Ashland County News

Brad Rader looked down Friday while Judge Damian Vercillo confirmed his guilty plea to two first-degree misdemeanors.

Two resorts in Ashland County received national attention as Wisconsin Public Radio won a third place National Headliner award last month.

It's hard to believe that no investigative body could figure out a way to look into the suspicious phone calls that Supreme Court Justice-elect Michael Gableman made as Ashland County district attorney in 2002.

A round of hot potato by investigators has ensured that Supreme Court justice-elect Michael Gableman won't come under any official scrutiny for dozens of phone calls he made to political operatives when he was ...

Many people hailed the creation of a new and presumably stronger state watchdog agency to ensure ethical behavior by public officials.

The Ashland County Aging Unit is pleased to announce it is sponsoring an AARP Driver Safety Course for drivers 50 and older.

Subject taken to Barron hospital. 11:40 a.m., Chetek 11th Avenue caller reports a conscious, breathing 52-year-old male is having back pain.

Emergency Medical Services is a system of care for victims of sudden and serious illness or injury.

Despite promises from lawmakers last year that a new ethics watchdog would have more teeth, the Government Accountability Board they created has determined it can't investigate activity more than three years ...

Estimates over the winter showed Wisconsin's gray wolf population to be about the same size as it was a year earlier, indicating recent years' rapid rise in wolf numbers years might be leveling off, state game ...

“We will not comment further as to the identities of those individuals. Evidence recovered, information received, and the location where Jean's remains were found further reinforce involvement of these people”

The badly decomposed body of Taylor County mother of four Jean Viken, 39, missing since Jan. via Ladysmith News

“This is all about ensuring the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat in Wisconsin”

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, an international conservation organization focused on elk habitat and restoration, will provide six grants totaling $44,160 to improve and expand the elk herd in Wisconsin. via Rice Lake Online

There are several suspects in the murder of a 39-year-old mother of four children of rural Medford. via Marshfield News-Herald

Investigators say the remains of a mother of four children who has been missing since January have been found in northern Wisconsin and she likely died of a gunshot wound. via Leader-Telegram

Three Community Development Block Grants and a new cell phone policy were approved Tuesday night by Ashland City Council. via WMFD-TV Mansfield

A man who escaped from the Ashland County Jail Saturday morning is behind bars again this evening. via KBJR-TV

The Ashland County Sheriff's Department says an inmate that escaped the county jail Saturday night is back in custody. via WSAW

Meetings slated on efforts to save Great Lakes water The Mohican Protection Group will hold three informative meetings about the Great Lakes Compact next week. via News Journal

The UW Madison Alumni Club of the Chequamegon Bay Area announced that Roger Hansen has been named the Badger of the Year for 2008. via Business North

“The Ashland County Community Foundation mission is to connect caring people with causes that matter”

Put your right thumb up. Put your left thumb up and give a hand to kids who care. via Ashland Times-Gazette