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Letha Suzanne Costello, 85, passed away on Friday, 3 September, at her home in Iron River, WI, surrounded by her family.

Headlines from Douglas County's past.

When a picture is not available to help tell a story, words must suffice. This was the case for the newspapers of yesteryear when photo reproduction was expensive or unavailable.

This weeks Sheboygan history slider shows the Lottie Cooper in the late 19th century and how it looked when it was recovered in the 1990s.

Linda Dee doesn't have vivid recollections of the theater her grandfather owned, but does remember it was beautiful.

The man who could've been the 30th President of the United States, U.S. Sen. Irvine Lenroot, built the home Brent and Ashley Fennessey own in Central Park.

As a 20-year-old Union private, Doran Stearns of Vermont passed the marksmanship test to join the nation’s first sniper unit, the U.S. Sharpshooters. To pass, he hit 10 out of 10 shots inside a dinner-plate-sized bull’s eye at 200 yards. Stearns served as a sniper for three years in Civil War battles, including Gettysburg. Captured by Confederates in 1864, they confined him in the infamous Andersonville Prison from May to November.

Notable headlines from Douglas County's past.

In the fourth week of the continuing series that celebrates the 50th year of the Stratford-Perth Archives and the treasures within, we feature the scrapbooks…

In the fourth week of the continuing series that celebrates the 50th year of the Stratford-Perth Archives and the treasures within, we feature the scrapbooks…