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Langlade County Child Care Dream UP! Team to Host Child Care Resource Fair
The Langlade County Child Care Dream UP! Team is excited to announce the Child Care Resource Fair scheduled to take place on November 15, 2023, at the Antigo Public Library from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This event aims to address the critical issue of child care shortages in Langlade County and provide valuable resources…
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PSC Asks Wisconsin Households to Share Internet Experience to Improve Broadband Access and Affordability WISER tool will help inform ongoing broadband planning efforts The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) is calling on Wisconsin households to share their internet experience to help direct recently announced broadband funding. On June 26, 2023, the National Telecommunications and Information…
Read MoreEconomic Development Corporation Spreads the Word on Lucrative Tax Credit Programs
In the world of historical preservation and confusing grant requirements, knowledge is key. That was the focus of a recent meeting hosted by the Langlade County Economic Development Corporation (EDC), which brought together area historical societies and financial representatives to review the myriad of possibilities to preserve and enhance historic structures for public use and…
Read MoreNew Stress Relief Therapy in Antigo, Wis.
ANTIGO, Wisconsin, June 2— Float therapy—and much more—has come to northern Wisconsin. Mosaic Massage and Float Center is in the midst of a complete remodel of the historic Peaceful Valley General Store at 533 Fifth Ave., Antigo. After months of work, owners Gina and Willie Losser are finally in the building and ready to offer…
Read MoreThe Story of Adamski Sugar Bush
On January 14, 2023, at the WMSPA Winter Institute and Maple Vendor Trade Show in Marshfield, WI; Gary and Vicki Adamski of Adamski Sugar Bush, Antigo, WI were awarded the 2023 Lifetime member award. Gary and Vicky Adamski’s maple experience started when they were very young, just out of high school. Tapping trees on the…
Read MoreNew trucking program gives the industry hope to get younger
With the entire country nearly 80,000 truck drivers short, the industry is looking for ways to bring in the younger generation, and they may have found a potential answer. The ‘Safe Driver Apprenticeship Program’ allows for people ages 18-20 to be able to work, and drive out of state, something they wouldn’t have been…
Read MoreNeves Celebrate 20 Years in Business
For the past two decades, Gordon and Lisa Neve have immersed themselves in nearly every aspect of the Antigo community—literally from floor to ceiling. Monday, December 5, 2022, marked the 20-year anniversary of the couple’s ownership of what is now Neve’s Floors To Go Furniture & Mattress Gallery at 710 Fifth Ave. Like anyone in…
Read MoreNurtured by talent and knowledge, North Wood Blooms is flourishing
Like a garden filled with flowers, a small business needs nurturing to grow and survive. That’s the message Andi Gretzinger, founder of North Wood Blooms, shares with students in the entrepreneurship training program hosted by Langlade County Economic Development Corporation (LCEDC) in cooperation with the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC). The series of classes,…
Read MoreSawmilling and Woodworking for Education in Wisconsin
Located in Northern Wisconsin, in the small town of Antigo, Travis Allen and Logan Wells have dedicated their talents to teaching sawmilling and woodworking at Northcentral Technical College (NTC). In doing so, Travis and Logan have set their sights on educating and preparing the next generation of woodworkers and forest products professionals. NTC instructors Travis and Logan…
Read More$110,000 donated to begin saw filing training at NTC’s Antigo campus
A $110,000 donation will support the forest products industry through a newly developed saw filing training program at Northcentral Technical College’s Antigo campus. The donation is the result of feedback from industry partners that prompted NTC to launch a capital campaign for the necessary equipment needed to offer the training. According to feedback from industry…
Read MoreIn ‘ecosystem of entrepreneurship,’ knowledge is key
Entrepreneurs aren’t born with “business smarts,” they learn them. That’s the focus of the Langlade County Economic Development Corporation’s entrepreneurship training program, a nine-week series of classes designed to nurture future business leaders in a diverse and ever-changing environment. According to Angie Close, EDC executive director, the training program–offered through the Wisconsin Small Business Development…
Read MoreEconomic Development Corporation key player in revitalizing Antigo’s core
Local entrepreneurs, with help from the Langlade County Economic Development Corporation, are reimagining downtown Antigo Over the past 11 years, the EDC has worked with city, county, state, and federal officials on a variety of programs designed to strengthen the spine of the community. “We are seeing whole new investments in our downtown,” Angie Close,…
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