Grant to cover most of eyesore demolition costs

By RALPH ANSAMI

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IRONWOOD — Around 80 percent of the funding for five demolition projects approved Monday night by the Ironwood City Commission will come from a grant.

The commission approved Snow Country Contracting for all of the eyesore removal projects, as follows: 142 Rowe St., $15,049; 340 E. Pine St., $26,083; 249 E. Ash St., $20,883; 433 Shale Road, $21,819; 431 Shale Road, $32,146.

Snow Country knocked off $6,300 from the 431 Shale Rd. demolition because it received both Shale Road bids and the work will be in the same vicinity.

Of the five projects, $9...