Drug abuse

A lengthy investigation leads to charges against three Crandon residents in a drug overdose death in Forest County

S.A.F.E.R. Fire District Chief Josh Finke said that so far, only temporary solutions have been used to fight the fentanyl outbreak, and he hopes the discussion will help to come up with a long-term solution

Wisconsin is set to receive $36 million this year as part of a $750 million national opioid settlement.What the Department of Health Service does with its share needs to be approved by the legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance.

On Monday night, the Cassian town board held a Planning Commission meeting on the conditional use permit for the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council’s new substance abuse recovery center.

At Monday’s Cassian town hall meeting, the town board announced that the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council submitted their conditional use permit for their Adolescent Recovery and Wellness Center.

With September marking Recovery Month, several groups in the Northwoods are bringing light to important topics

The Forest County Sheriff’s Office announced this week that 57 year old Kurt Riecss was taken into custody on August 30th

A federal judge orders a Merrill Woman to prison for three years for selling methamphetamine

Saturday is another Drug Takeback Day nationwide and across Wisconsin

A new report finds that opioid overdoses in Wisconsin have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The state Department of Health Services released…