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Langlade County posted a substantial 1.1 percent decline in the unemployment rate between August and September, among a leader in the northwoods region. The state Department of Workforce Development released a new report Wednesday that reported that unemployment rates fell in all 72 counties. Rates ranged from a low of 4.3 percent in Pierce County…

Johnson Electric Coil of Antigo joined over 200 manufacturers across the nation in opening their doors to the community to celebrate Manufacturing Day. Wisconsin manufacturers participated to help expand knowledge and improve public perception of manufacturing careers and manufacturing’s value to the local and U.S. economy. The National Association of Manufacturers and the Manufacturing Institute,…

The onetime industrial area known as Peaceful Valley has been transformed into a community park and festival space. Crews from Kautza Excavating of Birnamwood are putting the finishing touches on the redevelopment project bound by Fifth and Sixth Avenues and Spring Brook and Field Street, and those who haven’t visited the area recently would be…

Volm Companies officers broke ground this morning for a 37,000 square foot addition to its Freshtech facilities just north of the Clermont Street and Amron Avenue intersection. With the Freshtech building as a backdrop, Volm officials joined contractors, bank representatives and Antigo Mayor Bill Brandt for the formal groundbreaking. It happened while trucks and backhoes…

After months of demolition, construction resumes on the Langlade Hospital campus today. Administrator Dave Schneider announced Tuesday that the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph and Aspirus are partnering to build the Langlade Hospital Center for Health and Performance, with completion in May. It will be located in an area that was previously home to the…

Hardwood harvested last fall from landowners in and around White Lake has found new life as the school’s new recreation center gymnasium floor. Crews this week have completed laying the hard maple boards, milled at Robbins Flooring of White Lake, that will be the centerpiece of the expansive new gymnasium. According to Doc Smith, the…

For Doc Smith, the White Lake school construction project will always have a special place on his resume, and in his heart. Smith, the construction manager for EDS Builders, is guiding the work on the new community recreation center, with an eye on turning the facility and gymnasium over to the school within weeks, well…

After months of planning and negotiations, a longtime Antigo manufacturer has announced plans to expand.Plaspack USA will add about 36,900 square feet to its facility on the north side of Amron Avenue, continuing a tradition of expanding within the local community. Plaspack USA, originally constructed as a subsidiary of Volm Companies, manufactures high density polyethylene…

The Northcentral Technical College (NTC) Antigo campus will hold a free entrepreneurial seminar entitled “Starting and Succeeding in Business” from 6-9 p.m. September 20. The workshop is being held in partnership with the Langlade County Economic Development Office and the Antigo/Langlade Chamber of Commerce.  The seminar is focused on helping attendees evaluate their knowledge, skills…

While the summer season wasn’t without road work, the major highways stayed pristine. But that is changing and quickly. Gov. Scott Walker has approved two big projects involving Highways 45, 47 and Langlade County has announced that it will start multi-year work on Highway B east of Neva that will run from the intersection with…