Vilas County News Review Headlines

Four faculty and four students recently represented Fab Lab Three Lakes at the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) conference in Milwaukee.

St. Germain will hold its annual town meeting  Tuesday, April 21, at 7 p.m. at the community center. 

The town of Phelps will have a new chairman, as challenger Steve Doyen defeated incumbent Colin Snook 287 votes to 280 in the spring election, according to preliminary results.

The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has approved an emergency rule that maintains a three-walleye daily bag limit on most lakes and rivers in the Wisconsin ceded territory.

Phelps’ education legacy locked into continuation

In the town of Conover, incumbent George Champeny will keep his position as chairman after defeating challenger Gary Lagueux, Jr., according to preliminary spring election results.

In a town of Lincoln election contest for supervisor, Robert “Mac” McDonald upset incumbent Scott Nordstrom in Tuesday’s election 205-185.

The town of Phelps will have a new chairman, as challenger Steve Doyen defeated incumbent Colin Snook 287 votes to 280 in the spring election, according to preliminary results.

State Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley secured a third, 10-year term on the court in Tuesday’s election, beating Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley.

Incumbents Mike Kwaterski and Tom Rulseh will retain their seats on the Three Lakes School Board, according to preliminary elections results.

The town of Plum Lake will have a new chairman, as challenger Will Maines defeated incumbent Dianne Briggs in the spring election Tuesday according to preliminary election results.

Town of Cloverland residents voted 128 to 98 against allowing all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) on town roads in an advisory vote in Tuesday’s election.

Voters in the Phelps School District easily approved a referendum to allow the school board to exceed the revenue limit  by $1,182,000 each of the next six years.

Town of Washington incumbent Chairman Jim Spring defeated challenger Ken Anderson 270 to 163 in Tuesday’s election.

The proposed $2.3 million renovation and expansion project at Walter E.

Vilas and Oneida counties rank near the middle of the pack for health in the state, according to the annual County Health Rankings released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Instit

PHELPS — In celebration of the North Woods’ heritage of maple syrup production, the Phelps community will hold its fourth annual Maple Syrup Fest this Saturday, April 11, from 8 a.m.

The Eagle River Figure Skating Club announced that the 2015 Silver Blades Ice Show, “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” will take place at the Eagle River Ice Arena Saturday, April 11, at 6 p.m.

The certainty brought by a recent bid opening and the surprise of $41,000 of additional Stewardship Grant funds are the latest marks of progress in building the Conover-Phelps biking and hiking t