ONEIDA
Legislature’s budget committee trashes Evers’s budget
Republicans on the state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) made quick work this week of Gov. Tony Evers’s proposed state budget, tossing into the political dumpster 545 spending and policy proposals the governor had offered.
Weber to serve as Presque Isle town board’s interim chair
Presque Isle’s town board appointed town supervisor Cathy Logan Weber as interim town chair during its May 4 meeting.
Lac du Flambeau residents to decide if town should levy $1 million a year for road issue
A town meeting originally scheduled for 5 p.m. tomorrow in Lac du Flambeau has been put on hold as the town board decides next steps in the ongoing expired easement issue for four roads.
Work on Lake Katherine bridge on Hwy. 51 starts
Workers with Lunda Construction of Black River Falls began work this week on a rehabilitation of the Lake Katherine bridge on U.S. Highway 51 in Hazelhurst.
Assembly Republicans announce plans to help fund local governments
Ahead of the final listening session of the Wisconsin Legislature’s joint committee on finance last week at Lakeland Union High School, committee co-chairs Rep. Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) and Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) told The Lakeland Times they heard many people say at its three prior listening sessions more …
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Newbold town board receives ‘presentation’ on Pelican River Forest easement
During its April 27 meeting, the Newbold town board received a presentation from seven people in favor of the Pelican River Forest easement purchase. They wanted the board to adopt a resolution in support of the purchase.
Three seasons after its failure, St. Germain Fire Department well still in limbo
Despite the town board giving it “emergency” status last October, the matter of the failed high-capacity well at St. Germain’s fire department still has not been rectified.
St. Germain to take bids on Fern Ridge pavilion project
The Town Board of St. Germain voted four-to-one on Thursday, April 27, to solicit contractors’ bids for erecting a pavilion at the Fern Ridge Recreation Area. Fern Ridge is an 80-acre tract of land off of Forest Lane owned by the town and open to the public. The recreation area …
Pelican River Forest committee slogs toward opposition resolution
Another meeting of the Oneida County Pelican River Forest easement committee came and went this week without the committee finalizing a resolution to oppose the easement purchase, but the next time — May 9 — could be the charm as committee members once again remained steadfast in their anti-easement positions.
Former officer sentenced to 90 days
A former sergeant with the Oneida County sheriff’s office was sentenced Friday to 90 days in jail for misdemeanor disorderly conduct committed in a domestic setting back in April of 2019. Stetson O. Grant, 36, was also sentenced to three years probation on a felony stalking conviction related to the same …
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Lakeland STAR ‘hit a homerun’ in meeting with state lawmakers
State lawmakers made their way from Madison up to Minocqua last week for the fourth and final listening session for the Legislature’s committee on joint finance, which was held at Lakeland Union High School (LUHS).
Alleged incident in Sun Prairie girls locker room draws scrutiny
An alleged incident in a Sun Prairie high school girls’ locker room in which a male student identifying as transgender exposed his male genitalia to girls in the shower has sparked a demand for answers and an open records request from a civil-liberties law firm, after a parent of one …
JFC holds last listening session at LUHS for state’s biennium budget
People from across Wisconsin packed into the Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) auditorium on April 26 for the final listening session held by the Wisconsin Legislature’s joint committee on finance (JFC) for the 2023-25 state biennium budget.
Minocqua plan commission forwards Walker re-zone petition to town board
The Minocqua plan commission last week approved and forwarded a re-zone petition from Lakeland Times publisher Gregg Walker to the Minocqua town board for its consideration.
Karas gets two 30-year prison sentences for Boulder Junction child sexual assault convictions
A Boulder Junction resident found guilty on two counts related to child sexual assault by a jury in February, was sentenced by Vilas County circuit court judge Daniel Overbey on April 26 to serve two terms of 30 years in prison.
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