Tomahawk News

TOMAHAWK -- A new program in Lincoln County will help families learn ways to control their finances and stretch their dollars.

When I tracked down our TV star this week, he was squirting lime juice onto a raw kingfish heart, then popping it into his mouth.

There are haunted houses, Halloween skating parties and ghost tours. There are costume contests, live music and Halloween specials in just about every nightclub, bar and tavern.

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.

The Rev. Joy Mortensen-Wiebe is looking for congregations in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's East-Central Synod of Wisconsin to define mission.

Lincoln County 4-H celebrated National 4-H Week from Oct. 4 to 10. Local 4-H clubs placed promotional displays throughout the county.

Richard 'Dick' Taylor, 65, of Merrill, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

Details were sketchy at press time, but fire departments from the towns of Lincoln, McMillan, Rock and Cameron responded to the blaze.

SFC Lyle Scott Spurgeon, a Phelps native and combat engineer with the 951st Sapper Company, was injured last Friday during an attack that killed a Rhinelander soldier.

Sergeant Ryan Adams of Rhinelander died Friday in Afghanistan after enemy forces attacked his vehicle, using grenade fire.

A 26-year-old Rhinelander man is dead and seven other Wisconsin National Guard soldiers are injured after an attack in Afghanistan.

Only 1,220 Wisconsin Public Service Corp. customers are without power this morning one day after heavy wind caused outages throughout central and northern Wisconsin.

Two people who face felony drunk driving charges are due in Lincoln County Court on Monday.

Lincoln County Sheriff's Department deputies stopped an underage drinking party Friday at a vacant property after receiving a tip.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is part three of a story about the local police force's investigation into two murders of young women some 35 years ago.

It's getting harder for many families to make ends meet. The Lincoln County Family Resource Center presents a free workshop to help families learn ways to make their money go farther.

John and Cindy Schaffer of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, announce the engagement of their daughter Kelly to Kameron Haugen, son of Keith and Sue Haugen, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota.

Although Robert Akey of Merrill was active in the community and dedicated to his work, he always found time to be with his family.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department responded to five crashes, three drunken driving incidents and one brawl during the 28th annual Fall Ride motorcycle rally in Tomahawk.

Although the roar of thousands of motorcycles turns a normally peaceful town into party central every September, local residents say they welcome the noise at the Tomahawk Fall Ride.