Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Efforts to open Aurora Street on hold

By LARRY HOLCOMBE

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IRONWOOD - Work to open Aurora Street to traffic in front of last week's fatal fire in downtown Ironwood was halted Thursday morning as the contractor and city officials learned they'd have to wait until state-mandated tests of material samples from the burned buildings come back from a laboratory.

The early morning fire of Feb. 21 killed three people and heavily damaged two buildings at 102-104 Aurora St. The 102 address included Chelsi's Corner boutique on the street level and two floors of apartments above.

An Ironwood Public Safety Department...