Ironwood adds dairy to food offerings

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD — Families getting food at the Ironwood Area Schools' weekly distribution got an additional benefit Monday, as the district started adding dairy to its offerings.

“We are going to keep doing dairy throughout the summer, as long as the program from the government is still available,” Ironwood Food Service Director Mary Hampston Kusz said, explaining the dairy was received through a program designed to help dairy farmers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. “We'll do it as long as we can.”

Hampston Kusz said the district received 480 boxes...