Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
The Black River flows over Sandstone Falls near Lake Superior Monday afternoon. The falls was the site of a search for a missing Negaunee man who went into the river Sunday evening. His body was recovered Monday evening. Officials have not released the man's name.
BLACK RIVER HARBOR - The body of a 32-year-old Negaunee man who slipped into Black River near Sandstone Falls was found Monday afternoon.
Gogebic County Sheriff Pete Matonich said the body was located around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, but was not recovered until around 4:30 p.m.
"Recovery efforts were hampered due to the dangerous water and difficult terrain," Matonich said.
The river was running high from around 3 inches of rain that fell over the weekend.
The man and a friend were taking photos near the falls when he might have tripped and fallen in the water, TV-6 of Marquette reported.
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