Forest County

Governor appoints Ron Skallerud to the post

The sheriff’s office got called to Wabeno Elementary School Tuesday. A vial was found in an 8-year-old’s Halloween candy bag.

An investigative team with National Transportation Safety Board has been on scene collecting information Wednesday.

A Forest County farmer is expanding to include aquaponics, with his own twist.

The county is reporting 10 to 20 new cases a day. Contract tracers are overwhelmed. Nearby hospitals are getting full.

Sheriff John Denee resigned September 5th.

Blades of helicopters slice incessantly through the western Wisconsin sky.“Security Forces is finding people in a search and rescue exercise. They’re…

Three men are in jail following two armed robberies in Oconto and Forest counties.Last Friday, police got a call about an armed robbery at home in…

When the opioid epidemic started a few years ago, Forest County was hit hard.From 2011 to 2016, the number of opioid-related hospital encounters for young…

The Forest County Sheriff’s Office found more than two pounds of crack and powder cocaine on a man at hotel in Crandon.Police arrested Lagene McGhee, 48,…