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8/06/2025

  • jesse4430
  • Aug 6, 2025
  • 1 min read

VILAS COUNTY - Last week, Vilas County authorities responded to a bomb threat at Trackside Motorsports in Eagle River. The caller threatened to detonate a bomb and shoot officers. After evacuating the business and establishing a perimeter, authorities determined it was a “swatting incident” as the caller was not in the area. No devices were found. Chief Deputy Patrick Schmidt confirmed it was “100 percent a swatting incident. The case is still under investigation. A separate, unrelated “high-risk incident” involving teenagers with BB guns occurred nearby.

 
 
 

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