Iron County to receive $326,453 in grants for Saxon Harbor

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — Iron County will be getting some additional help in paying for the cost of rebuilding Saxon Harbor after it was destroyed during flooding in the July 11 storm.

Iron County Forestry and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson told the county board of supervisors’ finance committee Thursday the county received three grants, totaling $326,453, for rebuilding the harbor.

Peterson said the grants were awarded at a Wisconsin Waterways Commission meeting he attended Tuesday.

Two of the three grants — a combined $138,910 in funds — are for dredging wor...