For an event that has drawn over a thousand people in past runnings because of the fun, zany entries, and crashes, the Drummond Sno-Jacks 21st Annual Bar Stool Races fundraiser is coming up on Saturday, February 15, 2020 starting with a check in of racers at 11:00 a.m., races start at noon, chili, brats and drink until…
DetailsNovember 6, 2019 “On Aug. 13 a trail camera in the Red Cliff area of northeastern Bayfield County captured a cougar with a dead coyote in its mouth, said Todd Naas, Wisconsin DNR biologist in Ashland. Then on Aug. 20 a deer hunter’s trail camera in southeastern Bayfield County took photos of a big cat…
DetailsFrom Looking Back at Lake Owen, a frightening 1979 near tradegy in her own words: “Gretchen Bell Hannaford: A Frigid, Frightful Introduction My introduction to Lake Owen turned out to be a scary experience. Many, many years later, a few of my Lake Owen friends heard about this story, and despite my reluctance as a…
DetailsWisconsin DNR Forest Health Specialist Paul Cigan out of the Hayward office asked the Lake Owen Association to notify the Lake Owen community of the following information about the recent infestation of the Oak Wilt disease. Oak wilt disease was first detected in Bayfield County in 2018, and the number of known cases in the…
DetailsYellow Flag Iris is one of just two invasive plants present in Lake Owen, the other being Forget-Me-Not. Although the Yellow Flag Iris is a showy, flowering plant, the Lake Owen Association is working to remove it from the Lake Owen shoreline. A USFS fact sheet reports “it can form dense colonies and impenetrable thickets…
DetailsYesterday’s Fox News had a story about a “Minnesota man whose dog was killed by a rare fungus last year has been battling the same illness that killed his canine. Scott Donahue, of Park Rapids, was diagnosed with blastomycosis and has been on a ventilator three times, had a tracheotomy, and a feeding tube during a…
DetailsThe Lake Owen Association Annual Fall Equinox Pontoon Boat Party went off as planned last Saturday at 3:00 p.m. just as a light mist was stopping. Over the next few hours a total of 8 pontoon boats tied up together in Johnson’s Bay allowing the dozens of Lake Owen residents to walk back and forth…
DetailsTuesday’s Lake Owen Association’s golf fundraiser raised approximately $8,000 for the the Town of Cable’s Cable Area Resources in Emergency, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit charity. C.A.R.E. provides financial help for individuals in the Cable area that may need help with gas money, heating assistance , home repairs etc. Special thanks to Lake Owen Association members Dave…
DetailsNext Sunday, August 18, 2019 there will be a Live Concert inside the bar at Otter Bay Resort on Lake Owen, 46595 Otter Bay Road, Cable Wisconsin, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. by the Otter Bay Boyz (Mark G and friends from MPLS and Nashville) in their live concert of mainly acoustics sing along and fun…
DetailsJuly 16, 2019, The Journal Times feature story was about Arthur B. Modine, engineer, innovator and founder of Modine Manufacturing in 1916. Modine’s innovation was designing a system where the water in radiators was cooled by the air passing through, which in turn kept gas-powered engines from overheating. His grandson said, “I remember sitting around the…
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