Minocqua News

Laurence W. Fink, 86, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, at Friendly Village Nursing Home, Rhinelander.

Elizabeth Knight has been named program manager of Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Northcentral District.

Seven musical acts, many with ties to the Stevens Point area, will perform during a holiday benefit concert on Wednesday at Theater @1800 . The first Christmas in Point event will include performances by soul/funk/reggae/pop-rock band Mathien from Chicago, indie/classic/pop rockers I'm Not A Pilot from Milwaukee, rock/alternative/pop group The ...

Sara L. McGrath, 27, 3103 N. Crystal Springs Road, Janesville, is charged in a May 2 one-vehicle crash that took the life of McGratha s passenger, a Minocqua woman.

Seven musical acts, many with ties to the Stevens Point area, will perform during a holiday benefit concert on Dec.

A Wisconsin television show for children has won top TV honors for its special episode on aquatic invasive species.

Two people are arrested in connection to a burglary at a Minocqua appliance store.

Authorities are investigating the death of a bow hunter up in the Minocqua area.

Officers at the Minocqua Police Department are reporting the death of a 66 year old bow hunter.

Congratulations to Kathy Herman of Stevens Point. Kathy is our eighth Party Pack contest winner and she won a night's stay in Minocqua at the Black Bear Bar with some blues music to boot.

Read Larry Tracy's book "A Letter Annabelle." It is available on Amazon.com, www.peppertreepublishing.com and a variety of other booksellers for $9.95. -- Go online to www.futuro-house.net or www.futurohouse.com . Wikipedia also has an entry about Futuro homes.

* Brittney Miilu, daughter of Thomas and Kathy Miilu, Wausau, will receive one of the prestigious Provost's Awards beginning this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The Provost's Award is a $1,500 scholarship that's renewable for three additional years for qualifying students.

Super-regional Per Mar Security is topping off a year where its residential sales outpaced recent years with the acquisition, announced this week, of Alarm Co North Security, a boutique, high-end, residential alarm company based in Minocqua, Wis.

Wisconsin long has been thought of as a premier destination for pursuing trophy muskies in the United States.

Several hundred residents in northern Wisconsin will be waking up in the dark. WPSC says 10,000 people in northern Wisconsin were without power at some point on Monday.

Thousands of Wisconsin Public Service Corp. customers remain without power this afternoon because of heavy winds and rain in the area.

Wind and rain have cut power to thousands of customers in northern Wisconsin. Wisconsin Public Service Corp., the utility that serves the region, says strong winds have causes trees and branches to hit power lines.

As part of his a oeGrow Wisconsina initiative to invest in Wisconsina s infrastructure and stimulate our statea s economy, Governor Jim Doyle recently signed a $469,000 contract to improve 1.7 miles of US 51 between Front Street and 3rd Avenue in Minocqua and Woodruff.

Brenda Mrotek is accustomed to swings in business at Packerland Plus, where jerseys, shirts and hats of beloved - or reviled - sports teams line the walls and sit on racks in her downtown Minocqua shop.

MINOCQUA - Wisconsin's $13 billion tourism industry is vulnerable to fickle conditions and features a diverse range of businesses, making for mixed results during the national recession.