Local Antigo Headlines

There are only three more opportunities to see Antigo High School’s production of “The Pajama Game,” and they begin tonight. The show, which features Daniel Bradley as Sid and Sam Sailer as Babe, returns to the Volm Theater stage tonight, Friday and Saturday, all at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door one hour before the curtain and good seats remain for all performances. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

The Langlade County Board of Supervisors were in a cooperative mood Tuesday morning. After hearing reports, the supervisors passed two ordinances and a number of resolutions by unanimous margins. They approved ordinances that deal with changes in Chapter 17 of the county’s rules dealing with shoreline set backs the sale of tax delinquent lands. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

The Langlade County Board of Supervisors heard reports to open its March meeting this morning. The supervisors welcomed Georgia Fischer from Bridge Community Health Clinic, which provides services here and has an aggressive project to improve its facilities in the Antigo Medical Building on Langlade Road, and Dan Bauknecht, a drug investigator with the Langlade County Sheriff’s Department and there was also an introduction of forestry employees including Richard Dedeyne, Lucas Williams and Nathan Williams. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

The death of a snowmobiler at the end of a peninsula at Otter Lake near Elcho has sparked an investigation. The Rhinelander man, 55-year old Robert Ottman, had reportedly planned to take a short ride on his machine Friday and he was found on the north side of the lake on Saturday, dead alongside his machine. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

Citing growing legislative responsibilities, a northern Wisconsin lawmaker has sold his popular river cruise business. Tom Tiffany, elected as 12th District senator in November after a stint as 35th District assemblyman, and Wayne Kulhanek, the owners of Wisconsin River Cruises, have sold the dinner and excursion operation to Patty and Ben Zastrow of Rhinelander. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

Antigo High School’s production of “The Pajama Game” is the musical version of a slumber party pillow fight. The romp through the offices and shop floor of The Sleep-Tite Pajama Company is a light-hearted venue to showcase the talents of student musicians, singers, dancers and actors. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

Darron McDougal, a local outdoor writer and bowhunter, has been named editor of Bowhunt America magazine, a national consumer bowhunting publication based in Colorado Springs, Colo. Since age 18, McDougal has published his work extensively as a freelancer in every major bowhunting publication, including Bowhunt America. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

“It’s the best water,” Jim Hose, plant manager at Langlade Springs, said this morning as hundreds and hundreds of bottles were moving on production lines at the Polar facility. Hose said more and more people are recognizing that the water from the natural mineral springs at Polar is pure, refreshing and has a taste that many other brands cannot match. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

An Antigo man who told officers he was trying to escape a swarm of bees Monday morning later admitted that he had smoked bath salts, a mind-altering drug, the night prior. The 33-year old was arrested on counts of disorderly conduct and bail jumping after police and Langlade County sheriff’s deputies were asked to check on a male who was acting suspiciously outside a Fifth Avenue residence. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

The Antigo Common Council is expected to advance plans for improvements to a two-block section of Watson Street Wednesday, plus look ahead to a curb, gutter and sidewalk project in the southeast corner of the city. The council will convene at 6 p.m. in the chambers a City Hall. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

Figures just in from the 2011 U.S. Census show Wisconsin’s forests aren’t just growing trees, they are growing jobs, with nearly 60,000 people working in forest-related positions statewide in about 1,300 businesses. And with its first graduating class receiving their diplomas in just a few weeks, Northcentral Technical College’s new wood tech center in Antigo is beginning to play a key role. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

Antigo native Joe Mosher, who narrowly escaped a fiery crash in Afghanistan in January, 2009, has been honored for making sure other aircraft and their crews can survive similar occurrences. Mosher, a chief warrant officer 3 with the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, was recently presented with the Army Aviation Association of America Aircraft Survivability Equipment Award. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

Zane Waldvogel calls Jan. 9, 2012, the “lowest point of my life.” It may also be leading to the highest. Waldvogel shared his story of survival and redemption with an overflow crowd at Peace Lutheran Church Wednesday evening, detailing the events of the past 14 months that brought him to the edge of an abyss and back. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

Monday in Langlade County Circuit Court, James W. Conley, 46, was allowed release on a $10,000 signature bond on two criminal counts — a felony charge of repeated sexual assault of a child and a misdemeanor offense of sexual intercourse with a child. The felony count carries a maximum prison term of 60 years. According to court documents, Conley allegedly had contact with a teen girl on multiple occasions over a multi-year span... Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal
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