Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
BILL THOMPSON, an Iron County, Wis., Highway Department worker, arrives Tuesday morning with machinery to clean up a mess along County C, near Hurley, caused by the weekend storm. A new power pole had already been installed and trees had been removed from the roadway.
By RALPH ANSAMI
HURLEY - The after-effects of the weekend's violent storms are evident in many areas of the Gogebic Range, including along County Trunk C near Hurley.
Only about a mile from downtown Hurley as the crow flies, there are stretches of trees that were downed Sunday along County C, near the Gile Flowage dikes. Had the storm front taken a slightly different path, Hurley homeowners could have suffered even more of the brunt of the storm.
Strong winds downed hundreds of trees in the County C area, knocking some across the county road and power lines in ab...
