5/9/2025

N. WISCONSIN - Belief in Bigfoot is growing in Northern Wisconsin.  According to CivicScience, more than 1 in 10 American adults believes that Bigfoot is a real, living creature.  Price, Oneida and Vilas have combined for 20 reported Big Foot sightings with Marinette County having more individual documented sightings than any other county in Wisconsin according to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization.  One of the most reliable Marinette County sightings was by a retired police officer in July 2018.  Another reported sighting was by a duck hunter in Vilas County near the Lac Du Flambeau Indian Reservation at Powell Marsh in Manitowish Waters in 2021 even one in Gogebic County near Chany Lake by a trapper in 2016.  Of course, there is a website with a map of Bigfoot sitings with the ability for the public to report their sitings.  We have a link on our website and Facebook page.  https://www.bigfootmap.com/

5/8/2025

ASHLAND – An update the wildfires that caused the closure of US-2 on the Bad River Reservation in Ashland County earlier this week. The Ackley Fires in Ashland on Monday closed part of Highway 2 for a time. Those fires burned roughly 23 acres of land east of Ashland. Nearly a five mile stretch of Highway 2 by Ackley Road had swamp grass and cattails on fire. There were several different starting points of the fires in the ditch along the highway which then spread to four separate fires. Ten structures were saved through the efforts of the Ashland County sheriff’s department and the Bad River, Ashland, Saxon and Kimball fire departments. So far this year, over 2200 acres have been burned by wildfires in Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources reminds residents to remain vigilant and also reiterates that a total of 30 counties in the northern and central part of the state, including Bayfield, Ashland, Iron, and Vilas Counties are under burn bans for the foreseeable future. Campfires are permitted but should be used with extreme caution. The cause of the Ackley Fire has not been released.  Rain chances are minimal for at least the next week.

5/8/2025

BAYFIELD - The Bayfield City Council has the task of filling an important city position now that Mayor Ted Dougherty has resigned for health reasons. City Council President Lyn Cornelius will serve as acting mayor while the city weighs the options for filling the roughly one year remaining in Dougherty’s term. A new mayor can be named by the city council, a special election can be held, or the interim mayor can be pressed into service until the next scheduled election. Mid-April, the consensus on the council was to not fill the position. The subject will be on the agenda for the city council’s June meeting.