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An owner of the business, located at 1240 McDonald St., said the decision is a "huge" relief.

The Oconto Riviera co-owner says uncertainty caused by the city's trial period and his neighbors' lawsuit are hurting business.

OCONTO – Less than a day after City Council members voted to discontinue maintaining Copper Culture State Park unless a new contract was in place with the state by the end of the year, the Department of Natural Resources is poised to come to the table. The city and a DNR official confirmed Thursday that they are planning to negotiate a new deal to replace the one that expired at the end of 2010. However, statements from both sides illustrate differences of opinion on how things reached this point and on the structure of the lapsed agreement. City officials said it was frustration that led t...

OCONTO - The city of Oconto is tired of waiting on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. City officials say they've tried periodically for years to get the DNR to update the contract under which the city maintains Copper Culture State Park, to no avail. The three-year agreement expired Dec. 31, 2010. “It’s too bad it had to get to this point … come on … 10 years and you can’t get a resolved contract?” asked Parks, Recreation and Forestry Director John Bostedt. “If I didn’t get anything done for 10 years, I wouldn’t be here. It’s ridiculous.” The Parks and Recrea...