Local Antigo Headlines

Last Friday on April 3rd, the Antigo Police Department executed a search warrant at a home in the 700 block of Lincoln Street. Many people phoned in to the dispatch center, saying they saw several police vehicles. The police department says that officers removed several items of drug paraphernalia and other illegal substances.

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A northern Wisconsin girl charged with killing her mother and step-father will stay in jail in Indiana for at least another eight days. Ashlee Martinson was supposed to have an extradition hearing today in Boone County, north of Indianapolis. According to the sheriff's department, a defense lawyer asked that the proceeding be delayed -- so it's now set for a week from tomorrow. The 17-year-old Martinson and her 22-year-old boyfriend were arrested March 8th in Boone County, as they were reportedly fleeing from the murder scene. Authorities said Martinson shot-and-killed 37-year-old Thomas Ayres and stabbed her 40-year-old mother Jennifer Ayers to death at their home near Three Lakes. Officials said Martinson then locked her three younger sisters in a bedroom before she and the boyfriend took off.

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Antigo Mayor Bill Brandt will serve another two years at that position, after being re-elected rather easily 1,242-411 over relatively unknown challenger Roger Bricko. Brandt became Mayor in 2009, and ran unchallenged in 2011 and 13.

While campaigning, Brandt talked about his success leading Antigo out of a recession, keeping businesses here, and adding some as well. He also said the budget for the city was in good shape fiscally.

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Bail was set at $5,000 cash here Monday for an Antigo man who after allegedly threatening a social worker, spit in the face of Langlade County sheriff’s deputy while being arrested for the initial offense.

Joshua Paff, 24, of 226 1/2 Deresch St. remains held at the local lockup accused of multiple crimes including a felony charge of throwing or discharging bodily fluids at a public safety officer.

Additional charges include obstructing an officer, disorderly conduct and five counts of bail jumping, four of them felonies. At the time of his arrest, Paff was already awaiting prosecution in five different cases.

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During a week when winter doesn’t seem to want to give up its grip, the Antigo Common Council will look ahead toward summer projects.

Aldermen will convene at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the chambers at City Hall for an April meeting dominated by approval of spring and summer projects and grant applications.

Leading the agenda will be approval of bids for water and sewer main construction on Willard and Badger avenues and Washington Street.

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Antigo’s City Park was buzzing with excitement Saturday as hundreds of young egg-hunters swarmed the two blocks of trees and grass in an annual rite of spring, the Easter hunt.

This year the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries left hundreds of the colorful plastic eggs tucked behind trees and here and there creating excitement for the hunt.

Sarah Repp, the director of the department, had an excellent vantage point on the back of a truck, and explained to parents and the youngsters the divisions in ages and just where the eggs were hidden.

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Vandals targeted a vehicle parked at a Langlade tavern earlier this week, doing what could very likely be thousands of dollars in damage.

The truck’s owner had left his pickup truck at the establishment overnight, finding it in extreme disarray upon retrieving it Thursday morning. It’s headlamps and taillights were broken and the vehicle sustained multiple dents and other damage.

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The Marathon County Sheriff's Department reports alcohol was believed to be a factor in a collision that injured three people Thursday night.

According to a lieutenant at the Marathon County Sheriff's Department, the accident happened at the intersection of County Highways H and N, just south of Edgar around 9:40 p.m.

Authorities said a vehicle side-swiped another before it collided head-on with the third. Three adults; 25-year-old man, a 48-year-old man, and a 54-year-old woman, were transported to a Wausau hospital for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

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Area parks will be taking on a colorful hue this weekend when the Easter Bunny, with assistance from local helpers, dots the landscape with a collection of eggs ready for super-sleuthing youngsters eager to find a prize.

The City of Antigo will host its annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. at City Park.

According to Sarah Repp, the city’s Park and Recreation director, over 4,000 pre-stuffed eggs will be hidden at the park located off Aurora Street. The hunt will be divided into age groups for crawlers and new walkers, children ages 3 to 5 and 6 to 8.

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The Antigo Common Council Tuesday approved a new short-term lease agreement for the city-owned Edison Club Event Center, allowing the facility to remain open under new management as it seeks a long-term renter.

Aero Keys LLC, which operated the downtown dining and entertainment facility, has entered into a voluntary termination agreement of its lease effective Tuesday, and is working with Mayor Bill Brandt and city attorney Mike Winter to bring its obligations for the business current.

The company relinquished its various licenses needed to operate the club and aldermen awarded them to a newly-formed company, Marcody LLC, doing business as Edison Club Event Center. The list includes a Class B fermented malt beverage and intoxicating liquor, dance hall and amusement device permits.

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On Tuesday night the Antigo City Council agreed to a lease agreement with Marcody LLC to run The Edison Club, located on Edison Street in Antigo. The previous owners, Aero Keys LLC has relinquished control months ago, and the city has had control since then. The agreement is month to month, just in case it needs to be extended past June. The groups liquor license expires on July 1st, and they would need to reapply if they plan on continuing to operate. They will be paying $1,800 each month which will cover the rent and taxes of the property. The city encourages interested buyers to submit a business proposal to the city within the next two months...

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The numbers of Wisconsin high school students who take Advanced Placement exams keeps growing. State education officials say 34-percent of last spring's graduating seniors took at least one A-P test -- up from 19-percent a decade before. Twenty-four percent of those taking the exams scored at least a three, on a scale of one-to-five. That's almost twice the 13-percent who scored three-or-higher back in 2004 -- high enough for those students to get college credits before they step foot on a campus.

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Antigo High School was well represented at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s recent production of “The Marriage of Figaro,” with four alumnus among the cast and crew. From left are Daniel Bradley, a freshman, and junior Mary Waterhouse, who both performed in the chorus, senior Seth K. Hale, Count Almaviva, and junior Levi Nicholson, assistant stage manager.

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The Langlade County Sheriff's Office received a visit from a concerned man about his grandson Monday morning. The man stated the boy lived with him and his wife. He slept way too late and was not following their rules. When they requested to talk to him about his behavior that morning, the teen said he would be in jail or dead by the end of the night. Officers talked to the 18 year old who said he was not suicidal. He plans to move out of his grandparent's house soon.

At 9:45 PM, a man on County Road T complained to sheriff's deputies that his neighbor was firing a gun. He said it was reckless because there was no telling where the bullets would land.

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