Simmons appointed Ironwood Township supervisor

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Ironwood Township once again has a township supervisor, as the township board of trustees Monday appointed Jim Simmons to fill the vacant office.

“I feel he’s very qualified,” Treasurer Maria Graser said, in support of Simmons. “Through everything we’ve gone through in the township, he’s been there for us 100 percent.”

Simmons will complete the remainder of former supervisor Steve Boyd’s term, which ends after the 2020 election. Boyd died in April after a battle with cancer.

Simmons told the Daily Globe he...