Ashland News

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A second Republican appears to be making a run for Congress and will make an announcement Wednesday in Wausau.

David Robert Melin passed away on Friday evening, June 19, in his Washburn, WI, home.

Federal and state environmental officials are proposing a multimillion-dollar cleanup project in Ashland.

Dorothea A. Sloggy, age 86, formerly of Ashland, WI, passed away Monday evening, June 1, 2009, at Cherry Meadows in Appleton.

The Wisconsin State Fire Marshall is investigating an early Friday morning blaze in Ashland that left 14 people homeless.

Cooperative Health Choices of western Wisconsin, a newly formed, regional, health-benefits purchasing cooperative, invites anyone interested to join an informational Webcast 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and learn more about CHCa s plan to bring affordable health-care insurance to the region.

John Dillinger: America's most notorious criminal or Robin Hood of the Great Depression? It doesn't matter to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, which wants people to visit Wisconsin locales related to his gang's time here in the 1930s and the movie filmed in the state, "Public Enemies." The movie stars Johnny Depp as Dillinger.

Come on out and see some great folk music on May 14th to the 16th at the Ashland Folk Festival in Ashland, WI.

Wow, now this is what spring is all about! Driving around town people are out and about enjoying the sunshine and nice temperatures.

A group in western Wisconsin has led the way in starting a health co-op as a way for businesses, especially small business, to offer competitively priced health insurance to employees.

University of Wisconsin Alumni Club 4/28/2009 Ashland- On April 21, Jerry and Carole Huhn were named Badgers of the Year by the UW-Madison Alumni Club of the Chequamegon Bay Area.

Are you wondering where to recycle your compact fluorescent lightbulbs? Would you like to know about green events happening in the area? Do you want to wash your car this spring without polluting a stream? Two upcoming green events and a new wiki site for Fond du Lac County users will answer these questions and more.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is providing a weekly update on construction projects in the northwest region, which includes the counties of Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, St.

When Joe Harner saw how the participants on the Discovery Channel's reality program "The Alaska Experience" were living, he knew he could do that.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Northwest Region in Superior is announcing a public information meeting to discuss preliminary design concepts for the resurfacing of WIS 13 and the replacement of the Bay City Creek box culvert in the city of Ashland.

Rep. Dave Obey, center, laughs with county board member Tom Stewart, left, and Steve Roberts, Engineering Manager at the Wastewater Treatment Center in Superior, while having a roundtable discusion at the treatment center on Monday afternoon.

Kayla Stenstrup of Muskego, Wis., has received the Presidential Scholarship from Northland College in Ashland, Wis.

Northern States Power Co., which does business as Xcel Energy, has agreed to pay $1.3 million for costs associated with investigating pollution caused by an NSP plant that polluted ground water and Chequamagon Bay in Ashland.

Madison, WI. 03/25/09 a ' At approximately 4:52 am, Dane County Sheriffa TMs Deputies, along with Mount Horeb Police, Fire, and EMS, responded to US Highway 18/151, approximately .5 of a mile east of State Highway 92, Town of Springdale, for a semi rollover crash.