LANSING, MI-- A Senate panel has approved a bill to rename a portion of M-35 in Forsyth Township the Ben Lauren and Don Riling Memorial Highway.
The bill is sponsored by state Senator Ed McBroom. He was joined at the committee in support of the bill by state Representative Sara Cambensy, Marquette County Commissioner Bill Nordeen, and Forsyth Township Supervisor Joe Boogren, who testified remotely.
Forsyth Township Fire Department Captain Benjamin Lauren, 23, of Gwinn, died in the line of duty while fighting a structure fire on March 13.
Don Riling was a firefighter with the U.S. Air Force and volunteer firefighter with the Forsyth Township Fire Department who died while fighting a house fire in the township on March 19, 1988.
The bill advances to the full Senate for consideration.
