Brian Jopek
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Area spring election picture rundown
The spring election in the Lakeland area for seats on towns, school boards and the Vilas and Oneida county boards in The Lakeland Times coverage area looks to be, with an exception or two, relatively uneventful.
After nearly three years of blockades and legal crossfire, Lac du Flambeau road dispute enters mediation
Nearly three years after it began, the road easement issue between the town of Lac du Flambeau, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) will go to mediation.
Lac du Flambeau taps Redman Realty to list decommissioned fire station
The Lac du Flambeau town board at its Jan. 8 meeting selected Redman Realty to handle the marketing and listing for prospective buyers of the town’s former downtown fire station known as the “Wild Rice station” on Wild Rice Avenue.
Three Lakes false alarm
The report of a possible homicide in Three Lakes on Jan. 8 brought officers with the Three Lakes police department and deputies and the special response team with the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office as well as deputies with the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office to a residence a press release from the police department said was “in the area of Military Road and Sheltered Valley Road.”
Indiana woman injured in Minocqua snowmobile accident
A Lake Village, Ind., woman escaped serious injury on Jan. 3 in a late afternoon snowmobile accident on a trail near Minocqua’s Squirrel Lake boat landing on Kobart Road.
One injured in SUV/snowmobile collision
A 76-year old Sheboygan Falls man received minor injuries as the result of a collision between his snowmobile and a sport utility vehicle (SUV) on State Highway 70 at the intersection of Morgan Road on Jan. 3.
Vilas County forestry committee forwards Riverside Park resolution
The Vilas County board’s forestry, recreation and land committee at its Jan. 6 meeting forwarded a resolution to the county board’s finance and budget committee that, if approved there and then ultimately approved by the full county board at its Jan. 27 meeting, would authorize the use of county funds for phase two of what is known as the Riverside Park development on Division Street in Eagle River.
No injuries in Arbor Vitae rollover on New Year’s Day
The occupants of a sport utility vehicle (SUV) escaped serious injury as the result of a rollover on New Year’s Day in Arbor Vitae.
