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Hurley 3rd graders plant Silver Street flowers

HURLEY - Hurley's Silver Street looks a bit nicer after the area master gardeners and Hurley third graders planted flowers in the planting barrels along the street Wednesday.

The annual event has become a Hurley tradition that has been going on for roughly 16 years.

In fact, a number of interns with Iron County's University of Wisconsin Extension office are participating in their second Silver Street planting.

"Our summer interns remember doing this (when they were in third grade), so it's become quite a tradition," said Darrin Kimbler, the extension office's horticulturist.

Helping the stu...