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Antigo High School students staff, get a glimpse of eclipse
ANTIGO — The weather didn’t cooperate, but many at Antigo High School at least caught a glimpse of Monday’s solar eclipse. Around 2 p.m., there was something of a festival atmosphere outside the school as students and faculty crowded outside near the faculty parking lot and — wearing specialty eclipse glasses, sharing them, or just peeking without them — looked up. For a moment when the heavy clouds that covered...
Power line downed in White Lake following last week’s winter storm
WHITE LAKE — After the wet, heavy snow that fell on the area early last week, a large number of homes in White Lake apparently lost power late last Tuesday night when a tree fell on a power line and caused the connected wooden pole to snap in half on Wilson School Road. A separate power line connected to the pole that broke had originally been linked to another pole on the opposite side of the road, and when personnel from the Wolf River Volunteer...
Antigo girls softball team loses two games
ANTIGO — It was a beautiful day for softball, unfortunately we played in the dome due to wet snow covered fields. Our bats were hot on Saturday and I hope to see it continue. We did not come out with a win, but we played hard and did well for our first outing. We have a young team with girls learning how to play new positions, so defensively we have a few things to work on. ...
Birth announcements
Ashley Raab, of Crandon, announces the birth of a daughter, Hadley Gallion, on Dec. 27, 2023. Hadley was born at 4:30 p.m. and weighed 6 pounds, 10.9 ounces. Alexie Reeves, of Bryant, announces the birth of a son, Zayden Chisum Von Reeves, on Dec. 27, 2023. Zayden was born at 3:56 a.m. and weighed 6 pounds, 14.8 ounces. Megan and Tim Fischer, of Antigo, announces the birth of a daughter, Maycie Jean Fischer, on March 26, 2024. Maycie was born at 8:08 p.m. and weighed 7 pounds, 5.3 ounces. Courtney Johnson, of Antigo, announces the birth of a daughter, Harlow Rosemary Lee, on April 4, 2024. Harlow was born at 6:36 p.m. at weighed 9 pounds, 4.3 ounces.
Part of 5th Ave. building demolished after lower wall collapse early Monday
ANTIGO — The lower portion of an aging 5th Ave. building spontaneously collapsed Monday morning, leading city officials to close down Superior St. and eventually contact a crew to demolish part of the building to prevent a possible uncontrolled collapse. Doug Vrechek, the urban search and rescue team manager for Wisconsin Task Force 1, the crew that was called to assist the Antigo Fire Department in partially demolishing the building, located at 701 5th Ave., said he believes the building is somewhat more stable than...
Antigo Public Library to host author reading and book signing
ANTIGO — The Antigo Public Library will be hosting a local Writers’ Showcase featuring five local authors Saturday, April 13 from 12 to 2 p.m. in the library meeting room. The event will feature five local authors, each of whom will read from their work, answer questions, and sign books for those interested in purchasing copies. Antigo Librarian Services Manager Samantha Ryan recommended community members attend because of the literary...
Kieper posts reduced bond
ANTIGO — Friday afternoon at the Langlade County Courthouse, bond was posted for Gary Kieper, the former treasurer of both the Town of Ackley and Langlade County Rural Fire Control accused of embezzling over $300,000 from both entities over the past ten years. Kieper’s bond was posted around 4 p.m. Friday, soon after the conclusion of his hearing, during which his bond, originally set at $500,000, was cut in half to $250,000. ...
Local Jesus-inspired pumpkin still unspoiled months after Halloween
ANTIGO — A lost dog travels thousands of miles to find its way home. Trained intelligence pilots with the U.S. military begin spotting unidentified flying objects. A man technically dead for minutes after drowning suddenly, somehow, takes a breath. Life is full of mysteries, big and small. Some who work at Aspirus Langlade Hospital recently became aware of a small one. ...
The Abrahamic Covenant and the Modern State of Israel
LAKEWOOD — The Oct. 7 attack into Israel by Hamas insurgents was so very unnecessary, unprovoked and barbaric. For Christians, Jews and Muslims across the globe, it gave rise to troublesome tensions, conflicting emotions and confusion. Months later, the reverberations are ongoing and difficult to sort out. The war exposes the collision of religious, economic, political, and historical perspectives that many of us don’t understand. I would suggest that our...
