Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RALPH ANSAMI
BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday received a $31,297 check from the Michigan Counties Workers Compensation Fund.
The 2017 dividend check is for the county’s portion of the self-funded programs division of the Lansing-based agency.
MCWCF Administrator Timothy McGuire said county commissioners throughout the Upper Peninsula sit on the workers compensation board. Gogebic County’s representative is veteran county board member Joe Bonovetz, of Bessemer. There are a total of 11 members on the board.
“Because of their extensiv...