Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
STATE SEN. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, right, and Gogebic County Road Commission Engineering Manager Darren Pionk survey repairs to a washed-out portion of Lake Road Saturday. The wash out was just part of the damage caused by heavy rains and flooding July 11.
LITTLE GIRL'S POINT - State Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, toured part of Little Girl's Point to see first hand the damage to Lake Road resulting from the heavy rains and flooding following a July 11 storm.
Casperson began his trip at the Michigan State Police post in Wakefield before traveling to the Point via Lake Road.
The tour took roughly four hours, with Casperson stopping to look at the damage caused by the flooding, including several of the washouts on Lake Road, and talking to residents.
Dale Nelson, whose mom owns the house adjacent to Oman's Creek and whose family has owned the pro...
