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Road commission agrees to keep spring flowing

BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Road Commission agreed Monday not to close the Lake Road spring, after coliform was detected there.

Instead, they decided to put warning signs by it and see if Ironwood Township will help test the quality of the water.

The spring is located on the easement for Lake Road, said road commission manger Darren Pionk. On July 29, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department tested the quality of the water after the department received a complaint of an illness from a person who drank from the spring following the July flooding damages to the area.

The test came up...