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Body found at Sawyer County fire

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Sunday, November 1, 2009 - 7:12 p.m.
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BIRCHWOOD — Authorities have recovered a body at the scene of a fire in northwestern Wisconsin and say they believe foul play is to blame.

The Sawyer County sheriff’s department says in a news release that emergency personnel found the body of a man Saturday night at a building fire in Edgewater Township.

Authorities got the report of the fire at 7:30 p.m. Deputies, Birchwood Police Department officers, and the Birchwood Fire Department and ambulance were dispatched.

The sheriff’s department says evidence at the scene pointed toward foul play.




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Patch
Nov 1, 2009 at 11:45 p.m.
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This in not the only recent news from Birchwood. One of thier police officers just caught a guy that was fleeing (on foot) from a bank robbery on Friday. Another suspect from the same incident was shot dead near Bruce, Wisconsin, after a car chase.
I have not seen anything about this story in the major news sources. You can read about it on-line at "Ladysmith News".

big17fan
Nov 1, 2009 at 10:15 p.m.
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Hearts out to the family of the victim.
Sad to see birchwood in the news again going into the 5th year after the chi vang shooting

coyote
Nov 1, 2009 at 8:13 p.m.
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