Starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 10 and 7 p.m. Saturday, November 11, Crandon Drama presents “Double Trouble” by Angela D. Stewart. The story follows a brainiac scientist who created a formula and his bumbling assistant who spills the formula, causing mayhem in the scientist’s lab. The scientist, the assistant, two visiting teenagers and…

Dexter Baxter by Jill Zagar      The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, at the request of the Crandon Police Department, has been investigating an officer involved death that took place on the evening of October 22, in Crandon. A traffic stop conducted by a Crandon police officer led to a physical altercation between…

Bobbie Samme’ The 2017-2018 tax levy for the Niagara School District was approved on Monday night at its school board meeting. The .00975 levy, up from last year’s .00933, amounts to a homeowner’s annual school property taxes of $975 for a $100,000 home, noted Nate Burklund, school superintendent. “It increased slightly but not by much,”…

Sarah Giddings The Florence Ladycats volleyball team is going to Sectionals. After an undefeated conference season, the team nailed the win in the final regional game against Wausaukee on Saturday. Coach Joan Canfield had confidence in her team, but was also aware of the danger of being over-confident. “Everybody has a clean slate. And everyone…

If you were out and about town on Friday, you may have noticed an unusually high number of law enforcement vehicles patrolling Florence County. Perhaps you were pulled over on two separate occasions for a broken taillight. The reason for this is a new tactic the Florence County Sheriff’s Department is using in attempt to…

Sarah Giddings Representative Sean Duffy of Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District traveled throughout his territory on Friday, stopping for listening sessions in Crandon, Eagle River and Florence. The meetings were moderated by Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany and were a forum for residents on topics such as healthcare reform, property taxes, North Korea, social programs, road funding,…

  Jill Zagar Eli Kassler, 11, son of Corrie Kassler, the Family Nurse Practitioner at the Crandon Clinic, needs our help. Eli, a kind and energetic boy who loves hockey and fishing, has been diagnosed with t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a particularly difficult form of leukemia to treat. Eli is being treated in Milwaukee. He…

Jill Zagar      On Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 17 and 18, Patty Kirker’s civil trial continued at the Forest County Courthouse in front of Judge Russell of Lincoln County. Kirker is charged with several felonies and misdemeanors regarding the abuse of animals she had kept at her home on County Road S, “Long S”, in Crandon.…

Sarah Giddings A dream came true for two young men this September. Simon Moore-Watson and Harrison Abbe both have a passion for hunting and the outdoors, but face severe health problems. Simon has spina bifida and a tethered cord, which means he uses a wheelchair to get around. Harrison was diagnosed with spinal cord astrocytoma…

Come to the library on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. to take a ghostly journey to some of the most haunted places in Wisconsin. Join us for a presentation by Chad Lewis, who has traveled the back roads of the world in search of the strange and unusual for over two decades. This haunted…