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Langlade County’s unemployment rate dropped almost half-a-percentage-point between April and May, at a time when the rate in most mayor state cities crept up. The state Department of Workforce Development this week reported that 21 state metro areas reported increases in unemployment while 11 cities saw rates drop or remain unchanged. The situation is better…

Langlade County continues to outpace its northwoods counterparts in employment opportunities. According to the Department of Workforce Development, the county posted a jobless rate of 8.8 percent in April, compared to 9.9 percent in March and 10.2 percent one year ago. While not stellar, those numbers are far better than in surrounding counties, including Ashland,…

Northcentral Technical College is wrapping up a successful first year for its wood technology programs, which are based out of the state-of-the-art Wood Technology Center of Excellence on the Antigo campus. The program’s advisory committee recently convened and reported that it was very pleased with the progress of the program and reaffirmed its direction, specifically…

Langlade Hospital is up and running today, and the first baby has already been delivered. After a whirlwind of activity over the weekend, the new facility opened on schedule at 7 a.m. Sunday morning, making it a very special Mother’s Day for the staff and planners who have devoted thousands of hours to the project.…

On Thursday we had a story regarding how the tourism business fared in area counties last year. Langlade County has one of the bigger increased when tourism spending was compared to 2010 figures with people spending $42.1-million on businesses the specialize in the tourist industry. The county’s Economic Development Corporation provided their thoughts on the…

Crews are proceeding at a brisk pace on a complex utility and redevelopment project in Peaceful Valley and major work could be completed by the end of June. Advance Construction is guiding the reconstruction of one of Antigo’s oldest streets, which originally followed a railroad beltline. During the 1950s and into the early 1970s the…