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RAMS partners with IRRR and ITMEC for Brownfields Conference
On April 3, 2025, RAMS partnered with IRRR and the Iron Trail Motors Event Center to host the first Iron Range Brownfields and Land Redevelopment Conference in Virginia, MN. This event…
Register: August 8 – RAMS membership Lunch and Learn with Commissioner Rukavina
RAMS invites its membership to the Lunch and Learn with IRRR Commissioner Rukavina. IRRR staff and Commissioner Rukavina will present and RAMS Executive Director Peltier will facilitate a discussion with RAMS community leaders. Participants are encouraged to come…
RAMS Hosts Informational Meeting between Officials from City of Kinney and Town of Great Scott, U.S. Steel Representatives
Executive Director Paul Peltier facilitated a conversation between representatives of RAMS members City of Kinney and Town of Great Scott, and company representatives from U.S. Steel. Participants discussed current city…
RAMS welcomes new board members!
RAMS welcomes two new board members, appointed at the June board meeting. Thank you for your service to the region, and to RAMS! Cathy Erickson, Two Harbors City Council (for…
RAMS meeting Draws 100 attendees as local ambulance directors share issues facing industry
https://www.mesabitribune.com/news/regional/local-ambulance-directors-share-issues-facing-industry/article_c1b92e68-c29c-11ec-bde7-c7af5bf4aac8.html
RAMS meets with Range Legislators
On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, board members and Executive Director Ida Rukavina of the Range Association of Municipalities and Schools (RAMS) traveled to Saint Paul to meet with Iron Range…
Broadband Speed Test
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: Range Association of Municipalities & Schools (RAMS) RE: Broadband Speed Test Today we are pleased to announce that the Range Association of Municipalities…
Response to Biden Administration’s withdrawal study (Oct 2021)
RAMS-Board-Letter-10.22.2021
A Message From the Director
As many of you know, Steve Giorgi, Executive Director of RAMS for the last six years, announced his pending retirement in the Spring of 2021. Steve officially retired at the…
Twin Metals is Just a Smokescreen
“IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN JUST TWIN METALS” In the heat of a stormy Minnesota summer, the US Forest Service scheduled two unprecedented “public comment” hearings to take testimony over…
