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The Wisconsin River is a tamed river, but in the past, before the dams, the river ran wild, and loggers found Grandfather Falls near Merrill to be a difficult obstacle to overcome.

Tri-County Council decorates Rhinelander in purple to recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a federal judge sets a hearing date on blocking the state’s fall wolf hunt and Wisconsin prepares to lead the nation in cranberry production for the 27th year in a row.

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In the United States, the first great ventriloquist was Harry E. Lester, and Lester considered the Northwoods to be his home.

A new analysis finds people living in rural areas are more likely to die from COVID, an engineer believes self-driving tractors could help solve the agriculture industry’s labor shortage and epizootic hemorrhagic disease is found in white-tailed deer in Michigan.

Three people died when a small plane crashed near Eagle River yesterday, legal proceedings continue for a natural-gas plant in northwestern Wisconsin and Gov. Tony Evers proposes a $25 billion package of bills focused on the state's agriculture industry.

The Wisconsin DNR reduces its fall wolf quota, an area of Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest area reopens and a newly formed consortium focuses on climate-driven problems facing the Midwest.

A recent question on the television game show Jeopardy! Wanted to know what the most boring year in the twentieth century was. The answer was 1954, and more specifically, the most boring day was April 11, 1954. Was it really that boring, including here in the Northwoods?

Opening statements begin in Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial for homicide, Martha Milanowski is sworn in as the new Vilas County Circuit Court judge, and gun dealers struggle with ammunition shortages.

Missing Lac du Flambeau man found dead, statewide deer harvest is down from last year, and Wisconsin DHS reports its highest single day total of new COVID cases in 2021.