Vilas County

Homeowner asleep but safe in residence near garage

The impacts of shoreline development is well documented.It can lead to habitat loss, shoreline erosion, decline in fish populations, and increased algal blooms among other issues.But a remaining question is can those declines be reversed if shoreline is restored? That’s what some researchers in Vilas County are trying to figure out.

The Vilas County Health Department issued a health advisory for Big Arbor Vitae Lake Beach.There’s currently a blue-green algae bloom near the beach off Buckhorn Road.

In the last five years, Vilas County has gone from about five percent of homes and businesses with high-speed broadband access to 86 percent.Building up the fiber internet access has been a major goal of the Vilas County Economic Development Corporation.

Vilas and Oneida County Boards pass resolutions in support of a program that funds conservation and outdoor recreation in Wisconsin, though Oneida County’s comes with some caveats.

A house in St. Germain is a total loss after a fire spread from the garage.

Firefighters in Presque Isle responded to the fire on State Line Road around 6:30 Monday.

People gathered Tuesday to celebrate the opening of a 40-unit housing complex in Lac du Flambeau. It helps fill a large need for affordable housing in the area.

The Vilas County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a welfare check in the Township of Lincoln around 5:00 p.m.

Lac du Flambeau Police have been conducting grid searches, deployed drones and airplanes, and searched with specially trained canines to find Melissa Beson.