Washburn County News & Updates

CTH K ROAD WORK NOTIFICATION Highway Crews are starting work on CTH K from Sunset Lane to Pair o Lakes Road the week of September 14th. CTH K will be […]

TOWN OF SPOONER ROAD WORK NOTIFICATION Washburn County will start hauling gravel and pulverizing ¼ mile of Yellowsands Road beginning ½ mile north of STH 70 and heading north starting […]

TOWN OF EVERGREEN ROAD WORK NOTIFICATION Washburn County will start hauling gravel and pulverizing Carlton Road from Wright to Moore starting September 8th.   Carlton Road will be closed from 6:30a […]

The Washburn County Highway Department recently purchased a radar traffic counter.   The radar traffic counter is used to count the number of vehicles driving on a roadway, direction of vehicle […]

ROAD CLOSURE NOTIFICATION Washburn County will be pulverizing and paving CTH T between CTH D and Nice Lake Road over the next several weeks. Weeks of August 31st and September […]

Birch Lake Winter Drawdown Notification WINTER DRAWDOWN SCHEDULED.  The annual winter drawdown for Birch Lake is scheduled October 1st, 2026 through October 15th, 2026.  Water levels will be dropped 6 […]

Spooner Lake Winter Drawdown The annual winter drawdown for Spooner Lake is scheduled September 21st, 2026 through October 15th, 2026.  Water levels will be dropped 6” from the normal summer […]

Long Lake Winter Drawdown WINTER DRAWDOWN SCHEDULED.  The annual winter drawdown for Long Lake is scheduled October 1st, 2026 through October 15th, 2026.  Water levels will be dropped 0.4’ from […]

Washburn County is hosting a clean-up day on Saturday, October 10th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Collection will be held at the Washburn County Highway Department, 1600 County Highway […]

As you may be aware, Washburn County has been responding to a cyber incident since last Thursday, August 6, 2026. This incident is still under investigation and the county continues […]