Two youth hunters won bear tags this year through the Northwoods Youth Deer Hunt Challenge (NWYDHC) bear tag and guided hunt drawing. Names were drawn on Aug. 1 at The Lakeland Times. The winners include 13-year-old Kaden Timmons and 15-year-old Kamryn Woods.
Tom Swanson of Boulder Junction was no doubt a legend of musky fishing. Some may even call him a guide’s guide. He died last month at the age of 78. In 1952, at age 6, Swanson moved with his parents to Boulder Junction to operate Milo Lodge on White Sand Lake.
A Bangor woman was found guilty at the conclusion of a five-day jury trial in Oneida County court on Aug. 1. Andrea Walker, 44, was convicted of first degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime, a class C felony that carries a maximum of 40 years in prison.
Even though a motion was made by a Fifield town supervisor to deny a request for mileage reimbursement submitted by a Pike Lake firefighter for over $550 and from 2023, no decision by the town board was made at its Tuesday meeting and town chairman Bill Felch indicated the town’s attorney will be contacted.
Burt M. Kazlausky, 51 of Woodruff, was arrested in Rhinelander on July 28 and is being charged in Oneida County court with his fifth operating while intoxicated (OWI) offense, a class G felony.
The Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) board of education at its meeting on July 28 heard new district administrator Jamie Koepp talk about his goals for this upcoming school year. Koepp, formerly of the Watertown school district, began his tenure with LUHS early last month.
A culvert project on River Road prompted the Newbold town board to ask the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) about multiple dams town supervisor Dan Hess said are roughly 100 years old. The topic was discussed by the board at its July 31 meeting.
Last week, the Lac du Flambeau Tribal Police Department and the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office said there had been no updates on Melissa Beson, the 37-year-old Lac du Flambeau woman who was last seen on March 17.
The Minocqua town board at its July 24 meeting agreed to have director of public works Mark Pertile get construction bids for a downtown street lights project, which is estimated to cost $1.7 million, though a significant amount would be paid with federal grant funding.
The Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) board of education, after reconvening into open session following a closed session discussion at a Monday meeting, agreed to hire Jacob Bertagnoli as an assistant principal.