Two days after the tornado hit the Dexter area, there still are several major areas facing major cleanup challenges from the devastation.
A fast-burning fire destroyed a workshop on Fletcher Road in Freedom Township Monday. About 25 firefighters from three departments extinguished the blaze in the 2600 block of Fletcher Road and prevented it from spreading to the nearby house. Heat from the blaze cracked windows in the house, firefighters said.
It will take more information, and possibility a new name, to convince several Webster Township trustees that combining the Dexter Area Fire Department and Scio Township Fire Department benefits everyone involved. Monday night, elected officials from Scio, Dexter and Webster townships, the Village of Dexter and about 30 firefighters and ...
Two men were injured Saturday afternoon when a shed collapsed in the 4000 block of Farrell Road in Webster Township, fire officials said.
The Dexter Area Fire Department recently received about $57,000 in federal grant money to pay for training and equipment. Firefighter Doug Armstrong, who wrote the grant application, said about $35,800 will be used for new equipment, such as replacement ice rescue gear and high visibility signs and lights, while $24,200 ...
Dexter Area Fire Department firefighter Lee Root started his shift this morning by driving Engine 5-3 to the new Dexter Township substation on North Territorial Road. Root, who has 20 years' experience in the fire service, was hired six months ago as a full-time Dexter Area Fire Department firefighter and ...
A large pole barn in Webster Township housing three vintage vehicles, farm equipment and hay was destroyed in an early morning fire today, Dexter fire officials said. By the time a passerby noticed the fire in the building on Gregory Road, near Mast Road, just before 2 a.m., it had ...
Dexter officials are exploring options for a new fire station and relocated village offices. Both spaces are cramped, and village officials say one option is to build an expanded station at the current location, 8140 Main St., with space for village offices. Shawn Keough, president of the Dexter Village Council, ...
Several Dexter business owners are spending the day assessing damage and cleaning up in the aftermath of a fire downtown on Christmas Day. The cause of the fire has not been determined, but authorities say it appears to have started in Fancy Stitch Apparel at 8118 Main St.
Update Dec. 26: Dexter business owners assess damage after Christmas Day fire A downtown fire damaged four Dexter businesses on Christmas Day and sent one resident of an upstairs apartment to the hospital with smoke inhalation, authorities say. But officials say the fire, which broke out at 12:30 p.m. in ...
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