Iron County awards Saxon Harbor dredging contract

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — With the company already onsite working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Iron County Board of Supervisors awarded the contract for its share of the Saxon Harbor marina’s dredging to Roen Salvage Tuesday.

The company — based in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. — was awarded the $2,779,533 contract to dredge approximately 21,100 cubic yards of sediment deposited in the portion of the marina the county is responsible for during the July 2016 storm that destroyed the harbor.

Along with the dredging, the contract includes repairs to the...