Oneida county

The Oneida County Fair was barely over before organizers already had next year on their minds.One of their major goals of 2027 is a new big top tent.

The County Board voted unanimously Tuesday to pass a data center moratorium until regulations for them can be drawn up.

Developers, contractors, city and county leaders gathered Wednesday to celebrate the groundbreaking of Riverview Senior Housing in Rhinelander.

One organizer affectionately calls the Oneida County Fair “one of the best little fairs in the state of Wisconsin.”Right now, Pioneer Park in Rhinelander is being transformed into the fairgrounds.

The Wisconsin DNR expanded select testing of privates wells a year ago in response to the extreme levels of contamination found in the town of Stella.PFAS are manmade chemicals that have been linked to adverse health effects.

The primary is Tuesday, August 11th.

The Oneida County Planning and Development Committee passed an interim moratorium on data centers.It still needs to be approved by the full county board.

The sheriff's office says Michael J. Garcia Carroll Jr, 40, could be in Vilas or Oneida County.

The Oneida County Economic Development Corporation Executive Directors says he has developers that would be breaking ground if not for one major hurdle.Much of the county lacks the needed infrastructure for more housing and the cost to put it in would make the housing unaffordable for many.

The Oneida County Health Department will be testing the water at five public beaches this summer.