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On the front line: Public works director tries to broaden employees’ roles as first responders

by SAM FLETCHER
Staff Writer | January 20, 2021 1:00 AM

At 6 a.m. Jan. 13, a 50-mph gust wiped out a power line on Road U Northeast in Grant County. The first responder to the scene? A public works employee.

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