Birchwood, Wisconsin

Photo by Bill Thornley Fiddle music emanated from the stage at the Shell Lake Arts Center on Saturday as 47 musicians of every age and talent level took part in the 9th Annual Northern Heritage Fiddle Contest.

You know you're old when your 50th high school reunion arrives. My wife and I graduated from Rice Lake High School in Wisconsin in 1958.

We're not sure where we are going, but about four or five hours north of the Quad-Cities, we are in the northland.

Earl Guy DeLong, age 86, of Birchwood, WI, died Monday, October 6, 2008, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, WI, after a short illness.

We're not sure where we are going, but about four or five hours north of the Quad-Cities, we are in the northland.

The Quad County Harmonettes, a local women's barbershop chorus under the direction of Grace Palm, will present their annual show, "Singing the Blues and other Colors Too," tomorrow in Birchwood and on Sunday in ...

Douglas L. Yndestad, 94, Birchwood, Wis., died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, at the Heritage Manor, Rice Lake.

David J. Asmussen, 53, of Silver Bay, Minn. Possession of THC. License suspended 6 months and fined $88. Jeffery E. Blake, 25, of Rice Lake.

One of the longest trail systems in the state of Wisconsin, the Wild Rivers State Trail traverses three northwestern Wisconsin counties.

Two levels of Birchwood and Shell Lake schools were included in the 182 New Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition for the 2008-09 school year.

Elaine R. Martin, 80, Rice Lake, Wis., died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, at Heritage Manor, Rice Lake.

Morris Gillett of Birchwood was awarded the Senior Achievement Award for his outstanding work with younger generations at the Senior Achievement Awards banquet on July 10 in Green Bay by the Coalition of ...

Bear hunters training their hounds in Ashland, Douglas and Barron counties are advised the Department of Natural Resources has updated its list of caution areas for individuals training bear dogs.

Lori A. Batt, 45, of Birchwood. Disorderly conduct. Fined $186. Jason N. Biarnesen, 19, of Addison, Ill.

Stout's Island Lodge is about 140 miles northeast of the Twin Cities, between Rice Lake and Birchwood, Wis.

Stout's Island Lodge: The Picture of Summer: No details are spared in creating a timeless escape for world-weary vacationers in Northwest Wisconsin.

Circuit Court Found guilty/pleaded guilty Tiane L. Anderson, 28, of Somerset, Wis.

Stout's Island Lodge is about 140 miles northeast of the Twin Cities, between Rice Lake and Birchwood, Wis.

Lee Lewis, of Rice Lake, director of the Barron County Humane Society's animal shelter in Barron, takes time to meet two Huskies that were brought into the shelter as strays Saturday.