The News Tribune reported in October 2013 that the Eveleth Police Department claimed Bess arrived in the Iron Range in late October or early November 2012 to attend a funeral in Aurora or Hoyt Lakes.

Sixty-two years ago, Audrey Backeberg disappeared from a small city in south-central Wisconsin after reportedly hitchhiking with her family’s babysitter and catching a bus to Indianapolis.

Thursday’s storms were some of the most powerful to hit the Chippewa Valley in years, with hail the size of baseballs falling ...

A former Reedsburg woman who was discovered alive nearly 63 years after her family reported her missing now lives in Kentucky ...

Newly-released records reveal why a Reedsburg woman left her husband and two young kids in 1962 and never looked back.

WASHINGTON — A woman who vanished more than six decades ago in Wisconsin has been found, and as it turns out, she didn't actually want to be found, authorities say. Audrey Jean Backeberg, 82, went ...

A Wisconsin cold case dating back more than 60 years has ended with the missing woman found alive. Audrey Backeberg, now 82, vanished from her family's home on July 7, 1962, when she was 20 years old ...

BARABOO, Wis. — Audrey Backeberg's case had long been considered cold. Backeberg was 20 years old in July 1962 when she went missing from Reedsburg, Wisconsin, a small town about 55 miles ...

(NewsNation) — After more than 60 years, a missing Wisconsin woman has been found “alive and well,” authorities said. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office announced the resolution of the cold ...