By RALPH ANSAMI
IRONWOOD — The snow and freezing rain that blanketed the Gogebic Range on Saturday morning was part of a pattern of a weather front that blew through the Midwest.
At the same time an inch or two of snow was falling here, a mini blizzard had covered the field in Madison around noon for the Badgers-Illinois football game and the Michigan-Michigan State contest had to be delayed for more than an hour because of lightning.
Strong winds in excess of 30 mph that whipped through the Range made the 32-degree temperature on Saturday feel more like 18 degrees,...