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Ashland County at a glance
- State
- Wisconsin
- County seat
- Ashland
- Population
- 16,027
- Area
- 2,292 sq mi
- Founded
- 1860
- Cities and towns
- 8
Ashland County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Ashland County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement services in the unincorporated areas of Ashland County.
Police Departments. In addition to Ashland County Sheriff's Office, the city of Ashland is served by the Ashland Police Department, which handles law enforcement within the city limits. Other municipalities, such as Mellen, have their own police departments that work with the Sheriff's Office on major crimes and investigations.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Ashland County Sheriff's Office, located at 211 West Main Street, Ashland, WI 54806, provides primary law enforcement services throughout unincorporated areas and operates Ashland County jail facility. Ashland County Jail houses inmates awaiting trial and those serving short sentences; inmate lookup information is available by contacting the jail directly or visiting the Sheriff's Office in person.
Criminal Records. Ashland County Clerk of Courts maintains court records, while the Sheriff's Office handles arrest and incident reports.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Ashland County are maintained by Ashland County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Ashland County are taken and retained by Ashland County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office or online databases.
The jail is located at 220 6th Street East, Ashland, WI 54806. You can call the jail directly at (715) 685-7640 to inquire about recent arrests.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Ashland County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Ashland County
- Old mine sites
- 83
- Sites with no status in the records
- 3
- Past producers, now closed
- 34
- Prospects and occurrences, never worked
- 49
- Producing when recorded
- 10
- Worked underground, in the mine records
- 1
- Main minerals
- construction sand and gravel; Iron; Copper, Nickel
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 100
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- gravel pit, quarry, gravel/borrow pit - undifferentiated, sand pit
- Maps surveyed
- 1956 to 2005
- Records behind them
- 200 records for 196 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 96 mine sites inside the county: 34 past producers, now closed, 49 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 10 sites producing when the record was made, 3 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 100 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Iron; Copper, Nickel.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Wisconsin has no coal AML program; the old lead and zinc workings are in the southwest counties.
Wisconsin mine map and abandoned mine records
Named workings recorded in Ashland County (97 shown, 99 unnamed on the map)
- Berkshire Mine RuinsMine | Mt. Whittlesey map, 1956
- Mellen ProspectCopper, Nickel | Prospect | Surface and underground | 2 records for this one site
- Agenda DepositIron | Prospect | Surface | 2 records for this one site
- Berkshire MineIron | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Butternut ExplorationIron | Unknown
- Ford LucasIron | Unknown
- Michigan MineIron | Unknown
- Penokee DepositIron | Prospect | Surface
- South Butternut DepositIron | Occurrence | 2 records for this one site
- West Gogebic Taconite DepositIron | Past Producer
- Mineral Lake Cu-Ni ProspectNickel, Copper | Occurrence
- Anderson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Ashland County Highway Dept.Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Ashland County PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Ashland County PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Ashland County PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Ashland County PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Ashland County PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Ashland County PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Ashland County Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Ashland County Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Ashland Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Boch Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Borman Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Bucheger Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Bump Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Butternut Lake Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Butternut Lake Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Butternut Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Camp Four Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Cayuga Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Cemetery Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Chequamegon National Forest PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- City Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Copper Falls State Park Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Dale Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Dales PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Devils Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Devils Creek Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Devils Creek Gravel Pit #3Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Devils Creek Gravel Pit #4Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Dingdong Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Dingdong Creek Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Dryden Creek PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- East Fork Chippewa River Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- East Fork Torch River Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- East Fork Torch River Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- East Fork Torch River Pit #3Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Eder Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Eger Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Engel Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Gates Lake PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Gilgen Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Glidden Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Gordon Lake PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Herman Throm Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Honest John Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Howard Russell Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- John Rybak Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Kickapoo Lodge Inc Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Krans Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Krause Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Landgraf Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Linsmeyer Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Little Clam Lake PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Mellen Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Moose River PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Morgan Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Muskellunge Lake PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Old 13 Rd East Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Old 13 Rd PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Old 13 Rd Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Petroski PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Primax Corporation Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Ralph Hakala Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Roffers Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Rothsack Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Russell Niemi Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Surface
- Schliss Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Schraum Creek Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Schraum Creek Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Silver Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Silver Creek Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Spiller Creek Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Spiller Creek Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Spiller Creek Pit #3Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Spillerberg Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Torrey Lake PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Trout Brook Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Trout Brook Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Upper Clam Lake PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Vernon Rein Rd PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Waldemar Hanson Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- York Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Zielke Rd PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface
- Anderson PitStone | Producer | Surface
- Ashland Black Granite QuarryStone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Wisconsin abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Wage and hour cases in Ashland County
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 10 investigations in Ashland County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $203,877 in back wages agreed for 128 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
- Investigations closed
- 10
- Back wages agreed
- $203,877
- Workers due back wages
- 128
- Civil money penalties
- $140,661
- Employers on the record
- 8
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Jolma Inc. | Ashland | 2 | $152,803 | 40 |
| CMC Construction, Inc. | Ashland | 1 | $23,781 | 38 |
| Martinsen Care Facilities LLC | Ashland | 1 | $16,787 | 30 |
| Viosa, LLC | Ashland | 1 | $7,902 | 15 |
| Anna Marie Designs, Inc. | Ashland | 1 | $2,606 | 5 |
| Krist Oil Company, Inc. | Ashland | 2 | $696 | 1 |
| Harbor Bait & Tackle | Ashland | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Bad River Lodge & Casino | Odanah | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Ashland County record, by back wages agreed; 4 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Wisconsin wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Ashland County, Wisconsin?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Ashland County Sheriff or a city police department in Ashland County. Ask that agency for its record.
How do I get a criminal background check in Ashland County, Wisconsin?
The Wisconsin criminal history record comes from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Crime Information Bureau. Anyone may pay a fee and request adult criminal history record information by name online through the Wisconsin Online Record Check System (WORCS).
How can I look up sex offenders in Ashland County, Wisconsin?
Search the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Sex Offender Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Ashland County, Wisconsin?
Register with the municipal clerk (city, village or town clerk) or through the Wisconsin Elections Commission. You can also register online with the state online registration. Online and mail registration closes 20 days before the election; you can register in person at the municipal clerk's office until the Friday before the election at 5:00 p.m. or close of business, and at the polls on Election Day with a proof of residence document.
How do I look up property records in Ashland County, Wisconsin?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Ashland County are kept by the Ashland County register of deeds. Property values are set by the municipal assessor, and tax bills come from the town, village or city treasurer. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Ashland County, Wisconsin?
Certified birth and death certificates for Wisconsin come from the Wisconsin Vital Records Office, Department of Health Services. Birth, marriage, death and divorce records are also available through Wisconsin county Register of Deeds offices, and birth and death records through the Milwaukee City Health Office and the Southwest Suburban Health Department (Cities of West Allis and Greenfield). By U.S. mail to PO Box 309, Madison, WI 53701, or online or by phone through VitalChek at 877-885-2981. Fee: $20 for the first copy of each record and $3 for each additional copy of the same record.
How do I find business license records in Ashland County, Wisconsin?
Business entity filings are searched with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.
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