Douglas County snowplow trucks are the first in the area to feature fluorescent green lights on them; their use was recently approved by the State of Wisconsin.
Douglas County officials search for ways to reduce budget costs at the jail facility. Two ideas: increase charges to neighboring communities or build new.
The plan by Head of the Lakes Fairgrounds management and Douglas County to have a sizeable amount of interest charges waived by the City of Superior failed.
The City of Superior will revaluate all properties in order to bring the city out of non-compliance with state law. The new valuations will also better match what the current market is.
A series of UFO sightings took place in 1975 in rural Wisconsin. An investigator at the time pinpointed a small Douglas County town as the epicenter of a 55 mile radius of strange activity
Douglas County officials mull a salary increase for the Clerk of Courts and the Sheriff. At the same time, the fact that the Douglas County Sheriff position pays more than other counties arose.