Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Finance committee approves water testing purchase

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors’ Finance Committee approved purchasing water testing equipment Thursday necessary to complete surface tests of the Montreal River watershed that LaPointe Iron Company would like to be completed.

County board chair Joe Pinardi said he and clerk Michael Saari had been in contact with LaPointe representatives about the testing and the company is asking the county to bear the cost of the equipment to avoid any potential appearance of impropriety or that they bought the results they want.

“They wan...