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By Greg Ambrosius On Wednesday, Oct. 1, we filed our response brief to Kewaunee County Judge Jeffrey Wisnicky, the final brief in this three-year battle over the Faulks Bros. sand mine permit for the Iola Car Show grounds. Our brief starts out this way: “The Waupaca County Board of Adjustment (the “Board”) granted the conditional […]
By State Rep. Brent Jacobson On Friday, Aug. 8, Gov. Tony Evers vetoed five of the bills sent to his desk by the Wisconsin Legislature. One of these vetoed bills was AB 85, which would have ensured that criminals would go before a judge for revocation if they are charged with a new crime while […]
By State Sen. Cory Tomczyk As fishing season kicks off across Wisconsin, families are hitting the water to enjoy a tradition that’s part of our way of life. That’s why Governor Evers’ proposal to raise fishing license fees by 50 percent — from $20 to $30 — is so frustrating. This is the first increase […]
By Mike Richberg My name is Mike Richberg, and I am running for Iola Village Board President. I am writing this letter to try and dispel some of the misleading things that have been said about me in various publications. First, I would like to make it abundantly clear that I am in no way […]
By Greg Ambrosius It looks like the Township of Scandinavia wasn’t the only municipality in Wisconsin that followed its guidelines in denying a non-metallic mining permit. Just this week, the Village of Kronenwetter denied Milestone Materials a non-metallic mining permit because it failed to meet at least four of the five criteria for a Conditional […]
Letter to the Editor By Greg Ambrosius The Waupaca County Board of Adjustment (BOA) meeting on the Iola Car Show sand mine permit ended on Monday, Oct. 21, after 10-1/2 hours of testimony. No decision was made by the five board members as that will be made on Friday, Oct. 25, at 9 a.m. Friday’s meeting […]
By Greg Ambrosius The hearing on Waupaca County’s motion to dismiss our appeal against the Faulks Bros. sand mine is set for Friday, May 17, at 2 p.m. with Outagamie County Judge Vincent Biskupic. Waupaca County is asking for a motion to dismiss in Circuit Court, claiming that Waupaca County ordinances say that the next […]
By Greg Ambrosius On Wednesday, March 20, we made a request for a substitute judge after Judge Raymond Huber was assigned to our appeal. Today it was approved. This decision was made after the (Waupaca) County’s attorneys filed a request to substitute Waupaca County Judge Vicki Clussman, leaving Judge Huber as the last available Waupaca […]
By Greg Ambrosius This last week has seen a lot of interesting developments in our appeal of the Faulks Bros’ sand mine permit in the Township of Scandinavia. On Tuesday, March 12, the lawyers for Waupaca County and the Planning and Zoning Committee filed a Motion to Dismiss our appeal. The motion went to Waupaca […]
Music to raise funds for No Iola Sand Mine legal fight By Greg Ambrosius Our neighborhood group from the Township of Scandinavia has organized a fund-raiser for our legal fight against the sand mine permit, but it’s also going to be a celebration of our beautiful rural community. On Sunday, May 5, at the Silver […]