Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By P.J. GLISSON
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Wakefield Township Board voted Wednesday to opt out of allowing a recreational marijuana enterprise within its region.
In addition, said supervisor John Cox of the unanimous vote, “The resolution does not allow the use of marijuana on any township-owned properties.”
Cox said nobody offered opinions during the meeting’s public comments period. “There was no one there,” he said Thursday.
He said he did share with the board the opinion of one township resident, who had called him to suggest the potential marijuana business could be...