Bessemer Council seeks medical marijuana facility business plan

By TOM STANKARD

tstankard@yourdailyglobe.com

Bessemer – After much debate, the Bessemer City Council voted 3-2 Monday in favor of seeking a business plan from the medial marijuana facility being developed at the former Big Dollar grocery store.

In September, City Manager Michael Uskiewicz announced two business partners from Wisconsin and South Carolina purchased the store and planed to convert the space into a “state-of-the-art facility for producing medical marijuana.” Uskiewicz said their product will be sold out of Gogebic County to…