September 27, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

The Northwoods Deadliest Stretch

DOT downplays danger but data tells a somewhat different story
This depiction of the grim reaper looming over the deadly stretch of Hwy. 51 just south of Minocqua and Hazelhurst was used with a 1980 article from the Times highlighting the dangers of that specific corridor. (File art/Lakeland Times)
This depiction of the grim reaper looming over the deadly stretch of Hwy. 51 just south of Minocqua and Hazelhurst was used with a 1980 article from the Times highlighting the dangers of that specific corridor. (File art/Lakeland Times)
By MIKEY ROTTIER
Reporter
Calling it perhaps the deadliest stretch of highway in the state of Wisconsin, Oneida County …

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