Gillett residents this year will pay $20 per vehicle to raise revenue for street upkeep. With a unanimous vote, the Gillett City Council on Thursday adopted a wheel tax, as recommended by the Finance and Personnel Committee. According to Mayor Irene Drake, the tax is scheduled to go into effect in about 90 days, once the Gillett clerk/treasurer returns from maternity leave and files the necessary paperwork. The wheel tax will be charged to owners

Gillett residents charged $35 by the city for ice removal on slick sidewalks have flooded city officials with complaints. “I know there’s been a lot of calls. I received a lot of calls, a lot of voice mails concerning the ice on the sidewalks,” said Terry Nelson, chairman of the Board of Public Works Committee, at Thursday’s City Council meeting. Nelson said about 60 property owners were charged a $35 fee by the city, many after a Dec.

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The Gillett School Board will lose a long-serving board member but gain another in the April 7 election, barring a successful write-in campaign. Board President Miles Winkler, who served since 2000, was decided not to run for another three-year term.

A new memory care facility is open for business in Oconto Falls, offering assisted living with round­-the-­clock personalized care for persons struggling with memory loss from strokes, dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The Cottages at MeadowLands Memory Care “is going to be a great benefit to the community,” admissions coordinator Danielle Daebler said.

Some people are surprised when Stephanie Greeno introduces herself as the funeral director at Kuehl Funeral Home in Gillett. Greeno, who took over as director in mid-November, is the first female funeral director in Gillett. It is not unusual, however, for a woman to work as a funeral director, according to Greeno.

Jan. 9 A plea hearing was held for Paul W. Rugg, 20, Oconto, on a felony charge of burglary to a building or a dwelling place, party to a crime. Misdemeanor charges were read in. He pleaded no contest to theft, movable property, which allegedly occurred Aug. 28 in Oconto. A $5,000 signature bond continues. Sentencing will be held March 3. A plea hearing was held for Bryan J.

The second story of a new Medical Services Building in Oconto Falls was humming last week, just a sign of the activity in store for later this month when the final offices in the building are scheduled to open. Work began on the Medical Services Building at HSHS St.

Wisconsin Farm Service Agency County Executive Director Nancy Swenty reminds farmers that the FSA borrowing limit for microloans increased on Nov. 7 from $35,000 to $50,000. Microloans offer borrowers simplified lending with less paperwork.