By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — Members of the Wakefield Township Board of Trustees voted Tuesday evening to support a request by the Gogebic Range Water Authority to reduce the size of its membership. In the interests of greater efficiency, GRWA Administrator Jean Verbos has expressed a desire to reduce the board’s current membership from 11 to five. When alternates to those members are […]
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com WAKEFIELD – At a Wednesday evening meeting of the Wakefield Township Board of Trustees, Supervisor John Cox addressed new concerns about rising local cases of COVID-19. “I had hoped by now that we certainly wouldn’t be sitting with masks,” he said. However, he added, “The kids have not taken this seriously, and as a result we’ve now got a pile of […]
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By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com WAKEFIELD – John Cox and Mandy Lake were both born in Wakefield, and they each left the region to pursue higher education and the jobs that went with it. Both of them, however, returned and it appears they are here to stay. Cox is the supervisor of Wakefield Township and Lake is the township clerk who will assume the top job […]
Final 2020 Census Reminder Postcards to Arrive Before Nationwide Rollout of Census Takers Visiting Homes JULY 22, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau is sending reminder postcards this week to an estimated 34.3 million households. This will be the final mailing before census takers begin visiting nonresponding households across the nation in mid-August. Responding now minimizes the need for census takers to visit homes to collect responses in […]
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2020 July Newsletter – click here to download
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP UPDATE MAY 2020 – click here to download the pdf
Wakefield Township Master Plan – Click to download The Proposed Master Plan for Wakefield Township is available for public review until June 11, 2020. Comments may be e-mailed to Denice Laessig – denice99@att.net or John Cox – supervisor@wakefieldtownship.com
Download the Letter – SPRING 2020 LETTER TO RESIDENTS April 8, 2020 Dear Wakefield Township Resident I hope this letter finds you well and that you are staying safe by following the COVID 19 recommendations and executive orders by the President and the Governor. Wakefield Township residents have always been a hardy bunch and I’m sure we will all get through this bump in the road. […]