Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

39th annual Pumpkin Festival held in Bessemer

By IAN MINIELLY

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BESSEMER - The 39th annual Pumpkinfest kicked off Wednesday evening and ended with the 50/50 draw at the VFW and final poker run drawing at midnight Sunday. Saturday brought people from many states, some as far as away as Illinois, according to the license plates parked outside A.D. Johnston on Iron street.

By 9:00 a.m., the gymnasium was full of vendors hawking their products and many people were shopping. Gail and Walt Soulier's homemade salsas and jams had a premier location near the entrance, where every single person walked by their booth and h...