Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Dog rescued from manhole

By CHARITY SMITH

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HURLEY - A rescue effort that included the help of the Hurley Police and Public Works departments successfully retrieved a dog that had fallen into a manhole near Second Avenue near downtown Hurley Wednesday morning.

Sadie, a 13-year-old German wire hair pointer belonging to Karen and Paul Hagemann, ventured off into a culvert during her morning walk shortly before 9 a.m. The culvert starts at the west side of Second Avenue and runs under the road before merging with the city's storm drain system and ending at the Montreal River.

"(Sadie) has a habit...