WOMEN ON SNOW — The 24th annual Women on Snow weekend was held in Eagle River last Friday through Sunday, with 103 participants. The weekend included a trail ride and fish fry Friday night, sledding Saturday, followed by a dance and a final trial ride Sunday morning.--Staff Photo By GARY RIDDERBUSCH

Oneida to register
all septic systems

By Kurt Krueger
News-Review Editor

In the next three years, Oneida County will require every property owner with a septic system to enroll in a maintenance program that ensures such systems are pumped or inspected on a regular basis.

Karl Jennrich, the county’s zoning director, said about one-third of the private onsite wastewater treatment systems (POWTS) in the county have never been registered — most of which were installed more than 30 years ago.

He said of the approximate 21,952 POWTS in the county, the zoning office currently tracks 13,502 permitted systems installed sin...
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Meeting set Thursday
on Pines cheer program

A meeting regarding the 2010-’11 Northland Pines High School (NPHS) cheer and dance program will be held Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6:45 p.m. in the large-group instruction room at the high school.

District officials said the meeting is solely intended to discuss the NPHS cheer and dance program for the 2010-’11 season.

School officials dropped the high school cheer and dance team for winter sports due to a lack of participation. Since then, cheer and dance coach Cydnee Totzke organized a club team to compete at competitions. The team is comprised...
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Pines awaits decision
on gold-level challenge

By Ken Anderson
News Correspondent

A decision on the re-evaluation of Northland Pines High School receiving a Leadership in Environmental and Economic Design (LEED) gold-level standard by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has been delayed.

District Administrator Mike Richie told the school board last Monday that he received a request for further information from the re-evaluators and he anticipated a decision later in February.

“We thought we would have heard on the LEED appeal and we did,” Richie said. “They have requested a review of comments and want us to respond to ...
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