By RICHARD JENKINS
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — Wakefield Township residents will see a new truck collecting their garbage this spring, as the township recently switched collection services to the Gogebic Range Solid Waste Management Authority.
The change will take effect April 1, after the township board awarded the contract to the authority’s low bid.
According to Wakefield Township Supervisor John Cox, the authority is charging the township a monthly fee of $14.35 per household. The township’s previous collector, Waste Management, submitted a bid of $21.73 per household,...