Teaching and Display Garden Wins Award

This is the 6th consecutive year that the garden has been recognized for its educational efforts, creative landscape designs and promotion of new proven varieties of flowers and vegetables.

Joint Investigation Leads to Arrests Following Discovery of 85 Grams of Meth in Sawyer Co.

Information gained through the investigations indicated that Samoeun Moeuth was coming back to Sawyer County with a large amount of Methamphetamine

Burnett County Weekly Jail Booking Report

Polk County Weekly Jail Booking Report

Sawyer County Weekly Jail Booking Report

Washburn County Weekly Jail Booking Report

Man Was 'Huffing' Just Before Crash That Killed 3 Girl Scouts and Adult

The traffic crash claimed the lives of Jayna S. Kelley (age 9) of Lake Hallie, Autum A. Helgeson (age 10) of Lake Hallie, Haylee J. Hickle (age 10) and her mother Sara Jo Schneider (age 32) from the Town of Lafayette. One additional injured girl (age 10) is still hospitalized and is reported to be in stable condition

Weekly Northwest Region Construction Update

Construction-related traffic impacts are subject to change and dependent on favorable weather patterns.

Washburn County Weekly Crash Report

Driver Accused of Killing 3 Girl Scouts and an Adult Was Allegedly Intoxicated

Colten Treu, 21, is Accused of Killing Three Girl Scouts and an Adult Female

Brian Cole: 'The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil'

How many of us think: “I wouldn’t have eaten from the tree and messed things up like they did?” Yet isn’t that what we ALL do on a daily basis?

3 Kids, 1 Female Adult Killed in Fatal Hit-and-Run in Chippewa Co.

On November 3, 2018 at 11:41AM, the Lake Hallie Police Department took a report of a hit and run accident involving multiple subjects.

Shell Lake Man Sentenced on Charges Stemming from Undercover Sex Sting by Rice Lake PD

Shayne Trudelle, of Shell Lake, WI, had been charged in Barron County Circuit Court following an undercover sex sting conducted by the Rice Lake Police Department

28-Year-Old Siren Man Charged With Sexual Assault of a Child Under 16

Nathan Miesner, age 28, of Siren, WI is facing felony charges in Burnett County Circuit Court for Class C Felony Sexual Assault of a Child Under 16 Years of Age and Class C Felony Repeated Sexual Assault of a Child.

Carbon Monoxide: Why You Need To Be Aware!

The most common symptoms of CO poisoning include headache, dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, chest pain and confusion.

Rice Lake Man Sentenced to 48 Months for Possessing Meth

Lewis was arrested twice while operating a vehicle in the summer of 2016 with quantities of methamphetamine. During one of these arrests, he possessed a loaded firearm.

Court Sentences Man on Charges Stemming From Break-In at Spooner Business

A Shell Lake, WI man has been sentenced on his charges stemming from an incident at a Spooner business during which the business owner held the man at gunpoint

WATCH: Sawyer County Sheriff Candidates Debate on DrydenWire

Watch the debate between Douglas Mrotek and James Marucha

Wisconsin State Public Defender Announces 2018 Award Recipients

Representative Joan Ballweg, Running Rebels, & Attorney Matthew Kirkpatrick to Receive SPD Board Awards Regional Office Administrator Leslie Patrow & the SPD’s La Crosse Region to Receive Agency Awards

Threat of Possible Gun Violence Closes St. Croix Falls School District

There was a threat regarding possible gun violence today

Natural Connections: 'The Challenges of Rain'

As strange as these animals may seem to us southerners, theirs is a familiar story