Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Hurley area Texas relief effort enters final stretch

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY - The donations were pouring in Wednesday for Donna and Skip Bessen's trip to assist Hurricane victims in Texas, but there was still room for more contributions.

The Bessens, from Hurley, will head for Texas on Friday, as today was the last day to contribute to the cause at the Memorial Building in Hurley.

In addition to filling a U-Haul truck and trailer in the parking lot, volunteers were putting together personal care packages inside the Memorial Building.

"The waiting lines in Texas have been really bad, so we're putting several assorted...