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A spate of incidents late Saturday afternoon, July 8, kept emergency responders busy as they reacted to an ATV crash, vehicle crash and house fire all within a half hour of each other.

The first call was just after 4 p.m. for an ATV crash in the Nemadji State Forest in Holyoke Township. Driver Amanda Kelly, 41, and Molly Jaski, 10, were riding on the Harliss Trail when the ATV lost traction in sand and ended up sliding into a tree. Both sustained injuries and were sent to a hospital. Their condition is unknown, and no charges filed.

Minutes later, a call came in about a crash in Carlton nea...