Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
MEMBERS OF the Gogebic County Search and Rescue Team accept a donation of $10,000 from a representative of the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians during a March 27 meeting of the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners. From left are Crystal Prust, SAR vice president; Ben Tucker, SAR training officer; Gogebic County Sheriff Ross Solberg; and County Commissioner George Peterson III, who was representing the tribe.
BESSEMER - Last week's Gogebic County Board of Commissioners began on a high note with a donation of $10,000 to the county's Search and Rescue Team from the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
Commissioner George Peterson III presented the check on behalf of the tribe.
"They are wonderful people," said Peterson of the tribe, led by James Williams Jr.
Peterson praised the tribe's ongoing generosity to a number of local causes.
The commissioner's sweatshirt also included a nod to the tribe by stating the words "Nimrod Basketball" and "Noodin Babaamiba idiyang," translated fr...
