UPAWS buying land for new shelter
Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter Board president Reva Laituri signs a purchase agreement for 20 acres of land on the north end of the Marquette County Fair Grounds while looking on are, from left, Andi Goriesky of Select Realty, UPAWS Treasurer Joan Mulder and Marquette County Fair Board President James Goriesky. UPAWS plans to build a larger shelter than its current shelter on Snowfield Road in Negaunee Township, which is nearly 40 years old.