Price County, WI

The 67th Wisconsin State Patrol graduating class features three officers that have ties to central Wisconsin. Stevens Point natives Kyle Hanneman and Jon Keller will be joining the Wisconsin State Patrol as part of the department’s coverage of Marathon County. Withee native Matthew Jankowski is also a part of the graduating class and will patrol Price County upon graduation.

The Northwoods Bass Anglers of Price County announced the results of the Pickerel Lake Tourney. There were a total of seven boats with 14 anglers who participated in June 18 tourney at Pickeral Lake, which is about 7 miles east of Minocqua and just north of Oneida County Road J. In first place, the Park Falls team of Glen Balsavich and JD Draxler caught five largemouth bass totaling 12.96 pounds. ...

EAU CLAIRE Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – A suspect is now in custody in an Eau Claire County homicide investigation. The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office says at around midnight, 36-year-old Philip Novak was taken into custody in Price County. Novak is the main suspect in the shooting death of...

PHILLIPS, Wis. (WFRV) – The primary suspect for a homicide in Eau Claire County was taken into custody after he was found in the northern part of Wisconsin. According to the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office, 36-year-old Philip Novak was taken into custody around midnight. He was located in Phillips which is in Price County.

EAU CLAIRE — The suspect in last week’s Eau Claire County homicide has been taken into custody, authorities say. Philip R. Novak, 36, was taken into custody without incident overnight Tuesday in Phillips in Price County, Eau Claire Sheriff’s Lt. Dustin Walters said Wednesday. “The Sheriff’s Office...

2022 NORTHWOODS BASS LEAGUE Our local Price County bass and walleye leagues continued this past week and both leagues conducted their events this week. The Northwoods Bass Anglers club had their event on Buckskin Lake, out east of Fifield toward Minocqua. Success was very good and all 10 anglers brought in their two-fish limits of largemouth bass! For the Wednesday Butternut Lake Walleye League, the storms and rain let up...

The Price County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public’s helping finding a missing camper. It says the camper was stolen from private property in Ogema sometime between June 4th and June 15th. It’s a 1998 Aero Manufacturing Camper Trailer. The back window of the camper is broken...