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🌱 Bessemer pushes for rate protections in proposed utility sale
Bessemer, Michigan Patch AM: a 3 min readHey there, Bessemer! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
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- Bessemer pushes for rate protections in proposed utility sale
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cooler with showers around, with a high of 45 and low of 30 degrees.
- Thursday: Snow and flurries in the a.m., temps: high: 32, low: 27.
- Friday: Snow, up to 1", with a high of 34 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Residents speak out on potential utility bill change at Gogebic County Board meeting (uppermichiganssource.com) — Bessemer officials want written protections for utility customers as regulators consider selling Xcel Energy’s Michigan operations to UPPCO and SEMCO. Residents raised concerns at Tuesday’s Gogebic County Board meeting, while city leaders urged early legal involvement in the approval process. UPPCO says it must demonstrate the transaction itself would not adversely affect rates. 
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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