Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

4-H campers rise above storm

By TOM LAVENTURE

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BRUCE, Wis. - For the first time the annual Iron County Summer Youth Camp for kids going into fourth and sixth-grade was held at the historic Trail's End Camp in Rusk County, Wisconsin.

The 146 acre camp is former logging land that was deeded to the Rusk County 4-H Club Committee in 1933, according to camp information. The camp expanded over the years and became a site for youth camping groups all around the state.

It took some planning to run a camp more than two hours away from the Hurley/Ironwood area, said Neil Klemme, camp director and yo...