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Dec 12, 2020 MARQUETTE — A suspected cause of the fire at the Marquette County Landfill Dec. 3 has been determined, landfill officials say. “It appears that the fire started due to a hot load,” said Marquette County Solid Waste Management Authority Director of Operations Brad Austin. “That means material that’s being delivered to the site was beginning to combust or reacted with other material placed in the landfill. “That’s just based on the investigation that we’ve done over the last few days. Specifics to who or what, pinpointing that exactly, is a challenge.” Austin sai...

rspitza@miningjournal.net Capt. Durwood “Hawk” Jones, 37, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, pictured here with his family, lost his life during an F-16 crash in the Upper Peninsula on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy the Wisconsin National Guard) MADISON, Wis. — The pilot who died in an F-16 crash in the Hiawatha National Forest during an evening training flight on Tuesday was identified on Friday by the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing as Air Force Capt. Durwood “Hawk” Jones, 37, of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is survived by his wife and two children, officials said. The cau...