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Wausau Pilot & Review Open Search The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) North Central Region provides weekly road construction updates for the following counties in North Central Wisconsin: Adams, Green Lake, Florence, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marquette, Menominee, Oneida, Portage, Price, Shawano, Vilas, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood counties. Construction schedules may fluctuate pending favorable weather conditions and crew availability. Adams County Schedul...

Cass County Board: American Rescue Plan Act grant applications available Cass County will be receiving approximately $5.75 million. Businesses and nonprofits can find an application at the countys website. Written By: Kyndra Johnson | Cass County Correspondent | 2:30 am, Jul. 7, 2021 × Cass County Courthouse WALKER — Additional grants through the American Rescue Plan Act are now available for local businesses and nonprofits in Cass County. County Administrator Josh Ste...

A storied life led to a community oriented retirement. 3:00 am, Jul. 4, 2021 × Looking every bit the part of Santa Claus at a construction site, Don Lohse enjoys helping boaters check over their watercraft at public accesses at such places as Sibley Lake, where he chats with them about fish and gives them microfiber towels for their boats. Travis Grimler / Echo Journal Red stocking caps, military uniform hats, high visibility sun hats and trucker hats - Don Lohse has worn an awful lo...

"He deserves every single day of the maximum sentence," Lambert said.  Gary Osier said he misses his son and regrets every day the life-changing mistake he made by leaving his son alone.  "I know what I did was a horrible, horrible mistake," Osier said. "I know there is nothing I can say that will bring my son back." Osier said he didnt want to feel as if his life was completely ruined.  Defense attorney Gary Kryshak said his client appears to have been the victim of abuse as a child. Osie...

Henkels House of Books carries on teachers tradition of learning In so many years of teaching, Linda Henkel has accumulated — and continues to accumulate — books to keep the little box full. Unlike other little lending libraries, she doesnt want them back. Thats how fourth-grade teacher Carla Goddard and others thought up the name "Henkels House of Books." 6:00 pm, Jun. 29, 2021 × Henkels House of Books is chock-full of materials for young readers to take and share. I...

Lakes area finally sees some rain, but its still dry As of midnight Monday, Brainerd had 1.43 inches of rain for the month of June. This is 2.13 inches below the normal amount of 3.56 inches for June, which ends Wednesday. 5:48 pm, Jun. 28, 2021 × This National Weather Service radar map shows how many inches of rain Crow Wing County and around the state received as of midnight Monday, June 28, 2021. Screenshot / Jennifer Kraus Rainfall was hit or miss this past weekend, J...

Library and jail operations discussed at joint city and county meeting On Monday, June 28, the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners and Bemidji City Council held a joint session to address shared issues. Two topics of note was the Kitchigami Regional Library Systems surplus and the future of the Beltrami County Jail. 9:49 pm, Jun. 28, 2021 × The Bemidji City Council and Beltrami County Board of Commissioners gathered Monday night for a joint meeting. BEMIDJI -- The Be...

Lakes Jam features record-breaking attendance, packs in 4 successful days at BIR for outdoor music fest Lakes Jam 2021 packs in four successful days, bringing close to 35,000 people to Brainerd International Raceway. 8:40 pm, Jun. 27, 2021 × Carly Pearce performs Saturday, June 26, 2021, during Lakes Jam at Brainerd International Raceway. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch Face masks and social distancing were out of sight as smiles, laughter and social closeness were par...

In 1850 Mormon renegade James Strang was crowned king of his Beaver Island colony. His reign lasted just six years, but tales of his five wives, his bullying of followers and his eventual assassinat...

Unlike other book boxes, Henkle doesn't want books back.