Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

5 votes enough to win Iron County Board seat

By LARRY HOLCOMBE

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HURLEY - A canvass of the April 2 election in Iron County by the county's Board of Canvass on Monday morning showed no problems, according to county officials.

Board members included interim County Clerk Christan Brandt, Deputy Clerk Kathy Brauer and Clara Maki.

Besides being the statewide presidential primary, the ballot also offered voters races for many local county, city, town and school board seats. A school bond referendum in Mercer was also on the ballot and passed 61% to 39%.

While all 15 seats for the county board were up for election, no...