Schools are closed today in Spooner, according to the Spooner Area School District. The closure comes as Northwestern Wisconsin is under a winter storm warning, with 6-8 inches expected for Washburn County, according to the National Weather Service.
The new head of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says he wants the agency to work more with industry when it comes to environmental regulation. He made the comments on Thursday at Gov. Scott Walker's Northern Economic Summit in Trego.
A Washburn County sheriff's deputy was justified in shooting a Minong man who was under the influence of methamphetamine and appeared to reach for a gun following a police pursuit near Hayward in September, a prosecutor has ruled.
As Cheryl Deloach saw it, Hank Bos wasn't just the guy who sold sweet corn and cucumbers by the side of the road near Duluth's Lake Superior Zoo. He was a father figure. "From the moment I met him, he made me feel like we'd been friends for all o...
The body of a 60-year-old man was recovered from a Washburn County lake after a vehicle went through the ice, authorities said Wednesday. The Washburn County Sheriff's Office reported that the body of David E. Magnus of Sarona Township was recove...
Charges have been filed against a 21-year-old man who was shot and wounded on Sept. 30 by a Washburn County deputy after allegedly fleeing in a car from Minong into Sawyer County. Tyler M. Ladwig, of Exeland, Wis., allegedly exited his car on Hig...
When asked what their top priority would be if elected, both candidates for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District seat -- incumbent Republican Sean Duffy and Democratic challenger Mary Hoeft -- found it difficult to narrow their to-do lists. Hoe...
A Washburn County sheriff's deputy shot an armed suspect Friday after a pursuit on State Highway 77 between Minong and Hayward, the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office reported Saturday. Authorities declined to release any information on the individua...
Mary Hoeft, who is challenging incumbent Congressman Sean Duffy for Wisconsin's 7th District seat, has been calling on her opponent to take part in debates for weeks. But she has yet to accept Duffy's invitation to take part in a couple of debate...
