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Gogebic County Board objects to road commission garage site

By RALPH ANSAMI

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BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners will sit down with the road commission board next month for a joint session and the location of the proposed new county garage will be one of the issues discussed.

On a 4-3 vote, the county board on Wednesday moved to send a letter to the road commission saying the proposed new road commission building site off U.S. 2, on the south side of the highway and west end of Bessemer, would not be suitable for the building.

“No one thinks it’s a safe site,” said county board chair Joe Bonovetz, of Bessemer....