Forest County

There’s concern these problems will get worse as another round of winter weather is expected Tuesday night into Wednesday.

The Forest County Potawatomi Community has seen a decline in the number of opioid overdoses in the last several years.One way they’ve reduced overdose deaths is by making Narcan more readily available, it’s a drug that reverses overdoses and saves lives.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation announced the charge against Heather Robinson, 43, of Laona on Tuesday.

The Forest County District Attorney cleared the DNR warden of any criminal charges for their actions in November of 2022.

The Wisconsin DNR says the crash happened in the Town of Nashville Saturday

The Forest County Sheriff's Office took a teenager into custody after an apparent school threat on social media

One person was hurt in a confrontation between two people who were armed in Forest County

The Laona Rescue Unit responds to emergency medical calls in a roughly 405 square mile area of Forest County. Its new facility is more centrally located to respond to those calls.

There’s a big new housing development underway in Crandon that could provide options for people who want to live and work in Forest County.

Every July, dozens of fungi experts and novices descend on the Town of Hiles in Forest County.The town of around 450 people has been dubbed the Mushroom Capital of Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Mycological Society because of the diversity of mushrooms that can be found in the area.For WXPR’s We Live Up Here, Katie Thoresen tagged along on this year’s Hiles Mushroom Foray to learn more about what makes this area so unique.