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Summer’s bounty is on full display at the Antigo Farmers Market, which will join in the celebration of National Farmers Market Week on Saturday.
Now in its seventh season, the market runs from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday in the Country Store parking lot at Fourth Avenue and Superior Street. Sales will continue through September.
Bail has been continued at $1,500 cash in Langlade County Circuit Court for a Neenah motorist arrested last week after deputies seized a collection of drugs, specifically marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms, from his car.
Andrew Burnett, 25, stands charged with two counts involving possession with intent to sell the illegal substances as a result of July 28 traffic stop in the town of Ainsworth.
Warm weather and falling lake levels had led to a bloom of blue-green algae on Pelican Lake, but so far Langlade County seems to have skirted the problem.
The Department of Natural Resources Tuesday confirmed the increased presence of cyanobacteria, also known as pond scum or blue-green algae on the popular fishing lake, located just north of the Langlade County line.
Antigo Tater Trot race directors Diane Writz, Volm Companies, Inc., Melissa Wilhelm, CoVantage Credit Union, Dan Stoehr, Antigo Optimists, Stephanie Bartletti, CoVantage Credit Union, and Kathy Westen, Volm Companies, Inc., pose at the Antigo City Park bandstand with some of the trophies and prizes for the 34th annual race events Saturday...
Antigo High School’s Red Robin football squad hit the practice field this morning, getting a jump on the 2014 fall sports season.
Head coach Matt Weberpaul is excited to see things get underway.
“We’re young on both sides of the ball,” Weberpaul said. “Our returners have some valuable varsity experience and we hope to pick up on where we left off late last season.”
It was a history buff’s paradise Saturday in Jennings, a side spot in Highway B running across southern Forest County.
Stovewood Daze was held at the historic Mecikalski building in downtown Jennings, a historical marker in the quiet area of the northwoods. Using a construction technique known as stovewood, the general store building was restored in an aggressive program led by the Kohler Foundation.
By noon today, one of Antigo’s most durable downtown buildings had been reduced to rubble.
Just after 6 a.m., a backhoe and other equipment from Duffek Sand & Gravel descended on the former Kackle Shack tavern in the 500 block of Superior Street. demolishing the decrepit structure to improve visibility, parking and access to the popular bbJack’s bar and restaurant located next door.
The building was purchased by members of the Stimac family, who operated bbJack’s, this spring, with an eye on demolition. It had been operated as the Kackle Shack until recently.
The community at White Lake turned out to honor one of its durable and key residents, Bill Gamble, on Sunday.
Gamble, who has spent most of his life as a resident of the eastern Langlade County, and his late wife Marge, had five children, he was active in many segments in the community.
In addition, he was involved in the White Lake school, and has been recognized as a captain of Yawkey-Bissell, a flooring mill and key employer in Langlade County.
A motorcyclist who collided with a bear east of Antigo Sunday afternoon has died.
The victim was identified as 50-year-old Gary Stevens of Bowler.
According to the Langlade County Sheriff’s Department, Stevens was the lone occupant on the cycle when it struck a bear shortly before 1 p.m. on Highway 64...
Forget politicians, sports stars, singers or actors.
Antigo had some real celebrities in town on Friday.
Langlade Hospital employees celebrated Brewer Day on Friday, and the Klement’s Racing Sausages of Miller Park fame came to pay a visit.
Bicyclists looking for a bit more adventure than paved roads and logging trails have a new option just outside the city.
The Antigo Parks and Recreation Department, in collaboration with the Antigo Bike and Ski Club, has created a single track bike trail at now-closed landfill off Dump Road south of town.
Park and Rec. Director Sarah Repp explained that single track is a quiet recreational pursuit creating trails approximately the width of a bike in a variety of natural settings.
Summertime is not vacation time for maintenance crews in the Antigo Unified School District.
While children are romping, teens are working summer jobs or hanging with friends, and teachers are relaxing for earning additional credits, work is ongoing throughout the district’s seven elementary schools as well as at the Middle School, high school and Clara R. McKenna Aquatic Center.
The horn section for the Antigo High School Marching Red Robins tuned up Thursday afternoon in preparation for the group’s first marching performance this afternoon. The musicians, under the direction of Jeff Dewey, have prepared a new marching show featuring Irish music with a Celtic flair for this year’s competitive schedule.
Antigo Housing Authority commissioners and Park View Manor staff gathered this week for a ceremonial ground-breaking to mark the start of construction on a $3.4 million renovation that will completely revamp the building.
“It has been a marathon event taking us over three years to complete,” Housing Authority Director Mary Pavek said.
The first vegetable crop in Langlade County, peas, are being harvested after a cold and shaky start to the summer growing season.
The harvesting equipment was working south of Antigo near the intersection with highways G and 45 Wednesday filling trucks set to travel to regional canning centers.
