Lac Du Flambeau News

The Vilas County Sheriff's Department is investigating a crash Sunday that sent several people to the hospital.

Gov. Jim Doyle is getting ready to embark on his annual tour of northern Wisconsin.

Editor, the Daily News I was greatly dismayed and disappointed when I read a recent KT-VU letter to the editor.

Jake Long pitched five nearly perfect innings as the Marshfield Chaparrals blanked Lac du Flambeau 10-0 Wednesday evening at Jack Hackman Field.

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - An Illinois man has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in northern Wisconsin.

A 52-year-old Green Bay woman was killed this morning after a tree fell on her, according to a Vilas County Sheriff's Department press release.

A Green Bay woman died Saturday when a tree fell on her as she tried to clear it from a power line.

A 52-year-old Green Bay woman is dead after being crushed by a tree in Lac Du Flambeau.

The Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Tribal Council has removed their Tribal Treasurer from her position, according to a news release from the Council. via WYOW-TV Eagle River

A faction of the Lac Du Flambeau tribe, known as "GINEWS", is filing an amended motion at this hour with the Lac du Flambeau courts. via WYOW-TV Eagle River

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - The Environmental Protection Agency has given another Wisconsin American Indian tribe more control over protecting surface water on their reservation. via WisInfo

Breaking news from northern Wisconsin: a group of people have locked themselves into a tribal center. via JSOnline.com and WTMJ-TV

Fourteen members of the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa band were freed Friday on signature bond after their arrest on trespassing charges at the tribal center during a protest. via Channel3000

“What you have is a value conflict over time. As people get a little more assimilated to American values then these values come into conflict and this is what you see”

What happened in Lac Du Flambeau isn't the first tribal conflict we've seen in our area. via WAOW

Members of the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have locked themselves in a tribal center and are refusing to come out. via KARE-TV Minneapolis

A man is dead after an apparent hit and run in Vilas County. At about 2 thirty this morning it was reported that a body was laying on the shoulder of highway 47 in Lac Du Flambeau. via WYOW-TV Eagle River

One man is dead and another is in jail after an alleged hit-and-run crash early this morning. via Wausau Daily Herald

“It's going to take at least a year to see any light at the end of the tunnel. ... We're just in a big hurt.”

The Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa may mortgage part of its reservation to combat a cash crunch caused by several multimillion-dollar investments. via Leader-Telegram

“It's a loss on both sides, even for the family of the person who did the beating.”

Two men have been charged in the murder of a man who has ties to western Racine County. via The Journal Times

“Our exhibit partners for the month of February are members of the Wisconsin Art Education Association”

WISCONSIN RAPIDS -- The February art exhibit at the Central Wisconsin Cultural Center, 240 Johnson St., Wisconsin Rapids, features original artwork by students in the central Wisconsin area. via WisInfo