Antigo News

By LAURA HARVEY Antigo Daily Journal A question has been raised whether the Antigo U19 girls hockey team would be better off joining a co-op with another school in order to compete at the high school varsity Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association level, or remain as a club within the Antigo Area Youth Hockey Association.

A funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at the First Congregational Church, Birnamwood.

Antigo's Little League Minor Division Championship game found the KC Bagel Royals outlasting the Waukesha Bearings Red Sox, 8-7, Wednesday.

With a mix of fun and patriotism, the Fourth of July was celebrated in Antigo, Langlade County and the northwoods Saturday.

Antigo's Junior Legion team played three games this week hosting Shawano and Rothschild-Schofield-Weston in a double header.

There is no Saturday paper this week and the staff here at the newspaper certainly seems to be delighted - giddy in fact.

The Antigo Little League Majors Championship game Monday featured the Schroeder Gifts Rockies and Neve's Reds, with the Rockies winning the championship game 7-6. The Rockies would strike first with Max Nowinsky leading off with a single, followed by another single from Braxton Resch.

Antigo's American Legion Post No. 3 baseball team traveled to Shawano this past weekend.

Traveling to Sunny Vale Complex in Wausau Saturday and Sunday, the Antigo 14U Babe Ruth softball team earned a respectable third place finish.

It can be a terrifying thing to see a dog streaking toward you across a field, fast and low to the ground, lips peeled back from a mouth filled with huge white teeth.

Antigo Little League Final Standing, Minors KC Bagel Royals 6 - 3 Waukesha Bering Red Sox 5 - 4 Parsons Brewers 4 - 5 M&I Mariners 3 - 6 The M&I Mariners defeated the KC Bagel Royals 14-13 Monday night at Saratoga Park.

WAUPUN - The Waupun Police Department is continuing to investigate a death that occurred June 18.

Antigo 14 U Babe Ruth softball team traveled to DC Everest last Thursday for the comeback 9-8 win.

The American Legion Post No. 3 baseball team traveled to Minocqua over the weekend for a round robin tournament.

Calling it a rare opportunity to restore education programs, the Antigo school board Tuesday approved a plan to earmark federal stimulus dollars for everything from technical education at the Middle School to expansion of kindergarten services to four-year-olds. At its regular monthly meeting, the board approved a broad outline of how to use ...

Antigo and Langlade County are not unique, but problems involving heroin continue to flare up here.

According to the Beer Institute, 90 million Americans drink beer. And in Antigo, they drink beer cheaply.

Roofers and highway employees didn't need a reminder that summer arrived in Langlade County on Sunday.

The Antigo school board may have more information available on a potential project to add a wood-fired heating system to the high school when it convenes Tuesday.

Volm Companies in Antigo is being recognized as a successful family business. The company is being profiled on a TV show called Family Inc.