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Wisconsin National Guard finishes mission at Saxon Harbor

SAXON, Wis. - A small group of soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guard wrapped up its part of the cleanup of Saxon Harbor Thursday.

Roughly 12 soldiers with the 950th Clearance Company, based in Superior, arrived in Iron County Sunday and Monday and began the process of moving fallen trees and boulders around the harbor that was destroyed by the storm and flooding of July 11.

The dozen soldiers were part of a larger deployment of a total of 104 deployed to the region following the July 11 storm, according to Sgt. Jeremy Grams.

With the mission at the harbor complete, Grams said the soldi...

 
 
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