Florence Wisconsin Sheriff's Office

10/30/2026

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REACH-A-Child was recently honored to provide 12 REACH BAGs and hundreds of additional children's books to the Florence County Sheriff's Office.  The delivery was made by former board president (and previous resident of the Florence area), Cory Erickson.  Florence County Sheriff T

10/26/2026

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10/22/2026

⭐️⭐️ IMPORTANT NOTICE ⭐️⭐️

The State of Wisconsin, Division of Foresty, will have a timber harvesting operation starting up on Monday, November 2nd, 2026. The trail affected is trail C6 South of the Pine River Bridge.

The Florence County Highway Commission has granted trail users permission to use County Highway N as a detour route to bypass timber sale activity during this time.

The detour will take place between the Pine River-Oxbow access parking lot, north of the bridge, and continue south on County Highway N for approximately 1 mile
to the roadside trail section on the east side of the road. At that point, riders can carefully access the existing trail to continue south on their journey.

Travel with the flow of traffic and stay on the pavement.
Please use turn signals if available or hand signals whenever possible.

There will be flashing billboards placed along Highway N to help control traffic on both ends of the detour and signage placed along the route for reference.

This timber sale is expected to take place over the course of 3 weeks. Work will begin on Monday morning and continue through Friday late afternoon. At the end of the
day on Friday, the signs will be taken down and the trail will re-open for the weekend.

Once the timber sale is complete, the detour will be taken down and the trail will re-open.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Mathew (Mat) Gummin
Recreation Manager

10/22/2026

10/20/2026

👻🎃 HALLOWEEN 👻 🎃

Trick or Treat hours for Florence County will be 3pm-7pm on Saturday, October 31st.

Safety Tips

👻Young children should be accompanied by adults.

🎃Costumes shouldn’t restrict breathing or sight.

👻 Stay on sidewalks.

🎃 Stay in Groups.

👻 Don’t enter a strangers home.

And drivers should use extra caution and keep an extra eye out for trick or treaters!

Have Fun 💀👻🎃

10/12/2026

🔥💨

The smoke in our area is due to forest fires in the Upper Penninsula; Marquette and Watersmeet. Similar to this past summer; air quality is poor at the moment.

10/09/2026

⭐️ PRESS RELEASE ⭐️

On Friday, October 9th at approximately 1025am Florence County 911 received a 911 call from the Florence County School District. School personnel advised that a call was made to their building making a bomb and active shooter threat.

Due to the threat of an active shooter, school officials evacuated students and staff. Deputies and mutual aid from neighboring Michigan agencies all responded and cleared the school. All students and staff were accounted for and safe.

Law Enforcement and Emergency Management began investigating the origins of the call. During initial investigation it was discovered that other school districts in Wisconsin had very similar calls. We were able to verify with calls from other jurisdictions with our call taker confirming this was a “swatting” incident. This investigation will continue with the assistance of the FBI.

Our school staff and Law Enforcement acted accordingly to safety protocols. A bomb dog was utilized from Brown County and the school was cleared.

Unfortunately due to this chaotic day with students; the school district has decided to postpone the Homecoming parade to a future date.

The collaboration of all departments, school administration, staff and students led to a safe resolution for all involved; although the situation was certainly frustrating and unfortunate.

In the end…thankful to be a part of this community.

Your Sheriff,
Teresa

10/09/2026

Thankful for the quick response by all involved and our Michigan partners as well.

The investigation is ongoing and we are completing our safety protocols to ensure nothing is missed.

10/08/2026

Plow Proposal - EMS Long Lake

10/07/2026

Bobcat Pride! Florence’s water tower is in the running for Tnemec’s 2026 Tank of the Year! Voting is open October 5–16, and every vote counts. Our community may be small but has big pride! Please take a minute to vote for Florence, then share with your friends and neighbors to help us get the word out! https://tnemec.com/tank-of-the-year-2026/florence-wisconsin/