Home destroyed by fire in Lac du Flambeau
No one injured; cause traced to an attempt to unthaw water pipes
Fire destroyed a home on Oberland Lane in Lac du Flambeau on Nov. 1.
Scholl Community Impact Group’s horse show and open house
There were plenty of smiles and, in some cases, tears of joy and happiness during an open house and horse show Saturday at the Scholl Community Impact Group (SCIG) facility in Winchester.
Woodruff town board OKs cemetery imaging software
The Woodruff town board last week approved the purchase of software that is expected to make record keeping for the Evergreen Cemetery much more accurate.
AV-W school board approves 2023-24 budget and tax levy
There were issues at the state-level calculating state aid numbers for the Arbor Vitae-Woodruff school district but despite that, the school board on Oct. 26 was able to approve the district’s 2023-24 property tax levy of $6,321,706 and budget of $10,347,962.
MHLT 2023-24 tax levy and budget approved
Ellis: ‘It is a deficit spending budget’
Following a very brief budget hearing the school board for the Minocqua Hazelhurst Lake Tomahawk school district Monday set the district’s 2023-24 property tax levy and budget.
North Lakeland school board approves 2024 budget
The North Lakeland School district’s board of education last week approved the district’s budget for 2024.
Vilas County board approves 2024 budget and tax levy
The Vilas County board at its Oct. 24 meeting approved the county’s 2024 budget and property tax levy. of $17,553,477, an increase of $203,628 more than 2023.
Vilas County exits current Tri-County Human Services Board agreement
Agency will continue; recommendations for a new structure to be presented to the county board no later than March 31
The Vilas County board last week approved a resolution for the county’s withdrawal from participation in the Tri-County Human Services Board.
Boulder Junction town board approves fire truck funding resolution
Galloway provides EMS district update; indicates Presque Isle special election may be a factor
The Boulder Junction town board last week approved a resolution authorizing the financing of a new Pierce fire truck.
LdF church resale store demolished by LdF tribe
Despite the demolition and loss of most of its parking lot, officials with Community Presbyterian Church say it will continue
With its effort to save The Attic a failure, the members of the Community Presbyterian Church in Lac du Flambeau want to make the public aware the church itself will continue.
Lakeland Airport Commission still looking at solar farm possibility
The idea to put a solar farm somewhere on Lakeland Airport property was first brought to the Lakeland Airport Commission earlier this year.
Fire destroys abandoned Lac du Flambeau house
Fire destroyed a house on Was-Wa-Gon Street in Lac du Flambeau Sunday night.
Levy limit referendum may happen in Minocqua
Hartzheim: ‘... levy limits have kept us from increasing our budget very much at all’
The Minocqua town board last week finished 2024 budget preparations and set the date for the budget hearing and electors meeting.
Lac du Flambeau doesn’t get water main hookup for new fire station
LdF tribe had been approached about the possibility months ago
When the new fire station for the town of Lac du Flambeau was designed by architect Glenn Morrison, his building design had options for a well and for the building to be tied into a nearby water main maintained by the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
First informational meeting for a possible Vilas County ambulance service conducted
Burkett: ‘This is strictly information’
Vilas County board chairman Jerry Burkett made things pretty clear at the start of an hour-long meeting of the county board’s law enforcement and emergency management committee held on Oct. 18 in Eagle River.
MHLT fourth grade goes to Madison
Vanderleest: ‘It was one of the best experiences these kids have had’
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, will more than likely be one of those days a fourth grader in the Minocqua Hazelhurst Lake Tomahawk (MHLT) school district will remember.
Property assessments on land involved in Lac du Flambeau road issue tumble
Carlson: ‘I reduced their marketable value down to 25 percent of what it had been’
When the Lac du Flambeau town board conducts its board of review on Wednesday, Oct. 25, there may be more than a few property owners there to object to their proposed 2023 property assessment.
Position of LdF landowners clarified in DOJ lawsuit against the town
The Oct. 4 meeting of the Lac du Flambeau town board featured early in the meeting some clarification made by town resident Mary Possin.
