According to the Antigo Daily Journal, the running of the Red Robin Transit will be changing, effective immediately. Some of the services that had been offered are now cut and those include:
Weekend & evening (after 3pm) routes within the city
Rural routes to Elcho & Elton
Demand/response services
Volunteer medical transport services
You can read the full article in the Journal HERE.
You can find updated information on the Langlade County Website here.
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According to the Antigo Journal, the City is planning to buy the Farmer’s Elevator on Irving Street, an empty lot on Irving Street & Superior Street and the old Edison Club building.
The final approval will go to the Antigo Common Council next Wednesday.
You can read the full article from the Journal HERE.
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Ralph Uttke has held the position of Langlade County District Attorney for quite some time now. In the fall election, he will have opposition. Bob Barrington, who ran the Antigo Area Shoppers Guide for many years, will be running against Mr. Uttke.
In the article in the Antigo Journal, there is mention of treating people equally, which just doesn’t seem like the court system here as we have ever known it. It would be a welcome change.
You can read the full article in the Antigo Journal HERE.
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As reported in the Antigo Daily Journal today, apparently Mayor Matousek has resigned as Mayor of Antigo. Tim Kassis will take over the role of Mayor for the time being. Matousek is taking a job in Oregon as a minister. Mayor Matousek’s wife, Chris, has been a “leader” in the process of the building and funding the new Antigo Playground, which is not finished.
You can read the entire article in the Antigo Journal HERE.
********UPDATE 06/26/08********
Sam Hardin has been elected Mayor of Antigo effective immediately. He will serve until the April 2009 election. You can read the full story in the Antigo Daily Journal HERE.
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We had a snowstorm last night and got several inches of snow. Which if left alone this morning would have easily melted off the roads and parking lots. So to my surprise when I got up this morning the city employees were out plowing and sanding! I heard them on my scanner! Then to add to that I saw them driving through town with the snow in trucks, which means they were picking up snow that was probably melting in their trucks as they loaded it. To top it all off at 10 a.m. as I am heading to work to earn money to pay these tax paid employees, they are sitting at Farmers Home enjoying a nice breakfast on working time. Also if I have heard right they got paid extra for coming out early instead their normal work shift. To move snow around that was melting as they worked on it. I am not sure who was in charge there and made those decisions, but something just didn’t seem right to me there!
A concerned taxpayer
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Has anyone noticed the hypocrisy of this town…from our newspaper to our hospital? Don’t get me wrong, I read the daily newspaper and I go to the hospital when I need to. I am really “for” them in “most” ways. But I am very skeptical about some of the messages they are portraying. I guess, I’ll start with the “Baby of the Year”. The first baby born of the year “must” be born to wed parents. I don’t understand how this is at all right. I know it is probably because we have a Catholic hospital. But the so called Catholic hospital does not agree with any forms of “prevention”, such as “tying tubes”. I do understand that under the Catholic Religion, children should not be conceived out of wedlock. However, a life is life and our all merciful God, loves us all. Under any religion, “WE” are not to judge each other. I don’t feel it is the hospital, paper, or area businesses duty to say that my children or any others are not fit. I see that my children, who were born out of wedlock, are angels. At least, they are mine. There is no doubt that God sent them to me. Last year, the “baby of the year” had to wait for days before being announced. This year,2008, not until the 12th because all others were disqualified for that reason. Now, how is it that they can just say, “No babies were born today”. What????? I just don’t understand. First of all, our hospital has no problem allowing a doctor who abused an illegal drug come back to work there and can’t acknowledge a new life. What message does this send to our youth? Second of all, isn’t divorce against the Catholic Religion? If the newspaper is standing behind these decisions because of religion, than why is it no problem to plaster divorces all over the paper. Maybe all the people involved in the decision of “Baby of the Year” should spend less time worrying about people’s personal business and more time in church.
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Langlade County Social Services Complaint
I am wondering how many others have had serious problems with Langlade County Social Services?
There are too many people there justifying their jobs by starting baseless “investigations” that lead nowhere. I know, I was one of many “victims” of this practice, and yet, even though they were informed that a foreign woman deserted her kids here, while they were still under 18, and left town with one of her many boyfriends.
We know this as fact, as we are related to this individual, and while it was reported many months ago, nothing has been done.
What is wrong with this town and the people? Lets get it together, and clean this show up !
Anyone else having problems, SPEAK UP !
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GoAntigo Wireless Issues
I have heard a few complaints from locals who have requested wireless internet service from GoAntigo. It seems as though they just do not show up for installations, and are hard to get a hold of when help is needed. The few I have heard this from, have since signed up with other providers. I think this is just simply bad business. It saddens me that the City can’t seem to get this going right. I was relieved to see the article in the Antigo Daily Journal regarding a portion of the wireless being bought by Granite. I sure hope this means improvement in their business practices. I think it’s great to give options to those people who live outside of town and are unable to get DSL or Cable internet. I have heard great things about Computer Frontier, who also provides High Speed Wireless Internet. As with anything though, the more competition, the better the prices.
************UPDATE 12/19/08**********
GoAntigo has changed their site URL to: http://www.gwave-antigo.com/
*************UPDATE 04/11/09*********
GoAntigo has changed their site URL to: http://www.granitewave.com/
*************UPDATE 12/10/09*********
Looks like the City may be selling the broadband utility
as some here had predicted. Read the article in the ADJ
about it HERE.
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The Rich get Richer!
The City is giving Duffeks 20 acres in the Industrial Park Area. One of the wealthiest families in this town and they cannot afford to buy thier own land to build on? They sell out their old business to an out-of-town company that drops long time employees pay to $10 an hour… Like it or leave. Now, they need to build a new plant for their rock crushing/sand/gravel, and the City bends over so they will “stay here”?? Gimme a break!!
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