Lake Superior NERR secures funding to help pay for project in Superior Municipal Forest 3:00 pm, Sep. 25, 2020 ×
The city of Superior plans to improve the rustic boat launch on the Pokegama River in the Superior Municipal Forest next summer after the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve secured funding for the project through the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Photo courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Superior)
Superior residents will have improved access to the Pokegama River next summer with the help of a $128,482 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The funds, awarded to the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve in partnership with the city, will be used by the city to improve a rustic boat launch on the Pokegama Bay in the Superior Municipal Forest along Billings Park Drive.
Shelley Nelson column: COVID-19 colors local news
This column is part of a series where the Telegram staff look back at their work during 2020. 8:30 am, Jan. 1, 2021 ×
Former Superior City Councilor Dan Olson tells the story of how Kenna Hermanson brought up the idea of the all-inclusive Webster Dream Park in the rain during the official opening ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 9, in South Superior. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
The stories sometimes blur together but this year the ones that stand out have a common thread.
It seemed everything I wrote about this year, whether politics, elections, business or local government was all touched and colored by a disease caused by the new coronavirus.