7/24/2024

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - Long time Lac du Flambeau resident, business owner and Fire Chief Chris Mayer died suddenly on Thursday. The Lakeland Times reports that besides owning Crickets Bar, Mayer also served on the Vilas County board from 2004 to 2014 and the Lac du Flambeau town board from 2015-2021. He was a member of the Lac du Flambeau volunteer fire department and became interim chief succeeding Tom Wegner and was then appointed permanently to chief in the fall of last year. Town Chairman Matt Gaulke said Chris Mayer volunteered whenever needed and his passing is a tremendous loss to the community. Bolger Funeral Home has the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Chris Mayers name to the Lac du Flambeau Fire Department.

7/24/2024

MILWAUKEE (AP) - In her first rally as a presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris is framing the race with Donald Trump as a choice between “freedom” and “chaos.” Democratic leaders Charles Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Harris on Tuesday, capping off their party’s swift embrace of her 2024 candidacy.

7/24/2024

LANSING (AP) - Governor Whitmer spoke to a crowd in Flint yesterday as she met to sign the 2025 state education budget.  Whitmer said the budget aims to support students, schools and teachers across the state in multiple ways. These include investments in student funding, raising educator wages and continuing the state’s free meals program.  U.P. Senator Ed McBroom, (R) 38th Senate District, voted against the budget. He said one of the major flaws is that it doesn’t support teachers’ retirement, lowering the amount of money offered for teachers’ pensions.  The budget goes into effect Oct. 1 and goes through Sept. 30 of next year.