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Coroner urges action against drunk driving
A plea from Sawyer County Coroner Dr. John Ryan that more be done to prevent "the continuing carnage on our highways" from drunk-driving crashes sparked a discussion at the July 9 meeting of the Sawyer County ...
Boat shoot-out, fly-in planned in Three Lakes
The first Three Lakes Shoot-Out and Fly-In will be this Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on the south end of Big Stone Lake.
A 78- year old woman was killed and another was injured after 2 cars collided in Sawyer County.
Woman Dead After Accident on Highway 27
A 78-year-old Stone Lake woman is dead after she turned her vehicle into on-coming traffic.
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This Saturday, June 7, will be a busy day in Stone Lake. Starting at 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. there will be a Pancake Breakfast at the Stone Lake Fire Hall.
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Stone Lake home, vehicles burn
A Stone Lake area family of four lost their home and all of its contents along with two vehicles in a fire on Tuesday, May 20.
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Court says - no' to cranberry case review
On May 14, the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to review a lower court decision dismissing a public nuisance lawsuit filed by 11 lot owners on Lac Courte Oreilles Musky Bay against Stone Lake area cranberry ...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has refused to review the appeal of a nuisance lawsuit against a Sawyer County cranberry grower.
Grocery cooperative in Stone Lake
“As of Saturday, we received over $53,000 of actual memberships”
Plans for a cooperative grocery store in Stone Lake are becoming more defined as the initiative gains momentum. via Spooner Advocate
Numerous local races are on ballots Tuesday
“Shall ... the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the enrolled bill?”
Voters will have their say at the ballot box during the upcoming election Tuesday. via Spooner Advocate
Washburn County road bans may go on as early as Monday, March 17, at 12:01 a.m., it was announced this week by the county highway department. via Spooner Advocate
Plaintiffs appealing ruling against Wisconsin cranberry grower
Plaintiffs in a lengthy nuisance lawsuit against a Sawyer County cranberry grower have appealed last month's ruling that favored the farmer. via The Country Today
Getting a bead on original jewelry
“At the end of the class you have something you created”
Making a beaded pin. Rice Lakers Mikey Seymour and Angie Katterhagen were in Spooner Saturday at Northwind Book and Fiber making beaded encrusted pins. via Spooner Advocate
Right to Farm case prompts legislation
A Wisconsin state legislative committee last week approved a bill that would limit the authority of the state Department of Justice in public nuisance cases. via The Country Today
Habenicht hearing set for Feb. 25
Barring a change of heart, a Rhinelander man accused of driving a boat while drunk, killing the passenger of another boat, will enter either a guilty or no contest plea later this month. via The Forest Republican
“We started without the state, and we'll finish without the state”
Wisconsin's right-to-farm law was supported last week when the state appellate court upheld a decision favoring a Sawyer County cranberry grower and with the announcement that the state wouldn't pursue more ... via The Country Today
“People look at the whole line of cards and you can hear them laughing. Dee is very clever.”
In her studio in Stone Lake, Wis., Dee Lindner cuts a stack of red-heeled work socks into pieces that will become gangly arms and legs, oversized ears and rosy-red lips for traditional handmade sock monkeys. via American Profile
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Appellate court upholds Musky Bay lawsuit dismissal
The Wisconsin District Court of Appeals in Wausau on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by some Sawyer County lakeshore owners against Stone Lake area cranberry grower William Zawistowski Jr. via Sawyer County Record - Hayward, WI
Landowners' attorney says they're not done fighting cranberry lawsuit
“That's the issue that's unresolved, and we are going to be asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals' decision. "It's a travesty that Wisconsin lakes have no protection from phosphorus discharge”
A group of Sawyer County, Wis., lakeshore owners who earlier this week lost their nuisance lawsuit appeal against a local cranberry grower aren't throwing in the towel, according to their Twin Cities attorney. via The Country Today
Arrowhead-Weston Transmission Line Energized
“To say that this is an achievement would be an understatement”
Randy Satterfield, 608-877-3646 American Transmission Co. energized the completed 220-mile, 345-kilovolt Arrowhead-Weston transmission line linking Wausau, Wis., and Duluth, Minn. via PR-inside.com