The DNR offers the following advice to avoid black bear encounters: Minimize attractive food around your house or campsite, including keeping garbage cans secured. If you find a bear, give it a clear ...

An electric rate case filed by Barron Light & Water is moving forward with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.

Efforts to capture a black bear are ongoing as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources investigates an attack on a 69-year-old woman near the town of Comstock in Barron County in the ...

Barron County will take part in Wisconsin’s annual Snapshot Day on Saturday, Aug. 9, for the first time, joining more than 20 ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said the search is ongoing for the black bear behind an attack in Barron County ...

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is continuing its investigation into a black bear attack that occurred the afternoon of Saturday, July 12 in Barron County.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is continuing its investigation after Karen Frye, a 69-year-old woman, was attacked by a black bear in her yard at a rural residence ...

A man charged with check forgery in two western Wisconsin counties has had his case dismissed by the Wisconsin Appellate Court.

Incidents of black bears attacking or killing humans are very rare but do occur both in Wisconsin and across the country.

Authorities in Barron County are still trying to catch the female black bear, which may have acted defensively over a cub.

A woman who was attacked and severely injured by a black bear over the weekend outside her western Wisconsin home had her ...