Price County News

More than a dozen agencies are scouring an area along the Elk River in Price County in search of a man who has been missing since Saturday night.

Primary and general election dates for Price County Sheriff have been set, after papers recalling Sheriff Wallace Krenzke were certified Monday.

Jun. 15, 2009 10:48 p.m. A shortage of type O-negative blood has prompted the Blood Center of Wisconsin to request donors of the universal blood type that can be transfused into any patient.

The state has completed a tentative budget plan to make up its $6.6 billion shortfall, but with major cuts to school aid included in the plan, many local educators aren't happy, and that's why they're encouraging people across Wisconsin to take a walk on the 'child' side.

Wisconsin now has the nation's second-highest number of cases of the H1N1 flu virus.

Larry J. Pekarske, 56, 1556 Kunzman Lane, Mosinee, died Thursday, April 23, 2009, after a long illness.

A Phillips man pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree homicide in the wounding of his ex-girlfriend and killing of her mother.

Family, friends, and even some public officials are demanding answers - after what they claim was a half-hearted search effort for a woman with dementia.

A plea deal is in the works for a a Price County man accused of murder and attempted murder.

Croix County's estimated 19,332 population growth. - Price County has had the state's greatest population drop this decade, falling from 15,820 in 2000 to 14,278 in 2008, a 9.7 percent decline.

A woman whose body was recently found is believed to have died of exposure. The Price County Sheriff says the 70-year-old woman had dementia.

The Price County Sheriff's Department says it happened on State Highway 182, just east of Park Falls.

NewsChannel 7 is now Twittering .... The Phillips man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and killing her mother is competent to stand trial.

Compassion and excellence is close by for those who live in Taylor and Price counties.

A logging accident has left a man dead in Price County. The sheriff's department said a 56-year-old man died from injuries he suffered while logging Monday afternoon in the town of Prentice.

A logging accident has left a man dead in Price County. The sheriff's department said a 56-year-old man died from injuries he suffered while logging Monday afternoon in the town of Prentice.

Wausau woman pens novels "Carry Me Home," "The Book of Bright Ideas," and "Thank You For All Things" By Keith Uhlig * Wausau Daily Herald * January 9, 2009 A home with no books and a parent who constantly calls ...

Former state Revenue Secretary Mark Musolf was killed in a traffic accident Tuesday in northern Wisconsin.

Mark Musolf, a calming, quiet and influential presence at the highest levels of state government for 30 years, was killed Tuesday afternoon in a car crash in Price County on Highway 13, near Park Falls.

A former deputy attorney general and secretary of the state Department of Revenue has died in a car accident in northern Wisconsin.