Bayfield County News

According to the Wisconsin Emergency Operations Center, the lightly populated town of Bell on Lake Superior in Bayfield County was apparently 1 of the hardest hit by the storm Thursday night.

A grand opening is planned for a compressed natural gas fueling station in Washburn at 11 a.m. on May 31 at the Bayfield County Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Station, 117 E Sixth Street.

Before you claim your spot for the Memorial Day Parade Monday, be sure to make some time Sunday afternoon to join the Menomonee Falls Police Department and other local leaders to honor past offciers killed in the line of duty.

If you live in a rural area, trips to the nearest hospital are sometimes long. For aging Northland veterans seeking the care their entitled to, the trip can be an ordeal lasting from dawn to dusk.

The Department of Natural Resources says its agreement to buy 100 square miles of forest in northern Wisconsin would be the state's largest land conservation purchase.

A two car accident in the Town of Barksdale stopped traffic for hours, though no serious injuries were reported.

An Ashland man convicted of killing a teenager by pushing him over a cliff along Lake Superior has been sentenced to 6 A1 2 years in prison.