Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
MEMBERS OF the Iron County Forestry Department and Wisconsin National Guard move boulders from the Oronto Creek bed Thursday at Saxon Harbor. The National Guard soldiers, part of the Superior-based 950th Clearance Company, are in Iron County as part of the cleanup effort following the July 11-12 storm that destroyed the harbor.
SAXON, Wis. - A small group of soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guard wrapped up its part of the cleanup of Saxon Harbor Thursday.
Roughly 12 soldiers with the 950th Clearance Company, based in Superior, arrived in Iron County Sunday and Monday and began the process of moving fallen trees and boulders around the harbor that was destroyed by the storm and flooding of July 11.
The dozen soldiers were part of a larger deployment of a total of 104 deployed to the region following the July 11 storm, according to Sgt. Jeremy Grams.
With the mission at the harbor complete, Grams said the soldiers will be sent to other parts of the region to help repair road wash-outs.
While the Guard's mission at the harbor has wrapped up, there is still plenty of work to do. Iron County Forest and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson told the Iron County Board of Supervisors' Finance Committee that it would likely be three to four years before the harbor reopens to the public.
