FREEZE WARNING

FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT OVER NIGHT TONIGHT for the entire western half of the U.P. and Iron County Wisconsin.   Temperatures as low as 23 expected tonight.

10/02/2026

GOGEBIC COUNTY - The last of seven people arrested in a 2024 drug-trafficking investigation in Gogebic County, and Iron Counties, is scheduled for sentencing.

Daniel Hecht pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine after a delivery-and-manufacture charge was dismissed. Hecht missed a January court hearing, resulting in a bench warrant that remained active until September. His sentencing is set for November 12 at 2:30 p.m. The other six defendants have all been sentenced, with prison terms ranging from 10 months in jail and probation to 13 to 30 years in prison.

10/02/2026

UPPER MICHIGAN - Michigan’s archery deer season is underway with changes this year for bow hunters, including a new electronic tagging option.  Hunters can now use electronic tags through the Michigan DNR mobile app instead of traditional paper tags. Deer hunters are required to report their harvest within 72 hours or before transferring possession of the deer (to another person, a processer or taxidermist).  Hunters must also continue to attach a paper kill tag to a harvested deer.  The DNR says deer herds will likely decline after a near record-setting snowfall this past winter.  Archery deer season runs through Nov. 14 and reopens Dec. 1 through Jan. 1, 2027.