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Finance committee approves donation for Iron Belt searchers

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors Finance Committee approved a request from the sheriff’s department for donations to two groups that assisted with the December search for a missing Iron Belt man.

The committee on Thursday approved a $500 donation to the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Department canine unit and $1,000 to Headwaters Search and Rescue as a thank you for the members of the organizations volunteering their time to help with the search for Alan D. Kangas.

Iron County Sheriff Tony Furyk praised the groups’ contributions...