Vilas County News

Firefighters responded to a fire in the town of Conover in Vilas County Sunday night.

Authorities are looking for a St. Germain woman who disappeared after leaving work Wednesday night.

A Vilas County Sheriff's Captain says a woman who went missing earlier this week has been found dead near the Nicolet National Forest.

Deputies at the Vilas County Sheriff's Department are looking for a missing St. Germain woman.

If your still waiting to get the H1N1 vaccine, a clinic is scheduled up in Vilas County.

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Oneida County is working with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce to help a new Eagle River business obtain a $150,000 block grant.

Vernon Lee Penn, 85, 212 Plum Lake Drive, Sayner, entered his heavenly home Saturday, Oct.

Falling revenues and unfunded spending carryovers from past years have resulted in one of the toughest budget-writing sessions Vilas County has ever faced, officials said.

Three area school districts will reopen their doors on Monday after flu outbreaks prompted officials to close down.

A 23-year-old Arbor Vitae man sustained serious injuries early this morning after his vehicle hit a tree near Arnett Road in the town of Arbor Vitae.

LAND O' LAKES - A brother and sister who narrowly survived a private plane crash 50 years ago that killed their parents and a cousin returned to the scene of the accident last weekend to thank the people who saved their lives and helped them carry on.

Landowners in the southern part Wisconsin have been battling garlic mustard for many years, and as this highly invasive pant is starting to spread to parts of the Northwoods, state environmental officials are looking to the public to help slow the spread.

Before dawn, Gib Haley harvests fish from a 300-foot net near Lac du Flambeau. Like his Ojibwe forefathers, Haley nets whitefish each morning from Lake Pokegama and then smokes them in a homemade smoker Mark Hoffman Before dawn, Gib Haley harvests fish from a 300-foot net near Lac du Flambeau.

The second murder trial of Douglas Plude was postponed last Friday when public defenders withdrew from the case over a conflict of interest involving a potential state witness.

The defense claimed Genell Plude intentionally killed herself. But because of a faulty witness, Douglas Plude was granted a re-trial, which is scheduled for next month.

Lawyers representing a northern Wisconsin man ready to stand trial a second time on charges that he drowned his wife have withdrawn from the case.

The annual parade of fall colors that paint the countryside in brilliant splashes of reds, yellows and oranges could be short - and dull - before the leaves drop, local tree experts said.

Tourism officials expect more than 40,000 people will converge on Eagle River for Cranberry Fest this Saturday and Sunday, Oct.

This all happened Thursday evening in the Township of Phelps. Authorities say one of the passengers was flown by a Spirit helicopter to Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield to be treated.