Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
THE DEVASTATION from Monday's storm is evident Thursday on County Trunk A in Saxon, Wis., near Saxon Harbor, where a large stretch of roadway and huge culvert were destroyed at Parkers Creek. The only access to the ravaged harbor and campgrounds has been through Harbor Drive, a gravel road that extends from Gurney.
MARENGO, Wis. - A third person died in the floodwaters of Monday's storm in northern Wisconsin.
The Ashland County Sheriff's Department said an 82-year-old man was found dead early Thursday in a pickup truck in the floodwaters of the Marengo River. Authorities said the truck was found in the water near the bridge over the river in the town of White River.
The sheriff's department said Elmer Lippo was an elected supervisor for the town of Marengo.
Two others, an 84-year-old Illinois man, in Bayfield County, and 56-year-old Mitch Koski, of Montreal, Wis., at Saxon Harbor in Iron County, died...
