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Winchester approves school bus stop at town hall
The Winchester town hall and community center will be the new bus stop for Woodruff’s Lakeland Area Bus Services, which …
Housing crisis takes center stage at OCEDC summit
Business leaders from across the Northwoods discussed the future of northern Wisconsin’s economy at the Oneida County Economic Development Corporation’s …
Presque Isle will not raise its room tax
The Presque Isle town board, at its Oct. 15 meeting, announced it had decided not to raise the room tax, …
Lakeland Airport 2027 budget approval postponed
For years, the elected officials of the four towns that own the Lakeland Airport in Arbor Vitae – Woodruff, Lac …
No-tax-on-tips, overtime proposal could save Wisconsin workers $2.7 billion
Eligible workers in Wisconsin could save approximately $2.7 billion over the next decade if the state exempted tips and certain …
Rhinelander axes Lakeland’s season
One quarter ended up being the difference in Lakeland’s homecoming football game — and the T-Birds WIAA playoff hopes — …
LUHS girls’ swim team goes 7-1 in conference play
Lakeland girls’ swim ended the dual-meet portion of its season with a dominant 128-33 victory against Colby/Abbotsford (3-5 GNC) Thursday …
Eagles end Lakeland’s home winning streak
Another Northland Pines comeback turned into a discouraging loss for the Lakeland Union High School boys’ soccer team in what …
LUHS volleyball sweeps Stratford
The Thunderbirds ended the regular season with a sweep over a team that’s had their number over the years. The …
Rallies and redemption: Lady T-Birds take third place at GNC tournament
Two wins, one of them a five-setter, ended in the Lakeland Union High School volleyball team getting third place at …
Hardwoood Hearings
Because the fall colors peak for just a short period, I put some other things on hold and take flame …
The Lake Where You Live
Golfers are known for taking mulligans, using the “foot wedge,” and taking gimme putts from beyond actual gimme distances. The …
Northwoods trapping tactics
Trapping season opportunities for many of the state’s furbearer species, like fox, bobcat, fisher, raccoon, and coyote, begin Oct. 17, …
Whitetails Unlimited donates to Mercer gun club
The Northwoods Wildlife & Wetlands Club (NWWC) of Mercer received a generous donation of $5,400 from monies generated by the …
DNR seeking public input on draft turkey management plan
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released an initial draft of its next Turkey Management Plan and is …
