Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Ironwood Township to explore pension options

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board directed Clerk Mary Segalin to explore new options for pension funds Monday after a number of issues were raised regarding the way MetLife Inc. is handling the funds.

MetLife doesn’t seem to want to work with the plan,” said Eric Reigler, who works for Edward Jones and handles the funds for the township. “We’ve given them ample opportunity to reach out and service the plan...We had one gentleman who we called at MetLife that commented that the department we are trying to reach ‘aren’t the most pleasa...