Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Finance committee approves software purchase

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisor’s Finance Committee approved the purchase of a new software system for the sheriff’s department and dispatcher center Thursday.

Darrell Petrusha, who handles many of the county’s technology needs, described the system as a “complete operating system” for the county’s dispatch center — handling everything from keeping records of reports and processing booking information to a mapping software when dispatching calls.

“This is all-inclusive in this system, instead of us being piecemeal...