7/10/2024

VILAS COUNTY - At the last meeting of the Vilas County Board, one of the items on the agenda was the county owned fairgrounds in Eagle River. The fair board and the county are in the final year of a three-year lease for the land used for the fair. The little used seven acres currently isn’t earning revenue for the county, and it was suggested that at least the 900 or so feet of Riverside Park that is used be put on the public tax rolls. A search of county records for the past 10 years shows that the fair board hasn’t paid the $1 a year agreed to in the lease agreement. Council member Jerry Burkett said the Vilas County board is responsible for good use of Vilas County lands and that should be a meeting of the minds when comes to the use of that property.

7/10/2024

MICHIGAN - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced yesterday that tuition will be free at community colleges for those who graduate from Michigan high schools this year.

Students can earn their associate’s degree or skills certificate from an in-district community college at no charge, saving students almost $5,000 a year. Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist said education is the greatest engine for economic and personal advancement. The new school aid budget is delivered on the Michigan Guarantee, making two years of community college or skills training an achievable goal for more students.

7/10/2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's elections administrator says the state elections commission will meet this week to discuss how to implement a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that once again allowed for unstaffed absentee ballot drop boxes to be used in the state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission will meet tomorrow to discuss what type of guidance on absentee ballot drop boxes to give the more than 1,800 local officials who actually run elections in the state. Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe announced the meeting during a panel discussion on election integrity. The commission must act quickly with the state’s Aug. 13 primary just five weeks away.