Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Gogebic County joins interlocal materials management unit

By PAMELA JANSSON

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BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners voted on June 12 to enter an interlocal agreement with several other western U.P. counties in relation to materials management.

Board Chairman James Lorenson said that the Western U.P. Planning and Development Region will serve as the central planning agency for the interlocal group.

No discussion occurred on the decision, but board members had agreed in previous meetings that it made sense to team up with the other counties, which include Ontonagon, Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Iron.

The state...