Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Grbavcich odd man out in Ironwood Township trustee race

By RICHARD JENKINS

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Four of the five candidates in the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees race were happy Tuesday night, with incumbents Bernard Brunello and Kevin Lyons, along with newcomers Bev Michaels and Marlene Saari-Mieloszyk winning seats on the board.

Saari-Mieloszyk received the most votes in the race, capturing 21 percent of the voters with 776 votes. Lyons took second with 758 votes, Michaels — the lone Republican in the race — won 729 votes and Brunello rounded out the quartet with 717 votes. The fifth candidate on the ballot, Rudy Grbavcich received 69...