Posts by Langlade County EDC
Raptor Education Center’s New Clinic Taking Shape, Help Still Needed
The walls are beginning to rise on the new clinic at the Antigo-based raptor education group Inc., as fund-raising to complete the work continues.
Read MoreLuigi’s to Bring Its Italian Menu to Antigo in January
When the Refuge closed this summer, there were predictions the prime spot at the intersection of Highways 45 and 64 would not remain empty for long. And it didn’t, with Luigi’s signing the paperwork just a few weeks later. They are tentatively set to open in January.
Read MoreThe Langlade County Notes Key Industry During Forest Products Week
Gov. Scott Walker has proclaimed this Forest Products Week, a time to recognize the people who work in and care for forests, the businesses that create forest products and the many ways forest products contribute to our lives. Forest products are an economic driver in Langlade County and across the northwoods, and this is the week to celebrate them.
Read MoreLights are on Today at Former Edison Club After Council Meets
Randy Reese of Over Dere Ventures LLC opened the doors of the long-vacant entertainment venue this morning for the start of cleaning and renovations, hours after the Antigo Common Council approved his purchase of the property.
Read MoreBook, Bauble & Blessings holds Grand Opening
Book, Bauble, & Blessings in Antigo had their Spooktacular Grand Opening Saturday, October 20.
Read MoreLogging Demo
Antigo High School forest science students listen to a presentation during Thursday’s Logging Educational Days held at Camp Susan. Area foresters, loggers and forest products industry representatives discussed sustainable forestry, tree identification, and timber production and harvesting. The Steve Marshall family took time out of their schedule to show us their logging equipment and talked…
Read MoreAmron Holding Open House Saturday to Mark 50 Years as Antigo Industry
The Amron Corporation is inviting the entire community to pay a visit to the Amron Avenue plant Saturday and help it and its parent companies, AMTEC and National Presto, celebrate the firm’s fifth decade in Antigo. The open house runs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m
Read MoreFFA Takes Tour of Kakes Farm
State FFA officers, including a rare representative from Antigo High school, got an up-close-and-personal look at some of Langlade County’s key industries this week. The visit by the state officers was arranged by Mitchell Schroepfer, an alumnus of the Antigo High School FFA who is now serving at the state level. He brought the team…
Read MoreHighway Building is Moving Ahead
Langlade County’s highway commissioner, Brian Braun, was upbeat today about progress on the new facilities under construction at the complex on Arctic Street. He is predicting that the storage and other facilities included in the project will be completed before the hard realities of winter move into the region.
Read MoreOld Elcho School is Tumbling Down
The slow-motion demolition of the old Elcho elementary school is picking up steam this week.
Read MoreGround Broken for New REGI Facility
Progress is literally flying ahead on the new clinic at Raptor Education Group Inc., the internationally-known bird rehabilitation center located just southeast of Antigo.
Read MoreLibrary Speaker Will Lead Talk on Attracting, Retaining Young People
Dr. Randy Stoecker, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, will be in Antigo on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, presenting “Gaining and Maintaining Young Adults in Wisconsin,” which will review a recent study he and his colleagues conducted that identified key community qualities that attract bright, young adults to communities in Wisconsin.
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