Huron County lifts hiring freeze
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The Huron County Board of Commissioners during this week s meeting, which was held over the Zoom conferencing application. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune)
The Huron County Board of Commissioners has voted to rescind a hiring freeze for county jobs that has been in place since last March.
Former Commissioner Ron Wruble came up with the idea of a hiring freeze as one of many ways to cut the county budget should the need arise during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sheriff’s department was the only county department exempt from the freeze.
Commissioner Todd Talaski, the head of the personnel committee, said this was also a way for the county to get a handle on things as the pandemic was just getting started in Michigan.
Harbor Beach buys new pump for sewer
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The Harbor Beach City Council voted to purchase a new pump for its sewer and sell a piece of formerly foreclosed land during its Feb. 16 meeting.
The city council approved the purchase a larger pump for the rebuild of the DPW sewer machine. At a former meeting, DPW Supervisor Mike Jurgess had requested the pump. During discussions, it was learned the present machine would cost about $100,000 to replace. It would be more frugal to repair it by installing a new pump.
Jurgess recommended purchasing the new pump from Sewer Equipment of America for a price of $7,212.83, plus shipping costs. Council agreed. Later, Harbor Beach Mayor Gary Booms told the Tribune the repair would likely keep the old sewer machine going for several years.
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Boys roundup: Red Hawks, Warriors, Pirates pick up wins
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North Huron 77, Bay City All Saints 68
BAY CITY The North Huron varsity boys basketball team opened the 2020-2021 season with a 77-68 road win at Bay City All Saints on Friday night.
After staking themselves to a 50-42 lead at halftime, the Warriors held steady in the second half as the Cougars fought to get back in the game.
Noah Koth led the Warriors with 24 points, and Will Case was close behind with 22. Mason Brown had 11 points, Ryan Schorno had 8 and Joe Weiss had 5.
North Huron head coach Matt Shears said the Warriors had the chance to “knock some of the rust off” on Friday night after being sidelined by the suspension of contact sports in Michigan. North Huron’s offense was clicking at the beginning of the game, he said, but the lack of playing time became apparent as fouls and turnovers piled up.
Hoops roundup: Laker, Harbor Beach boys pick up wins
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Laker too much for Sandusky
PIGEON The Laker varsity boys basketball team opened the 2020-2021 season at home on Wednesday night with a 57-39 victory over the Sandusky Redskins.
After leading 14-10 at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers would go into halftime with a 24-19 lead. Sandusky (1-1) hung around in the third quarter, staying withing striking distance of Laker and trailing 35-28 heading into the fourth. Laker (1-0) would blow the game wide open with a 22-point fourth quarter and lock up the win.
Leading the way for Laker was Sawyer Kozfkay with 18 points. Kozfkay was a perfect three-for-three from behind the three-point line. Also making big contributions were Anthony Sheridan with 11 points and Hunter Krohn with 10.