Solution sought to provide Watersmeet ambulance service

By RALPH ANSAMI

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BESSEMER — A Watersmeet resident told the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Tuesday that the passage of the ambulance millage “has left a bad taste in people’s mouths” in the eastern end of the county.

At a meeting where an an ambulance authority was appointed by county board chair George Peterson, of Watersmeet, the meeting started with a public appearance by Yvonne Clark, of Watersmeet.

A three-year millage that will generate $523,000 the first year was approved by a more than 60 percent vote countywide.

Clark criticized the board because it had...