Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Iron County completes election canvass

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — While the Iron County Clerk’s Office completed the required canvass Tuesday to formalize the voting totals in the April 5 election, the path forward for the seat representing Mercer’s District 11 on the Iron County Board of Supervisors remains up in the air.

While John Sendra beat incumbent Victor Ouimette 109 votes to 105 to represent District 11, issues arose during the election when an unknown number of voters received ballots for District 12’s county board seat — a race where Opal Roberts was running for re-election unopposed. Both di...