11/28/2025

GOGEBIC / IRON COUNTIES – Thousands spend Thanksgiving in the dark after a blizzard brought 40 mile per hour winds and nearly 30 inches of snow to the region Wednesday.  The current Xcel Energy power outage map still showing power outages in the region as of 6:30 this morning.  Most of the power outages are in the Mercer area and on Lake Gogebic.  Xcel Energy saying some may not see the lights come back on until 10:00 tonight after losing power early Wednesday.  Xcel Energy says about 14,000 customers lost power during the storm. Nearly 40 percent had service restored by yesterday morning.  As many as 7,000 customers were without power as of yesterday in just the Ironwood area alone. Xcel brought in crews from the Twin Cities, southeastern Minnesota and South Dakota to help with repairs.  Warming centers around the Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin are available for those affected by the storm. 

11/28/2025

N. WISCONSIN - Another winter storm is expected to impact the region tomorrow into Sunday. This system has the potential to bring 6 inches or more of snowfall and hazardous travel conditions mainly to our south mainly affecting Central and Southern Wisconsin with Price and parts of Oneida Counties in our listening area seeing impacts for the northern edge of the storm.  Weather alerts are already in effect for central and southern Wisconsin.  Snowbelt regions of the Western U.P. and Northern Wisconsin could pick up another 5 or 6 inches through Monday. 

11/28/2025

GOGEBIC / ONTONAGON COUNTIES – Deer Kill numbers so far this season.  In Gogebic County updated harvest totals so a total of 264 deer this season, 257 antlered and 7 antlerless that’s only 2 deer harvested for Gogebic County woods since Wednesday morning according to the DNR website.  In Ontonagon County 462 total deer harvested 448 antlered and 14 antlerless.  Michigan hunters are reminded to report deer kills to the DNR on their website or through the DNR app.  The Michigan and Wisconsin gun deer season runs until Sunday.