Bruce News

John I. Richardson, 88, Green Bay, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. He was born April 8, 1921, in Thief River Falls, Minn., the son of Glenn and Ella Richardson.

Wisconsin spent more than $10 billion in 2008-09 to educate 861,000 public school students.

After external investigation and internal reviews into the pursuit of an armed bank robbery suspect on Oct 30, 2009, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Matt Frank announced that DNR Conservation Warden Jeremy Peery has returned to duty as of November 20, 2009.

An independent investigation into a law enforcement shooting of a suspected bank robber near Bruce was concluded Monday and is expected to clear the three officers and allow them to return to duty.

A small plane was forced to land in a corn field Friday night after experiencing engine problems.

A suspect in an Exeland bank robbery was killed in an exchange of gunfire Friday after leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase through two counties.

Bruce residents Chris Hamel , Sue Kempen and Carol Jackan stand draped in silent auction tickets Friday at the fifth annual Women With Courage Foundation fundraiser to help local men, women and children cope with life after a cancer diagnosis.

Oct. 30, 2009 4:38 p.m. Kenosha County health officials reported the first suspected H1N1 influenza death in the county Friday.

A suspected bank robber was shot and killed by law enforcement officers Friday following a high speed chase reaching speeds of 100 miles per hour.

Bruce a ' A bank robbery suspect was shot and killed in Rusk County on Friday afternoon, while another was on the run and a third was arrested.

Voters in the Weyerhaeuser Area and Chetek school districts will head to the polls Tuesday, Nov.

Bruce W. Smith, age 62, of Arkdale, Wisconsin died Friday, October 23, 2009 at his home following a battle with cancer.

These fine fall days with the changing aspen inspire me to visit Marshall Pass or the North Fork when I have free time, rather than wander around town.

A 41-year-old rural Barron man was charged Tuesday with four felonies, including negligent vehicular homicide, after he drove his truck into three motorcycles and hit a man earlier this month, according to Rusk County Court records.

Deputies arrested a man they say took off on foot after a crash that killed another man Sunday night.

A motorcycle rider who stopped along U.S. 8 just west of Beebe Road near Bruce was killed Sunday evening after being struck by a pick-up truck, a witness at the scene said.

A 42-year-old Almena man who fled from the scene of a fatal traffic accident Sunday night near the village of Bruce was captured this morning in Bruce, according to Rusk County Sheriff David Kaminski.

Sixteen criminal complaints filed in Rusk County Circuit Court accuse four persons of felony burglaries and criminal damage to property in Rusk County over the last two years.

By golly, there's gold out there! The weekend of Aug. 22 and 23 had travelers swarming to the T and T Rider's Club, south of Spencer.

For decades, he helped students turn ideas into art. Now, a oeWandering Wisconsina takes us north to his own artist's studio.