Gourley Township, the smallest and second poorest township in Menominee County, is building itself a new township fire garage and hall. The township took on the project without asking for a millage from taxpayers. Gourley Township Supervisor Steve Wery, who has been supervisor for the last 27 years, explained the current fire garage and hall is 45 years old, located on a hill that makes it dangerous for traffic when fire trucks pull in or out, and there’s a lack of parking when events are hosted at the hall. He noted all of those factors contributed to building a new facility, but what drove it was something else. “What really drove bringing this building here is that over the last 27 years on the fire department side and the township side, which the township board is responsible for all expenditures of money, we were sitting on $521,000,” Wery said.