On the same night as the Great Chicago Fire, deadly winds turned small fires in Wisconsin into America’s deadliest wildfire ...

MADISON, Wis.--The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) has announced its softball awards for the 2026 season ...

Crews responded to a house fire that killed a pet Saturday and a large brush pile fire Sunday.

The Marinette County Sheriff’s Office says it has identified a person of interest in a fire at the Northpoint Exotic Dance ...

Bob Schuh shares a second turkey season hunt, plus updates on Green Bay walleye reward tags, a Delta Waterfowl banquet and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MANITOWOC – The night of Oct. 8, 1871, changed Wisconsin forever. Now, one of the most devastating disasters in American history ...

The Wisconsin Maritime Museum will host a free talk about the Peshtigo fire on March 5. A DNR scientist will present new research on the causes of the historic 1871 wildfire. The presentation will ...

PESHTIGO, Wis. (WBAY) - Although it was overshadowed by the Chicago fire that happened the same day, the Peshtigo fire is the deadliest fire in American history. It took the lives of roughly ...

In recent years, we've seen large wildfires burn towns such as Lahaina, Hawaii, and Paradise, California, to the ground. On Oct. 8, 1871, 154 years ago today, the deadliest wildfire outbreak in U.S.

MERRILL – A Merrill man is $50,000 richer after purchasing a winning Powerball ticket in Peshtigo. According to Wisconsin Lottery, the Merrill man purchased the winning Powerball ticket from Eagle ...

My first whitewater experience was a terrific Wisconsin adventure on the Peshtigo River. This whitewater raft excursion was 3 miles downstream, with about 2 miles of mid-level whitewater experience.