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New veterans’ monument to be dedicated July 4

July 2, 2026 by The Morenci Advocate

Pictured with the new monument at Morenci’s Oak Grove Cemetery are Kent Deatrick, Paul Roerig of Fackler Monument, Adam Vereecke, and cemetery sexton Eric Emmons.

MORENCI — More than 80 years ago, Staff Sgt. Robert Deatrick was fighting in the Battle of the Bulge during the final months of World War II.

Soon, his name will be the first to be inscribed on a new veterans’ monument at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Morenci’s Labor Day Bridge Walk returns

August 27, 2025 by The Morenci Advocate

People cross Silver Creek during Morenci’s annual Labor Day bridge walk in 2024. (Courtesy of the City of Morenci)

MORENCI — The Mackinac Bridge may have the most famous Labor Day bridge walk in the state, but Michigan’s southernmost city offers a bridge walk of its own.