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Sign-Up for Disabled Hunt Begins Obesity Rate on the Rise: Wisconsin 25th Study: Wisconsin has the 25th highest rate of adult obesity in the nation, at 26.0 percent and the 12th lowest of overweight youths at 27.9 percent 12 hospitalized in connection with E. coli in beef Woman Pregnant with Teen's Baby UW-GB Extends Application Time for Locals ...

Artists of all media are invited to apply to Eagle River's Festival of Flavors juried art show in August.

What: Wisconsin Woodchucks vs. Madison Mallards Where: Athletic Park, Wausau When: June 29, 6:35 p.m. Info: Retro Jim Gantner Bobble Heads for the first 500 Fans What: Nature's Niche Where: Edgar Public School When: June 29, 10 a.m. Info: Learn more about bugs and critters of the Rainforest in this summer's library program What: Music in the Park ...

I apologize for no posts the past couple days. I am fishing the PMTT with Joe McCartin in Eagle River, Wis., and my internet access has been spotty.

Those of us of a certain age had to chuckle to ourselves when we read about Alexis Bitters.

A Land O' Lakes couple who both battled and survived cancer in 2008 have been named honorary chairpersons and caregivers for the 2009 Northwoods Relay For Life.

Local people who acted in the movie 'Public Enemies' are being invited to special premieres of the film on July 1 and 2. The owners of the publication This Week in the Northwoods, who helped organize the premieres, expect about 150 people to be on hand for each of the four showings.

Authorities in Your Town, Eagle River are hoping to give out Project Lifesaver Bracelets.

The 2009 Children's Miracle Network Celebration is now history, but the gifts given and the memories made will last forever.

Those of you who travel down Highway 70 near Eagle River have undoubtedly seen the Eagle River Sports Arena, also known as "The Dome." Many people say "The Dome" was the birthplace of hockey in Wisconsin, and that's why Eagle River is the only place that could house the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame.

A former Eagle River probation officer who is serving a prison term for sexually assaulting a woman he was supervising is seeking a new trial, saying his attorney provided ineffective counsel.

All Press Releases for June 18, 2009>> Eagle River Antique Show and Sale - 2009 Friday, August 7th.

Back in the spring of 1961, Joe Simonton, who lived just west of Eagle River, made history on April 18th.

Village of Pewaukee - The class of about 30 future arson investigators jumped back Tuesday when a wall-creeping fire erupted into a vicious swirling tunnel of 1,800-degree flame.

Wisconsin is one step closer to enacting a $62 billion biennial state budget, which would represent a 6.3% spending increase over the previous budget.

Eagle River is home to beautiful landscape, world snowmobile championships and Klondike Days.

Eagle River is a northwoods gem plush with natural resources and natural beauty that keeps visitors coming.

Cars arrive for NWTC shuttles by 6:15 a.m. Cars lined up outside Northeast Wisconsin Technical College parking lots before 6:15 a.m. Thursday with drivers hoping to be first in line to see President Barack Obama some six hours later at Green Bay Southwest High School.

The 16th annual Fishing Has No Boundaries on the Eagle River Chain of Lakes Friday through Sunday brought 118 participants and more than 100 volunteers together for a weekend of fishing.

Jun. 8, 2009 1:50 p.m. Eagle River, Wis a ' . - Supporters of a four-year private high school in northern Wisconsin for students interested in the environment and outdoors have lost another legal battle.