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DTN, Billerud open new Paper Jam trail near Quinnesec mill

QUINNESEC — Billerud and Dickinson Trail Network have teamed to create a new 2.5-mile cross-country trail loop that branches off DTN’s popular Ez Eh trail in Norway. Billerud provided DTN access to several hundred acres of company-owned forestland near the Quinnesec mill to build the ...

Evers announces last chance to apply for a pardon

Gov. Tony Evers announced a deadline of Monday, Oct. 5, as the last day for a Wisconsinite to submit an application for a pardon for a crime, before Evers’ second and last term as governor ends in January 2027. Distinct from a commutation or a parole order, a pardon restores rights that a ...

Viral disease infecting Wisconsin deer now detected in dairy cows

A viral disease infecting thousands of deer across Wisconsin has been found in dairy cows in Waukesha County, according to state officials. The samples came from dairy cattle that were not producing milk, according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, or ...

Breitung Twp accepts ‘huge asset’ in firefighting UTV

QUINNESEC — Breitung Township Fire Department has improved its response capabilities with the acquisition of a new utility terrain vehicle that allows personnel to reach remote areas and off-road sites. Township officials got a closer look at the equipment during a board meeting Monday as ...

Dr. Donald Jacobs, longtime area family physician, dies at age 95

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dr. Donald Jacobs, who treated generations of families during his more than 60 years practicing medicine in the region, died Sunday at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson. He was 95. His daughter, Cheryl Jacobs, said her father stayed lucid and able to direct how he wanted ...