WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...for Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties in Michigan and Iron, Ashland and Vilas Counties in Wisconsin.  Additional snow accumulations between 1 and 3 inches with ice accumulations up to one tenth of an inch. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.  ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...for Bayfield County...Heavy snow with light ice accumulations expected. Total snow accumulations of 5 to 8 inches.  ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...for the North Shore.  Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations between 16 and 24 inches. Easterly winds gusting as high as 60 mph.

2/18/2026

N. WISCONSIN - A Wisconsin administrative law judge has upheld state permits for Enbridge Energy’s 41.1-mile Line 5 relocation in Ashland and Iron Counties. The ruling rejects challenges by the Bad River Band and environmental groups to the DNR’s wetland, waterway, and water quality approvals. The project reroutes about 20 miles of pipeline from the Bad River Reservation, as required by a federal court order to cease that segment’s operation by mid-2026. Construction could begin this year pending the final U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit. The broader legal and federal permitting process remains ongoing.

2/18/2026

MARENISCO - The Marenisco Township board confirming that an ICE detention facility would not be constructed on state property nearby in Gogebic County at their meeting Monday night.  This after word circulated that the Marenisco township board would be discussing House Resolution 151. Introduced last August by Rep. Greg Markkanen (R-110th State House District) before ICE’s increased presence in Minneapolis.  The proposed resolution would transform the former Ojibway Correctional Facility into an ICE facility. At the time of its submission, the resolution said more space was needed for increasing ICE arrests. It said a new federal detention and deportation facility would further the Trump Administration’s policy goals.