5/29/2026

N. WISCONSIN - Near-critical fire weather conditions are forecast this afternoon and evening for most of the U.P and for Iron, Ashland, and Bayfield Counties in Northern Wisconsin.  Near-critical fire weather conditions due to low RH values will persist through early next week.

5/29/2026

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - Tribal, state, and local agencies are searching Whitefish Lake on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation after an empty motorboat was found traveling in circles last night.  According to Lac du Flambeau Tribal Police, a concerned citizen called 911 around 8:21 p.m. last night to report an unoccupied motorboat moving in continuous circles on the lake. The caller told dispatchers he had seen someone operating the boat earlier in the evening.  Officers recovered the empty motorboat searched the surface of the water for anyone who may have fallen overboard but found nothing.  Police were able to determine the owner of the boat and contacted that person’s family that confirmed the owner of that boat was missing.  A thorough search of the lake is underway.  The missing boaters’ name has not been released.

5/29/2026

N. WISCONSIN – Tribal members from Lac Du Flambeau along with other Northern Wisconsin tribes left for Madison early this morning to attend a court hearing regarding fishing rights and natural resources on Tribal lands.  The State of Wisconsin is suing the Lac Du Flambeau Tribe following efforts by the tribe to place restrictions on non-member fishing on lakes within their reservation.  The tribe says the restrictions go beyond fishing and is about sovereignty, conservation and the tribe’s responsibility to care for resources the tribe has depended on for generations.  A bus bound for Madison left Lac Du Flambeau at 4:15 this morning.