Firefighters recover the tabernacle from the devastated Corpus Christi Church in Palisades, providing solace to the community ...

The Great Chicago Fire? Right date, wrong event. I am referring to the Peshtigo Fire, a forest fire that destroyed 1.2 million acres and more than a dozen towns in Wisconsin. A mass grave in the ...

TOWN OF PESHTIGO — Lifelong Town of Peshtigo resident and current town supervisor Clarence Coble recently was recognized for achieving 50 years of service with the Town of Peshtigo Fire Department.

PESHTIGO, Wis. (WFRV) – Tuesday marks the 153rd anniversary of the Great Peshtigo Fire, the deadliest fire in U.S. history, which claimed between 1,200 and 2,500 lives.

The fire was suppressed by multiple departments. The Wausaukee, Grover-Porterfield, Mellen Township, Menominee-Ingallston, Town of Lake, Middle Inlet, and Town of Peshtigo fire departments all ...