A forty year commitment to "business as usual" could prove to generate millions of dollars for Douglas County as they prepare to start selling carbon credits.
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.