 2018, after a long illness. She was born Sept. 7, 1937, to William Ector and Phyllis M. Brunell. She moved to Waukegan, Ill., where she met and married James H. Lanier, her husband of 46 years, on Sept. 22, 1956. They moved back to Hurley in 1986. Delores was preceded in death by her husband, James (Jim) Lanier, and youngest son, Ronald (Ron) Lanier. She is survived by her daughter, Linda (Greg) McBee, of Winthrop Harbor, Ill.; son,... Full story
