Vilas County News

Property owners who had to change their Vilas County address in the last couple of years due to adjusted fire numbers and modified road names, did so in the name of public safety, officials say.

The Vilas County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a scuba diver in Land O' Lakes.

A state appeals court said that a man convicted of punching his northern Wisconsin neighbor in a dispute over dogs deserves a new trial.

A northern Wisconsin man convicted of killing his wife in 1999 may soon be free.

The prisoner who who stole a state van at knifepoint is now in police custody. 25-year-old Jorge Compan stole a mini van from the McNaughton Correctional Facility in Lake Tomahawk Tuesday afternoon.

Whether killed by its creator or pocketed and forgotten by the agency that never wanted it, the Legislature's early catch-and-release muskie season will neither open in May 2009 nor appear in Wisconsin's ...

The Vilas County Sheriff's Department is searching for a man who allegedly pulled a knife on a driver of a state owned vehicle.

The body of what is likely the oldest documented American bald eagle in the upper Midwest was recently found near its nest on an island of a Vilas County lake.

Updated: A Green Bay woman died after strong winds blew through the Lac du Flambeau area over the weekend.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously threw out the first-degree murder conviction of a man accused of poisoning his wife and then drowning her in a toilet because the prosecution's key witness ...

An Illinois man has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in northern Wisconsin. Vilas County sheriff's officials say 75-year-old Everrett Saucerman of Wheaton, Ill., was killed about 5 p.m. Tuesday in an ATV ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man serving life in prison for poisoning his wife and drowning her in the toilet.

LAC DU FLAMBEAU -- A Green Bay woman died Saturday when a tree fell on her as she tried to clear it from a power line.

Ex-Menasha mayor offered administrator job By Michael King * Post-Crescent staff writer * June 4, 2008 Joe Laux, who was defeated in the April 1 election after 20 years as Menasha's mayor, has been named city ...

When doctors and nurses in Northwoods hospitals hear the phrase 'get hooked on fishing,' they picture hapless anglers seeking emergency care after taking the idea too literally.

Construction-related traffic impacts are subject to change and are dependent on favorable weather conditions.

Vilas County ranked 10th among the state's 72 counties for tourism expenditures last year, and Oneida County wasn't far behind with a ranking of 16th, state officials announced.

A house fire Sunday evening in St. Germain severely damaged a property at 7948 Found Lake Road, but no one was injured.

Former Assemblyman Jim Holperin made it official Thursday, throwing his hat into the ring for 12th State Senate seat being vacated by fellow Democrat Roger Breske.

Not content with a flat canvas, Pat Williams found huge gourds that are grown in Texas and had them shipped to her Luxemburg home.