Archive for September 2019
Family Services Awarded VOCA Grant
The Family Services Department recently learned they have been awarded their first Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant. The grant begins October 1st, and the department will receive $230,000 each
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Read MoreRendezvous and Festival Brings History Alive
The inaugural Northwoods Rendezvous and Wild Rice Festival was held last weekend. The event kicked off on Friday, welcoming students from Armstrong Creek, Crandon, Laona and Wabeno. Paul Ninham provided…
Read MoreLegislation for Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women
Last Wednesday, Representative Beth Meyers, Representative Amanda Stuck, Senator Janet Bewley, and advocates gathered in Lac Du Flambeau to release a bill that would create a statewide inter-governmental task force…
Read MoreWild Rice Reseeding Project on Pickerel Lake
By Richard D. Ackley, Jr.
Last week, Tribal Members and staff from the community braved the cold, wind and wet weather on Pickerel Lake in an effort to restore a
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Read MoreAs Harvest Begins, Some ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Dwindling Wild Rice Resource
By Ben Meyer, WXPR Public Radio Pete McGeshick, III, sometimes has a hard time explaining what being on a wild rice bed feels like for him.…
Read MoreLCO Tribal Leaders Discuss Hemp Pilot Program with Mole Lake
By Joe Morey, News Editor, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe
The Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board (LCO TGB) heard a presentation from Thi Le, Director of Operations for the Sokaogon
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Read MoreBuying Wild Rice
Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Bill Roll-Out
Nicolet College Classes Coming to Mole Lake
Nicolet College will holding two classes at the Mole Lake Lodge beginning Friday, September 13th. Stop at the QuickStart event today at the Mole Lake Lodge from 11:00 am to…
Read MoreRare Bee in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service scientists recently discovered Epeoloides pilosulus, one of the rarest bees in North America, while inventorying bees on the Lakewood half of the Lakewood-Laona Ranger…
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