Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Community calendar

Thursday, Oct. 11

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

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, luncheon, Rigoni’s Inn on Ayer Street in Ironwood. RSVP 906-667-0116.

Invent@NMU Kiosk, noon-2 p.m., Student Center, Gogebic Community College.

Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae.

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

Invent@NMU community event, 5:30 p.m., Cold Iron Brewing, Ironwood.

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

Klassic Kruisers Car Club, 6:30 p.m., Lindquist Student Center, Ironwood.

“Fantastic Fungi” program, 6:30 p.m., Mercer Public Library.

Ironwood Masonic Lodge 389, 7:30 p.m., at the Masonic building.

Government

Bessemer Housing Commission, 8 a.m., Executive Director’s Office, 709 West Iron Street, Bessemer.

Iron County Finance Committee, 8 a.m., courthouse, Hurley.

Bessemer Downtown Development Authority, 4 p.m., DDA room, City Hall.

Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., room B22, Solin Center, Ironwood.

Gogebic Range Water Authority Board, 6:30 p.m., Bessemer Township Hall.

Gogebic County Transit Board, 6:30 p.m., transit facility, Ironwood.

Friday, Oct. 12

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.

“Create a Christmas Pocket Journal,” 2 p.m., Mercer Public Library.

Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org.

Government

Bessemer City Council special meeting, 10 a.m., US 2 and Sophie Street, Bessemer.