IR ups penalty for blight violations, sets hearing date to put ORVs on city streets

By Allison JoyIRON RIVER — The Iron River City Council voted unanimously at its June 19 meeting to strengthen the severity of punishment to homeowners who violate the city’s property maintenance section of the Iron River blight ordinance. What was previously a municipal civil infraction will now become a misdemeanor violation punishable by fines not to exceed $1,000 and imprisonment not to…