Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Community Calendar

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Thursday, Dec. 15

Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m .; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436.

Mercer Health and Wellness, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Community Center.

Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325.

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.

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

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

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

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

Government

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

Hurley Senior Center Board of Directors, 9 a.m., Hurley Senior Center, Hurley.

Gogebic County Forestry and Parks Commission, 4 p.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer.

Gogebic Range Solid Waste Management Authority, 4:30 p.m., transfer station, E5917 U.S. 2, Ironwood.

Mercer Town Board, 5:30 p.m., town hall.

Ironwood School Board, 5:30 p.m., special meeting, board room, Luther L. Wright K-12 Schoo.

Friday, Dec. 16

Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center.

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

Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655.

Saturday, Dec. 17

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.

Sunday, Dec. 18

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood.

Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, Wakefield, 706 Putnam St.

Monday, Dec. 19

Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450.

Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, GOCAA, 100 S. Mill St., Bessemer, from 9 a.m.-noon; Wakefield VFW, 9-9:30 a.m .; Sunset Manor Apartments, Wakefield, community room, 9:45-10 a.m .; Riverview Apartments, Wakefield, parking lot, 10:15-10:30 a.m .; Hillcrest Apartments, Bessemer, community room, noon-12:15 p.m .; Fairview Apartments, Bessemer, community room, 12:30-12:45 p.m.

Mercer Health and Wellness, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Community Center.

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

Iron County Mobile Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Iron County Recycling-Iron County Forestry Parking Lot, 606-607 3rd Ave. North, Hurley. 715-561-2695.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org.

Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood.

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

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

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

Government

Bessemer Housing Commission, 8:30 a.m., executive director’s office, 709 W. Iron St., Bessemer.

Gogebic County Health and Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield.

Bessemer School Board, 4 p.m., A.D. Johnston High School library.

Wakefield-Marenisco School Board, 5 p.m., school board room, Wakefield.

Hurley School Board, 5:30 p.m., Hurley High School library.

Ironwood School Board, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School board room.

Watersmeet Township School Board, 6:30 p.m., media center, Watersmeet School.

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m .; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436.

Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m .; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood, parking lot, 10:30-11 a.m .; Northwoods Estates Apartments, Ironwood Township, parking lot, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m .; Wildwood Apartments, Ironwood Township, community room, 12:30-12:45 p.m.

Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110.

Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325.

Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308.

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

Range Art Association, 1 p.m., 906 Boom, Ironwood.

Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m., Memorial Building, Ironwood.

Hurley VFW Post 1580, 6 p.m., VFW post home.

Bessemer Veterans of Foreign Wars, 6 p.m., VFW hall, Bessemer.

Government

Gogebic Community College Board, 6 p.m., upper level of the Lindquist Student & Conference Center.

Wednesday, Dec. 21

Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Marenisco Township Hall, 9:15-9:30 a.m; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10:30 a.m .; Bruce Crossing, Stannard Township ballpark, 12:30-1 p.m. EST.

Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325.

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. 715-561-2190.

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

Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center.

Overeaters Anonymous, 4:30 p.m., Phoenix House, Bessemer.

Hurley Chamber of Commerce Board, 5 p.m., chamber office.

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

Government

Wakefield Housing Commission, 9 a.m., Sunset Manor community room, 200 Pierce St., Wakefield.

Iron County Recycling Commitee, 4 p.m., Courthouse, Hurley.

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

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

Thursday, Dec. 22

Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m .; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436.

Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:25-9:40 a.m. EST; White Pine Township Hall, 10-10:15 a.m. EST; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EST; Mass City Resource Center, 1-1:30 p.m. EST.

Mercer Health and Wellness, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Community Center.

Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325.

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.

Community Night Meal Free Supper, 6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood.

Government

Downtown Ironwood Development Authority, 8 a.m., meeting, Conference Room 1, second floor, Memorial Building, Ironwood.