Local Antigo Headlines

Law enforcement officers are hoping that a overnight drug bust on the city’s south side will put a crimp in the supply for a variety of illicit substances. Investigators from the city of Antigo Police Department and Langlade County Sheriff’s Department executed a warrant at a South Hudson Street home and, after laying in wait, arrested a dealer who was apparently supplied to meet the needs of local users. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

The public can get a sneak peek at the new White Lake Historical Center this weekend, when the facility and adjoining Depot Museum opens for the summer season. The two buildings will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cake, coffee and cider will be served and door prizes awarded. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

The Langlade County Board of Supervisors clashed this morning over a plan to provide some extra cash for additional duties undertaken by the director of facilities management. The regular May session dissolved into a debate over a plan to pay Nate Heuss, who handles the facilities responsibilities, an additional $13,000 for performing duties that had previously been handled on a contractual basis by an outside firm at a cost of more than $20,000 per year. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

Antigo teen-agers got a fabricated look at the effects of distracted driving this month with a hope that the lessons learned will be remembered in real life situations. In a joint effort by Antigo High School, the Antigo Fire Department, the Wausau Police Department and a $500 grant secured by Sue McVey of Langlade Hospital through the North Central Regional Trauma Advisory Committee Association, local high-schoolers recently got a chance to operate a “distracted driving simulator.” Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

The next great Hollywood star may be hiding in plain sight, in a local elementary school. Casting director Richard Hicks is seeking a young boy, somewhere between the ages of eight and 12, to play the lead in a new feature film, and he thinks the young talent may be discovered in Antigo. “All avenues are being explored,” Hicks, who has cast such major motion pictures as “Gravity,” “Hairspray” and “Zero Dark Thirty,” said... Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

Charlie Kirsch has been a fixture in Catholic education in Antigo for over half-a-century. Kirsch spent eight years as a student at St. John Catholic School, and after graduating from Antigo High School and the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, returned home to a teaching career at the facility that has spanned 43 years. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

Mayor Bill Brandt broke a 4-4 tie and returned Tim Kassis to the post of council president Wednesday. Action came at the Common Council’s regular May meeting. The election had been held over following the council’s reorganizational meeting in April, when Kassis and Bugni were deadlocked 4-4 over several ballots. Brandt broke the same deadlock, swinging his decision to Kassis because, he said, he was the incumbent and had been voted into the position in the past. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

Visitor spending in Langlade County increased by 2.19 percent between 2012 and 2013, continuing a trend that has seen the area slowly being discovered as a tourist designation. According to the annual report from the state Department of Tourism, visitors to the state’s “County of Trails” spent $44.28 million in 2013. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

Two visitors to Antigo Monday caused a whole lot of hoopla as their escapades, and eventual capture, kept police busy on the city’s north side. The incidents were not related but both individuals stem from Marathon County. One of them, a 25-year old Mosinee area woman, was caught after being pulled from an empty trash bin located behind a dental office on Progress Boulevard. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

Langlade Hospital paid tribute to its employees—honoring those from the most experienced physicians to the newest members of the grounds and custodial staff—at a special hospital week celebration Monday. A special Eucharistic celebration opened the week on Monday, with Rev. Omer Kelley as celebrant. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

The Antigo High School Red Robin gives high-fives to Little League players as they line the field during Saturday’s opening ceremonies to mark the beginning of the program’s 56th year. Read more: Antigo Daily Journal

Marlena Schisel and Angie Wickersheim were honored as Mothers of the Year this week in the annual contest sponsored by the Antigo/Langlade County Chamber of Commerce. Schisel was top finisher in the grades six to 12 category on the basis of a letter written by her daughter, Kenzie. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

A new state statute is easing the calendars of northwoods school districts that saw their scheduled buffeted by winter snowstorms. Antigo, Elcho and White Lake are among districts statewide taking advantage of a recently enacted state law eliminating the requirement that students attend school for at least 180 days a year. The law, which took effect immediately after its passage earlier this spring, came at an opportune time, as districts were wrangling with how to make up days lost to winter snow, ice, cold and—in Antigo’s case—water line freeze-ups. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

Members of the Antigo High School National Honor Society reviewed the cornerstones of scholarships, leadership, character and service and included more than a dozen new members in ceremonies Wednesday night at the Edison Club Event Center. Full story: Antigo Daily Journal