Spooner News

SPOONER, Wis. - With the big Fourth of July holiday this weekend, state water experts advise that the annual warm weather nuisance known as swimmer's itch is making its seasonal appearance in Wisconsin lakes.

Authorities are investigating the deaths of 2 people near Spooner. Deputies found the bodies of 72-year old Edward Linehan and his 69-year old wife Susan in their home on Little Bass Lake Road in the town of Casey.

An investigation is underway after a Northern Wisconsin couple was found dead over the weekend.

Do you think there should be a wolf hunting season in Wisconsin? Yes, it would be good to protect livestock and pets.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing that will provide an opportunity for members of the public to give official input regarding designation of portions of US 53 as a freeway.

The dry conditions in northwestern Wisconsin bring a warning for fireworks enthusiasts.

The Department of Natural Resources says a mail survey of bass anglers found they kept only 550,000, or 6 percent, of the 10 million bass they caught in 2006.

Catch-and-release has caught on so big in the bass fishing world that Wisconsin anglers are only keeping about 5 percent of what they catch.

The Legislaturea s Joint Finance Committee has restored funding for 40 Department of Motor Vehicle service centers, including Amery, Luck, New Richmond, Spooner and Siren.

Coleen and Anthony Hauser have said they want to treat their 13-year-old son Daniel with something more natural than chemotherapy for his Hodgkins Lymphoma.

R. Stresau Laboratory joined the Department of Natural Resources' nationally recognized Green Tier program, signaling the company's commitment to making environmentally sound practices part of its business plan.

A photograph by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a mountain lion in a tree west of Spooner, Wis.

The National Weather Service issued a "red flag warning" for fire danger in all of the western counties of Wisconsin from Superior to Prairie du Chien.

An animal wiped out in most of the eastern U.S. a century ago is showing up again in Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin inmate who survived the 2007 Minnesota bridge collapse will receive $19,000 from a victims' fund, but he can't keep it.

A Wisconsin inmate who survived the 2007 Minnesota bridge collapse will receive $19,000 from a victims' fund, but he won't be allowed to keep it.

At approximately 1:30 Saturday afternoon the Sawyer County Sheriffa TMs Office dive Team found Randy Danczyk deceased.

As part of an effort to reduce costs and increase profits, the University of Missouri Press cut nearly half its staff as well as the number of titles the press publishes.

A long-distance courtship between Betty Louise Turner and Henry Fullick became a longtime relationship when the couple was married before a justice of the peace on Aug.

A Spooner lawyer is reprimanded by the State Supreme Court. Back in 2003, attorney Jeff Kohler was an assistant district attorney in Washburn County.