Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
STANDING AT right, Marty Ikola makes a point to the Wakefield City Council about a proposed project to expand the Eddy Park Campground next to Sunday Lake. From left at the table are Councilmen Pat Libertoski and Mike Zeckovich, Mayor Pro Tempore Calvin Shirkey, Councilman Scott Heikkila, City Clerk Susan Ahonen and City Manager Robert Brown Jr. Listening from the audience are neighbors of Ikola on Chicago Mine Road.
By P.J. GLISSON
WAKEFIELD - Members of the Wakefield City Council voted on Monday evening to approve the application for two grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
After being rejected on its first try last year, the city will reapply for an MDNR Trust Fund Grant, in hopes of financing a now smaller, proposed expansion of the Eddy Park Campground next to Sunday Lake.
The city also will apply for an MDNR Passport Grant, in hopes of creating a dog park now targeted for east of the Eddy Park Skate Park.
This year's revised Trust Fund application will rel...
