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On Friday, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin approved Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin's proposal to install the nation's largest biomass gasifier, a system that will produce synthetic gas from biomass for the production of electricity at the company's Bay Front Power Plan in Ashland, Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has approved a utility's latest plan to replace coal and use logging residue and dead trees as the primary fuel to generate electricity.

Heaney, who worked as an assistant for the great Houdini, will present two hours of entertainment performing all sorts of magic, including making young ladies float over the audience.

Thinking of transferring? Northland College will offer a spooky change of pace, but males beware.

People interested in volunteering to help locate and count gray wolves and other forest carnivores in the coming year can learn how at a series of upcoming training sessions.

Donald K. Nyberg, 78, died Oct. 24, 2009, at a local hospital. He was born July 16, 1931, in Ironwood, Mich., to the late Axel and Aune Nyberg.

Unchanged since 1995, the standards for school lunches have perhaps grown stale enough to lend themselves to jokes about cafeteria food .

The Chequamegon bay is one of Lake Superior prettiest vistas; unfortunately it's also one of the most contaminated.

Children would get fewer French fries and more dark green vegetables in school cafeterias under recommendations being issued Tuesday by an Institute of Medicine panel.

ASHLAND, Wis. The Daily Press newspaper in Ashland will replace its Tuesday print editions with an online-only version starting next month.

A Wisconsin diocese has suspended a Catholic priest who fathered a child during a 5-year relationship in Illinois.

The Lord called Charlene to her eternal home October 14th, 2009, after surviving in this world for 81 years.

Comment on This Story / Send This Article to a Friend Business North - Around The Region - Duluth & Superior Newspaper WITC presses on with 'one- college' strategy 10/13/2009 by Wayne Nelson The original four campuses in Ashland, New Richmond, Rice Lake and Superior that made up Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College had a history of local ...

The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Board of Trustees approved at the September meeting more than $60,000 in grants.

Oct. 5, 2009 7:16 p.m. Ashland a ' 25-year-old Washburn woman has been charged with second-degree reckless homicide in the death of her 7-month-old daughter.

Ashland a ' 25-year-old Washburn woman has been charged with second-degree reckless homicide in the death of her 7-month-old daughter.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 31 counties in Wisconsin as primary natural-disaster areas following droughts that have persisted since March 1. The designation announced Wednesday allows eligible farmers to apply for low-interest emergency loans to cover their losses.

GRANTON -- Harold G. Hillert, 83, of Granton died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, in the Palliative Care Unit of Saint Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield.

First thing visitors to Bayfield notice is the view of Lake Superior. Its gleaming blue waters practically wrap the town, which, after all, is why many people visit in the first place.

Homeowners, farmers, rural property owners, and businesses in 43 counties, two cities and five tribal nations will have access to disposal services for hundreds of chemicals this fall.