Minong News

A small-town girl on the hunt for a husband, a hotel keeper with a secret, a rich girl sampling the poor life and a paper clip salesman meet on the streets of New York.

Profiles on candidates facing opposition, and new candidates running unopposed, will be profiled later this month.

Area schools could receive federal funding from stimulus Regan Kohler 25.FEB.09 WASHBURN COUNTY - Area schools are set to benefit from funding that will come out of the federal stimulus package, after the U.S. ...

News from District 21 The Washburn County Board of Supervisors met Jan. 20. We began the year with an informative debate concerning Pokegama Lake which is located just outside Minong.

Wascott and Minong volunteer fire departments responded to a call that a mobile home was on fire on the East Flowage Road.

A fire has destroyed a home in Minong, Wisconsin. A fire has destroyed a home in Minong, Wisconsin.

The Washburn County Board will be giving the major dam study it approved last month another look, after the executive committee brought the matter up at a meeting Monday, Jan.

Regan Kohler 14.JAN.09 SHELL LAKE - Four of nine people arrested on Sept. 18, 2008, in Minong, for a marijuana bust, had preliminary trials and an arraignment at the Washburn County Courthouse Thursday, Jan.

Some new construction has been going on at the Chicog Town Hall this fall. The town along with its fire department approved and has had built a new helipad to add to their emergency services.

Birchwood Village caucus Jan. 6 Gregg Westigard 30.DEC.08 BIRCHWOOD - Residents of Birchwood Village can decide who will be on the April ballot for village president and the open council seats when they go to ...

The Washburn County Board approved spending up to $125,000 to get a permit for what is now an illegal dam at the end of a culvert at the north end of Pokegama Lake in Minong Township.

A 16-year-old male who was apprehended, with the help of citizens, for vehicle theft, was sentenced to jail time at the Washburn County Courthouse Monday, Dec.

The Washburn County Board approved going ahead with a major dam study, to a total of $125,000, at a meeting Tuesday, Dec.

The proposed Washburn County comprehensive plan comes before the county board next Tuesday, Dec.

Regan Kohler 03.DEC.08 SPOONER - The Washburn County Highway and Dam Committee heard proposals Monday, Dec.

Regan Kohler 03.DEC.08 WASHBURN COUNTY - Two people suffered from gunshot wounds in Washburn County last week, during the opening of deer hunting season.

The Sawyer County/Lac Courte Oreilles Transit Commission has announced that Namekagon Transit will start a new Shell Lake-to-Hayward bus route running Monday through Thursday, The route will run through the ...

Charles A. Ottone, of Appleton, age 82, entered eternal rest on Monday, December 1, 2008.