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Local historian offers walking tour of Bayfield
Local historian Elizabeth Downey wants to expose Bayfield’s past through historic walking tours. Each tour features 15 stops complete with vintage photos and commentary along a half-mile loop of the downtown area. Participants will learn about Bayfield’s early days as a city in the mid-1800s and the boomtown days. “I designed the tour to be interesting to both locals and tourists—there’s something for everybody. I love seeing peoples’ jaws drop...
Ashland asked to donate to Fourth of July fireworks show
Every year, Don “Ocky” Jaskowiak helps raise money for the annual Fourth of July fireworks show. And every year, he’s asked if the city of Ashland is pitching in. The answer is always no, he said. “It’s embarrassing,” he said. He is unable to provide an answer when asked why the city typically does not...
Forest Road 199 in Ashland County under construction.
A section of Forest Road 199 will be closed from Morgan Creek Bridge south for about one quarter mile south from July 15 until around Aug. 12. Motorists can access Morgan Falls and St. Peter’s Dome from the north via Ashland/Bayfield Road FR 199. “The section of road will be closed so that important construction can take place to enhance the visitor experience in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest,” said USDA...
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