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Commission moves ahead with Gogebicrange.com tower plan

By RALPH ANSAMI

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IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday agreed to move ahead with a company’s plan to install a tower on Mt. Zion, but took no action on a second request.

GogebicRange.net and Northern Michigan University have requested to install towers for wireless service on Mt. Zion. The city owns the land, but permits would be needed through Ironwood Township.

City commission members spoke favorably of a plan by Gogebicrange.net to attach fixed wireless technology to the top of two existing light poles, adding less than 10 feet of height to those poles....