Brian Jopek
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Squirrel Lake Owners Association purchases AEDs
An automated external defibrillator (AED) for public access was mounted on Thursday, April 30 to an exterior wall of the Minocqua fire department’s station two on Bo Di Lac Road.
One dead in Oneida County UTV crash
A Salem man died as the result of injuries sustained when the 2024 Polaris utility task vehicle (UTV) he was operating struck a tree on a trail in the town of Enterprise on May 2.
Ironwood woman charged in Arbor Vitae rollover crash
A 30 year-old Ironwood woman injured in an April 25 rollover crash on U.S. Highway 51 near the intersection with Timber Meadows Road in Arbor Vitae faces six traffic charges in connection with the incident.
One man cited for disorderly conduct during MBC protest
A Green Bay man was cited for disorderly conduct by Minocqua police during a protest in the vicinity of the Minocqua Brewing Company (MBC) on May 2. MBC owner Kirk Bangstad had a beer tasting at noon that day and according to a press release from Minocqua police chief Glenn Janzer, officers were in the area of the business “for a planned protest.”
Minocqua town board moves to correct illegal meeting mistake
The Minocqua town board at its May 5 meeting took a step to correct a mistake that it and three other town boards made during the most recent meeting of the four governing bodies.
Area DOT projects on track
Two area projects involving the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) that started in early April are still set to be largely complete before the Memorial Day weekend. One of the projects is on a 7.2 mile stretch of road U.S. Highway 51 just north of the Hwy. 51/U.S. Highway 8 interchange in Lincoln County.
Former Plum Lake town hall used in firefighting training exercise
The building in the town of Sayner built in 1938 and once housed the Plum Lake town office and was the town hall, was the site on May 2 for a search and rescue exercise conducted by personnel with the Plum Lake and St. Germain fire departments.
‘It just took a little bit of time’
In May of 2023, Nicolet College hosted one of the 3/4 scale, traveling versions of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Casey Lehmann, an eight year veteran of service in the Wisconsin Army National Guard (WIARNG) that included a 2003-04 deployment to Iraq with the WIARNG’s 724th Engineer Battalion , is the college’s finance manager and coordinated the 2023 visit that resulted in the college receiving one of its panels.
Lakeland airport owners hold an illegal meeting
The town boards of the four towns that own the Lakeland Airport in Arbor Vitae — Arbor Vitae, Minocqua, Lac du Flambeau and Woodruff — agreed at the end of an April 29 special meeting to authorize the purchase of of land near the airport by the Lakeland Airport Commission (LAC).
