ALL ABOUT POWER — Motorized airplanes, snowmobiles and watercraft such as this Hemi-powered speedboat were the attraction last Saturday at the Three Lakes Shootout and Fly-in. This boat went 93 mph.--STAFF PHOTO

State OKs revisions
to shorelands zoning

By Kurt Krueger
News-Review Editor

Revised shoreland protection rules won unanimous approval of the Natural Resources Board (NRB) last week, but they now face legislative review that leaves the door open for changes.

With the support of the Wisconsin Association of Lakes and state associations representing builders and real estate brokers, the final draft of a rewritten Chapter NR 115 was passed 6-0 at a meeting in New Richmond.

Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary Matt Frank said the first major shoreland code update in more than 40 years will increase flexibility ...
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Pines OKs wage,
duty adjustments

By Ken Anderson
News Correspondent

The Northland Pines School Board approved administrative wage and duty adjustments recommended by the Personnel Committee following the departure of high school Principal Pat Sullivan last Monday night.

Sullivan has accepted the position of administrator with the Medford School District and Northland Pines will shift administrative functions among staff, thereby reducing the number of administrators from seven to six.

“This smaller administrative staff will save the district an estimated $323,660 over the next three years in salary and fring...
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Double trouble

By Kurt Krueger
News-Review Editor

State wildlife managers got a double-whammy in June, learning of a 15% increase in the wolf population at the same time that four groups filed suit to put wolves back on the endangered list.

The Humane Society, Help Our Wolves Live, Friends of Animals and Their Environment, and Born Free USA are suing the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) over its March 2009 decision to delist wolves in the western Great Lakes region.

As the groups did on two past occasions when they sued and won challenges to state delisting efforts in 2007 and 2008, they c...
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