Body found at Sawyer County fire
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.

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