Brian Jopek
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Cassian town board forwards sawmill operation CUP application to Oneida County
The Cassian town board during its Jan. 12 meeting voted to forward a conditional use permit (CUP) application from Twin Forest Products. If ultimately approved by the Oneida County board’s planning and development committee, the firm, based in Marathon, would build another sawmill operation in Cassian along U.S. Highway 51.
Filing deadline extension yields a Vilas County board candidate
At least one vacancy on the Vilas County board going into the April 7 election has been avoided. The filing deadline for candidates in this spring’s election was 5 p.m. on Jan. 6.
Chimney check on Northridge Way in Woodruff
Woodruff firefighters on Jan. 13 responded to the report of smoke in a house on Northridge Way. Woodruff fire chief Victor Gee, involved in finding the cause of the smoke, told The Lakeland Times there was no fire.
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.
