Partly cloudy High: 41 | Low: 30 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Thursday, March 16, 2017 75 cents ‘WORTH SAVING’ Trail acquisition Fast effort moves Corporation ahead in Hurley on board with By RALPH ANSAMI
[email protected] Hiawatha HURLEY — Plans to acquire a railroad parcel so Hurley can restoration connect to the Michigan Iron Belle Trail moved ahead Tues- By IAN MINIELLY day when the city council agreed
[email protected] to be the grant applicant in an IRONWOOD — “It’s worth attempt to buy about 600 feet of saving,” said Mike Wiedl, from property. Fast Corporation, in response to Council members approved Pete Sturgul’s question on the applying for a $22,000 grant state of the Hiawatha statue. from the Gogebic Range Health For Sturgul, who is raising funds Foundation. to restore the statue with John A letter from attorney Mike Rudberg, those words must have Fauerbach, of the Iron County been a shock and a relief. Non-Motorized Trails Commit- Wiedl said their company is tee, explained a short history of one of the few left doing this kind the trail effort and plans for the of unique work, with their pri- future. mary competition coming from Fauerbach said for more than China in prefabricated molds. a year the committee has The Fast Corporation made the attempted to purchase the parcel red Stormy Kromer hat and the between U.S. 51 and the bridge giant skier on US 2. Wiedl said over the Montreal River from he should have the quote back in Canadian National Railroad.