Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Finance committee approves cell tower lease

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — It’s possible cellphone coverage in Iron County will improve after the Iron County Board of Supervisors’ finance committee approved an agreement with U.S. Cellular Thursday to allow the company to lease tower space from the county.

The company will pay Iron County $1,300 a month to lease space on two of the county’s towers, one located in the Mercer area and the other in Upson.

“I think it’s real fair,” said Darrell Petrusha, who has been working for the county on various communications issues the past few years. “They�...

 
 
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