...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... for Wisconsin Counties in our listening area.  Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 5 inches except between 1 and 3 inches for northern and east-central Ashland County and between 1 and 3 inches for northern Iron County. Ice accumulations around a light glaze. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. 

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...for Bayfield County, Northwest Wisconsin and the North Shore.  Total snow accumulations for Bayfield County are expected to be between 4 and 7 inches, with 13 and 17 inches of snow possible for the higher terrain of the North Shore.

4/1/2025

MERCER - Police are investigating a fatal accident near Mercer.  At 5:33 p.m. on Sunday March 30, Police say the driver of a 2012 Audi A4 lost control and rolled over into the west ditch on US 51 southbound at Tower Ridge Road near Mercer.  The driver only being identified as a 29-year-old male driver from Mercer was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced deceased at the scene. A 23-year-old male passenger was transported by ambulance to Howard Young Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.  Police say alcohol was a contributing factor in the accident and that neither driver nor passenger were wearing seatbelts. The Wisconsin State Patrol is conducting further investigation, and the names of the occupants are not being released pending the notification of the family.

4/1/2025

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at stake today in an election that broke records for spending and became a proxy battle for the nation’s political fights. Republicans who lined up behind candidate Brad Schimel included President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk. Susan Crawford was backed by Democrats including former President Barack Obama and billionaire megadonor George Soros. Today’s vote is the first major election since November and is seen as a litmus test of how the electorate feels about Trump’s chaotic first months back in office. Wisconsin voters will also make a choice for state superintendent and will decide whether one should have to show a photo i.d. when voting in any election. Hurley voters will have a vote on who represents each ward in the city and the sanitary district. Voters will be asked to choose two candidates for the Hurley School District. Mercer will be choosing town board supervisors, the town clerk and town treasurer. There will also be the question of filling the two vacant seats on the Mercer School District Board of Education.  Polls are now open until 8pm.