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Wisconsin man dies in motorcycle-deer collision

ATHELSTANE, WI--   The Marinette County Sheriff’s Office says a seventh person has died in a traffic accident in the county this year.

Sunday evening George Aerts, 56, of Amberg, Wisconsin was riding a motorcycle on County Highway C in the town of Athelstane when he collided with a deer.

Aerts died of injuries sustained in the crash Monday afternoon at a Green Bay hospital.

The accident remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office and the Marinette County Medical Examiner.

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.