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IRONWOOD - With construction along U.S. 2 diverting traffic on a detour through downtown, local emergency responders are coordinating with road construction crews and other agencies to insure response times aren't effected. Beacon Ambulance Service provides services to Gogebic and Iron counties, and parts of Ontonagon County. Drivers also provide transfers for Aspirus Grand View Hospital, which is located east of Beacon's Ironwood station on U.S. 2. Though construction has redirected eastbound... Full story
HURLEY - Forty-one third graders from the Hurley K-12 School donned gloves, grabbed trowels and planted flowers along Silver Street in Hurley Wednesday. Joy Schelble, of the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, prepared students for the planting by speaking in classrooms. Schelble is the county's horticulturalist, and asked students why flowers are planted in the city each year. "The first student looked at me and said, 'To take care of the environment,'" Schelble said. "The nex... Full story
MARQUETTE (AP) - The record-setting cold that gripped Michigan last winter continues to leave its mark, with ice floes showing up on the shore of Lake Superior over the warm Memorial Day holiday weekend. Some of the warmest temperatures of the year drew people to the beach in the Upper Peninsula, where they found abundant ice floating just off shore at Marquette. Pat Black is executive director of the Marquette County Convention and Visitors Bureau and says the ice has "become kind of a tourist... Full story
MACKINAC ISLAND (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday his most immediate legislative priority is making sure lawmakers approve state money to help resolve Detroit's bankruptcy case, but added he is hopeful that a recent bipartisan deal on raising the minimum wage bodes well for reaching another deal on road spending. The $195 million bankruptcy legislation, which won bipartisan approval in the Republican-led House last week, is up for consideration in the GOP-led Senate. The Republican... Full story