12/16/2025

LAC DU FLAMBEAU – The Lac Du Flambeau Tribal Police department releasing information yesterday regarding a homicide in Lac Du Flambeau over the weekend.  According to Tribal Police they responded to a home in Lac Du Flambeau Saturday along with the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a suspect and found an unconscious victim suffering from head trauma. The victim was transported by helicopter to the hospital.  No other information has been released, and the investigation is still ongoing.  However, police say this was a targeted attack by a lone assailant and that there is no threat to the public. 

12/16/2025

BAYFIELD COUNTY – The Bayfield County Sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help finding Joshua E. Gordon.  The sheriff’s office says he absconded while serving a sentence on electronic monitoring through the Bayfield County jail. If you have information regarding his whereabouts, you are asked to call 911 immediately.  We have a recent photo of Gordon on our Facebook Page. 

12/16/2025

N. WISCONSIN - The Wisconsin DNR has announced preliminary results for the 2025 nine-day gun deer hunt. License sales totaled 790,044 as of November 30, a slight decrease from 2024. 550,611 licenses sold were for gun privileges. Final sales figures will be available in January. Hunters registered 182,084 deer during the gun season – 86,068 antlered, 96,016 antlerless, an overall drop of .8% statewide compared to 2024. Total deer registered since the start of bow and crossbow seasons is 294,757, up 1.1% from last year. Hunters who harvested their first deer can get a first harvest certificate. The antlerless-only holiday hunt is scheduled for Dec. 24-Jan. 1, 2026, in select farmland zone counties. More harvest details are on the DNR’s website.