Campaign signs are up and a battleground has been staged as two men in the running for the Republican ticket prepare to go against one another in next month’s primary election for Langlade County sheriff.
Sam Wurtinger of Antigo and Joseph Stegall of Bryant will both be vying for a victory in the Aug. 12 race with the winner moving on to the Nov. 4 election versus incumbent Bill Greening.
Running as the lone Democrat, Greening is seeking his third, four-year term as the county’s top law enforcement officer.
Isabelle Matuszewski’s grand champion steer was the show-topper at the Langlade County Fair market animal auction Friday evening.
The 1,375-pound animal brought $4,812.50 from Parsons of Antigo, $3.50 per pound.
A total of 42 animals were sold for $78,173.20 to a mix of local businesses, farms and individuals at the 40th annual event.
It was out with the old in preparation for the new at Langlade Ford Monday afternoon.
Minutes after a ceremonial ground-breaking for a major renovation, heavy equipment from Krueger & Steinfest rolled onto the site and began demolishing the old showroom and offices, a major step in a renovation that has been quietly underway for weeks.
The new Habitat for Humanity house at 1136 Lincoln St. is beginning to take shape, but volunteers are needed to keep the project moving forward.
Volunteers of all skill levels are needed every Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
“Groups, organizations, businesses and families are encouraged to organize teams for a day,”
The amusement company’s employees spent most of Sunday evening and night taking apart the rides and other elements that formed the most public hub of the of the 2014 Langlade County Fair.
The weather was a little cool and there were threats of rain now and then, but for the most part it ended up a pleasant five-day event.
Scott Walker, who hopes to be re-elected as Wisconsin’s governor in November, paused in Antigo Saturday with dozens of motorcycle-riding friends on a tour of the state.
“I love riding,” he said during the visit that allowed his fellow bikers to enjoy a cookie or two and quaff a soda.
The Langlade County Fair Market Animal Sale got a boost Friday evening, both in prices paid for the championship livestock and the community-minded attitude of the bidders.
After a protracted bidding war with Servco FS, Strasser-Roller Funeral Home, represented by Ann Roller, took the grand champion market hog for $6 a pound, outpacing the $5.25 paid in 2013 for the grand champion hog.
Matt Bowman brought in the champion animal, with a final weight of 280 pounds. He also exhibited the 2013 winner.
Abby Luerssen was crowned queen of the Langlade County Fair in ceremonies on Friday night.
Luerssen won the honor over runner-up Hannah Baginski on the basis of grandstand and raffle ticket sales. She was crowned by the 2013 queen Nikole Houdek with assistance from Fairest of the Fair Mary Waterhouse.
They are not pets, but the championship beef and dairy livestock at the Langlade County Fair receive as much—or more—attention than the most privileged poodle or Persian. The wash rack tucked on the northeast side of the livestock pavilion was a busy place Thursday afternoon between judging events.
“TravStrong,” a benefit supporting Travis Hohensee, will be held Saturday at the Edison Club Event Center in Antigo from 3 p.m. to midnight.
The benefit will include games, prizes, 50/50 raffles, a silent auction, and music will be provided by Northwoods Karaoke and DJ.
Abby Heistad has benefited greatly from the Langlade County 4-H program and the fair, and now she’s sharing her knowledge with others.
In her last year of eligibility, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student has taken over as chairman of the sheep program, with guidance from the adult leaders in the other livestock programs, and is teaching the younger 4-Hers the intricacies of raising and showing lambs.
A potato disease known as late blight is threatening some Wisconsin potato fields, but growers are well aware and making strides to prevent it from spreading.
Late blight is the disease responsible for the Irish potato famine in the 1840s and 1850s. The fungus which caused this devastation was identified in Portage County just last week and can cause serious problems for potato, tomato, and eggplants as well as other flowering crops.
The White Insurance Co. of Mattoon has a good reason to celebrate 100 years Saturday, and will.
The family insurer has been on Fourth Street in the community for a century, and is welcoming its customers and friends for a party with complimentary food and refreshments from 4 to 7 p.m. and karaoke from 7 to 10 p.m.
Crews from A&P Enterprises are tightening the final bolts on the Tilt-A-Whirl and the carousel, but there is still one final opportunity to get bargain prices on the midway at this year’s Langlade County Fair.
CoVantage Credit Union will continue to sell advance wristbands for the midway until 5 p.m. today, with the deal ending just as the carnival is opening.
Visitors to the Moose Lake Wayside can now mix learning and relaxation.
The Friends of Moose Lake Association in collaboration with Langlade County’s Forestry and Recreation Department recently completed an interpretive signage project at the facility, formerly known as Moose Lake County Park.
Signage identifying the trees found along the hiking trail was provided by the county.
