Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Lake Road to Wisconsin could reopen by Thursday

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The effort to repair Lake Road following the July 11 storm took a major step forward as one of the final washed out culverts was replaced Wednesday, continuing a work schedule that could see the road to Wisconsin reopened by next week.

Gogebic County Road Commission Engineer-Manager Darren Pionk said the culvert, known as Culvert 13, was just one of the culverts destroyed during the July 11 storm when heavy rains caused flooding through the northern parts of Gogebic and Iron counties.

"We have ... seven of the crossings subs...