Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Wisconsin heads to polls Tuesday

Tuesday is election day in Wisconsin with many candidates across the state running for local offices.

In Iron County, the elections are for town offices and school boards, as well as a pair of seats on the Montreal city council.

There’s also a referendum on the Mercer ballot concerning the approval of an application for a half percent tax Premiere Resort Area Tax. Approval of the referendum is just one step in the process of creating the new tax, according to Iron County Clerk Mike Saari.

The only other items on the ballots here are a pair of races for judgeships. Brian Hagedorn and Lisa Neuba...