Sawyer County News

The state launches a new program to help residents make a fresh start. On Thursday enrollment began for the Wisconsin Fresh Start Program.

MADISON Governor Jim Doyle announced today the appointment of David Dokkestul as the Sawyer County Coroner.

A Barron County Sheriff's Department investigation into the fatal ending of a high-speed chase with a suspected bank robber was still ongoing as of late Tuesday afternoon, according to Rusk County Sheriff David Kaminski.

The Sawyer County Sheriff's Department says it is investigating a fire death. According to them, they are treating the death as "suspicious," pending autopsy results.

Investigators say a man found dead inside a burning vehicle, died of accidental smoke inhalation.

Sawyer County authorities are investigating the death of a person found inside a burning vehicle Wednesday morning.

At approximately 4:15 a.m. on Wednesday, the Sawyer County Sheriff's Department was advised of a vehicle fire at a residence on Sawyer County Highway B, roughly 18 miles east of Hayward.

During the early morning hours of Nov. 1, the Washburn County Sheriff's Office was notified by the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office that during the investigation of a structure fire in Edgewater Township, a body was located that appeared to be the victim of a homicide.

On Monday, Washburn County investigators pieced together evidence from what they believe to be a murder-suicide. According to the Sheriff's Department-- the body of David W. Palm, 43, was found Saturday night-- in his burned home at 1332 Road F in Birchwood, Wisconsin.

We now know more about the bank robbery that ended in a deadly chase and gunfight last week.

Deputies say they've arrested the man wanted in connection to a bank robbery in Exeland.

Authorities have captured the last suspect in a bank robbery in Exeland. Robert McCallie was taken into custody in Rhinelander.

A forensic odontologist positively identified the burned body recovered on Highway A in Washburn County as that of Arthur "Todd" A. Garcia, 31.

Town of Edgewater, Sawyer County - The investigation into an apparent murder suicide shakes up a western Wisconsin community.

An armed bank robbery turns deadly Friday afternoon. It happened Dairyland State Bank in Exeland in Sawyer County around 2:30 p.m. Officers arrested one man near Deer Lake in Sawyer County.

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Authorities have recovered a body at the scene of a fire in northwestern Wisconsin and say they believe foul play is to blame.

At 7:30 PM on 31 October 2009, the Sawyer County Dispatch Center received a report of a possible structure fire on County Highway F in Edgewater Township in Sawyer County.

A northern Wisconsin camp unknown to most in the state but beloved by the inner city Chicago youths it has catered to for more than 60 years faces an uncertain future.

Bank robbery suspect shot and killed UPDATE: SEARCH FOR SUSPECT CONTINUES PRESS RELEASE At 2:29 PM on 30 October 2009, the Sawyer County Dispatch Center received a report of a holdup alarm at the Dairyland State Bank in Exeland.