The rider was killed when his snowmobile left the trail and hit a tree
ALGER COUNTY -- A snowmobiler was killed in Alger County Tuesday afternoon.
The accident happened at 12:15 p.m. in Burt Township about five miles west of Grand Marais.
The Alger County Sheriff says 50-year-old Russell Eugene Barker of downstate Clarkson was killed when his snowmobile left the trail and hit a tree.
The accident remains under investigation.