Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Iron County Board addresses Oma land dispute again

By P.J. GLISSON

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HURLEY — At a Tuesday evening meeting, members of the Iron County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a resolution that will formulate a county forest law withdrawal application in relation to a pending land exchange between Iron County and Paul DeRosso of Oma.

As part of the resolution, DeRosso will pay for a related survey, and Iron County will enroll into the county’s forest program about 33 acres of land from section 20 in Mercer, so as to replace the county forest lost from land that is expected to be legally allotted to DeRosso.

Prior to the boar...