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Adams, Green seek 74th District seat in Wisconsin Assembly

Voters will decide Nov. 8 who will represent the 74th District; early voting starts Tuesday, Oct. 25

October 25, 2022 07:00 AM

By Shelley Nelson

Northland Outdoors

Wisconsin habitat work hoped to save troubled Connecticut warbler

The Wisconsin DNR and Bayfield County are working to boost jackpine habitat the little bird needs to nest.

October 12, 2022 11:47 AM

By John Myers

Local

Delegates set agenda for 2023 Superior Days

Local residents identified challenges for Northwestern Wisconsin that require legislative action and agency intervention to resolve.

September 29, 2022 07:00 AM

By Shelley Nelson

Two men and a woman sit at table in front of microphones

Wisconsin

Bayfield County to map artesian wells following proposal to bottle, sell water there

County and state officials hope to pinpoint locations, flows and depths of the springs.

September 19, 2022 09:09 AM

By Danielle Kaeding / Wisconsin Public Radio

NewsMD

COVID-19 cases continue to fall in Wisconsin

An average of four people die each day across the state from complications of the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

September 16, 2022 08:00 AM

By Shelley Nelson

NewsMD

New COVID-19 infections decline, but deaths rise in Wisconsin

Four Northwestern Wisconsin residents are among the 67 people who died across the state since Aug. 17.

September 01, 2022 07:46 AM

By Shelley Nelson

NewsMD

New COVID-19 infections decline since Aug. 3

No new deaths were reported in Northwestern Wisconsin among 47 people who died statewide.

August 18, 2022 07:00 AM

By Shelley Nelson

Artist Jamey Penney-Ritter poses in her studio, Bemused Design, in Washburn

Arts and Entertainment

Meet the artist whose Northland travel posters are becoming ubiquitous

Jamey Penney-Ritter has designed "the biggest collection of northern Wisconsin travel posters in the history of the world." She's made plenty for Minnesota, too.

August 17, 2022 08:30 AM

By Jay Gabler

wood gavel with American flag in background

Local

Bayfield County man guilty of killing neighbor

Randy Erickson faces up to 60 years in prison for the May 2020 shooting death of Michael Kinney.

August 05, 2022 05:31 PM

By Tom Olsen