A Minocqua man found in possession of child pornography in 2024 was sentenced on Sept. 5 and will avoid jail time. Marathon County judge Gregory Strasser handed down the sentence to Jacob Riley Collins, 23, for four misdemeanor class A charges of possessing harmful material exposing a child and one felony class I charge of exposing a child to harmful material.
An Arbor Vitae bar and restaurant was broken into the night of Sept. 11 and the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office has been notified, according to a Facebook post by the business.
The Newbold town board at its Sept. 11 meeting agreed to amend its short-term rental ordinance in order to make what town chairman Dan Hess indicated were minor changes. The board, in March, adopted an ordinance regulating tourist rooming houses, or short-term rentals, which are properties most commonly advertised on websites such as VRBO and AirBnb.
Hunting season is just getting started in the Northwoods. Tomorrow is opening day for bow hunting and upland bird hunting and bear hunting is in full swing. Migratory bird hunting, in some capacity, has already begun, but, for the Northern Zone, the regular season will kick off on Sept. 27.
The Minocqua plan commission on Tuesday recommended approval of a conditional use permit (CUP) application to the town board for a new business to operate a retail space selling waterfront equipment with outdoor display areas.
The Manitowish Waters town board at its meeting Tuesday declined to move forward with opening up Circle Lily Road and Tower Road for all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and utility task vehicle (UTV) use. Town supervisor Lynn Schroeder said a person in town came to him and requested the board consider having that stretch of road opened up.
The Minocqua town board at its Sept. 2 meeting agreed to have fire chief Rich Carani seek bids from three different manufacturers in order to potentially replace two fire trucks, a 1995 Pierce engine and a 1998 Freightliner tender, at the fire department’s station 2, also known as Bo-Di-Lac station.
Presque Isle town supervisor Cathy Logan Weber introduced a draft Zoom policy at the town board’s Sept. 4 meeting. Zoom is an online platform where people can attend meetings in the comfort of their homes as long as they have internet access.
This year’s open water fishing season isn’t over, and many anglers look at it as if it’s just getting started. Fall is just about upon us and diehards are chomping at the bit to get into a monster musky. For me though, it’s time to put the fishing rods away and prepare for hunting season.
Minocqua town chairman Mark Hartzheim, at a meeting on Tuesday, shared with the town board additional information he received from the state Department of Revenue (DOR) about a premiere resort area tax (PRAT) the state approved for the town earlier this year in the biennial budget.