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Brush fire chars North End field

Dan Schneider/Daily Mining Gazette Calumet Township firefighter Joe Trevethan sprays foam to extinguish hot spots in the brush pile that started Wednesday’s 5-acre brush fire when winds blew it out of control. Firefighters from the Calumet Township Fire Department and the Allouez Fire Department responded to the scene.

May 15, 2008

CENTENNIAL — Firefighters fought a grass fire kindled Wednesday afternoon when wind pushed the flames of a burning brush pile into a surrounding field.

The fire took place on property owned by Calumet Township on No. 4 Road about a quarter mile east of U.S. Highway 41. Calumet Township Fire Department Chief Don Bausano said the fire call came at about 3:20 p.m.

“They had a controlled burn going until the wind picked up,” he said.

He said the Michigan Department of Natural Resources had issued a permit for burning the brush pile. The initial brush pile was ab

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Township discovers flood plain clause

May 15, 2008

OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP — They may not know it, but some residents of Osceola Township are in a flood plain, and now they can get federal flood insurance for it.

Effective March 6, the township can participate in the National Flood Insurance Pro

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FIRST competition: High school students demonstrate robots at KEDA session

May 15, 2008

HOUGHTON — High school students in the FIRST Robotics competition showed off their latest creation at the Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance meeting Wednesday.

Two members of the Houghton High School team as well as their student advi

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