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Woodruff sends hotel CUP application to Oneida County
The conditional use permit (CUP) application for a 70-room Hampton Inn hotel and an eight-unit housing facility for the business’s employees in Woodruff was forwarded to the Oneida County board’s planning and development committee for its consideration by the Woodruff town board on April 21.
AV-W school district to get a new EL coach
The Arbor Vitae-Woodruff (AV-W) school district will pursue the hiring of a new Expeditionary Learning (EL) coach to succeed Lauren Beversdorf. Her resignation from the school district was effective at the end of the 2024-25 school year.
Arbor Vitae has state grant approved to help rebuild ‘beat-up’ Witches Lake Road
The town of Arbor Vitae has been selected as a recipient of funding for work on one of its town roads through the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT). The town received a confirmation letter to that effect on April 14 from Kristina Boardman, Wisconsin’s DOT secretary, who notified the town a project to improve a portion of Witches Lake Road had been selected.
Vilas County board conducts post-election reorganization
Vilas County supervisor Jerry Burkett will once again serve as board chair. That was one of the results of the county board’s post-April election reorganization during its April 21 meeting. Burkett was nominated by county supervisor Dan Swiecichowski which received a second, one of them from county supervisor Holly Tomalnovich.
Lac du Flambeau town board approves final payment to NASI Construction
It’s taken a little longer than the Lac du Flambeau town board would have liked but the final payment to the primary contractor for construction of the town’s new fire station on State Highway 47 was made during the town board’s April 15 meeting.
Oneida County committee tables CUP application for new Woodruff convenience store
The Oneida County board’s planning and development committee during an April 15 public hearing tabled a conditional use permit (CUP) application submitted in January by convenience store chain Circle K Stores.
Charges expected against Minoqua gunsmith
Charges against a Minocqua business owner are expected to be filed this week. In a press release issued on April 16, Minocqua police chief Glenn Janzer stated a search warrant was executed at Relentless Precision, a gunsmith shop on State Highway 70 on Minocqua’s west side, early that morning.
AV-W school district plans to roll out family survey this fall
The board of education for the Arbor Vitae-Woodruff school district was asked during its April 13 meeting about the status of the possibility of surveys that district parents could participate in. AV-W parent Tiffany Trainor asked about the matter during the public comment portion of Monday’s school board meeting; she’d asked about surveys at the November school board meeting and at the February meeting.
Hazelhurst to form veterans memorial committee
The Hazelhurst town board is ready to move to a next step in establishing a veterans memorial for the town. It’s been something town supervisor Jeff Verdoorn has been researching and during the April 14 town board meeting, he provided an update which included the discovery there are no grant programs available at the state level to fund a veterans memorial.
