Washburn County News

MADISONa 'Washburn County Sheriff Terry Dryden, Washburn County District Attorney Michael Bitney, and Karl and Cindy Manning, maternal grandparents of Emmaline Manning, appeared before the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice on November 12 to testify in support of Assembly Bill 515.

More than 600,000 people from every state in the Union and many foreign countries are converging upon our Wisconsin woods this weekend to shoot, it is hoped, deer.

The state launches a new program to help residents make a fresh start. On Thursday enrollment began for the Wisconsin Fresh Start Program.

It's a case that Washburn County District Attorney Michael Bitney said will stay with him forever.

The Spooner man who survived the I-35 W bridge collapse, and was later convicted of abusing his fiance's toddler, is serving a seven and a half year prison sentence.

During the early morning hours of Nov. 1, the Washburn County Sheriff's Office was notified by the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office that during the investigation of a structure fire in Edgewater Township, a body was located that appeared to be the victim of a homicide.

Authorities in western Wisconsin are investigating the discovery of two men they believe are a murder victim and his killer.

The victim of an apparent homicide which occurred in Sawyer County Saturday evening has been identified.

Nov. 3, 2009 1:26 p.m. Authorities say a Stone Lake man who killed the uncle of his child and then killed himself had a vendetta against the murder victim's family.

Town of Edgewater, Sawyer County - The investigation into an apparent murder suicide shakes up a western Wisconsin community.

On Monday, Washburn County investigators pieced together evidence from what they believe to be a murder-suicide. According to the Sheriff's Department-- the body of David W. Palm, 43, was found Saturday night-- in his burned home at 1332 Road F in Birchwood, Wisconsin.

Sawyer County sheriff's authorities suspect murder-suicide after two men are found dead in separate fires.

Two separate fires have turned up two bodies this weekend in Wisconsin and authorities believe they may be connected in a homicide.

The Washburn County Medical Providers and Public Health hope to get enough H1N1 Influenza vaccine to begin vaccinating the target populations within the next three weeks.

A Washburn County man gets lost in woods east of Spooner. 46-year old Larry Tucker of Sarona got separated from his partner near Stone Lake Sunday afternoon.

An elderly woman with dementia who wandered away from her Washburn County home Wednesday, but was found safe after a search.

Some area counties are holding clean sweeps, to kickoff fall cleaning. It's a chance to get rid of household chemicals at no charge.

At 7:18 p.m. on September 07, 2009, the Sawyer County Dispatch Center received a call reporting a motorcycle accident on Stone Lake Road in the Town of Sand Lake.

Washburn County Health Department: Seasonal Influenza vaccine is in ample supply for this flu season.

A Washburn County Circuit Court judge has upheld a recent decision by the state school district boundary appeal board, allowing the Hawkins area to detach from Ladysmith schools.