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Oneida County public works recommends general fund to pay for solid waste project
The Oneida County board’s public works committee has decided to recommend a different funding mechanism for the new solid waste scale office at the county landfill.
Crescent receives funds for River Road overhaul
Months after Crescent town chairman Joel Knutson initially declared intent to pursue state Town Road Improvement Supplemental (TRIS) funds to rehabilitate River Road, he announced at the April 19 town board meeting that the town would be awarded 70% of the project’s $1.2 million cost through the program.
Lumber prices are high and the building industry feels its effects
Like most products, the cost of lumber has risen dramatically over the past few years. According to a Feb. 7 press release by Alicia Naleid of the Wisconsin Builders Association (WBA), the amount of new home construction in the state decreased 5% in 2021, and homebuilding in the second half …
T.A .Solberg seeks to put ‘warehouse facility’ in residential neighborhood
The Rhinelander plan commission held public hearings April 5 on two unrelated annexation and rezoning requests from individuals seeking to add business or industrial uses to residential areas. One of the requests was forwarded to the common council for action and the other, involving the potential construction of a warehouse …
Eagle Scout project brings North Lakeland a Little Free Library
Josh Wagendorf, a senior at Lakeland Union High School, knew that he wanted his Eagle Scout project to benefit North Lakeland School, which he attended for grades K-8 and which his younger siblings currently attend. Meanwhile, North Lakeland teacher Christine Wallace had been thinking for a while that the school …
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Davis’s pier was compliant, after all
News analysis A pier whose legality was challenged by the Minocqua Plan Commission and that led to a county warning to towns about attaching rogue and irrelevant conditions on administrative review and conditional use permits turns out to have been compliant all along, the state Department of Natural Resources has …
Lake Tomahawk man enters not guilty pleas to felony drug charges
A Lake Tomahawk man facing a number of drug-related felonies in two separate cases filed earlier this year entered not guilty pleas Monday to all counts. According to online court records, circuit judge Mike Bloom also denied a motion filed by the public defender representing Benjamin R. Giebel seeking modification …
Tri-County executive director praises Petrowski’s ‘Kayleigh’s Law’
With the stroke of Gov. Tony Ever’s pen April 15, “Kayleigh’s Law,” authored by Sen. Jerry Petrowski (R-Marathon), became law.
Woodruff child abuse case in holding pattern as prosecutor awaits information on child’s prognosis
The case against a 36-year-old Woodruff man accused of physically abusing his infant son is in a holding pattern while the Oneida County district attorney’s office awaits more information from the doctors treating the child.
Lake Tomahawk man enters not guilty pleas to felony drug charges
A Lake Tomahawk man facing a number of drug-related felonies in two separate cases filed earlier this year entered not guilty pleas Monday to all counts. According to online court records, circuit judge Mike Bloom also denied a motion filed by the public defender representing Benjamin R. Giebel seeking modification …
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North Lakeland fundraiser makes an international impact
Every year, North Lakeland School’s student council holds a weeklong school-wide fundraiser for a local cause of students’ choosing. This year, the chance to win raffle baskets, gift cards and other prizes brought in a financial haul for the new Manitowish Waters Youth Center — but also gave educational opportunities …
Boulder Junction electors increase annual clerk/treasurer salary by 10%
Boulder Junction’s town clerk/treasurer will see a 10% raise beginning in April, 2023. Dan Driscoll was elected to the position in April, 2019.
Lac du Flambeau voters OK land purchase for new fire station
It took well over an hour but the Lac du Flambeau town board received direction on the next steps in the ongoing fire station project at Tuesday’s annual meeting.
Minocqua town board conducts reading for draft pier permit ordinance
Minocqua’s town board conducted a first reading for a proposed draft ordinance to regulate placement of piers and related structures Tuesday. The draft ordinance pertains to those piers and structures extending from the town rights-of-way for East Chicago Avenue, West Park Avenue and East Chicago Avenue.
Holewinski rolls to win as county board chairman
Long-time Oneida County board supervisor Scott Holewinski was elected county board chairman Tuesday, replacing the retired Dave Hintz and turning back bids by supervisors Steven Schreier and Bob Thome.
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