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 to the sear...