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Christmas Gift & Craft Fair at LUHS in Minocqua on Nov. 29
The Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) Music Boosters are hosting a Christmas Gift & Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the LUHS Commons.
Marquette Poll: 2026 races wide open
The 2026 campaign season isn’t officially here yet, and that’s a good thing for most candidates because the latest Marquette Law School Poll released this week shows little voter awareness, with overwhelming majorities of respondents reporting they have not formed opinions about candidates for governor or state Supreme Court.
MHLT school board approves 2026 district budget
The 2026 budget for the Minocqua Hazelhurst Lake Tomahawk (MHLT) school district was approved during the school board’s Oct. 29 meeting. The school board during its annual budget hearing heard a nearly 40-minute presentation of the proposed 2025-26 budget from Ed Then, the district’s new finance director with a new …
Former Lac du Flambeau fire station could be a bus barn
One of the items on the agenda for the Nov. 5 meeting of the Lac du Flambeau town board is a proposed lease agreement with the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians for temporary use of the town’s former fire station on Wild Rice Avenue in downtown …
Possible change in meeting time for Vilas County board discussed
The Vilas County board during its Oct. 28 meeting spent roughly an hour discussing something that had been brought forward by a group of citizens from different towns in the county who would like to see things switched up when it comes to when the county board meets.
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Minocqua Winter Farmers Market to debut Nov. 9
While swimming, boating and walking outside in a T-shirt has gone away with the summer weather, there’s one thing that will be here to stay this winter — that’s Minocqua’s farmers market. The Minocqua Area Visitors Bureau has decided to continue the usual summer months only farmers market into the …
Fall concert
Vella Walden performs “Ombra Mai Fui” during the Fall Choral Concert on Monday, Oct. 27, at Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua.
Ride a Rustic Road
Across the state there are pathways to the past — stretches of road where motorists can experience Wisconsin’s scenery as though they were a 1950s couple out for a Sunday drive on crisp autumn day, or a logging truck driver carving through the stillness of a 1930s Northwoods winter, or …
Cap Times report questioned for omissions, mischaracterizations
An explosive report by the Cap Times last week accused the state Department of Public Instruction of shielding hundreds of educator sexual misconduct and grooming cases from the public, including one against current Lakeland Union High School board president and former teacher Shawn Umland.
Halloween haunts
It’s undeniable: there’s something spooky going on in Wisconsin. The air we breath, the water we drink, the soil we plant — they’re the same elemental forces that gave life to real-world monsters Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer.
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LUHS reassigns over $3 million in general fund, budget gets approved
The Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) board of education agreed at its Oct. 27 meeting to move $3,473,500 from an assigned account to an unassigned account. At the school board’s Oct. 13 special meeting, district business manager Eric Schley explained that she couldn’t understand when and why that money was …
Northwoods Yard & Garden
During the process of fall yard and garden cleanup and evaluating this past growing season, weeds are frequently part of the equation. Chronic weed problems can be frustrating. Why do weeds persist in certain situations and how can they be prevented in 2026?
Groundbreaking held for 112-unit apartment complex being built in Minocqua
A groundbreaking was held on Oct. 24 for a new apartment complex coming to Minocqua’s west side, just east of Wildwood Wildlife Park Zoo and Safari. Aspen Grove Apartments will consist of 112 units over seven two-story buildings with 16 apartments in each and ranging from one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom …
35th Annual Clean & Freeky Recovery Night Set for Nov. 1 in Rhinelander
The Woods and Waters Area of Narcotics Anonymous will host its 35th Annual Clean & Freeky Recovery Night on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Trinity Lutheran Church hall, 235 N. Stevens St. in Rhinelander. Attendees should use the rear entrance.
As leaves fall, wildlife danger increases
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) asks the public to check fire danger before conducting outdoor burning activities, as the fall fire season is underway. Over 50 wildfires have occurred in the month of October alone, burning approximately twenty acres. Though small in size, nearly all of these fires …
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