Posts by Langlade County EDC
NTC Named a Top Training College in North America
Northcentral Technical College (NTC) is pleased to be recognized as one of the top training colleges in North America by the Learning Resources Network (LERN), which is the world’s largest association in continuing education. The 2019 LERN Contract Training Award for Excellence in Improving Client Productivity was presented to NTC during the 2019 LERN conference…
Read MoreLawmaker Receives State Library Award
Rep. Mary Felzkowski has been named Legislator of the Year for 2018 by the Wisconsin Library Association. The honor was presented Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in Antigo by the Antigo Public Library Board.
Read MoreTeachers, Industry Leaders Connect Over Tours, Workshops to Learn about Needs
As part of the Antigo School District’s in-service schedule, teachers involved in academic and career planning have recently toured local businesses, discovering the array of products manufactured here, and learning about the needs of the local workforce.
Read MoreRepresentative Felzkowski To Receive Library Award at Antigo Public Library
Representative Mary Felzkowski will be receiving the Wisconsin Library Association’s Champion Award at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26 at the Antigo Public Library, 617 Clermont St. in Antigo, WI.
Read MoreNTC Adds Vacuum Drying Kiln Here
Langlade County, already a hub of the forest products industry in the northwoods, has gained a new educational tool. Recently local business and regional business and educational leaders gathered at Northcentral Technical College’s Wood Technology Center of Excellence in Antigo for the unveiling of a new VacuPress, a cutting-edge vacuum kiln drying technology.
Read MoreElcho Dedicates Its Classy New School
The Elcho school addition has been in use since the start of the school year but that didn’t stop a substantial crowd for turning out for formal dedication ceremonies Saturday, March 9, 2019. Close to 100 people filled the school’s new theater, located just off the main entrance and commons area, and dozens took the tours of the new and remodeled areas including the fieldhouse, technical education, computer classrooms, child care and that spacious commons and fitness center.
Read MoreElcho School Dedication Saturday
The Elcho School District will hold a dedication ceremony for its new building, approved by voters in a November 2016 referendum election, on Saturday. There will be a short program beginning at 10 a.m. in the new school theater followed by tours from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Read MoreWaukesha Bearings Plans Expansion
Waukesha Bearings in Antigo is planning a major expansion. The Antigo City Plan Commission has approved a preliminary site plan for Waukesha Bearings Corp. to expand its plant at 703 Amron Avenue, the heart of the northside industrial park.
Read MoreLocal Manufacturer Nortec USA Changing Focus Revitalizes Its Focus, Adds a Downtown Office.
Nortec USA is entering 2019 with new offices and a revitalized focus in the 500 block of Fifth Avenue, creating a business presence downtown that will focus on marketing, training, and engineering.
Read MoreNew Business Opportunities Lead ’18 News
The top Langlade County story of 2018 simmered quietly over most of the year, before exploding onto the scene over the last three months. The city of Antigo’s entrepreneurship grant program, which had funded successful – and not so successful – business programs since the middle of 2015, this year sparked an amazing array of business projects in the downtown core.
Read MoreQuinlan’s Updating Facilities in Antigo
A venerable Antigo business is updating its facilities in a very big way. Quinlan’s Equipment, closing in on its sixth decade, is in the midst of a major expansion project that will add floor space, personnel and services to its southside Antigo location. Crews from Thiex Construction of Birnamwood have enclosed the main building’s east…
Read MoreSeed Oat Processor Helps Potato Growers
What was once a quaint seed oat cleaning operation owned and operated by a lone potato farmer in Antigo, Wisconsin, has evolved to become a sizable rotational crop specialist for almost every potato farm in Langlade County. Schumitsch Seed Inc., situated on the southwest outskirts of Antigo, has survived through three generations and continues to…
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