Spring is here. The dandelions are growing, lawn mowers are buzzing, robins are chirping, and many of you are at work in your gardens, And above it all, along U.S. 2 in Iron River, an occasional roar. A clank. A chunk-chunk-chunk. A bang-bang-bang.
 Hydraulic power at work. Physical force in action. A reinforced steel blade smashing a much-repaired street surface. Solid (if uneven) sidewalks giving way to big bladed buckets.