Position of LdF landowners in DOJ lawsuit clarified
The Oct. 4 meeting of the Lac du Flambeau town board featured a clarification courtesy of town resident Mary Possin.
Minocqua town board takes final action to lower Old Hwy. 70 speed limit to 25 miles per hour
The Minocqua town board, as expected, approved at its Oct. 3 meeting an ordinance amendment officially establishing a 25-mile per-hour speed limit for Old Highway 70 and Niemi Road.
Lac du Flambeau town board once again tries for answers
Gaulke: ‘We’ll see what happens’
The Lac du Flambeau town board met in closed session for about 20 minutes during its Oct. 4 regular meeting, coming out of closed session with a motion from town supervisor Bob Hanson.
Lac du Flambeau tribe general election results
The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians held a general election for tribal council on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
15-year-old suspect in car theft, car chase and cabin break-in arrested in Vilas County
Multiple law enforcement agencies in at least three counties were involved in attempts to apprehend a 15-year-old male allegedly involved in car theft as well as theft of other personal property including a utility task vehicle (UTV) and guns.
Winchester wake boat ordinance moves closer to final approval
The town of Winchester’s planning commission will get another look at a draft of new wake boat ordinance before it goes to the town board.
VCEDC provides annual report for the Vilas County board
Maulson: ‘We have a few businesses ... they’re struggling’
The Vilas County board at its Sept. 26 meeting heard annual report from representatives with the Vilas County Economic Development Corporation (VCEDC).
Lac du Flambeau to receive financial relief in tribal road easement issue
Town’s insurance carrier has agreed to pickup legal costs in DOJ lawsuit
The Lac du Flambeau town board met with legal counsel for a little more than two hours in closed session during a Sept. 27 special meeting.
Vilas County board approves school resource officer positions
Smith: ‘At some point in time, we need to say no’
The Vilas County board last week approved the creation of two school resource officer (SRO) positions.
MHLT school board OKs $484k storage building bid
By the time the 2024-25 school year begins, the Minocqua Hazelhurst Lake Tomahawk (MHLT) school district will have a new storage building.
Woodruff town board authorizes plow truck purchase
Town’s 20-year-old Oshkosh truck headed to Michigan
The Woodruff town board last week authorized the expenditure of $331,592 for a new tandem-axle plow truck, known in most municipal and county road work as a patrol truck.
The Attic in Lac du Flambeau may be on borrowed time
Presbyterian Church’s resale shop said to be on tribal burial ground
In August, a large portion of the parking lot at Lac du Flambeau’s Presbyterian Church was designated off-limits after follow-up testing for human remains by the tribal historic preservation department (THPD) of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians on Aug. 17.
Vilas County board of adjustment topples Boulder Junction cellphone tower
After a six-hour hearing, the vote was 4-1 to reverse late July permit approval
The Vilas County board of adjustment conducted a public hearing Monday at the Boulder Junction community center.
Lac du Flambeau town board, residents discuss road issue
Hanson: ‘We don’t get to lead the orchestra’
The Lac du Flambeau town board was in question-answering and responding mode at its Sept. 19 meeting. The questions were from residents and centered around the ongoing expired easement matter the town is involved with the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Chippewa Indians over.
EAA’s Young Eagles take off at Lakeland Airport
Event designed to generate interest in flying
27 area school students participated in the 2023 edition of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) Young Eagles program at the Lakeland Airport in Arbor Vitae on Saturday.
New MHLT woodworking program gets a boost
Tool purchase approved by school board, donation received
The purchase of equipment for the new woodworking class that’s planned to begin during the second semester of the 2023-24 school year in the Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk (MHLT) school district was approved by the school board Monday.
Lake Tomahawk town board introduced to the OCCWA
Rempala: ‘I’m grateful for what we have and try to protect it’
“Exploring the issues that affect our rivers, lakes and ground water” is the opening on the website for the environmental organization Oneida County Clean Waters Action (OCCWA) and the Lake Tomahawk town board received an OCCWA presentation at its Sept. 12 meeting.
