Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
BOATS FROM berths in Saxon Harbor line the Lake Superior shoreline looking toward Ashland, Wis., on Tuesday. A violent storm blew 29 boats out of the harbor. Docks from the harbor also line the shoreline in an Iron County Forestry Department photo supplied by Eric Peterson, head of the department.
A violent lightning storm Monday evening caused flooding that washed out Iron County roadways, downed trees and severely damaged Saxon Harbor, where a man was found dead in his vehicle.
Former mayor of the city of Montreal and county board member Mitchell Koski, 56, was pronounced dead at the harbor, according to Iron County Sheriff Tony Furyk.
Koski and his wife, Kathy, were caretakers at the county park.
The vehicle had been swept into swollen Oronto Creek near the harbor campgrounds and the body was recovered early Tuesday afternoon, according to a rescue worker at the scene.
Koski had been...
