Pickerel News

John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Williams O. Diederich, 61, Madison, has been charged with using a telephone to make a threat.

In very unusual winter weather conditions, Pickerel celebrated St. Patrick' Day Saturday with a parade, entertainment, corned beef and cabbage.

Two people are dead and two others are in custody as the result of a pair of traffic accidents in Forest County.

Rain should break out across the TV-9 area after midnight and gradually mix with snow as temperatures drop to the lower 30s by late in the night.

Langlade County Sheriff Bill Greening stressed caution today in response to a serious accident at an area intersection - the second in a matter of days.