Town of Lac du Flambeau sues Bureau of Indian Affairs
Gaulke: ‘It’s a federal agency and it’s not following federal law’
If there’s one thing there’s no shortage of in the ongoing expired road easement issue in Lac du Flambeau between the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and the town is legal action.
Woodruff, Lake Tomahawk town boards have no issue with ATV/UTV trails
Trails are in portions of the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest
The Woodruff and Lake Tomahawk town boards last week gave their approval to all terrain vehicle (ATV) and utility task vehicle (UTV) trails in the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest.
One man arrested after St. Germain school disturbance
School briefly on lockdown Friday
One man was arrested late Friday morning as the result of an incident at the St. Germain Elementary School.
Cassian town board takes formal action against drug rehabilitation facility plans
The opposition by the Cassian town board to plans for an adolescent recovery and wellness center (ARWC) that the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. (GLITC) plans to build on 154 acres it purchased on North Pine Square Road in Cassian is now official.
Deadline nears for Lac du Flambeau in two lawsuits
Town has until Sept. 18 to respond to lawsuits filed in road issue
The town of Lac du Flambeau has a few more days to submit responses to two lawsuits brought against the town related to the ongoing easement expiration issue on tribal land between the town and the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
Oneida County administration committee moves OCEDC budget proposal forward
Schreier: ‘This should have been discussed a year-and-a-half ago’
The Oneida County board’s administration committee Monday unanimously approved a motion from committee member Ted Cushing to send the 2024 budget for the Oneida County Economic Development Corporation (OCEDC) forward to the county’s 2024 budget process.
Vilas County zoning committee moves short term rental ordinance forward
County has no tourist rooming house ordinance; public hearing in early November
The consensus of the Vilas County board’s zoning and planning committee last week was to move forward with a recommendation for implementation of an ordinance for tourist rooming houses and short term rentals.
Lac du Flambeau town board chooses new fire chief and EMS director
The Lac du Flambeau town board last week formally appointed a new fire chief and emergency medical service (EMS) director.
Winchester town board sets EMS district public hearing
Also approved is the town’s share of the contract to continue with EMS consulting firm
The Winchester town board last week addressed two items related to the town’s participation in a consortium of four Vilas County towns that have been for the past several months looking at resolutions to improve the volunteer shortage in the emergency medical service (EMS) realm.
Boulder Junction’s community playground dedicated
Nearly a year after its groundbreaking, the new Boulder Junction community playground was formally dedicated Saturday.
No serious injuries in Labor Day float plane incident
Single-engine aircraft flipped over upon landing on Boulder Junction’s Island Lake
A Madison man escaped serious injury on Monday when the single-engine float plane he was flying flipped over upon landing on Island Lake in Boulder Junction.
No one injured in Pinkhurst Drive garage fire
A garage on Pinkhurst Drive on Minocqua’s west side was destroyed in a fire Tuesday evening.
Lac du Flambeau road issue at an apparent standstill
As the town continues monthly payments to the LdF tribe, negotiations haven’t taken place in well over a month
As an apparent result of the ongoing issue in Lac du Flambeau regarding the expiration of easements over a decade ago on tribal land tied into four town roads, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians on Aug. 22 approved via referendum a tribal road access permitting ordinance.
OVTC approves van purchase
Northwoods Transit Connections beginning a move away from buses
As part of the overall plan to get vehicles replaced on a regular basis and a move away from buses, the Oneida Vilas Transit Commission (OVTC), which oversees Northwoods Transit Connections (NTC), at its Aug. 31 meeting approved the purchase of three Ford Transit vans.
Four-town EMS district public hearings on the way
Manitowish Waters, Presque Isle, Winchester and Boulder Junction aren’t waiting for Vilas County
The month of September will be a busy one for Manitowish Waters town chairman John Hanson and other town officials in Boulder Junction, Presque Isle and Winchester as the four towns take the next step in the possible establishment of a four-town emergency medical service (EMS) district.