Pictures from an Action 2 News employee in the area show thick smoke and what appear to be flames coming from a house in the distance.

The U.S. DOT still has to finalize the local grant agreement later this year before the study can begin, which could take up to five years to complete.

One person is dead as a result of a single vehicle snowmobile crash near the Town of Gordon in Douglas County, Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin closures on Feb. 2 to facilitate the reconstruction of the 27th Street bridge over I-94.