Hurley group presents at development conference

HURLEY - Iron County was recently represented at an international conference, as members of the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension Office and a Hurley student presented on ways the county has involved its youth in community development projects.

The Community Development Society and National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals 2017 conference held in Big Sky, Mont., ended Wednesday.

"We were there for the project we did in October with the trailhead designs," UW-Extension Youth Development Educator Neil Klemme said. "We were in a block of presenters talking about engaging young people and getting young people involved in that type of work."...