9/10/2026

PHILLIPS - Police in Phillips in Price County in Northern Wisconsin say they were alerted to a threat made to school safety yesterday afternoon. The Phillips School District reported the threat at 4:02 p.m.  Officers say they contacted the juvenile male, who allegedly made verbal threat to school safety, and their parent. The juvenile was taken into custody. Police say the investigation is still ongoing.

9/10/2026

IRON COUNTY – Despite recent rain drought conditions continue in the Western U.P. and far Northern Iron County.  Precipitation at about half of our average rain fall by this time of year.  Drought conditions are evident when you travel just south of Hurley on Highway 51 by the Gile Flowage.  What would normally be a rather large navigable body of water has been nothing more than rocks boulders and mud for the last month or more with some docks and boat landings becoming unusable. Some other lakes in the region are as low as six feet from their average depth.  The Gile flowage is still available and open to the pubic however boaters are urged to use caution.  Rain is on the way with about a third of an inch of rain expected for tomorrow and another half an inch of rain in the forecast for Monday.  Though the rain will help it won’t likely have much of an impact of water levels on the Gile or for other area lakes. 

9/10/2026

WESTERN U.P. - The Superior Health Foundation has announced $271,000 in funding across 11 grants in its third grant cycle of 2026.  Among the recipients $22,406 is earmarked for the Western U.P. Health Department MOM Program.