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Sons distraught over mom's disappearance

MELLEN, Wis. — Relatives of a Bergland woman who has been missing for more than a week are urging anyone with information about her disappearance to contact authorities.

Jody Lynn Newberry, 54, has been missing since the Ashland County Sheriff’s Department received a call at 4:30 p.m. on May 29 from her sister.

Newberry had traveled from Bergland to Mellen on the evening of Thursday, May 24, to attend the Mellen Jam music festival in a wooded area on private property.

Mellen Jam is held on Memorial Day weekend on forested private property on Gilgen Road, just north of Mellen.

Newberry...