The Minocqua Park was dedicated last week with the ceremonial ribbon cutting Thursday morning. (Left photo) Minocqua town chairman Joe Handrick, Linda Maull, former owner of the Circle M property, and Bob Rynders, park developer, did the honors in front of a large crowd that came out to see the new park.
Doug Etten photo
The Public Service Commission (PSC) held two public hearings last week as part of its review of a proposal from American Transmission Company (ATC) to construct a high-voltage transmission line which would run from the Clear Lake substation through Woodruff and Arbor Vitae to a new Woodmin substation where Hwy. 47 enters Lac du Flambeau. Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The Lakeland Union High School board unanimously authorized the recall of three staff members, resulting in costs of about $118,000. Friday, August 27, 2010
With red ink gushing from the courthouse faster than water from a flooding river, the Oneida County Board of Supervisors voted 14-5 last week to establish a committee to look at the potential consolidation of county agencies and committees. Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) publicly reprimanded former Lac du Flambeau tribal attorney Carol J. Brown this week, and ordered her to pay $36,680 in restitution to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan. Friday, August 20, 2010
Wisconsin is receiving a windfall of $179 million in another round of federal education stimulus dollars, but when the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) announced the allocation of those funds this month, most of northern Wisconsin simply got a fall without any wind. Tuesday, August 31, 2010
It probably doesn't shock anybody in Wisconsin, but according to one group, CampusReform.org, the University of Wisconsin is one of the most liberally biased universities in the United States. Friday, August 27, 2010
When the state Supreme Court slapped an injunction a week ago today on the enforcement of a new administrative rule governing political speech during election campaigns, justices set the stage not only for an explicit ruling on free speech issues in Wisconsin but for an implicit decision on the state's administrative rule process. Friday, August 20, 2010
Samuels Group vice president Kurt Berner Tuesday presented the Vilas County board with three construction options to expand courthouse facilities. Friday, August 20, 2010
What part of allowing a diesel repair, junkyard, auto salvage business within 1,000 feet of two lakes and within 75 feet of adjacent residential properties and homes is OK? Friday, August 27, 2010
As a longtime resident of Minocqua I have witnessed firsthand over the years the unchecked commercial sprawl of what is now Minocqua ... Tuesday, August 31, 2010
This letter was previously submitted to the members of the Oneida County Planning and Zoning Committee. It is published here at the request of the authors. Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Editor's note: This letter was submitted to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin at a public hearing and is published here at the request of the authors. Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Two days before this was written, the evening local TV and radio news programs devoted much time to Obama's visit to Milwaukee and his investment of $14 million of taxpayers' money in the ZBD "clean energy" corporation in Menomonie Falls. Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Hwy. 45 south of Eagle River and the bypass have recently been corrupted with an excess of billboards, causing me to make these comments: Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The startling decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court allowing government employees to effectively seal their email communications from the public is a major setback for open government and accountability, and serves as a powerful illustration of why it's time to end the election of judges. Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Such is the last line of a poem written shortly after the end of World War II by Dylan Thomas, "A Refusal To Mourn the Death, By Fire, Of A Child In London," and there are many reflections about what Thomas meant. Friday, August 06, 2010
Sometimes, trying to find the Wisconsin Department of Transportation makes you feel like you're trying to find a fugitive on the run. Tuesday, August 17, 2010
If you think the staff of state legislators have busy schedules as a general rule, imagine what they are like now that Democratic Sen. Jim Holperin of Conover has used a 50-year-old loophole to effectively exempt himself and every other lawmaker from the open records law. Friday, August 20, 2010
Over the past few years, court decisions concerning the state's Public Trust Doctrine and the authority of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to enforce it are becoming increasingly indisputable ... Friday, July 16, 2010
Jackson Edward Richmond passed peacefully in his sleep July 26, 2010. Throughout his three months on Earth, his bright smiles brought endless joy to everyone who had the opportunity to know him. Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Football is a sport, like many, where emotions can carry a team to new heights.
