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Bessemer OKs Ironwood joining Miners football co-op

By IAN MINIELLY

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BESSEMER - The Bessemer School Board voted unanimously to accept Ironwood joingin the co-op football program in an anti-climactic vote of solidarity Monday evening. Jim Partanen and Tim France provided a brief overview before the vote, two members of the public expressed their support and the board said, "Aye." The Gogebic Miners are part of the West Pac Conference, using Ironwood's already present schedule for 2017 and only have one game to find, the scheduled game with itself between Ironwood and Gogebic.

All three schools athletic directors are m...