 Michelle Michels with some of the Antigo Country Store's hunting supplies this morning. Deer hunters are flooding the area for the start of the 2009 gun season Saturday morning. |
Deer hunters facing mixed bag Saturday Nov. 20, 2009 Depending on which direction you drive, the gun deer season opening Saturday could be very good, or rather dismal.
To the south of Antigo, the Department of Natural Resources says there are plenty of whitetails, with extra tags available for does. But to the north and east—indeed across the entire northern third of the state—there are few if any doe tags available and it will be a “bucks only” year in the woods.
“Deer numbers are significantly low this year in these areas,” Eric Borchert, DNR wildlife technician, said.
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 A pump was used to move cement into forms for the new restaurant at North Avenue and Neva Road this morning. |
Work continues on new restaurant Nov. 20, 2009 Contractors working on the new KFC/Taco Bell Restaurant in Antigo are catching a tremendous spell of great weather.
While the opening of the facility at North Avenue and Neva Road is not expected until the spring of 2010, the site work has been done, the first course of paving is down, lighting standards installed and today, PSI Concrete was pouring the walls of the building.
A cement pump was at the site to allow the heavy slurry to be brought to the top of the wall forms.
Jerry Wilhelm, the city’s building inspector, s...
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 John Landwehr and Zach Wege have been putting in long hours on the fire department’s stair-climber, preparing to “go vertical” today. |
Firefighters prepare for vertical charity challenge Nov. 19, 2009 It’s a fun challenge, with a deadly serious purpose.
Three members of the Antigo Fire Department—Zach Wege, John Landwehr and Mike Brennan—are in Milwaukee today, participating in the 20th anniversary of The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s “going vertical” challenge.
Known as “Climbing for a Cure,” the race will pit firefighters and police officers, in full turnout gear, in a race to the top of the U.S. Bank Building in Milwaukee, climbing 47 floors or 1,034 steps in about seven minutes.
The race is a relay, meaning each fi...
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