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Road work slated to start in Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties August 10

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ONTONAGON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES, MI— Traffic on two Upper Peninsula highways will be affected by road work starting August 10.

The Michigan Department of Transportation will replace culverts on US-41 south of Washington Mine Road in Keweenaw County starting that Monday. The highway will be closed to through traffic from the M-26/US-41 intersection in Phoenix to Copper Harbor, with a posted detour onto M-26. The $330,000 project is expected to be finished by August 21.

Also on August 10, MDOT will start work on culvert replacement on M-28 east of South Agate Road in Ontonagon County. One lane of alternating traffic will be open in the work zone. The $153,000 project is expected to be finished by August 21.

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.