The Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

By ZACHARY MARANO

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IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission authorized adding fluoridation to the city’s water system and applying for a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services fluoridation equipment grant at their regular meeting on Monday.

City Manager Scott Erickson said the city is designing a water treatment plant in the city of Ironwood and one of the topics that they are discussing is supplementing the level of fluoride in the water system. Erickson said that about 89% of the population in Michigan has fluorinated water, including the neighboring...