Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
LOCAL OFFICALS and representatives with the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured storm damage in northern Iron County Tuesday, including the destruction at Saxon Harbor. Among those on the tour included, from left, Iron County Forestry and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson, FEMA's Ray Iehl and Gurney Town Chairman Tom Innes.
HURLEY - Town, county and state officials gathered at the Iron County Forestry and Highway building Tuesday morning to meet with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency regarding the cost of damages from the heavy rains and flooding that hit the region earlier this month.
The meeting began with preliminary damage assessments of the various road washouts and damage to Saxon Harbor, before the group travelled to a number of storm-damaged sites - including the harbor - to see the situation on the ground.
One of the primary purposes of the visit was to reach a consensus regard...
