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Rally kicks off with soggy parade

HURLEY - Hurley kicked off its Memorial Day Weekend All-Terrain Vehicle Rally with a 45-minute parade of hundreds of machines in light rain Friday evening.

It didn't matter much to the ATV and side-by-side riders, many of whom were soaked in mud from trail riding earlier in the day.

Hurley Police Chief Dan Erspamer led the parade down Silver Street for the final time, as he's retiring this summer.

The covered side-by-side vehicles probably outnumbered the traditional ATVs on the parade route, which extended from Wisconsin 77 in Cary Location to U.S. 51 along Silver Street, with traffic cont...