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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.
Lynne town board teams up with Minocqua on Willow Road issue
The Oneida County board’s highway committee is waiting to hear more from the towns of Lynne and Minocqua regarding the Lynne town board’s jurisdictional transfer request submitted to the highway committee.
Nomm manages to stay on LUHS board
In the immediate aftermath of the April 7 election, it appeared Lisa Nomm, running for re-election to the Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) board of education, lost her seat.
Blue Lake Road/Hwy. 51 intersection work to begin
As crews with Chippewa Concrete Services work on U.S. Highway 51 between Front Street south to the bridge over Lake Minocqua, Minocqua-area road project – to improve the intersection of Hwy. 51 and Blue Lake Road – will also be getting underway.
Preliminary hearing date set for Elliott in Iron County
The preliminary hearing for an Illinois man involved in a Jan. 16 Iron County snowmobile crash that resulted in the death of his father has been set for May 28 by Iron County judge Anthony J. Stella. Colton Elliott, 20, Coal City, is charged with one count of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, a Class D felony, and remains free on a $10,000 bond.
Local spring 2026 election is a wrap
There weren’t many contested races in the April 7 election for county boards, town boards and school boards The Lakeland Times regularly covers but there were some interesting outcomes.
