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Gogebic County committee formed on ambulance costs

By RALPH ANSAMI

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BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to set up a committee to resolve the ambulance service issue in the county, likely by the end of next month.

After meeting as the finance committee with representatives of Beacon Ambulance and one of its owners, John Kutz, the county board agreed to set up the committee in an effort to retain service through the end of the year.

It will be up to county board chair George Peterson, of Watersmeet, to determine the size of the committee, but a three-man panel was backed by the board...