Two men were killed when torrential rains flooded eight northern Wisconsin counties Monday night and Tuesday.
In Iron County, the Sheriff's Department said Mitch Koski, 56, of Montreal, Wis., died in the flooding.
Koski served as Montreal Assistant Fire Chief and was a former mayor of Montreal, a city of about 800 near Hurley. He was a member of the Montreal Fire Department for 30 years, according to Montreal Fire Chief Mark Haeger.
"The guy lived his entire life helping other people," Haeger said. "Everything he did revolved around the community."
Haeger said Koski heard people were in distress in Saxon Harbor, so he went to help. He was killed during that effort, Haeger said.
Two creeks spill into Lake Superior at Saxon Harbor, and much of the harbor was washed away, damaging or destroying 85 boats and 100 boat slips, according to the Wisconsin State Emergency Operations Center. Haeger said the harbor area received nearly 14 inches of rain in the storm.