The Great Peshtigo Fire erupted on October 8, 1871, devastating 1.2 million acres of land and killing more than 2500 people in northern Wisconsin and Michigan. That’s more deaths by fire from a ...

PESHTIGO, Wis. (WFRV) – This week is Fire Prevention Week, and the fire danger across northeast Wisconsin is currently ...

That fire occurred in and around Peshtigo, Wisconsin the same night as the Great Chicago Fire, but killed six times as many people. The difference between the two was the Chicago fire killed 250 ...

Wisconsin man allegedly driving under the influence for the seventh time kills passenger after major crash “A lot of people are unaware that we had a fire on September 24, two weeks prior to the ...

OSSEO, Wis. (WEAU) - Over the weekend, many Western Wisconsin fire departments were busy responding to calls for fires in the area. This October has been dry, to put it mildly. “For the month of ...

But first, a short rural history lesson. The Peshtigo Fire burned 1.2 million acres and killed nearly 2,500 people. Telegraph wires burned, so news trickling out of northern Wisconsin was overshadowed ...

While the Peshtigo Flowage walleye fishery could be described as spotty at best, that’s not the case with crappies and ...

1871 as well as the Peshtigo Wildland Fire in Wisconsin which had broke out that very same day. Tyree said you never want to assume you have working smoke detectors. He said since the two main ...

PESHTIGO, Wis. (WFRV) – A 24-year-old man from Marinette County was sentenced to federal prison for reportedly victimizing numerous minors throughout northeast Wisconsin. A release from the ...

As the leaves change and the air gets drier, it's a recipe for fire. The Jackson Fire Department ... "The entire state of Wisconsin is under some sort of drought condition, so the Milwaukee ...

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The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance recently released a list of administrative actions for October. The actions ...