Arbor Vitae Summerfest on fire!
Arbor Vitae Fire Department’s Kris Roy (left), Lexi Morgan (center) and Ashley Roach (right), along with hose handler Dawn Greenman (not pictured), put some serious pressure behind the hose as an all-female team for the traditional water fights during the Arbor Vitae Fire and Rescue Department’s 50th Fireman’s Summerfest at …
Return to football: Lakeland competitive on day one
The Lakeland Union High School football team got a lot of reps in on offense, defense and special teams to kick off the 2026 season. The first practice of the season took place Tuesday at IncredibleBank Field in Minocqua. Lakeland picked up right where they left off from Pride Camp …
Two people injured in Minocqua boat fire
Two people were injured on Aug. 2 as the result of a fire that destroyed the boat they were on as it was on Lake Minocqua. According to a report from Minocqua fire chief Rich Carani, the Minocqua fire department was dispatched to a 911 call reporting a boat on …
Howard Young Medical Center nurse celebrates 50 years
Since she was a little girl, Sandy Grambow’s dream job has always been to be a nurse. A half-century later, and thousands of patients served as a registered nurse at Howard Young Medical Center, she shows no signs of stopping.
Hardwoood Hearings
One of the more impassable objects in a duck hunter’s world are cattails. A flimsy little green thing, when laced, looped, twisted, turned, and knotted together provides a near impenetrable barrier.
Train ride turned fishing guide
“I guess you could say I was born in the wrong place,” George Metrich told The Lakeland Times as he remembered his youth on the South Side of Chicago. Metrich, a Marine Corps Vietnam War vet, said he first absorbed the Northwoods on a bow hunt soon after he got …
Snowhawks win fourth game of the summer
The Snowhawks got out to a big lead and beat Pukall Lumber Studs 21-10 Monday night at Snowshoe Park in Lake Tomahawk.
MKLPA appoints Steve Beckwith as new president
The Minocqua/Kawaguesaga Lakes Protection Association (Lake Association) has appointed a new president in Steve Beckwith. Recently retired from a career in corporate America, Beckwith replaces Sally Murwin, who served for close to 30 years as the Lake Association’s president and retired this past year. Beckwith said this is a great …
Lake Tomahawk officer-involved shooting determined by District attorney to be justified
Oneida County district attorney Jillian Pfeifer determined that a sheriff’s deputy was justified to use lethal force in a June 17 officer-involved shooting in the town of Lake Tomahawk. Pfeifer said in a press release on Saturday that the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) should …
Last Kids Fishing Day in Minocqua Aug. 11
There is one more Kids Fishing Day left this summer that is presented by the Northwoods Chapter of Muskies Inc. It will be held Aug. 11. The event begins at 5 p.m. and goes until 7 p.m. at the Minocqua fishing pier on the southside of the Island.
Staying north: Aidan Bauers commits to play football at Northern Michigan
One of Lakeland’s top lineman is going to be playing college football in Marquette, Mich. next fall. Aidan Bauers, a senior at Lakeland Union High School, committed to play football at Northern Michigan University June 29.
