LAURIUM – The new ice generating system at the Gipp Arena is complete and ready to be started up, said Village Manager Ian Lewis, but will not be used until November, due to warmer than average temperatures extending through the early part of October.

“Because of the weather, we’ve decided to start it up during the normal period, which is usually the week before Thanksgiving,” Village Manager Ian Lewis said.

At the regular September Council Meeting, Trustee Jeff Erickson said Youth Hockey would like to use the arena around October 1, but that would depend on weather, because the temperatures need to be low to sustain the ice once it is made.

Lewis said at the Colosseum, in Calumet Township, the building is designed to permit ice during warmer temperatures.

“But because it’s so humid in

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