Area News

Bobbie Samme’ At its meeting on Dec. 20, the Niagara City Council discussed the cost sharing plan for the Highway 141 sewer design storm water plans. “When it rains, the water must go somewhere, so storm water plans for the area from Vine to Pine Street where the utility work was performed over the last…

On Monday, February 26, the Florence County AODA/Mental Health Coalition will be offering Youth Mental Health First Aid training, from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm in the lower level conference room of the Florence County Natural Resource and Interpretive Center in Florence, WI. This groundbreaking eight-hour training course gives people the tools to identify when…

 Mary Wilson, far left, CoVantage Credit Union’s Rhinelander Branch Manager and Kyle Lewis, far right, CoVantage Credit Union’s Crandon Branch Manager presented a check from the CoVantage Cares Foundation Giving Tuesday campaign to Nancy Sattler, Executive Director of Northwoods United Way.     The Board of Directors for CoVantage Cares Foundation announced that checks totaling nearly $240,000…

Forest County Snowmobile Trails officially opened at noon on Tuesday, December 26 for the snowmobiling season. Forest County has 405.79 miles of state funded trails maintained by five snowmobile clubs including the 100 Mile Snow Safari, Lumberjack Memorial Trails, Black Bear Sportsmen’s Club Trails, Three Lakes Trails and the Tombstone-Pickerel Trails. Snowmobile clubs have been…

Jill Zagar The Forest County Executive Committee met Thursday, Dec. 21. The agenda included a discussion on Hometown Trolley and the courthouse remodel and/or rebuild project. Jamie Anderson was available to update the board on the Hometown Trolley surveying process, as it relates to the Forest County Fairgrounds. According to Anderson, boundaries are surveyed and…

Bobbie Samme’ At its monthly meeting on Monday night, the Niagara School Board was advised of federal funding that the district will soon receive. Through the Small Rural School Achievement (SRSA) program, as well as the Rural Low Income Schools program (RLIS), both federally funded entities, $53,000 will be given to the district. “Because we…

Contributors to the fresh produce project are, left to right, front: Kay McLain, Fab Lab teacher, Natalie Swanson, Dakota Wicke, Shayla McLain, Dorothy Vayda of St, Vincent de Paul. Back: Jeanne Richard, UW-Ext. FoodWIse, Coleton Armstrong, Adrian Suheski, RJ Knepper.   The University of Wisconsin Extension, FoodWIse program works closely with St. Vincent DePaul Food…

Richard D Ackley Jr. Whether it’s sitting by the comfort of a fire with a glass of wine in luxurious surroundings or simply relaxing in a spa; the Crystal Bell Inn and Spa bed and breakfast in Wabeno offers the romance of a private resort or a restful family get-away. Nestled on top of the…

The owners of Nu-Roc Community Healthcare, Craig and Paul Newton have made announcement that as of January 1, 2018, transfer of ownership will take place and that Champion Care, LLC will be the provider to carry on the Nu-Roc tradition. The family business of nearly 65 years will be transferred to a company which is…

Mike Pruehl, left, Sokaogon Chippewa Community’s Mole Lake Fishery Biologist and Larry Sommer, past president of LLAA admiring one of the 300 large whitefish being reintroduced into Lake Lucerne. By Chris Suchocki, Aquaculture Technician of UWM Three hundred lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) were stocked into Lake Lucerne on October 19. The fish were around 15-18…