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North Bay faces too few auto mechanics as service times rise
Pushed by a lack of mechanics, waits to get your car or truck serviced are finding for a longer period. The California New Car Sellers Affiliation released a report in late March that on average, each individual of the virtually 1,400 dealerships in the point out every single need an added 4 mechanics. Dealerships on typical utilize 22 services experts. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Stats stories there ended up 733,200 vehicle mechanics in 2021, with task advancement by 2031 envisioned to be 1{12dec99aef6f119e349308ab81c83b123ba77cd3d9c980ff09eaac1f958a2724} or only about 10,600 new work opportunities. “Despite minimal employment progress, about 73,300 openings for automotive company specialists and mechanics are projected just about every 12…
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Auto racing: Allouez Bay racing event postponed to Feb. 19 – Duluth News Tribune
SUPERIOR — Every once in a while you see things that cause you to shake your head in bewilderment, the type of things you can’t even make up, defying both logic and common sense and seem to happen in America more places than most. Barry Sinex, one of the driving forces behind the NASCAR on Ice racing event originally scheduled on Sunday, Feb. 5, on Superior’s Allouez Bay, was asked, “Who comes up with a hare-brained idea like this?” “Well, I tend to come up with a lot of hare-brained ideas,” Sinex said, laughing. Hare-brained? Yes. Fun? Absolutely. For last year’s inaugural event, Sinex, through his connections as a sponsor,…
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Green Bay man charged with threatening to ‘shoot up’ local auto repair shop terrorist threats
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A 26-year-old in Green Bay was charged for allegedly threatening to ‘shoot up’ a local auto repair shop over an alleged incident back in February. According to a criminal complaint obtained by Local 5, 26-year-old Brandon Johnson was charged with making terrorist threats to an automotive repair shop. On November 18 around 10:30 a.m., authorities were made aware of a man who was making threats to ‘come and shoot up’ a business. When an officer arrived, the owner of the business said he was contacted by a woman who knew of texts her son was receiving about shooting the repair shop and its employees. The…
