Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Community calendar

Wednesday, July 18

Festival Ironwood begins, live music, bike rides, Depot Park, Ironwood.

Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood.

Red Cross Blood Drive, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., River Valley Bank, 200 South Suffolk Street, Ironwood, 906-932-5478.

Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org.

Harp & Classic Guitar concert with Anne & Lisa, noon, Historic Ironwood Theatre.

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 Center.

Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190.

Summer Reading Program kick-off — “Nature’s Rocks”, 2 p.m., Hurley Public Library

American Legion Post 58, 2 p.m., Iron County Memorial Building, Hurley.

Powderhorn Area District Board, 4:30 p.m., Ironwood Township Hall.

Iron County Recycling Committee, 4:30 p.m., court house.

Ironwood American Legion Auxiliary Unit 5, 6 p.m., at the post, Ironwood Memorial Building.

Michigan Western Gateway Trail Authority, 6 p.m., monthly meeting, Gogebic County Courthouse, 200 N. Moore St., Bessemer.

Survivors of Suicide, 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, Ironwood.

Gogebic Range Carvers, 6:30 p.m., shop room, A.D. Johnston High School, Bessemer.

IMPACT Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Woodland Church, Ironwood.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org.

Thursday, July 19

Festival Ironwood; live music, art reception, dart tournament; Depot Park, Ironwood.

Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Av. tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building.

Red Cross Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Gogebic Community College, E4946 Jackson Rd.

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.

“Civil War Songs” with Charlie Supercynski, noon, Historic Ironwood Theatre.

Strong Bones exercise class, 1:00 p.m., Mercer Community Center.

Mended Hearts and Diabetes Support Group, 2 p.m., Aspirus Grand View Hospital conference area, Ironwood. 906-932-2443.

Bessemer Area Historical Society, 2 p.m., 403 Sophie St., Bessemer.

Regional Hospice Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., Comfort Inn, conference room, Ironwood.

ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood.

Wakefield Chamber of Commerce, 6 p.m., Wakefield Municipal Building.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org.

Gogebic County Council of Veteran Affairs, 6:30 p.m., Bessemer VFW.

Knights of Columbus Council 1396, 6:30 p.m. social meeting, KC Hall, Ironwood.

Government

Hurley Senior Center Board of Directors, 12:30 p.m., Hurley Senior Center, Hurley.

Gogebic Range Solid Waste Management Authority, 4:30 p.m., transfer station.