South Shore Sand and Gravel President Ralph Frostman is disgusted by the Bayfield County Planning and Zoning Committee’s rejection of his permit to open a new gravel mine in the town of Iron River.
Frostman intended to develop the sand and gravel pit about 2,000 feet east of Hart Lake, but was unanimously denied by the county committee that followed the unanimous rejection by Iron River Town Board members.
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