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Presque Isle town board meets for last time in regular session with Maclean as chairman
Meeting for the final time in regular session with John Maclean as town chairman, the Presque town board Thursday decided to hold a special meeting on Saturday, April 8, for the purpose of opening road bids.
Oneida County zoning approves Minocqua Yacht Club CUP
The Oneida County zoning committee approved last week a conditional use permit for Minocqua Hospitality Holdings to add outdoor seating to the rooftop of the Minocqua Yacht Club Bar & Grill, as well as to the boathouse rooftop and lawn area.
Minocqua town board denies MBC parking and beer garden requests
The Minocqua town board, during an April 5 meeting, denied two Minocqua Brewing Company (MBC) requests at the end of a nearly hour-long back-and-forth between the board and MBC owner Kirk Bangstad.
Winchester town board meets before election
The Winchester town board Monday — the day before election day in Wisconsin — went over possible items that could be highlighted at the town’s upcoming annual meeting.
Vilas, Oneida county highway departments ready for early spring snowstorm
An early spring snowstorm overnight Friday and into the early hours Saturday morning dropped at least 10 inches of snow over most of the Lakeland area with reports of as much as 16 inches in parts of Minocqua and 21 inches in Boulder Junction.
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Autism rates march ever higher in new CDC report
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that 1 in 36, or 2.8 percent, of 8-year-olds living in 11 monitored regions across the United States had Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in 2020, a 22-percent increase from the previous reporting period when the number was …
Pelican Forest easement resolution to return to county board in May
The Oneida County committee appointed to ensure that an accurate resolution opposing the planned DNR purchase of a 56,000-acre easement in the Pelican River Forest just about wrapped up its work this week, with committee members verbally slaying the proposed purchase as they did so.
Protasiewicz sweeps by Kelly, ushering in new era in state politics
News and analysis The liberal and Democratic-backed candidate for the state Supreme Court swept to a huge victory over her conservative opponent in Tuesday’s spring election — likely a harbinger of things to come, as liberals recaptured the majority on the state’s high court and Democrats won their fifth out …
Minocqua voters say ‘No’ to increase in tax levy
While the ballot Tuesday featured a highly publicized state supreme court race and an Oneida County judgeship race, voters in the town of Minocqua also had to decide whether to authorize the town board to increase the property tax levy by $400,000, or just over nine percent, to continue from …
Some changes in area town boards following the April election
While there was so much attention focused on the Wisconsin supreme court election battle between Dan Kelly and Janet Protasiewicz, there were some changes as the result of contested races in local government elections in towns covered on a regular basis by The Lakeland Times.
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Lakeland Airport Commission OKs airport layout plan
The four-member commission for the Noble F. Lee Memorial Field, also known as the Lakeland Airport in Arbor Vitae, approved an airport layout plan (ALP) for the facility.
WHEDA visits with Minocqua committee on labor and housing
The Minocqua ad hoc committee formed by the Minocqua town board to identify potential causes and solutions to the area’s labor and housing struggles met with a representative of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) during its March 30 meeting.
Lac du Flambeau town board, tribal council meet for first time on road closure issue
The Lac du Flambeau town board Friday met for the first time with the tribal council of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. The meeting was conducted in closed session in the meeting room of the Tribal Center in Lac du Flambeau and lasted nearly three …
Northwoods hit with early spring snowstorm
Late Friday night into Saturday morning, the Northwoods got slammed with heavy snowfall and high wind, resulting in hazardous conditions. The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Green Bay issued a hazardous weather outlook Saturday at 3:24 a.m. warning people in northeast and north central Wisconsin counties — including Oneida …
Lac du Flambeau woman prepares to file federal lawsuit against the Lac du Flambeau tribe
A Lac du Flambeau couple were in mid-March banned by the Lac du Flambeau Band Of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians from “all buildings owned” by the tribe.
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