Burnett County News

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is still looking for a bear that sent a pregnant woman to the hospital, after knocking her to the ground outside her home.

Kelly Wiltrout is more forgiving than a lot of people would be. Having survived a terrifying attack by black bear outside her Siren home, which the bear had invaded before, the former Chippewa Falls woman is quick to defend the bear.

Do you think there should be a wolf hunting season in Wisconsin? Yes, it would be good to protect livestock and pets.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating a report of a black bear knocking a woman down Sunday night outside her home on the western outskirts of Siren in Burnett County.

A homicide case that was dismissed by a judge is being appealed. Kyle Huggett of Burnett County had been charged with homicide in the death of John Peach.

The reclaimed Flambeau Mine near Ladysmith is polluting groundwater as well as the nearby waters of the Flambeau River, according to a legal action filed this week by a Wisconsin conservation group.

A number of area communities receive a boost from the federal stimulus. In Chippewa Falls, a $660,000 grant will go towards downtown redevelopment and other improvements.

SIRENa 'With a deadline to make a switch in ambulance service coming at the end of the month combined with the knowledge North Memorial will hold the per capita price for its ambulance service for 2010, Burnett County and its municipalities decided last week to renew its contract for next year.

A cub in Burnett County got its head stuck in a birdfeeder, and this was no temporary problem.

A bear cub is now free as a bird, thanks to the efforts of a Burnett County landowner and the DNR.

It sounds like something out of A.A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh," but this story isn't fiction.

SIRENa 'Expect ground to be broken for the runway expansion at the Burnett County Airfield by July 1. That's the word airport manager Jeremy Sickler reported to the county's infrastructure committee last week.

A Burnett County man who says he shot and killed another man in self-defense, is free of murder charges.

A Wisconsin judge dismissed homicide charges against Minneapolis firefighter Kyle Huggett because law enforcement authorities failed to preserve voice-mail messages that would have helped determine whether he acted in self-defense when he fatally shot an intruder.

Long before he became famous for such tunes as "Blowin' in the Wind," Bob Dylan's social consciousness and artistry were evident in a poem he penned at a Burnett County camp about a little dog who met a tragic end.

Last week, the Wisconsin Legislature approved a bill that will prohibit smoking in bars and restaurants statewide, becoming the 27th state to do so.

When a park attendant asked two Minnesota boaters to remove some dangling aquatic weeds from their boat before launching it in Barron County's Red Cedar Lake, they told her she couldn't make them do it.

One western Wisconsin county is hoping an increase in its sales tax will help cover the costs of an emergency upgrade.

The statewide Twogether in Texas healthy marriage initiative is offering $60 off Burnett County couplea s marriage license fee.

A man calls Burnett County sheriffs authorities, from the trunk of his car. He told deputies he was thrown in the trunk by two men who stole the car.