Snowmy: ‘I’ll be back again someday’
Adam Cira, left, of the town of Minocqua crew, watches as fellow employee Joe Kutshenreuter uses a John Deere front‑end loader to dismantle the giant snowman “Snowmy Kromer” on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at Torpy Park.
Harshaw Sports Club Banquet coming up in March
The Harshaw Sports Club is known for its distinct sporting clays course. It also has a Wednesday trap league, runs hunter safety education and heavily supports youth shooting sports.
Minocqua man struck by vehicle on State Highway 70
A Minocqua man was taken by air ambulance to a hospital after he was hit by a vehicle on Feb. 14 near the intersection of State Highway 70 and Koolish Road on Minocqua’s west side. A press release from Minocqua police chief Glenn Janzer stated officers responded at around 7 …
Vice president of patient care and chief nursing officer of Aspirus North Division retires
Lori Knitt, vice president of patient care and chief nursing officer of Aspirus North Division, decided to retire last month. Her career in health care spanned more than 38 years and her work at Aspirus Health the last four years may have been the most rewarding for her.
Emotional senior send-off
The Lakeland Union High School boys’ basketball team ran into a tough opponent on Senior Night. The Thunderbirds fell 87-60 to Wausau East in a non-conference game Tuesday night in Minocqua.
Ice fishing south
I grew up in southeastern Wisconsin in the suburbs of Milwaukee and an area referred to as Lake Country. We ice fished a little bit on a few lakes nearby while growing up and there are great memories from that time. One thing, however, is I never got to experience …
Lady T-Birds and Red Robins tie
A tie between Lakeland Union High School and Antigo High School’s gymnastics teams gave the Thunderbirds their best finish in Great Northern Conference dual play in 10 years. Lakeland took sixth out of nine teams with a score of 116.425 in the Valentine’s Meet at Ashland High School on Saturday. …
Lac du Flambeau town board, school board primary results
Incumbents fared well in the only primary election in the Lakeland area on Feb. 17. There were two primaries in Lac du Flambeau, one for town board and the other for board of education of the Lac du Flambeau school district; the top vote-getters will now face off in the …
LUHS community breakfast serves up new career connections
Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) held a community breakfast on Monday, Feb. 16. Over 150 community partners attended the event to chat with school staff and learn more about what can be done for students’ lives after high school. LUHS career and technical education coordinator Stephanie Hartzheim spearheaded the event.
Waterfowl Congregate at the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
As waterfowl in the Pacific Flyway prep to leave the wintering grounds and spread their wings for a migration northward, they rest and refuel at the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Colusa, Calif. The Colusa NWR is a subunit of the combined Sacramento NWR, which includes other units like …
Locked in for the postseason
The final Junior National Qualifier took place in Minneapolis on Saturday and Sunday. When all was said and done, four Lakeland Nordic skiers made a postseason trip.
Woodruff businesses evacuated because of natural gas leak
Firefighters with the Woodruff and Minocqua fire departments were dispatched to downtown Woodruff late in the late afternoon of Feb. 14 for the report of a natural gas leak. For the most part, they assisted police officers with traffic control in the area around the first block of buildings south …
U.S. Hwy. 51 to be closed, detoured for construction project
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that U.S. Highway 51 in Lincoln and Oneida counties will be closed and detoured this spring prior to Memorial Day. The project runs from U.S. Highway 8 to the Bearskin Bridge near County Highway L in Oneida County.
The Lake Where You Live
A fellow Birch Lake resident wrote lately to ask if Birch Lake still has bullheads. He’d seen schools of black bullhead fry in the shallows near his dock, but not in recent years. In the teeth of a long cold front, I enjoyed getting a question about a liquid-water, summer-ish …
Aro Ryden excelling on the Wisconsin Kids Snowmobile Racing Association circuit
Snowmobile racing is a popular sport here in the Northwoods during the winter. For one local in particular, he came across the finish line in first place. Minocqua native Aro Ryden, 7 years old, won a race at the Wisconsin Kids Snowmobile Racing Association (WKSRA) World Championship Jan. 16 through …
MHLT board grants administrators ability to make cuts, consolidations and more
The Minocqua Hazelhurst Lake Tomahawk (MHLT) School board of education agreed during its Feb. 17 meeting to give district administrators the ability to add one full-time special education teacher, cut up to five full-time teachers, consolidate two to three bus routes and move athletics funding to the district’s community service …
Kids Ice Fishing Day in Minocqua on Feb. 28
The Northwoods Chapter of Muskies Inc. is holding a Kids Ice Fishing Day on Lake Minocqua Saturday, Feb. 28, from noon to 3 p.m. The event is free to attend and all kids are welcome. They will learn ice fishing basics, rules and regulations, fish identification and knot tying. There …
MLF’s Fishing Clash Team Series Heritage Cup in Minocqua premiered on Outdoor Channel
The first episode of the Major League Fishing’s (MLF) Fishing Clash Team Series Knighten Industries Heritage Cup Presented by Bass Boat Technologies from Minocqua premiered on Outdoor Channel. New MLF episodes premiere each Saturday morning on Outdoor Channel, with re-airings available on the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) app.
