AIR QUALITY ALERT / HEAT ADVISORY

AIR QUALITY ALERT THROUGH TODAY for All of Wisconsin and the U.P.  Plumes of smoke from Canadian wildfires continue to drift across the region.  Smoke from wildfires may continue to lead to unhealthy to hazardous air quality into this weekend and possibly into next week. 

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...for Iron, Ashland, Bayfield and Price Counties in our Listening area.  Heat index values up to 97 expected for today. 

7/17/2026

GOGEBIC / IRON COUNTY – Police say a man from Eastern Wisconsin seen Gogebic and Iron Counties has been found safe.  A silver alert went out yesterday for 74-year-old Gary Lee Eicher.  The Iron County Sheriff's Office said yesterday that Eicher and his car was positively identified in Wakefield area Wednesday night.  That Silver alert has since been cancelled. 

7/17/2026

ASHLAND - The family of former Northland College student Bjorn Norgaard says the school's closure has erased much of the $156,000 they raised for scholarships and an endowment honoring his memory. Donors argue the college improperly borrowed $22 million from restricted endowment funds to cover operating costs, while Northland maintains its actions were legal. A judge approved a plan to distribute the remaining funds, but some donors are urging the Wisconsin Attorney General to investigate further.