Vince Hoehn of CENTURY 21 Pierce Realty LLC, Manitowish Waters, WI

I have been holding off on writing about this topic lately as, quite honestly, sometimes I don't quite know what to make of all of it.  As I am member of the town Planning Commission, one might naturally think that I would have access to information and resources to guide my decision making that a regular citizen does not have -- ...

Had an interesting and uplifting conversation with a gentleman yesterday.  He had stopped into the office to inquire about the actual sale price of a property that hold sold recently, and our conversation proceeded into all directions from there.  The part that I want to relate to you is basically this:  This gentleman is "of ...

By no means is this a comprehensive list as I don't have access to a comprehensive list myself, but you may find this useful. Countywide:Vilas County Musky Marathon  May 28-Nov. 30  Open to all for any legal muskie caught and released or kept from any Vilas County lake.  Information:  800-236-3649 or the Vilas County ...

The latest installment in the controversy surrounding the expansion of Manitowish Waters' newest cranberry operation -- Monday, March 28th, the Manitowish Waters Board of Appeals will hear the appeal of Broken Arrow Cranberries, Inc. and Highway 51 Properties LLC and their owners contesting the February 7, 2011 Zoning ...

A reminder -- waterfront property owners with large existing piers have until April 1, 2011 to register those piers under the grandfathering provisons of the new pier regulations if they want to avoid possible enforcement actions due to noncompliance with the new pier size standards.  Link to the DNR Pier Planner Link to the DNR interactive ...

Have you heard of the Lake Tides newsletter published quarterly by the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership?  Subtitled The newsletter for people interested in Wisconsin lakes, it is, I believe, a collaborative effort of the University of Wisconsin - Extension Lakes (out of the UWSP College of Natural Resources), the Wisconsin DNR, and the Wisconsin ...

A couple of weeks back I decided to create a Facebook "community" page for Manitowish Waters -- a "company" page already exists called Manitowish Waters. Wisconsin -- but it wasn't quite what I had in mind.  Nor the "city" page, which draws from Wikipedia.  I thought that perhaps I could do ...

So this is where we are at:  On January 18th the Manitowish Waters Plan Commission held a public hearing, followed by a Plan Commission meeting, on the matter of the petition to amend the land use plan to allow agricultural operations on the two parcels in question.  The existing land use plan map calls for single family ...

To follow up on my December 10 post of the latest issue to land in the lap of the Manitowish Waters Plan Commission:  Last night we had a special meeting of the Plan Commission to take up the agenda item of discussion and possible action on the "enforcement issue regarding Baer Property Developmenrt", i.e., issuing a citation for ...

  Discussion at last Tuesday night's meeting of the Manitowish Waters Plan Commission was mostly devoted to our controversy du jour:  the creation of new cranberry farming operations in areas not zoned for agriculture.  To cover this whole issue as it has developed to this point would require way more typing than I feel ...