Douglas County

Work is underway on a new Dollar General store in the village of Poplar. The Village Board in July approved site plans for the project at the intersection of U.S. Highway 2 and County Highway P. Dollar General spokeswoman Angela Petkovic said the new store is slated to open this winter,...

The Douglas County Health Department reported this week a dead crow found Aug. 28 tested positive for West Nile virus. The virus is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. It's the first bird that tested positive for West Nile in Douglas County since monitoring...

Two people have been charged after a protest blocked the entrances at an Enbridge pipeline contractor in Superior on Thursday. Amber Mae Duvall, 30, of University City, Mo., and Alexander Emery Good-Cane-Milk, 23, of Cloquet, were each charged Friday in Douglas County Circuit Court...

Parents in the Maple school district were given the opportunity last week to weigh in on a draft of a survey to gauge support for a five-year operational referendum of up to $1.7 million per year. Once tweaked and approved by School Board members, the survey will be mailed to every...

A Lake Nebagamon man will spend five years in prison for battering another man during an alcohol-fueled incident in January. A Douglas County jury on June 21 found John Raymond Lundberg, 50, guilty of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, first-degree reckless injury and two...