Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By TOM LAVENTURE
tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com
MERCER, Wis. - The town of Mercer Board of Supervisors on Thursday unanimously approved a recommendation to conduct meetings by phone or video conference call.
The regular meeting was held in the Community Center to be able to have chairs six-feet apart to avoid the potential spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Rather than continue with meetings that require a labor intensive disinfecting process the board decided on the electronic format for the foreseeable future until the pandemic subsides.
Township attorney Fritz Schellgell said th...