Given a sentence in French, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in English that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

Example input: La saison NBA 1975 - 76 était la 30e saison de la National Basketball Association.
Example output: The 1975 -- 76 season of the National Basketball Association was the 30th season of the NBA .
Example explanation: This is a correct and accurate translation from French to English because the translated paraphrase retains the main message that between the years 1975-1976, the 30th NBA season occurred.
Q: Le village de Mineral Hills et la ville de Stambaugh ont été regroupés avec la ville d’Iron River à compter du 1 er juillet 2000.
A:
Effective July 1 , 2000 , the village of Mineral Hills and the city of Stambaugh were consolidated with the city of Iron River .