District voters to decide Ironwood millage

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD — Among the items being decided in Tuesday’s Michigan primary election will be a millage for the Ironwood Area Schools.

Voters in the city of Ironwood, as well as Ironwood and Erwin townships, will be asked to approve a 5-year millage so the district can borrow $735,000 for the purchase of new school buses and various renovations and improvements to the Luther L. Wright K-12 School.

The estimated amount expected to be levied in 2019 is .71 mill, according to the ballot language, with an average annual millagerate over the measure’s five-y...