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Last week, the Three Lakes-Phelps boys varsity soccer team started the fall season with formal practice sessions at Don Burnside Park as they prepared for their opening game that took place early this week against Northland Pines.
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A truck struck the Line 5 pipeline causing a natural gas liquids leak Tuesday morning. . The site is associated with a Line 5 valve project near Sitan Road in the Town of Saxon.
via WXPR 91.7 FMDigital Media Producer TOWN OF SAXON, Wis. (WJFW) — Homes have been evacuated after an unoccupied semi-truck hit the Line 5 pipeline, releasing natural gas liquids in the Town of Saxon in Iron County Tuesday morning, an Iron County Sheriff's Office news r...
via WJFW-TV (Newswatch 12)Emergency responders in the Northwoods are among those benefiting from $75-thousand dollars in grants to provide lifesaving equipment. The WPS Foundation selected the Minocqua Fire and Rescue Department as one of this year’s grant recipients, unveiling new medical supplies purcha...
via WXPR 91.7 FMDigital Media Producer GOGEBIC COUNTY, Mich. (WJFW) — Two people suffered minor injuries after going over Rainbow Falls in Gogebic County, Michigan, on Monday afternoon.
via WJFW-TV (Newswatch 12)Digital Media Producer MERRILL, Wis. (WJFW) — Multiple people were arrested and drugs were seized from a home that has been raided before, according to police.
via WJFW-TV (Newswatch 12)Rescuers saved two people who went over a popular waterfall in the western Upper Peninsula. The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office got a call for help at 1:38 p.m. Monday afternoon, with a report that two people had gone over Rainbow Falls near Black River Harbor.
via WXPR 91.7 FMLaying concrete over nearly two acres on a 37-degree angle is a major feat of engineering and construction. Copper Peak President Bob Jacquart says it’s been amazing watching the crew’s work. “What they're doing is unheard of.
via WXPR 91.7 FM. Leadership within the Eagle River Fire Department (ERFD) is looking to restructure the department according to a presentation at the July 23 fire commission meeting.
via WXPR 91.7 FM(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Elections Commission will vote Monday on if it should send a letter related to errors at Milwaukee Central Count in the Aug. 11 primary.
via WJFW-TV (Newswatch 12)Vilas County is doing the Brushing at Pipke Park for about 3 days. Please stay away from the area.
via Town of Presque IsleAlong the city dock in Bayfield, tourists are lining up to board the 65-foot long vessel, Archipelago, for Apostle Islands Cruises’ grand tour of the Apostle Islands.
via WXPR 91.7 FMRichard C. “Dick” Gabl, age 93, of Mountain Home, Ark., and formerly of Manitowish Waters, passed away August 8, 2026. He was born October 12, 1932 in Chicago to Anthony Gabl and Marie Wallscheid.
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