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Smith named to Antigo School Board
ANTIGO — The Antigo School Board welcomed a new member during Monday night’s special meeting. After two rounds of voting, Donna Smith was chosen as the new seated board member after about 45 minutes of interview questions of three candidates. Smith is taking over for Danny Pyeatt, the previous school board president, who resigned from his position at a special school board meeting held on Oct. 15. The three individuals who were interviewed included: Bob Wilson, a veteran; Smith, long-time educator and administrator; and Rebecca Rank, Langlade County chief deputy county clerk. The board took two rounds of voting in order to seat the new board member. Ultimately, a majority had to be reached for the new member to be chosen. During round one the board members voted as follows: Treasurer Danny Nicholson, Rank; Angi Schreiber, Rank; Vice President Jean Adams, Wilson; President Mike Parizek, Smith; Clerk Melissa Cornelius, Smith and Randy Myers, Smith. Kristen Mattmiller and Jill Mattek Nelson were not at the meeting. Votes for round two included: Nicholson, Rank; Schreiber, Rank; Adams, Smith; Parizek, Smith; Cornelius, Smith and Myers, Smith. In the last year, seven of the nine school board positions have been vacated and needed to
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Nokomis electors reject EMS upgrade
Community members in the Town of Nokomis in western Oneida County have voted down a plan for some Emergency Medical Service upgrades. The 1.2-million-dollar proposal was considered at a Special Town Meeting Thursday evening. A Facebook post from the Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department says electors voted against the measure 156...