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Credit PIXABAY.COM Road reconstruction season is fast approaching. The Vilas County traffic safety commission reviewed those areas last week where motorists can expect delays and detours this summer. One of the longest reconstruction areas will be 12.6 miles of Highway 70 east from Highway 45 to Divide Road in Forest County. This is expected to start in June and not be finished until sometime in August, but no detours will be involved. One area questioned by Jim Egan, chairman of the town of Wa...

For one, this year’s event will have a duathlon format. Instead of a paddle, bike and run, participants will run six kilometers, bike and then run again. This is because the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources requires permits to access its boat landings and forest trails. It caps those permits at 50 people. Theresa Smith is the executive director of Boulder Junction’s Chamber of Commerce. “With this particular event, a lot of work goes into and it’s not something we would want to...

Credit PIXABAY.COM Portions of Vilas County highways open for travel by ATV/UTV’s only for a limited period from May 1 to  October 31 while a number of towns have town roads open all year has caused confusion for both riders and law enforcement. That could be changed if a recommendation from the county forestry, recreation and land committee moves forward. The committee heard from a number of ATV clubs last week asked for consideration to open those county roads with access all year. Roger F...

    TOWN OF DANE, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal ) — Vaughn Watzke was clearly in his element. He has been snowmobiling for over 50 years, but on this day he was behind the wheel of a Tucker 2000 Sno-Cat less than 24 hours after the biggest snowfall of the season. Powered by a Cummins diesel engine, the Sno-Cat, owned by the Waunakee Winter Wanderers Snowmobile Club, is a beast of a machine. It has tracks that gripped the snow and easily pulled the heavy grooming sled across the dorm...

Right now, there is a lake in Vilas County that has no snow on it. Researchers based out of UW-Trout Lake Station in Boulder Junction use shovels, snowblower, and plows to keep it clear all winter long, leaving the thick ice exposed. It’s the second year of field work for the study that is looking at the impact of what no snow or ice cover could mean for the health of lakes in the Northwoods. WXPR first told you about study last winter on The Stream. Credit Katie Thoresen/WXPR “This year we...

The grocery, convenience, and outdoor sports store could accept credit cards and access its servers. But it’s not always like this. Coontail Market in Boulder Junction. Credit Ben Meyer/WXPR At least once a week, said owner Steve Coon, there is some sort of internet issue. “It happens way too frequently with DSL, which is the product, of course, that most rural areas have,” he said. Coon said internet service is not only slow, it’s unreliable. “Everything that we do is pretty much bro...