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Fourth OWI and officer obstruction charges for Baraboo man

A Baraboo man was arrested in Three Lakes last Monday night for a 4th OWI offense and obstructing an officer. Kendall J. Meyer, 56, was charged with one count of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence-4th offense, a class H felony, and one count of resisting or obstructing an officer, a class A misdemeanor.

Newbold town board nixes Rookery Run tower proposal, hears finance update

A proposal to place a 100-foot service tower on Rookery Run found little support at the Feb. 12 Newbold town board meeting, held at the Newbold Community Center.

Woodshed burns in Harshaw Friday night

A woodshed fire in Harshaw last Friday night, Feb. 13, resulted in some heavy lifting for several area fire departments. When the Cassian fire department arrived on the scene at 8904 Poplar Lane shortly after 8 p.m., a 40 by 20 woodshed holding 15 to 18 cords of wood was ablaze.

Two Eagle River men face drug-related charges in Oneida County

Court dates have been set for a pair of Eagle River men arrested in Woodruff Feb. 6 on drug-related charges. According to an Oneida County Sheriff’s Office supplemental report submitted with the criminal complaint, an after-midnight traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Edward Falcetta, 58, led to the arrests of passengers Scott Rich, 39, and Larry Veach III, 29.

Nitty-gritty of Newbold’s subdivision and platting ordinance being reviewed by town plan commission

The Newbold plan commission has begun the line-by-line process of reviewing, discussing and proposing revisions to Newbold Town Ordinance Chapter 13 Subdivision and Platting. The discussion filled much of the commission’s meeting last Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Newbold Community Center.

Newbold weighs rezoning request for former school building

The possibility of re-zoning the former Newbold School, from rural residential to a classification suitable for a range of businesses Newbold resident Eric Borchardt wants to bring to the building, was one of the major topics at the Newbold town board’s regular meeting last Thursday, Jan. 29.

Free laptops narrowing the digital gap

An effort is underway to bridge the digital divide in the Northwoods, laptop by laptop. Last Friday, Jan. 30, the Rhinelander District Library welcomed 50 pre-registered Oneida County residents to a distribution event giving away free laptops. As RDL IT coordinator Ashley Greenhaw checked in the recipients, John Potters, a contracted project manager for Human-I-T, passed out each boxed, refurbished machine.

Trio of senior citizens charged with possession of fentanyl with intent to deliver

Cash bond of $500,000 apiece for three Eagle River senior citizens has been set by Oneida County judge Mary Sowinski. Each is charged with one count of possession with intent to deliver more than 50 grams of Fentanyl. Barry Clure, 69, Susan Cody, 74, and Patrick Menting, 63, were arrested Jan. 17 after a traffic stop in the town of Monico for the expired registration of Clure’s vehicle.

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