Vilas County News Review Headlines

Northwoods Summer Art Tour will be Friday through Sunday, July 29-31. Thirty-two selected studios will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., all three days.

Pig in the Pines: Bacon, BBQ and Bands will be held at St. Germain Community Park Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5 and 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., both days. 

The third annual POPs Alive! Concert will be held Thursday, July 21, at 7 p.m. at Prince of Peace (POP) Lutheran Church, located at 5030 Highway 70 W. in Eagle River.

Vacationland Voices, the 100-voice community choir based in Eagle River, is set to give its annual concert Wednesday, July 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the Northland Pines High School auditorium. 

Three Lakes Lions Club installed its 2016-’17 board at the annual meeting June 20.

St. Germain Lions Club Treasurer Jim Carter presented a $5,000 check to the highest dollar winner in the sixth annual Unique Cash Raffle. 

The 23rd annual Picnic in the Park sponsored by Northwoods Living Care Foundation was held last Tuesday in Phelps. A chicken and rib dinner was offered to benefit the Phelps ambulance fund.

Rotary has huge impact on local, global projects

Tribal members and others in Vilas and Oneida counties expressed frustration this week after many learned of the shooting of a moose on th

The Three Lakes Town Board heard a proposal from a town supervisor to pursue a lower cost pre-engineered metal building for replacement of the town office or town/library complex at last week’s m

The Walter E. Olson Memorial Library Building Committee has recommended a  new architectural firm to  continue the plans for the renovation and expansion of the  library in Eagle River.

One of Eagle River’s biggest summer events, Artarama, will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Riverside Park behind the fairgrounds this Saturday, July 16.

State Highway 13 just south of Highbridge washed out during heavy thunderstorms that rolled across northern Wisconsin Monday night and Tuesday morning.

Three Lakes Lions Club will hold its annual sale this Saturday, July 16, at the Lions Club shed and storage unit at 6511 Railroad St. in Three Lakes.

The third annual 5K Moonlight Run/Walk will be held in downtown Eagle River this Saturday, July 16, as a fundraiser for Pines Community Wellness Center at Northland Pines High School. 

In a move that was no real surprise to most high school coaches, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Board of Control announced last week the change to implement pitch count

ST. GERMAIN — It’s an old tradition with a new name.

The public is welcome to attend the free Northwoods Share Community Picnic Tuesday, July 19, at 5:30 p.m. at Riverview Park in Eagle River.

Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8637 and its women’s auxiliary will distribute buddy poppies Saturday, July 16, in Eagle River.