Hurley grocery store ceremony set for Friday

HURLEY — A $250,000 grant to help bring a grocery store to Hurley will be announced at a Friday ceremony.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation will join Hurley Mayor Joseph Pinardi and community and business leaders at the 10:30 a.m. ceremony at the former Super One site, off Tenth Avenue.

State officials will also be on hand.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Pinardi told the city council Tuesday, referring to the two-year struggle to get a grocery store to locate in the city.

Great Lakes Foods bought the former grocery store building. The new store will be run by the owners of the Pa...