The Daily Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

By TOM LAVENTURE

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IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood is moving ahead with securing the best possible grants and low-interest loans possible for a water filtration system project, according to engineers at the city commission meeting Monday.

The commission unanimously approved a letter of intent that the city intends to move forward with closing financing for an estimated $9.7 million concrete, gravity filtered water treatment plant and pump station to better address manganese and iron water quality issues and discoloration in the city’s water system. The action...