4/03/2026

CENTRAL WISCONSIN – Wisconsin Public Service crews are continuing to work to restore power across central Wisconsin because of an Ice Storm that hit the region yesterday.  Statewide, in Wisconsin there are 50,000 people without power service according to poweroutage.us, at one point yesterday that number was closer to 95,000 with out power.  Crews say are encountering significant damage, including broken utility poles, downed power lines and trees that have fallen into electric equipment.

WINTER STORM WARNING

WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY...for the entire U.P. including Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties and Vilas and Price Counties in Northern Wisconsin.  heavy mixed precipitation. Additional snow and sleet accumulations up to two inches and ice accumulations up to two tenths of an inch. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY...for Iron, Ashland, and Bayfield Counties.  snow and sleet accumulations between 2 and 4 inches except between 3 and 5 inches for northern Bayfield County and ice accumulations around one tenth of an inch.  Then a WINTER STORM WATCH WILL GO IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...for the Western U.P. and Northern Wisconsin where another round of heavy mixed precipitation is possible. Total snow accumulations up to one inch and ice accumulations between three tenths and four tenths of an inch possible. 

4/02/2026

IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP – Gogebic County authorities releasing more information regarding the death of a child in Ironwood Township.  The Sheriff’s office confirmed that a 2-year-old toddler was hit by a car, adding that they still don’t know who’s responsible. The toddler was identified as two-year-old Darwin Olson.  According to the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office, Darwin left a nearby home sometime that night without his family knowing entered the road and was hit by a car traveling north on Lake Road sometime between 4 a.m. and 4:41 a.m.  The sheriff says the vehicles that were in the area at that time have been identified, and the drivers continue to cooperate with the investigation.  Investigators say they are poring over surveillance video and are still reviewing footage and looking into all circumstances surrounding the crash.  The sheriff says the incident is an active and ongoing investigation; further details will be released pending completion of the investigation.