Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Bessemer Township's new fire engine saves day

By IAN MINIELLY

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BESSEMER TOWNSHIP — The Bessemer Township board met on Monday evening and Jeff Randall, Board Supervisor discussed how the new Firetruck saved the day for Indianhead prior to the Christmas surge of visitors.

Apparently the wind blew the door open at the Indianhead Pump station after it was inspected and the station froze solid Dec. 19. The township lent their workers to the Gogebic Range Water Authority to thaw the station while sending a team of volunteer firefighters and the new engine to the site.

The firetruck handled the pressure of the i...