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Led by an overwhelming rural turnout, three challengers swept into office for positions on the Antigo school board Tuesday. Challengers Tim Fuller, Jessica Meade and James Schulz, all representing strong rural elementary school interests, easily outpolled Board President Roseann Hoffman and fellow incumbent Andy Merry. Challenger Tara Fermanich Guelzow finished sixth. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

The crew at Quinlan’s Equipment is certain a true version of spring is coming, and when it arrives it may come with a vengeance. “We want everyone to be ready,’’ Tom Quinlan said this morning as the farm implement, construction, machinery and lawn and garden equipment dealership on the south side of Antigo is preparing for the opening of its annual Customer Appreciation Days, running Friday and Saturday. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

The public will have an opportunity to weigh in on a wide variety of proposed fish and wildlife rule changes, including a Conservation Congress proposal to register all nonmotorized boats, at the 2013 Department of Natural Resources spring fish and wildlife rules hearings and annual Conservation Congress county meeting Monday. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

(Editor’s note: The Antigo Daily Journal’s archives are filled with wonderful history, such as a very lengthy account of the forming of “New” county written by P.T. Gillette and published at the close of 1936. It is excellent history and over the next few months Prime Time is publishing excerpts from his account. We urge readers to save the sections.) Trouble Over Taxes We shall have to retrace our steps somewhat to pick up some of the happenings passed over. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

With just hours until an election to fill three seats on the Antigo school board, it’s time for the adults to take over. We would never encumber anyone’s right to free speech, as evident by the Letters to the Editor column over the past few days. Along with some well-reasoned and carefully thought-out statements, the Journal published a few of a less-than-professional nature. The letters column contains statements of opinion by the writers, and nothing more. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

The retirement of Jayne McCarthy assures at least one new face on the White Lake board of education following voting Tuesday, but it may be a familiar one. Incumbent Sandy Gallagher will be joined on the ballot by Chris Berry, a former board member, and Dave Krochalk. The top two vote-getters will receive three year terms on the panel. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

Town and village races are traditionally sleepy affairs, but there will be new faces on several boards following Tuesday’s spring election. While most incumbents are running unopposed, the retirement of longtime President Joe Edelman in the village of White Lake has sparked a contested election there. And in Price, much of the board is being replaced by a new slate, running unopposed. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

Neo and Dexter were unsuccessful in their hunt Wednesday — and that was good news to school officials. Accompanied by their handlers, deputies Chad Angus and Todd Skarban of the Oconto County Sheriff’s Department, and a collection of local law officers from both the Antigo Police and Langlade County agencies, the canines used their keen-smelling noses in an attempt to sniff out illegal narcotics and other contraband at two local schools Wednesday. They found none. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

As the Antigo school district began its spring break today, 19 students and 13 chaperones embarked on an overseas adventure. As cameras clicked, the 32-member tour group boarded a big charter bus bound for Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, the first stop on a 11-day trip through Europe centered on Germany. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

A straightforward referendum that will allow the Elcho school district to maintain existing programs and class sizes, with what officials termed a relatively modest tax impact, will be decided on Tuesday. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

The six candidates for Antigo school board offered widely divergent opinions on everything from the need for future referendums to the taxpayer funding for programs during a candidate forum Monday. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

Perhaps Todd Tatro and Ron Messer were being harbingers when they were putting up Antigo’s “spring” banners this morning. The two city of Antigo employees were making one of the many changes for the banners during the year, but there are few more welcome than those that mark the arrival of spring. Read More: Antigo Daily Journal

The city of Antigo and Langlade County are waiting for winter to end, too. After running snow removal equipment from the fall of 2012, the city’s street and county’s highway departments are ready to move on, start fixing potholes and patching roads for the busy late spring and summer season. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

The city of Antigo is under the gun to replace the Eighth Avenue bridge, and is considering removing it instead. The Public Works Committee Tuesday will consider the future of the span when it meets Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at City Hall. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal