Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RICHARD JENKINS
More than half of Gogebic County’s eligible voters participated in Tuesday’s election, with initial figures released by Clerk Gerry Pelissero indicating turnout was at 53.6 percent.
According to the numbers, 7,485 of the 13,953 registered voters cast ballots in the election.
Wakefield Township had the highest percentage of participation of the county’s municipalities, at 66.1 percent of the 266 voters participating.
The city of Ironwood had the lowest participation, with 48.5 percent of registered voters casting ballots. The city’s Precinct 2 was...