2/27/2026

LAKE TOMAHAWK — A snowmobiler was injured after a crash on an Oneida County trail near Lake Tomahawk Wednesday night.  The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a snowmobile crash on a trail off Lyannas Road in Lake Tomahawk, at around 10:15om.  The Oneida County Sheriff’s office say a 56-year-old man had struck a tree and was not breathing.   A second snowmobile operator at the scene performed CPR on the injured rider until emergency medical personnel arrived. The injured rider was transported to a local hospital by MedEvac. he is expected to survive. The second snowmobile operator, identified as 60-year-old Robert Baur, was arrested for operating a snowmobile while intoxicated. 

2/27/2026

BAYFIELD COUNTY - A snowmobile crash on Trail 70 in Namakagon on Feb. 25 killed the 39-year-old male operator and seriously injured his 38-year-old wife, the passenger, according to the Bayfield County Sheriff’s Office. The 4:35 p.m. crash occurred when the westbound snowmobile left the marked trail while navigating a hill and struck trees. The man died at the scene; the woman was airlifted to a critical care facility. The crash is under investigation by the Wisconsin DNR and the Bayfield County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from Great Divide EMS, Namakagon Fire Department, Sawyer County EMS, and Life Link III.

2/27/2026

PLOVER - An estimated crowd of 300 were on hand in Plover to see, and listen, Vice President JD Vance yesterday.  Vance emphasized the administration’s goals to return manufacturing to the US, drew upon President Trump’s State of the Union address and tried to drum up support for Republican candidates running in the mid-terms.  Vance urged the crowd to vote for representative Derrick Van Orden, who’s running for reelection, and representative Tom Tiffany, who’s running for Wisconsin Governor in the November election.  The state primary will take place August 11 with the general election taking place November 3.