Architecture group shares results of school assessment
ANTIGO — At a meeting Wednesday night at Antigo North Elementary School, an architecture firm briefed a community task force on an analysis they conducted of the district’s three elementary school school buildings. Architects from Blue Design Group, the firm the school district hired to conduct the analysis approximately a month ago as it considers whether to renovate or consolidate the buildings, gave a comprehensive presentation on their findings about the shortcomings and merits of the buildings. ...
Local Lions Club members recognized
DEERBROOK — At a March meeting of the Hyland Lakes Lions Club at Quinn’s in Deerbrook, Monarch Chevron Awards were given to commemorate years of service and encourage members to continue making a difference both in their local communities and worldwide. Carl Thiede and Tim Rusch were awarded for 55 and 20 years of respective service with special recognition letters from Dr. Patti Hill, the international president of the Lion’s Club. ...
Parked truck rear-ended on Fred St.
ANTIGO — An intoxicated and distracted driver rear-ended a parked vehicle and pushed it approximately 50 feet at least partly onto a front yard on Fred St. around 8 p.m. Saturday night. According to the police report, the driver, a 20-year-old from Antigo, had turned off of 10th Ave. and had just begun traveling south on Fred St. when he struck the vehicle, another pickup truck, which was owned by a woman named Cheryl Kuehn. ...
Apparently haywire vehicle saved from creek by guardrail
ANTIGO — A local woman narrowly avoided driving into Spring Brook Friday afternoon after losing control of her vehicle on Gowan Road and ramming directly into the end of a guardrail on a bridge above the waterway. Saige Corso was driving to work just before 4 p.m. Friday when she said the used 2014 Chevy Equinox she had recently purchased malfunctioned. “It was a 25 mile per hour zone, so...
Results of local elections reported
ANTIGO — Results of the 2024 Spring Primary Election were posted around 11 p.m. Tuesday night by the Langlade County Clerk’s Office. Countywide, 42 percent of all eligible voters participated in the election, a number that mirrored the 41 percent participation in the City of Antigo itself. Just before 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, City of Antigo Clerk and Treasurer Kaye Matucheski said even for an April election, the polls were...
Antigo gears up for streets projects
The city of Antigo is gearing up for several road projects in the upcoming construction season. Charley Brinkmeier, the head of the Antigo public works department, said the city is preparing for projects around 4th Avenue, Edison Street and other areas of the city. Brinkmeier said timelines will become more clear for each of the construction projects as contracts are finalized, but that construction season typically gets going in May,...
Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Board meeting
MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) will host a Land and Water Conservation Board Meeting meeting Tuesday at 9 a.m. Among the items for discussion is the extension of DATCP projects from 2023 into 2024: $39,006.03 to the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association (WI Land+Water)$12,080 to UW-SFAL$5,686.26 to UW Extension NRE$102,882.96 to 11 recipients of Nutrient Management Farmer Education (NMFE) grants$129,335.00 to give recipients of Innovation grants There will also be a report on Transfers and Reallocations of 2023 Cost-share dollars that were not used in fiscal year 2023. The meeting is open to the public under Wisconsin open meetings law. It will be a virtual-only event, and further details on joining via Microsoft Teams are available by emailing Stacy Tierman at Stacy.tierman@wisconsin.gov.
Over 50 years on from Title IX, coach that helped bring women’s sports to Antigo High School reflects
ANTIGO — When Sandy Waltzer began coaching softball and basketball at Antigo High School in 1976, results from her teams’ games appeared on the newspaper’s obituary page. This lack of recognition for women’s sports wasn’t uncommon at the time: Title IX, the landmark legislation that prohibited sex-based discrimination in education programs, had only been enacted four years earlier in 1972. Soon though, the team was in the newspaper’s regular sports...
Registered write-ins join city council race
ANTIGO — Several Antigo residents recently filed paperwork to become registered write-in candidates for two long-occupied city council seats in next week’s election. Brian Zaverousky will be a registered write-in for Ward 3, which has been held by incumbent Tim Kassis for 26 of the last 28 years. Tree Williams, meanwhile, will attempt to unseat Ward 4 Alderman Tom Bauknecht, who has held his seat since 2010. The Antigo Journal...
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