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Fire claims Newberry business

NEWBERRY, MI--   A Newberry lumber mill has been destroyed by fire. 

A logging truck driver who was making a delivery saw smoke at the Besse Forest Lumber Mill around 1:30 Thursday morning and contacted authorities. 

No injuries have been reported.  Officials say the building on East Victory Way is considered a total loss.  The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. 

Fire crews from Newberry and Columbus, Garfield, and Portage Townships battled the flames.  

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.