Rusk County News

With representatives from the Ladysmith-Hawkins and Flambeau school districts seated in the courtroom, Washburn County Circuit Court Judge Eugene Harrington temporarily halted detachment of the Hawkins area from Ladysmith schools.

The May unemployment rate is down in about two-thirds of Wisconsina s counties, and several local counties have some of the lowest figures in the state.

The unemployment rate improved in nearly every county of the state in May. The only county that didn't improve is Eau Claire, which held steady at about 6.5%. That's still one of the lowest rates in the state, along with Pepin and Buffalo.

Rusk County District Attorney Kathleen Pakes, who gained convictions last year in two cold murder cases, was honored last week by colleagues as state prosecutor of the year.

The Ladysmith Community Development Committee voted, 3-0, Monday to recommend hiring Short Elliott Hendrickson to design a new comprehensive bike and pedestrian plan for the city.

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.

An Rusk County school district is deciding it will try to stop one of its towns from detaching.

Indeck in Ladysmith is in the process of adding a number of new jobs that could have have a big impact on the forest industry.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Matt Frank today announced the 2009 Citizen-Based Monitoring Partnership Program awards, providing $100,000 to help fund 22 high-priority natural resource monitoring projects conducted by citizen groups across the state.

To Ed Tomasovich, the invention of the plow was nothing short of groundbreaking.

A music teacher is under investigation for possible inappropriate communication with a high school aged student.

By Mary Lazich May. 29, 2009 4:08 p.m. The legislature's Joint Finance Committee was very busy Thursday night into Friday morning making a horrendous state budget even worse.

The latest numbers show the unemployment situation in the La Crosse area is improving.

Both the Rusk County sheriff and the Ladysmith police chief are dealing with a spike in total drug cases and both say prescription drug cases are climbing the fastest.

Window and door manufacturer Jeld-Wen Inc. has informed state officials that it expects the current layoff of 247 employees from a Window Division plant in northern Wisconsin will be extended.

A car crashes into a semi, sending the driver of the car to the hospital. It happened on Highway 27 near Ladysmith Thursday afternoon.

Due to fire weather conditions, burning is NOT allowed as of Friday in Rusk County as well as many other counties in northern Wisconsin, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.

Results from regular inspections plus complaint investigations of area nursing homes from Nov.

Investigators believe four teenagers are responsible for more than a dozen burglaries.

Michelle Nelson loved children so much that she adopted three foster kids and provided day care services to others.