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Machine Tool Information Session

Are you considering a new career? As a CNC Programmer or Operator, Machine operator, Maintenance or Tool Room Machinist you can earn starting wages of $15.50/hour! Make plans to attend a Machine Tool Information Session and learn about low cost training options and grant funding that may be available to you. Afternoon and evening classes…

Pesticide Applicator Training

Do you plan on using a Restricted Use Pesticide (RUP) AND produce an agricultural commodity on your property or your employer’s property? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then you are a Private Applicator. As a Private Applicator you have to receive training and certification to apply RUPs. To receive training and certification, purchase and…

Youth Tractor & Machinery Safety Certification Course

UW-Extension is presenting the Tractor& Machinery Safety Course for youth ages 12-16 at the Resource Center in Antigo in February 2016. The course includes classroom safety instruction for tractors and farm machinery operation, hazard recognition and correction, general farm safety knowledge, and how to approach farm safety with a positive attitude. In addition, the course…

CoVantage Returns A Record $2.1 Million In Patronage To Members

A record $2.1 million in patronage has been deposited into the accounts of members who borrow and save with CoVantage Credit Union. This represents a 22% increase, or $380,000 more than the credit union returned in 2014. The 2015 patronage program has two components – a bonus on dividends earned for those who save, and…

Grandview Orchard Begins New Chapter

Godfrey Gabriel compares Grandview Orchard to a beehive—the worker bees may change but the hive must survive. That transition is underway at the 110-year-old Grandview Orchard, a treasured local resource that is now under the care of Lisa Rettinger after decades of ownership by Gabriel and his wife, Elaine. It’s exciting to be becoming the…

Top Winter Wheat, Oat Producing Counties of 2015 Determined

New estimates by the USDA give us an indication of what counties produced the most winter wheat and oat crops during the past growing season. The agency says Dane County was the largest winter wheat producing county in Wisconsin in 2015 with about 1.16 million bushels. The area has been in the top three counties…

City Agrees to Participate in Growth at Hydratight Plant

The Antigo Common Council Wednesday agreed to contribute $50,000 toward a major expansion of Hydratight’s Antigo plant—a project that will add jobs and stability to the community’s industrial base. The action highlighted the council’s December meeting, which proceeded smoothly and with no dissent. In November, Hydratight announced plans to construct a 16,000 square foot addition…

Business Leaders Enthusiastic With New School Partnership

A business-school collaboration known as a Fab Lab drew an enthusiastic response from industry members attending an informational session Wednesday. The Antigo school district hosted the meeting for representatives of local industries at Northcentral Technical College, another step in a fast-track process to bring the high-tech program into the school district. It’s all about access…

Construction Roars Along Here

It feels a lot like fall outdoors in Antigo and Langlade County today, and the men and women involved in the building trades are enjoying it. Usually on Dec. 4, this is a very wintery place, but the noon reading today was 39 under a bright sun. A year ago it was 19. The city’s…

Rural Broadband Projects Are Cheered

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker paid Antigo a visit today to celebrate grants and cooperative agreements that will allow expansion of broadband services to the village of Mattoon and surrounding area. The high-speed service will also be expanded to serve the Sawyer Lake area in the northeast section of the county, including the sprawling Silver Birch…

Do The Cookies Lure Santa Claus To Town?

The common thinking is Santa will be lured to Antigo by the spicy smells of chili simmering on Wednesday night. But it may actually be the cookies. Sheila and Mike Pavek of Antigo Bakery are once again donating the cookie dough to The Salvation Army for baking on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Clermont…

Grandview Orchard’s Has New Owner

Lisa Rettinger recently purchased Grandview Orchard located on the corner of County Road F and Orchard Road. She purchased the orchard from the Gabriel Family that has proudly operated the orchard since 1958. Grandview Orchard has a great selection of apples and fresh cider as well as local maple syrup, honey, jams and wild rice. They…