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Wakefield City Hall may see new life

By PAMELA JANSSON

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WAKEFIELD — The old Wakefield City Hall, vacant on the main street now for a decade, might still see new life, according to a report from city manager Robert Brown Jr.

In a Tuesday evening phone call, Brown said that the Wakefield City Council discussed at its Monday evening meeting the possibility of reviving the property.

“We already have the demolition grant,” said Brown regarding $1.2 million received from the Michigan Land Bank Authority.

That money was facilitated last year via Gogebic County treasurer Lisa Hewitt.

“It sounds like there’s a p...