Headline Making Stories in 2015
Northland Year in Review: Part 1
2015 has brought many ups and downs for Northlanders. From pipeline protests and mine layoffs, to cold case crimes being solved. Here are the first three months of the year.
The Ashland Police Department says a fire at an Ashland garage left a man with burns and led to the discovery of a methamphetamine manufacturing operation.
Currently a highly visited winter tourist attraction isn’t accessible.
2015 has brought many ups and downs for Northlanders. From pipeline protests and mine layoffs, to cold case crimes being solved. Here are the first three months of the year.
A Butternut man has learned he’ll be spending 30 years in prison for beating his girlfriend’s two-year-old son to death in 2014.
A rescue was caught on camera by the U.S. Coast Guard Tuesday night as a sailboat was taking on water and being pushed around by winds near the Apostle Islands.
Authorities have released the name of a husband and wife killed in a Bayfield County crash.
If you’re in the mood for a taste of Ireland on the South Shore, the place to be is ‘The Snug’.
A vehicle fire Monday morning in Ashland left one person with a minor injury.
An ATV accident in Bayfield County Friday evening is fatal.
With summer just around the corner, millions of swimmers will enjoy Wisconsin’s Great Lakes beaches and cool water on a hot summer day, but waves and currents can be deadly.
The Red Cliff Police Department is kicking off a fund raising effort to provide a K-9 Officer to their Department.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has notified the City of Ashland that the popular Maslowski Beach artesian well will need to close by the fall of 2015.
A vehicle fire in Ashland Saturday afternoon quickly spread to engulf a garage attached to a home.
A mother and son killed in a Cornucopia house fire were laid to rest Saturday.
Dozens of people came out to support the Bad River Women’s Shelter in Ashland.
The inland sport fishing season is now open.
While anyone can pick up a paint brush and dabble in the arts, not everyone has the capability to make a masterpiece.
New supportive housing buildings are being planned on the Red Cliff Reservation.
One person has died and another injured after a fire in Odanah, Wisconsin.
On 3–31–15 at approx. 7:00 P.M. Bayfield Co. Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a person, possibly drowning in Spider Lake, Town of Iron River, after falling through the ice.
The state Department of Natural Resources says a company that was looking to open a huge iron mine in northern Wisconsin has officially withdrawn its plans.
Students in Bayfield are getting a hands-on experience as they help to protect the state’s only endangered mammal species.
If you didn’t get out to the Apostle Islands ice caves you’ll have to wait another year as they closed Monday evening at dusk.
The ice caves in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore are closing for the season.
It’s a sport that has grown in more than just tire size. Hundreds of athletes from across the nation made their way to Cable, Wisconsin this weekend for the Fat Bike Birkie.
For the third time this winter ice has formed along the Apostle Islands mainland ice caves.
It’s a craze that is gaining attention and momentum nationwide and in Northern Wisconsin. All it takes is two wheels and some good balance to join in the fat bike craze.
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore officials say the popular ice caves could be open to the public this weekend.
A trial is now set for a Wisconsin man accused of causing the death of his girlfriend’s two year old son.
Workers are preparing for next phase of the Ashland Lakefront Project.
Officials with a Florida company looking to dig a huge iron mine just south of Lake Superior say field work has come to a standstill but they’re not abandoning the project.