We are incredibly excited to announce the 57th Annual Ashland Folk Fest will be taking place April 12–13 at the Bay City Bohemian Hall! This event is free and open to the community. We have a kickin’ lineup this year, so get ready to boogie. The fest will be kicked…
…near Firth Lake in Chippewa County. The Trail is a thousand-mile footpath—with two hundred miles more to go—that highlights the unique landscape, sculpted by glaciers more than 12,000 years ago. Managed by a partnership among the National Park Service, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the Ice Age Trail…
…Madeline Island. They were moving the house on a Wednesday, the day the County Journal went to press. Barker drove out onto the ice road in his VW bug to get a shot of the truck driving the house across the ice. But the seven-room, fully furnished house made only…
Volunteers Needed Help make the magic happen! We need help from setting up the tent to working the gate and more. Come be a superstar—and get into the party for free! Sign Up The City of Ashland and Northland College are teaming up to host festivities around Book Across the…
…Northland College Student Association (NCSA), Folk Fest celebrates forty-nine years this year, solidifying its place as Wisconsin’s longest lasting folk festival. The event will take place on campus April 15-17 rain or shine. Musicians include: Pop Wagner, Plucked up Strong Band, Charlie Parr, We Are the Willows, Michael Gulezian, Pushing…
…between the islands. Some of the carnivores may swim from island to island while others may use ice bridges that form in winter between the islands. “Our data suggest that coyotes and red foxes use ice bridges to move between various islands, while black bears are likely swimming between the…
…past, where a massive wall of ice would have at one point stood on the horizon, occupying much of Lake Superior. Of course, I am also aware that I would have been standing under about five-hundred feet of water, with red clay sediment settling all around me to create the…
…office working on the ten-year update for the Ashland County Comprehensive City Plan, with plans to graduate this winter with a degree in sustainable community development. He takes his experiences with him in every aspect of his busy days, drawing on moments during his Social Justice Education Semester in Tucson…
Some of these articles were published in 1951 in North Country Magazine. Sigurd also wrote a couple of hundred short sketches for newspapers; he wrote a few between 1937 and 1939, but most were from 1940 to 1943, and were syndicated to a number of newspapers, mostly in the Midwest….
