Sawyer County News

A discussion of whether allowing all-terrain vehicle riders to drive their machines to downtown Cable would be good or bad for local businesses and the community drew about 40 people for a lengthy heated debate ...

The Jackson County Jail is in the beginning stages of implementing a program designed to boost the morale of inmates and encourage them to follow jail rules.

Concerned about the future of Nelson Lake's fishery, a crowd of 150 persons met last Saturday at the Hayward Veterans Center to discuss options for possibly restoring the lake's greatly diminished walleye ...

Wisconsin joins campaign against drunk drivers Approximately 305 law enforcement agencies throughout Wisconsin will join a nationwide crackdown on drunken driving from Friday, Aug.

A rezone request to place a 100-unit RV campground near Stone Lake was approved by the Sawyer County Zoning Committee last Friday, and a conditional use permit also was granted pending review of detailed plans ...

A 40-year-old Couderay area resident was killed in a one-vehicle crash early Thursday Aug.

A 53-year-old man drowned while boating Saturday afternoon. The Sawyer County Sheriff's Department says the man was boating with two others on Scott Lake when he decided to go swimming.

A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today.

Bear hunters training their hounds in Ashland, Douglas and Sawyer counties are advised the Department of Natural Resources has established caution areas for individuals training bear dogs.

According to the Sawyer County Development Corporation , Northwest Family Care has selected Hayward as the location for its operational headquarters after communities throughout northwest Wisconsin submitted ...

The Jumpin' Jehosafats will bring their traditional jazz and gospel music back to Hayward Thursday, Aug.

Wolves killed two dogs and injured another last week in the first occurrence of attacks during the current bear hound training period.

Wolves killed two dogs and injured another last week in the first occurrence of attacks during the current bear hound training period.

Wolves killed two dogs and injured another last week in the first occurrence of attacks during the current bear hound training period.

Wolves killed two dogs and injured another last week in the first occurrence of attacks during the current bear hound training period.

Wolves killed two dogs and injured another last week in the first occurrence of attacks during the current bear hound training period.

At a special public hearing Friday afternoon, the Sawyer County Zoning Committee voted to adopt a fourth class of wilderness lakes, after hearing competing arguments from builders and lakes representatives as ...

Earl and Charmaine Leach, of Chetek, announce the engagement of their son Cameron David Leach to Tiffiny Elease Nielsen, both of Hayward.

Have you or someone you know pulled logs or deadheads from the river? Have you fished for trout or bass in the Namekagon River? Do the names: Howell, Earl, Groat or Phipps bring a story to mind.

On July 18 at 1 p.m. in the large courtroom of the Sawyer County Courthouse, the proposed creation of a Wilderness Lake Classification will be discussed.