5/26/2026

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - More than a dozen law enforcement officers responded to a barricade situation in Lac du Flambeau Sunday evening involving 50-year-old Bert La Barge Jr. Police said La Barge, who had an active arrest warrant and probation appearance request, allegedly barricaded himself inside a home while armed with a firearm. Multiple agencies from Price, Vilas, and Oneida counties, along with Minocqua and Woodruff police, assisted at the scene. After interacting with a crisis negotiator, La Barge surrendered around 9 p.m. without incident.

5/26/2026

VILAS COUNTY – One dead another hospitalized following A head-on collision between a motorcycle and a car on a Vilas County highway last night.  The crash happened just after 7:00 last night on State Highway 155, just south of South Lost Lake Drive in the Town of St. Germain.  When the first deputy arrived on scene, the motorcycle operator was determined to be dead.  The driver of the other vehicle was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  Preliminary investigation indicates the 64-year-old male motorcycle operator was going north around a curve when he crossed the center line into the path of the other vehicle.  The Wisconsin State Patrol has taken over the crash investigation.

5/26/2026

ONTONAGON COUNTY – Just after 8:30 Friday night in Ontonagon County Fire crews were called to White Tails Cabin in the Porcupine Mountains State Park for a cabin fire. While enroute to the fire visible smoke was seen coming from the Cabins location. Due to the location of the cabin only 1 brush truck and a personal pickup carrying portable pumps and wildland hoses were used to extinguish the fire. Portable pumps were set up on the shore of Lake Superior and hoses were then run up a 50ft bank to the cabins location to fight the fire.  The cabin is a complete loss.