Tonight when Lakeland hits the field for the 2010 WIAA football opener, they'll likely be in high spirits, as is the case every season.
This year, however, a senior class that reaches 20 deep leads the T-Birds into what might be their toughest overall schedule under Don Scharbarth's tenure. Friday, August 27, 2010
Rebuilding takes on a new meaning for the Lakeland girl's volleyball team as they head into the 2010 regular season today.
With just one senior gone from a squad that showed flashes of very good volleyball a year ago, the absence of Carol Falesch, an All-GNC selection, from the starting hitter rotation leaves re-stocking as the least of the worries for first-year head coach John Pierpont. Friday, August 27, 2010
With more than 75 percent of the conference championship team gone from a year ago, there's no doubt that head coach Ted Dasler will have his hands full when it comes to the start of the Great Northern Conference dual season.
Gone at one singles is Taylor Havisto. At two singles, Audri Nelson, and at three singles is two-time sectional qualifier Maryjane Glynn. Friday, August 27, 2010
It didn't take much more than an opening for Jordan Eugster to turn his usual subtle style into overdrive Thursday night.
And it's a good thing instinct took over as the junior's left-footed blast from the 18-yard mark put the nail in the Wausau East coffin and turned what had been an up, then down, last four minutes of a non-conference battle turned into a celebratory 2-1 win for the Lakeland T-Birds over Wausau East.
"It was just sort of a clutch sort of thing I guess," Eugster said. "I felt the pressure coming and knew I had to get the shot off." Tuesday, August 24, 2010
For the first time, Department of Natural Resources deer management is asking the public to participate in a deer monitoring survey. Friday, July 30, 2010
Allen and Nancy Labecki got a rare look at a badger on their Arbor Vitae property July 25.
A couple of weeks ago Allen and Nancy Labecki noticed fresh dirt, huge mounds and four or five very big holes in their yard. They thought maybe they had a gopher problem. Friday, August 13, 2010
Lac du Flambeau Town Lakes Committee chairperson Roberta Gast (at podium) addresses participants ...
Thirty-seven people participated in the lake steward workshop presented by the Lac du Flambeau Town Lakes Committee Wednesday, Aug. 4. Friday, August 20, 2010
The Minocqua Lions Club will host its 10th annual gun night dinner banquet Thursday, Oct. 7, at the Minocqua Country Club. The event is the major fundraising event for the club and has grown to be a very popular event for the Northwoods area. Friday, August 27, 2010
He worked the beat for 25 years in Florida law enforcement, managed pickers in an $8 million citrus business, and his latest job for FEMA has had him on the ground working security operations for most of the major natural disasters of the last six years, including hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike. Friday, July 30, 2010
The largest fire in Manitoba, Canada's, history swept through the northern reaches of the province this past June, wreaking destruction in valuable lumber forests and threatening nearby residential communities. Friday, August 06, 2010
The seventh annual gathering of Marquette University alumni and friends at Minocqua Country Club Wednesday, Aug. 4, was a bittersweet occasion. Friday, August 13, 2010
The subjects under discussion at Marshfield Clinic's third annual Minocqua reception at the Minocqua County Club Monday, Aug. 16, were dental care reform and health care reform. Friday, August 27, 2010
Dr. Douglas Reding, hematologist and oncologist at the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, took on the task of addressing health care reform when he spoke at the clinic's third annual reception at the Minocqua Country Club last week. Friday, August 27, 2010
"Nothing Happens Until It Happens To You - A Novel Without Pay, Perks, or Privileges," by award-winning journalist and author T.M. Shine (Crown Publishers), is touted as showcasing Shine's mordant wit and perfect comic timing. Friday, August 27, 2010
If you are approaching 50 - and take heart, it's the new 30 - or have passed the half century mark, (although it's best not to think of it that way), you will enjoy "Wrinkles, Waistlines, and Wet Pants - Improbable Scenarios of the Not-So-Rich and the Not-So-Famous," by Jeanne Kraus (iUniverse). Friday, July 09, 2010
