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Price County Land Transfers for May 3, 2024
PHILLIPS — The Price County Register of Deeds office released its real property sales reports for the week of May 3, 2024. CITY OF PHILLIPS• Flambeau Hospital, Inc. to Remark Properties, LLC. TOWN OF EISENSTEIN• Edward Westphal to John Miller. TOWN OF ELK• Donald Kellum to Wade and Patricia Wilson. ...
New home construction increases
The Wisconsin Builders Association is reporting single-family construction has increased 36% in the first quarter of 2024. Price County has a 40% increase with 14 new home starts from January through March which compares to 10 new starts for the same period in 2023, according to an April 29 press release. Rural counties overall have the highest growth, whereas urban areas have the most starts. Evan Lund, the Price County...
Butternut receives funding for fabrication laboratory
The Butternut School District has received a $22,000 grant to add a laboratory. The grant, from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, will fund a fabrication lab, or fab lab. “Fab labs provide students throughout Wisconsin with access to high-tech equipment for hands-on experience and training necessary to prepare them for the jobs of the future,” said Gov. Tony Evers in a news release from the WEDC. ...
How do the Price County High Schools Rank?
U.S. News & World Report recently ranked public high schools across the nation based on the college readiness index, college curriculum breadth index, state assessment proficiency, state assessment performance, and graduation rate. 17,665 public high school were ranked across the nation. 462 public high schools in Wisconsin made the ranking list, including the three high schools in Price County.
Price County Land Transfers for April 26, 2024
PHILLIPS — The Price County Register of Deeds office released its real property sales reports for the week of April 26, 2024. CITY OF PARK FALLS• Jane Hardginski and Mary Nessman to Jackry Micky. CITY OF PHILLIPS• Key Deals LLC to WIG LLC. TOWN OF EISENSTEIN• Stephanie Kutz and Daryl Schmidt to Jay Deitz and...
Park Falls closes TID3
The Park Falls Common Council has reorganized with new leadership and committee appointments for 2024. Alderwoman Dixie Weidman was elected as the council president by her peers. The council approved the closing of Tax Increment Financing District No. 3. The “TID3” encompassed 30.84 acres of the Park Falls Industrial Park from downtown to the north side. The TID3 was approved in 1997 and revised in 2000. Over the next few...
Price County Senior Dining Menu for May
The Price County Senior Dining menu for May at the Phillips, Ogema, Kennan, Brantwood and Park Falls meal sites. All meals include bread, butter and milk. Menus may change. Reservations and cancellations are required by 1:30 p.m. the serving day before the meal by calling the meal site. Phillips Site Manager: Marlys Dobson, 715-339-5301 or 715-332-5448; Ogema Site Manager: Phil Youngs, 715-767-5130 or 715-428-2924; Kennan Site Manager: Kristen Hartmann, 715-474-3325 or 715-428-2559; Brantwood Site Manager: Sally Ellis, 715-564-2569 or 715-564-2447; Park Falls Site Manager: Dawn...
Ernst elected county board chair
PHILLIPS — The Price County Board of Supervisors elected District 13 Supervisor Brian Ernst to service as the board chair during the reorganization meeting held April 16. Ernst replaced the 2023 chair, District 8 Supervisor Alan Barkstrom, who had not intended to run again until stepping back in for reelection without another candidate for the seat. Barkstron nominated Ernst for the chair position, and won with a vote of 7-6 over District 10 Supervisor Robert Kopisch, who is also a previous board chair. ...
Schultz named YMCA director
The Flambeau River YMCA recently announced the hiring of Scott Schultz as the executive director. Schultz was selected for his prior experience working with YMCA programming elsewhere and for his strong local community ties, according to the YMCA of the Northwoods press release. Schultz was most recently the city of Park Falls Parks and Recreation director and will actually be working in the same building as the city donated the city hall space for the YMCA facility. ...
Price County Land Transfers for April 19, 2024
PHILLIPS — The Price County Register of Deeds office released its real property sales reports for the week of April 19, 2024. TOWN OF EISENSTEIN• George Altman to Cody Palecek. • Robert and Jamie Germann to Samuel Holmes. TOWN OF ELK• Richard and Victoria Marcsis to Julie Johnsrud. ...
Educators’ Association announces 2023 programs
The Price County Retired Educators’ Association has announced the 2024 programming schedule. The members hold four meetings per year in addition to special events. The first meeting of the year will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 30. Members will start with a tour of the Price County Sheriff’s Office, followed by an “In Plain Sight” K-9 demonstration. The group will then meet at Marie’s on Fayette at noon for a business meeting and lunch. ...
Tree City USA adds Park Falls
PARK FALLS — The city of Park Falls has successfully completed the application process to achieve a Tree City USA designation. The city joins Phillips, Medford, Ashland, Washburn, Merrill and Spooner and other regional municipalities in maintaining the annual designation by working to maintain and improve tree habitat. The application process took around four months of approvals until the notification came that Park Falls would be awarded the Tree City USA designation, said Scott Schultz, director of Parks and Recreation for the city of Park...
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