TAKE SURVEY – click here Western U.P. Planning & Development Region (WUPPDR) The purpose of this 10-minute survey is to collect demographics and feedback from residents about housing in their area. This survey will assist WUPPDR in developing a Housing Study & Strategy that will identify actions that communities can take to encourage new housing development, redevelopment, and rehabilitation to meet identified housing market demand. […]
I will be holding office hours on the following dates if you wish to pay your taxes in person: Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:00am – 3:00pm Wakefield Township Hall, 414 N County Rd 519, Wakefield, MI 49968 Monday, February 14, 2022 10:00am – 3:30pm Wakefield Township Hall Monday, February 28, 2022 9:00am – 2:00pm Wakefield Township Hall and from 3:00pm – 5:00pm at […]
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP BOARD SNOWPLOW BID FOR 2021-2022 WINTER SEASON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2021 5:15 P.M. PURPOSE: Opening of Snowplow Bid for Township Hall and Parking Lot for 2021-2022 Winter Season PRESENT: Mandy Lake, Supervisor; Jennifer Ahonen, Clerk; Denise Laessig, Treasurer; Robert Drier, Trustee; Michael Heikkila, Trustee Supervisor Lake explained one sealed bid was received for the snowplowing of Township Hall and the Parking Lot. The […]
SNOWPLOWING BID 21-22 – click to download form WAKEFIELD, MICHIGAN REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL SNOWPLOWING FRONT AND SMALL SIDE PARKING LOT AT WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP HALL (NOT THE LARGE, SIDE PARKING LOT) 414 N. COUNTY ROAD 519 FOR THE 2021-2022 SNOW SEASON. THE PARKING LOT WILL NEED TO BE PLOWED WHEN SNOWFALL EXCEEDS 6” AND ALSO ON SPECIFIC MEETING DATES, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED ONCE BID […]
2020 Water Quality Report Gogebic Range Water – click to download
By P.J. GLISSON WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP – At their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, members of the Wakefield Township Board of Trustees learned from Supervisor Mandy Lake that shooting noise originating in Wakefield Township has resulted in a complaint from a Wakefield city resident on neighboring property. The problem already had been discussed at a June 28 meeting of the Wakefield City Council, where in […]
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP – A brief Tuesday evening meeting of the Wakefield Township Board of Trustees resulted in a greater understanding of properties owned by the township. “We wanted to get a list of the properties we owned, which you’d think would be a simple process, but it’s not,” said Treasurer Denice Laessig, who undertook the initiative. Laessig said the necessary steps […]
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIPSPRING CLEANUP 2021 SATURDAY, MAY 22—8:00 AM — 12:00 NOON AT WESTERN U.P. RECYCLING 519 North and on Planter Road/Chippewa Drive WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS ONLY- BRING YOUR DRIVER LICENSES OR TAX STATEMENT SHOWING THAT YOU ARE A TOWNSHIP RESIDENT OR TAXPAYER ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED: TIRES, REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS, MICROWAVES, CEMENT, TV’S, MATTRESSES AND BOX SPRINGS. THESE ITEMS CAN BE BROUGHT TO […]
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP – Members of the Wakefield Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday evening to support a resolution that authorizes an application for state funding to cover reconstruction of Indianhead Road. Barry Bolich, manager of the Gogebic County Road Commission, had announced in January that steps were underway toward such action. Wakefield Township Supervisor Mandy Lake cautioned that the […]
ERWIN TOWNSHIP — After meeting Tuesday evening for the first time in six months, members of the Gogebic County Chapter of the Michigan Townships Association voted in four new officers, including a brand new position. Wakefield Township Supervisor Mandy Lake, who had volunteered to head the meeting until new officers were elected, is the new chairperson. “She looks like she’s doing a fine job here,” […]