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    April 18, 2018
    Photo courtesy of the Town of Superior Volunteer Fire Department.
    Town of Superior gets green light for new fire hall
    Residents voted to build a new fire hall for up to $1.8 million during a packed annual meeting Tuesday.
    news/government-and-politicsApril 18, 2018 - 3:18pm
    April 11, 2018
    Ethel Jondreau, 76, stands in front of her store along U.S. Highway 2 in Blueberry, Wis., in September 1982. (Jack Rendulich / News-Tribune & Herald)
    News Tribune Attic: Ethel Jondreau and the Blueberry Store, 1982
    For more than 40 years, Ethel Jondreau was home behind the counter - and talked her way out of robbery attempts - at the Blueberry Store along...
    newsApril 11, 2018 - 7:48pm
    (Screenshot from bridginghealthnorth.org)
    Northland health info gets online home
    Perhaps you want to know the percentage of Douglas County residents older than 18 who don't have health insurance. Or the percentage of households...
    business/healthcareApril 11, 2018 - 6:11pm
    April 5, 2018
    Brian Paulson (left) and Ron Hendrickson, members of the Old-Brule Heritage Society, walk around the Blueberry train depot, which once sat along the Northern Pacific Railway line near the intersection of U.S. Highway 2 and County Highway O in Douglas County. The society hopes to move the 1900 building to the Davidson Windmill site and restore it. (Jed Carlson / Superior Telegram)
    Rural Douglas County depot on track for restoration
    A plan is afoot that would save a piece of Douglas County history. The Old-Brule Heritage Society is on track to add the Blueberry train depot...
    newsApril 5, 2018 - 8:12pm
    April 4, 2018
    Voters reject Maple School District referendum
    A Maple School District referendum that would have allowed the district to exceed revenue caps by $582,000 for the next three years was voted down Tuesday by a slim margin, according to preliminary numbers. Although Douglas County voters approved the operational referendum, 848 to...
    news/educationApril 4, 2018 - 4:48pm
    April 3, 2018
    Closeup of an American "I voted" sticker placed on a navy shirt.
    Dallet wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race
    Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet has won a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, riding a wave of Democratic enthusiasm to victory...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 3, 2018 - 10:28pm
    March 31, 2018
    Gerald Malec of Hawthorne caught this 29-inch steelhead during opening day of steelhead season Saturday on Wisconsin's Brule River. Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com play button
    Snowy start to steelhead season on the Brule River
    ON WISCONSIN'S BRULE RIVER — Butch Koepke slipped his hand under the young brown trout and quickly removed his pink yarn fly from its lip....
    sports/outdoorsMarch 31, 2018 - 4:59pm
    March 30, 2018
    Dalainah Gustafson
    UPDATE: Missing 15-year-old Alexandria girl found safe
    UPDATE: A 15-year-old runaway from Alexandria has been found and is safe. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office issued a news release Friday morning,...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 30, 2018 - 9:38am
    March 29, 2018
    Two charged in Superior home invasion, kidnapping
    Felony charges have been filed in Douglas County Circuit Court against two men in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a Superior man during...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 29, 2018 - 8:10pm
    Derek Lee Nelis
    Probation, jail ordered in fatal Douglas County crash case
    An Ashland man who was behind the wheel during a traffic crash in 2014 that left his 18-year-old passenger dead will spend a year in jail and...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 29, 2018 - 8:07pm
    March 25, 2018
    Brock Haugrud of Lake Nebagamon holds the 26-inch steelhead he caught March 25, 2017, on Wisconsin's Brule River. (News Tribune file photo)
    Ice-out proceeding in advance of Brule River steelhead opener
    Ice-out is moving downstream at a steady pace on Wisconsin's Brule River, which is good news for anglers anticipating Saturday's steelhead opener...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 25, 2018 - 6:55am
    Field Reports: Tent fire doesn't slow Steger on expedition
    Ely's Will Steger began his 1,000-mile trek across Canada's barrenlands from northeastern Saskatchewan to Baker Lake near Hudson Bay on Tuesday, making 10 miles his first day. He had a close call the second night on the trail when his campstove caught fire inside his tent, he said...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 25, 2018 - 3:45am
    March 11, 2018
    Field Reports: Changing fishery on Lake Winnibigoshish to be discussed
    Walleye fishing has been challenging on Lake Winnibigoshish in recent years as a result of changes in the lake, say fisheries officials with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The DNR will hold a meeting on March 20 to discuss what's happening on the destination walleye...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 11, 2018 - 3:18am
    March 10, 2018
    The Brule River Sportsmen's Club and other groups are raising money to help pay for removal of this old railroad grade and culvert on Nebagamon Creek, a tributary of Wisconsin's Brule River. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is spearheading the $130,000 project, which would prevent potential degradation of the ​Brule River's trout habitat. Brule River Sportsmen's Club photo​
    DNR, anglers hope to avert potential disaster on Brule River
    The clear waters of Nebagamon Creek flow into Wisconsin's legendary blue-ribbon trout stream, the Bois Brule River. The creek and river are...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 10, 2018 - 7:21pm
    Driver charged in I-35 crash that killed Douglas County man
    A Chisago County commissioner has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide in connection with a fiery crash in the north metro last year...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 10, 2018 - 6:40pm
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