Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
A SIGN sign sits at the head of a newly-opened trail to Foster Falls from Casey Sag Road in Upson, Wisconsin. The trail is part of the North Country Trail.
By Zachary Marano
UPSON, Wis. - At the head of the newly-opened trail from Casey Sag Road to Foster Falls stands a trailhead sign that was created by Ross Niemi, a 17-year-old, soon-to-be senior at Hurley High School.
As part of the school's Northwoods Manufacturing program, Niemi said he designed the sign and crafted it using cedar and the industry-grade woodcarving equipment available at the school.
Niemi said he started work on the trailhead sign in January 2021 and finished it in two months.
"If the detail was not correct for my standard, I restarted the project...
