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Kampf pleads guilty in overdose death case
The 26-year-old Stevens Point man accused of providing the heroin police say caused the death of a Newbold woman back in 2019 will be sentenced next week after pleading guilty to first-degree reckless homicide/deliver drugs and possession of heroin (<= 3g)?with intent to deliver.
Woodruff asked for support from Dr. Kate Museum
2023 will mark the 70th anniversary of the “Million Penny Parade” in the town of Woodruff, volunteers with the Dr. Kate Museum attended Tuesday’s meeting of the Woodruff town board to ask for town support.
MHLT board gets cost estimates for possible parking upgrade
In May of this year, the Minocqua Hazelhurst Lake Tomahawk school district’s board of education approved spending no more than $48,000 to have an engineering study of the school’s parking lot done.
Fire strikes Al-Gen Dinner Club
The Al-Gen Dinner Club on N. Faust Lake Road will be closed “for the forseeable future” following a kitchen fire Friday evening, Sept. 9, according to owner Rob Swearingen.
From immigration to law enforcement, Barnes proposes a radical agenda
News analysis Nationally, Democrats are looking to Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes as the best hope they have to flipping a U.S. Senate seat, and, so far so good, as most polls show Barnes with a slight lead over the incumbent, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.
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Minocqua plan commission OKs CUP application for new Starbucks
The Minocqua plan commission Tuesday approved a conditional use permit (CUP) for a Starbucks retail location that will be built along U.S. Highway 51, just north of the Minocqua Kwik Trip convenience store.
LUHS board, community members discuss CRT and gender issues
The Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) board of education’s committee of the whole met for their monthly meeting on Tuesday. The agenda contained two topics but the meeting lasted nearly two hours as the topics were two of what can be a couple of the most contentious in public school …
LdF town board approves Foley crane usage on request first basis
The Lac du Flambeau town board has authorized Foley Tree Service to operate its roughly 140,000-pound crane on town roads. The town board took the action during its regular meeting on Sept. 7 and the authorization is, essentially, on a case-by-case, or a by request basis. Ted Foley told the …
Oneida County highway committee chooses culvert type for Schoepke
The Oneida County highway department last week chose the type of culvert to install on County Highway B’s Wolf River, crossing in the town of Schoepke. No ordinary culvert, highway commissioner Alex Hegeman told the committee one of the goals of the project is he “wanted the new structure to …
Hazardous wake prefaced in Newbold
The issue of hazardous wake was prefaced at Newbold’s Sept. 8 regular town board meeting by Oneida County supervisor Jim Winkler, while he gave the board his monthly update.
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Ojibwe culture stressed at Lac du Flambeau school board meeting
The Lac du Flambeau public school district’s board of education at its Sep. 7 meeting was updated by Doreen Wawronowicz on what it is she and others do in the process to get grants for the district.
Presque Isle electors vote on land sale
Last Thursday, Presque Isle electors authorized the town board the ability to sell land, not exceeding two acres, along Oxbow Road. The vote passed 22 in favor, three opposed.
Oneida County to cover CDL training costs for prospective employees
Oneida County recently approved a promissory note to pay for prospective highway department employees needing to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL).
Study: Autism prevalence continues to rise in the U.S.
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is continuing to increase in the United States, with a recent study finding that, in 2019 and 2020, an estimated 3.14 percent of children and adolescents have the disorder.
Oneida County sheriff’s office investigating Hazelhurst, Cassian burglaries
The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a series of burglaries, attempted burglaries criminal damage to property (CDTP) that occurred in the towns of Cassian and Hazelhurst in July and August.
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