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Lakeland Area General Election Candidate Profiles
There aren’t many contested local races in the April 7 general election for seats on Lakeland area town boards, school boards and county boards The Lakeland Times covers regularly but that doesn’t necessarily mean there won’t be a few to watch.
Plum Lake electors vote to appoint town clerk and treasurer
Voters in the town of Plum Lake have spoken. The town conducted a special meeting of electors prior to the March 10 meeting of the town board to determine whether the positions of town clerk and town treasurer should be elected or appointed.
Woodruff town board gives new buoy approval on Mid Lake
The Woodruff town board at its March 10 meeting approved a request from the Mid Lake Protection and Management District (MLPMD) for installation of a new buoy. The district’s Joe Pilarski told the town board it had received authorization at its annual meeting to seek approval for installation of a buoy in Mid Lake “if we could and to have it say ‘Shallow lake.’’’
Checking for carbon monoxide hazards
Minocqua police and fire department personnel responded late Tuesday morning to a 911 call from a business along U.S. Highway 51 near the Boardwalk shops of a carbon monoxide alarm (CO) going off. Eric Carlson, the assistant chief of the Minocqua fire department, said the initial page was to Stamp, Paper, Scissors and there was an interior CO reading of “approximately 49 percent per million of CO.”
Circle K aims to cash in on former bank site in Woodruff
If everything goes the way Circle K Stores would like it to, the Canadian-based corporation will have another convenience store along U.S. Highway 51 in Woodruff.
Newbold requests residential parking revision in Oneida County ordinance
The Newbold town board has forwarded its recommendation to the Oneida County planning and zoning department regarding a revision to the county zoning ordinance’s residential parking regulations. During the town board’s March 12 meeting, town chairman Dan Hess said the county wanted input.
Airport owners want more information for possible land purchase
The town boards of the four towns that own the Lakeland Airport — Arbor Vitae, Woodruff, Lac du Flambeau and Minocqua — met in special session on March 11 at the Arbor Vitae community center and they will meet again soon to decide on a potential land purchase for the airport.
AV-W superintendent will stay
The Arbor Vitae-Woodruff (AV-W) school district’s superintendent, Dr. Jocelyn Hardy, has decided to remain with the district. Her resignation was on the agenda of the March 9 school board meeting as a closed session item.
Lac du Flambeau and election integrity
Concerns regarding the process in how elections in the town of Lac du Flambeau are done was a topic of discussion at the March 4 meeting of the town board. The agenda item was “Election Integrity and Voter Eligibility” and town chairman Matt Gaulke began the discussion by saying there had been “a lot of questions and people questioning here” how the Feb. 17 primary election was handled.
