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Airport votes to replace water pump

By MEGAN HUGHES

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IRONWOOD — The Gogebic-Iron County Airport voted Monday at its regular monthly meeting to replace the airport’s water pump, which failed earlier in the day, leaving the airport without access to water in the main buildings.

Airport manage Jeremy Busch said that with the lack of access to water, the bathrooms were unusable, and in the meantime the airport called in for portable toilets to be brought to the site until repairs could be made.

“The capacitor went bad,” said Busch. “His suggestion was to replace it.”

Busch said he was waiting for a reply from...