Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Ironwood COVID testing planned

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD — People in the Ironwood area will be able to be tested for COVID-19 Wednesday during a testing event at the Ironwood Public Safety Department.

The no-cost event is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to a flier, and is available to everyone. No pre-registration, insurance, prescription or doctor’s order is needed, the flier reads.

The event comes as the number of local cases linked to the coronavirus pandemic continues to rise.

The number of cases in Gogebic County rose to 112 positive cases and another seven probab...