Douglas County News

The Lake Superior Initiative, a joint project of the Duluth Area Family YMCA and United Way of Greater Duluth, will be awarding more than $200,000 to community and faith-based organizations in the region.

Section 8 housing operator 3700 Green Tree Corp. in Milwaukee reported saving 16 jobs from $117,000 in rental assistance for low-income residents.

A report that says federal stimulus funding saved or created more than 10,000 jobs in Wisconsin is filled with errors and inflated numbers.

The name of the victim in Friday's fatal accident between a car and a dump truck has been released.

One person is dead after a car struck a dump truck Friday in Douglas County. The crash happened on highway 35 in the town of Superior shortly after 12 p.m. when the vehicle crossed the center line and hit the dump truck.

The suspected shooter in a drive by shooting last weekend in Superior appeared in Douglas County Court today.

Wisconsin received its first shipments of the H1N1 vaccine today. The shipment is being distributed to health care professionals before being made available to the public.

A 28 year old Superior man has been arrested for allegedly committing 2nd Degree Sexual Assault.

Due to shipping slow down by the manufacturers of the seasonal influenza vaccine, the Solon Springs Flu Shot Clinic, that was re-scheduled for 10/15/09 has been temporarily postponed and will be rescheduled when vaccine is available in the near future.

Memorial Blood Centers celebrates the success of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project recently completed for the Huber family of Douglas County, Wisconsin.

A former Harvey resident arrested in Wisconsin in October after spending 18 years on the run from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is scheduled to be sentenced Friday to spend the rest of his life in prison for his conviction of raping a 7-year-old boy.

Public Health Officials from St. Louis County, MN and Douglas County, WI are providing the following information on flu shots to help improve the publica TMs knowledge and awareness of the differences between seasonal flu shots and HINI Influenza A flu shots: Will there be two different vaccines this fall? Yes.

The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation announces the expansion of the geographic area for the Small Business Education Scholarship.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Northwest Region in Superior is announcing a public information meeting to discuss planned improvements on WIS 27 in the townships of Highland and Brule, beginning at Rush Lake Road and extending northerly to County B. The meeting is scheduled from 5:30 - 8 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16 at the Brule Town ...

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will be conducting routine inspections on the Bong Bridge in Superior the weeks of August 24 and August 31, 2009.

A Missouri man authorities say is a suspect in the 2006 death of Deidre Harm could be connected to the deaths of three other women in other states.

Sue Henchen and Dawn Moore spent Sunday morning getting wet and muddy to help a northern Wisconsin family they'd never met.

Yeah, you find many people that haven't seen water in pools or beaches in their lives.

On or about September 8, 2009, the Department of Natural Resources proposes to renovate the public boat access on Whitefish Lake in Douglas County.

A tour bus followed by a procession of construction equipment pulled up in front of a dilapidated rural home in Wisconsin's Oakland Township on Monday morning, radically changing the course of one family's life.