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.

11/28/2025

ONTONAGON - A case of highly contagious bird flu has been found in an Ontonagon County backyard flock. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) and the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory announced the detection.  This is the first case of HPAI in poultry from an Ontonagon County flock since the virus was first detected in Michigan in 2022, and the first case in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula since the spring of 2022. HPAI is a highly contagious virus that can spread in various ways from flock to flock, including by wild birds, through contact with infected animals, by equipment, and on the clothing and shoes of caretakers.