3/26/2026

IRON / VILAS COUNTY - Due to warm conditions, The White Thunder Riders report that all Iron County Trails closed for the season as of Tuesday.  Vilas County is closing most of its snowmobile trails in the southern two-thirds of the county today at 8:00 a.m.

 This closure includes the Arbor Vitae, Conover, Eagle River, Lac Du Flambeau, Manitowish Waters, Phelps, and St. Germain systems. The Boulder Junction, Land O’Lakes, Presque Isle, and Sayner systems will remain open. Vilas County is currently the only area in Wisconsin with open snowmobile trails, but all trails will close regardless of conditions on March 31st. Trail users must stick to open trails and may encounter gated sections in closed areas. On the Michigan side Trails on the Gogebic Range into Lake Gogebic and Ontonagon County remain open.  However, Grooming operations have ended in the most part.  Ontonagon County ended grooming trails last weekend. 

3/26/2026

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A jury in Wisconsin has found a man guilty of election fraud and identity theft for requesting the ballots of Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent. A Racine County jury on Tuesday found Harry Wait guilty of two misdemeanor election fraud charges and one felony identity theft charge following a two-day trial.  Wait admitted in 2022 that he requested the ballots to try to prove that the state’s voter registration system is vulnerable to fraud.

3/26/2026

WISCONSIN - The number of Opioid deaths in Wisconsin have declined.   The Wisconsin Policy Forum says the number of deaths dropped from around 1500 to 500 deaths last year. The biggest reason for the decrease is people in jail now have access to opioid medication.  Many deaths have been due to people overdosing after being released from jail. Incarcerated people without access to opioids often experience a decrease in tolerance, leaving them at greater risk of overdosing when released.  Despite the decrease, more people in Wisconsin die from opioid overdoses than in motor vehicle crashes.