Season review: Young Mercer volleyball team showed improvement
A younger, inexperienced Mercer High School volleyball team displayed its potential for the future in a season full of growth. The Tigers went 7-15 overall, 3-6 in the Northern Lights Conference.
Lac du Flambeau board looking for alternative ambulance service
Looking at a bill for 2027 of nearly $328,000 to cover ambulance service by Oneida County, the Lac du Flambeau town board has been looking into an alternative to back up its volunteer ambulance service.
Medical situation results in sideswipe, crash on Hwy. 51 in Manitowish Waters
One man was taken to Howard Young Medical Center following a crash he was involved in on U.S. Highway 51 almost 400 feet east of the intersection with Voss Road on Nov. 5. According to the state accident report filed by the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office, David Hanson, 68, Manitowish …
Mary Josephine Boyd
Mary Josephine Graham Boyd, 79, of Land O’ Lakes, formerly of Winnetka, Ill., passed away peacefully on October 19, 2026. Born in Evanston, Ill. to Josephine Hall Graham and Donald Martin Graham, Mary Jo graduated from Wheaton College in Massachusetts and received a Master’s degree and completed all doctoral coursework …
The blue wave
It was President Donald Trump’s worst nightmare. Remember, he’s convinced that everyone loves him. Most of his life is organized so that’s all he sees. But occasionally, it is reported, he changes the station. Even more occasionally, all the stations get changed on him and they all are telling the …
More than a thumping, possibly a realignment
More than a “thumping.” That’s what George W. Bush called it when Democrats won majorities in both houses by gaining six Senate and 30 House seats in 2006. In Tuesday’s midterm elections, Democrats won majorities in both houses, gaining seven Senate seats, with chances at two more, and have gained …
All part of the process
Chief election inspector Michelle Veldhuizen hands voter Bailey Brandner her ballot during the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Minocqua.
Lakeland girls’ swim team putting its speed to the test at sectionals
After a successful Great Northern Conference meet, there’s plenty of excitement surrounding the Lakeland girls’ swim team as they prep for sectionals. Lakeland will swim in a WIAA Division 2 sectional meet Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Rice Lake Aquatics and Recreation Center.
Cookies and candies needed for The Friends of Boulder Junction Public Library cookie walk and party Nov. 14
This holiday season, you can help the Boulder Junction Public Library by donating your homemade seasonal goodies for the Friends of the Library Annual Cookie Walk. This festive library fundraiser will be held in conjunction with the Boulder Junction Christmas Walk on Friday, Nov. 27, at 4 p.m. in the …
Hardwood Hearings
Ever since this one far off, publicly awesome and remote, way long walk, distantly hidden timber stand got harvested maybe seven years ago, we’ve been talking about grouse hunting back there. If I remember correctly, when we first saw it getting logged, it probably went something like this: “Maybe we’ll …
MHLT referendum fails
The Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk (MHLT) school district’s $3.5 million referendum for recurring purposes was not approved by voters on Election Day on Nov. 3. According to unofficial results, 2,509 people voted against MHLT exceeding the revenue limit while 1,886 voted for it.
Rhinelander man arrested for intoxicated possession of a firearm
A 40 year-old Rhinelander man has been charged with possession of a firearm while intoxicated, a Class A misdemeanor. Lucas Rougeau was also formally charged in Oneida County court with two other Class A misdemeanors, resisting an officer and battery tied in to domestic abuse. The charges stem from an …
LUHS Nordic ski team building up its strength
A smaller Lakeland Union High School Nordic ski team got its season started this week. Approximately 12 skiers — nine boys and three girls — are coming out for the Nordic ski team this season. On Tuesday, eight skiers worked on their strength and conditioning inside Marshfield Clinic Woodruff Center. …
Campanile hosting Lakeland STAR and Rising STAR students artist reception Nov. 12
The Campanile Center for the Arts invites the community to an artist reception celebrating the creativity and artistic accomplishments of middle and high school students from Lakeland STAR and participants in the Rising STAR Career & Life Center. The reception will take place Thursday, Nov. 12, from 4 to 5:30 …
Crowley defeats Tiffany as Democratic wave sweeps Wisconsin, nation
Milwaukee County executive David Crowley defeated U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany Tuesday to become Wisconsin’s first Black governor, as voters repudiated Republicans nationally and in Wisconsin in a landslide not seen since 1994.
The Lake Where You Live
We typically think of aquatic invasive species as unequivocally bad for our lakes and rivers. But is that really true?
Season review: Lakeland football team came up short of extending playoff streak
The Lakeland Union High School football team had its ups and downs, but the Thunderbirds didn’t have enough consistency to make it to the playoffs. The Thunderbirds went 3-6 overall, 2-5 in the Great Northern Conference. That put the Thunderbirds sixth out of eight teams in the conference standings. Lakeland …
Wolves, PFAS, and Line 5 center stage for NRB meeting, public forum
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) held its October meeting on Oct. 28 in Middleton. Secretary Karen Hyun provided updates on the recent launch of PFAS grants, Enbridge Line 5 violations, and the euthanasia of nine wolves in Price County in her opening statement.
