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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…
RAMS Visits DC
RANGE ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES & SCHOOLS VISITS THE CAPITOL When Governor Dayton met with our board and the city of Ely on April 1st, he made it clear that other…
The Roots of RAMS – 1939
In 1939 Iron Range cities, villages, schools and townships were threatened by the huge mining companies that were mining in and around the Iron Range and who employed well educated…