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Village of Laurium working to continue services following loss of DPW vehicles

Firefighters from several departments work to extinguish an early morning fire at the Laurium Village garage early Wednesday morning. According to Village officials a large amount of Village street equipment was lost in the blaze. The cause of the fire has not been released at this time and there were no injuries reported.
Phil Vasquez
Firefighters from several departments work to extinguish an early morning fire at the Laurium Village garage early Wednesday morning. According to Village officials a large amount of Village street equipment was lost in the blaze. The cause of the fire has not been released at this time and there were no injuries reported.

LAURIUM, MI— Laurium Village Manager Ian Lewis says services will be on different schedules, after fire ravaged the village Department of Public Works building this week.

In an update posted on Facebook Thursday, Lewis says Tuesday garbage pickup will take place as usual, but next Thursday’s pickup will be bumped to Friday of next week.

Laurium officials have worked out agreements with neighboring communities and governments to provide snow removal for residents. Lewis says Public Works Department employees will do their best to ensure roads are maintained as well as possible with the limited equipment the village has been able to acquire.

Lewis notes the Gipp Ice Arena will remain closed until at least Saturday morning. Due to the area still being an active fire scene, officials made the decision to close off the entire area near the Public Works building.

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.