Washburn County News

A northwestern Wisconsin gas station burned to the ground Monday night. According to the Spooner Fire department it happened just after 11 p.m. at the ICO gas station in Trego.

DNR's fetish for buying land in Wisconsin persists regardless of who is Governor.

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.

Nexen Group, Inc. was recently awarded Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board, Inc.'s 2012 Business of the Year Award.

The DNR will begin a ban on baiting and feeding deer in four northwestern Wisconsin counties.

MADISON -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is banning baiting and feeding of white-tailed deer in some northwestern Wisconsin counties.

Saturday is the start of fishing season in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker was in Trego, Wisconsin for the 47th Annual Governors Fishing Opener.

According to unofficial results of the Tuesday, April 3, spring election, two incumbent county board supervisors will be replaced by newcomers to county government.

Wisconsin's Governor plans to visit a Northland resort for this weekend's fishing opener.

Public forum comes in wake of discovery of diseased deer near Shell Lake WASHBURN COUNTY - DNR representatives hosted an informational public meeting on chronic wasting disease Monday, April 23, at the Spooner High School.