Trevor Greene
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MHLT students learn about the Northwoods living experience
Seventh grade students of Minocqua Hazelhurst Lake Tomahawk School (MHLT) have had the opportunity the last two years to take a class about the outdoors and the traditions that come with living in the Northwoods.
Minocqua Winter Farmers Market to debut Nov. 9
While swimming, boating and walking outside in a T-shirt has gone away with the summer weather, there’s one thing that will be here to stay this winter — that’s Minocqua’s farmers market. The Minocqua Area Visitors Bureau has decided to continue the usual summer months only farmers market into the winter this year, dubbing it as the Minocqua Winter Farmers Market.
LUHS reassigns over $3 million in general fund, budget gets approved
The Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) board of education agreed at its Oct. 27 meeting to move $3,473,500 from an assigned account to an unassigned account. At the school board’s Oct. 13 special meeting, district business manager Eric Schley explained that she couldn’t understand when and why that money was designated as “assigned” funding.
Where do you find a Wisconsin ring-neck?
The pheasant hunting season in Wisconsin opened on Oct. 18 and, according to the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR), approximately 75,000 birds from the state’s game farm will be stocked on over 80 properties statewide. Daily bag limits were one rooster per day the first two days of the season, but now that daily bag limit has increased to two.
Groundbreaking held for 112-unit apartment complex being built in Minocqua
A groundbreaking was held on Oct. 24 for a new apartment complex coming to Minocqua’s west side, just east of Wildwood Wildlife Park Zoo and Safari. Aspen Grove Apartments will consist of 112 units over seven two-story buildings with 16 apartments in each and ranging from one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom options.
Boulder Junction town board raises room tax rate by 1.25%
The Boulder Junction town board agreed to raise the town’s room tax by 1.25 percent during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Currently, the room tax rate in the town is 5.5 percent and it will be 6.75 percent starting in 2026. The max allowable room tax rate by the state a town can have is 8 percent.
Presque Isle town board will seek legal advice on who should prepare Times’ record request
The Presque Isle town board held a special meeting on Oct. 23 to primarily discuss preparing a resolution in order to ask electors to exceed its levy limit by over $1 million dollars. However, board members indicated there will need to be another special meeting to handle that and discussed a few other items instead — such as an open records request made by The Lakeland Times in February that hasn’t been satisfied by the town.
It's BIG: Van Remortel reflects on state record musky caught earlier this year
While the end to musky season is getting closer each day, one memory that won’t soon be forgotten from this season is Jeff Van Remortel’s 56-inch monster caught on Green Bay June 4.
