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One of the improvements done by the Lake Antoine Park Partners was building a beach wall at the park.
IRON MOUNTAIN Aging water lines at Dickinson County’s Lake Antoine Park are falling apart, putting this year’s camping season in jeopardy, the county board learned Monday.
“It’s not looking good,” Controller Brian Bousley said. “The best case, maybe, push it back a month or two.”
Bousley said investigation is needed before deciding on a project, but the park will definitely stay open for swimming and day visits. A meeting was planned today with Coleman Engineering of Iron Mountain.
The new scaffold at the Pine Mountain ski jump is shown, illuminated at night.
IRON MOUNTAIN Gundlach Champion of Iron Mountain will be hired by Dickinson County to design an elevator for the Pine Mountain ski jump, a project that’s needed to meet standards for international competitions.
The county board voted 3-2 to accept a cost not to exceed $19,500 for preliminary design-build services.
Without an elevator, the Kiwanis Ski Club will be unable to host World Cup ski jumping as envisioned for 2023, Commissioner Joe Stevens said.
Gundlach Champion also proposes the elevator as a tourist attraction.
Chairman Henry Wender and Commissioner Ann Martin voted no, as no ski club representatives were present. Wender wants assurances the ski club can see the project through.
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IRON MOUNTAIN Dickinson County Memorial Hospital currently has no COVID-19 patients as vaccination efforts continue and administrators point to a better financial picture than two years ago.
“We haven’t had a (coronavirus) patient for a couple of weeks,” Sue Hadley, director of nursing, said during a hospital board Zoom meeting Thursday. “Hopefully, we continue to see that,” she added.
Dickinson County has reported no deaths from COVID-19 since early January. Iron County, however, has had 12 deaths over that same span, according to Dickinson-Iron District Health Department postings.
Most of Dickinson County’s 67 deaths to date were from mid-October through December.
Dickinson County Memorial Hospital. (Theresa Proudfit/Daily News photo)
IRON MOUNTAIN Dickinson County Memorial Hospital currently has no COVID-19 patients as vaccination efforts continue and administrators point to a better financial picture than two years ago.
“We haven’t had a (coronavirus) patient for a couple of weeks,” Sue Hadley, director of nursing, said during a hospital board Zoom meeting Thursday. “Hopefully, we continue to see that,” she added.
Dickinson County has reported no deaths from COVID-19 since early January. Iron County, however, has had 12 deaths over that same span, according to Dickinson-Iron District Health Department postings.
Most of Dickinson County’s 67 deaths to date were from mid-October through December.
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From left, Dickinson County Healthcare System Director of Public Relations and Business Development Joe Rizzo and DCHS President and CEO Chuck Nelson present a $25,000 check to Kiwanis Ski Club Treasurer Paul Bujold and KSC Corresponding Secretary Susie Fox in front of the newly renovated Pine Mountain ski jump.
(Brian Christensen/Daily News photo)
IRON MOUNTAIN Dickinson County Healthcare System on Wednesday donated $25,000 to the Kiwanis Ski Club ahead of an open house set for this weekend at Pine Mountain.
The event, which is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, is a fundraising effort in response to the pandemic cancellation of the 2021 DCHS Pine Mountain Continental Cup. To ensure the ski tournament’s future, the Kiwanis have undertaken a renovation to the historic jump at a cost of more than $3 million.