SOME OF THE deer herd linger near the pool in the pen Sunday at Iron Mountain’s City Park, including two does with new fawns. The Canada geese and ducks that use the pool and hang around the pen have led to water quality issues, officials said. (Betsy Bloom/Daily News photo)

IRON MOUNTAIN — One of the six ailing deer culled last week from a herd at Iron Mountain’s City Park was a pregnant doe believed to be 21 years old, city council members learned Monday.

The information was part of an update from City Manager Jordan Stanchina, who continues to search for a veterinarian to provide services for the penned herd that’s been a park attraction since at least the 1940s.

The city faces pressure from a USDA veterinary medical officer to improve the pen and have a care plan in place under supe

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