The Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

As the smoke clears from the fireworks and people begin to wind down and clean up from the big Fourth of July weekend, many are checking their 50-50 tickets bought at various community celebrations across the Gogebic Range in recent days.

Bessemer’s Fourth of July Committee set a record again upping its sales to build a prize of $33,490. The winning ticket is 11622 and was drawn just before Monday’s parade began.

No official word has come about a winner, but a committee member told the Daily Globe Tuesday afternoon he had been in touch with someone claiming to have the winning ticket a...