Vilas, Oneida lead charge
to kill trolling proposal

The Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) proposal to allow motor trolling on every lake in Wisconsin, one department official said would have no problem winning approval in a statewide vote, was shot down last Monday by a vote of 2,775 to 2,391.

Those are the official results of voting at spring fish and game hearings in all 72 counties, the forum the department used to push a proposed rule change that would have expanded motor trolling from the current 105 lakes to the state’s more than 10,000 lakes.

We are pointing out the

Letter to the Editor:

I read with interest Jim Wendt’s letter (April 10 issue) concerning the logging of the land in St. Germain.  He talks about the rape of the land and how it will affect those using the golf course.

While I have no answers to the questions he raised, I do have a question for him and the officers and directors of the Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club.

My husband and I have been battling some of the members

Dear Editor:

Byron McNutt, in the second part of his April 10 “People Make the Difference” column, wonders what we think of the examples of pairs of items set out, even suggesting we might live in a country run by idiots. Right off, your columns are read, solid material, humor and flip stuff.

Most readers are probably too busy to deal with contents suggesting expansion, and that is our loss. I have a couple to cover.

The first one: “If the only school curriculum allowed to explain how

Letter to the Editor:

The recent election brought capable and talented newcomers into community leadership in Three Lakes and the school district.

I was replaced, but am confident that my successor will do an excellent job and I wish her nothing but the best. I can now speak without ramifications to the school district. During this past election, statements were made and written that obviously were made without much research.

Information Dr. George Karling prepared

Letter to the Editor:

AFS-USA works toward a more just and peaceful world by providing  intercultural learning experiences to individuals, families, schools and communities through a global volunteer partnership.  In addition to hosting students in the USA, AFS also sends American students abroad.

AFS students come with their own insurance and spending money.   Host families provide the student food, their own bed and a warm loving  home.   Students become a part of your family and live by family rules and help with family chores.

Students such as these will be