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UPDATE: Officials call off search for plane

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UPDATE: The Marathon County Sheriff's Office says they did not find anything and they have called off the search. They are still investigating who made the call and why. They say the call came from the area where the person said a plane had crashed.

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UPDATE: The owner of the Wildlife Bar and Campground says officers were searching in a 5 mile radius of the campground property, but did not find anything on the campground property.

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Police and rescue teams are heading to an area near the Wildlife Bar and Campground in Marathon County for reports of a possible plane crash.

NBC 12 in Rhinelander says the sheriff's department is actively investigating an incident.

Wildlife Bar and Campground is located just west of Birnamwood, Wisconsin.

NBC26 has a crew on the way to the scene. We will update this story as new information becomes available.