A week after the blizzard that dumped between 25-35 inches of snow on area trails and roads, cleanup ramps up around Lake Gogebic. Here’s the latest as of Saturday morning, December 6th: M-28 is snow-covered in places, but the drive between Bergland and Ironwood is wide open. M64, the West Shore of Lake Gogebic, is open but snow-covered in places, such as the corner of M28 on the north end and toward Stagecoach Road on the south end. East Shore Road has snow coverage, but tha

Blizzard cleanup is underway on both shores of Lake Gogebic. Many homeowners are reporting downed trees and limbs, with some seasonal properties showing impassible driveways as property owners are gone through Spring. The winter storm, which produced 25-35 inches of snow over Thanksgiving across Gogebic and Ontonagon counties, left most homeowners on the East and West shores without power for 36 hours. Excel published outage reports throughout the holiday, showing hundreds of