SAYNER, Wis (WSAU-Wheeler News) Wisconsin has recorded its first snowmobile death of 2015, and the fourth for the winter as a whole. Vilas County authorities said 34-year-old Jason Ringle of Pewaukee was killed on Saturday afternoon at Sayner. Sheriff’s officials said he fell off his machine, and was struck by another snowmobile. An investigation continues.
Three other snowmobile deaths occurred in late December in Forest, Lincoln, and Iron counties.