http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/long-lake/ Long Lake, WI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/long-lake/content/fab20b84aee4af57021c5c9e7ec967de.html Iron County landowner fined for wetland violation http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/long-lake/content/43a02c7b44b784439c9ee4a58d2c2922.html Sportsmans private paradise yours for en036;25 million http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/long-lake/content/2425f838add4465af63752b2d11c99c3.html CALEDONIA Intruder found in home A couple awoken just after 5 am Wednesday by the sound of a dog barking in an outside kennel found a man inside their home in the 3500 block of Taurus Drive http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/long-lake/content/b9a406d7554b508c8e881a57a62f4c94.html Florence County deer hunters expected to see diminished herd in 2008 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/long-lake/content/c28875ee658f5b3a86ab78157287de8a.html MADISON A Woodville warehouse found guilty in federal court in connection with repackaging tons of butter under unsanitary conditions was fined 4000 Tuesday and placed on probation for one yearRonald Reik of Woodville Warehousing and Distributing told Magistrate Stephen Crocker that before the company was charged as a corporate defendant in March he had changed the company's habits and since has checked with state inspectors to ensure it is properly handling dairy productsWhile Woodville Warehousing was charged with misdemeanor causing food to be held under unsanitary conditions two dairy traders Mark Anderson 37 of Long Lake Minn and Steven Perkins 48 of Spicer Minn originally were charged with felony introducing adulterated food into interstate commerceThe felony charges against Anderson and Perkins later were reduced to misdemeanors but either offense carries the same penalty The men will be sentenced next monthCrocker called the case a pretty distasteful series of events almost stomachturning but said the corporation isn't as responsible as Anderson and Perkins who thought they could make a killing on thisAssistant US Attorney Laura Przybylinski said Anderson and Perkins were more culpable than Woodville Warehousing in the 2003 scheme to repackage more than 223000 pounds of contaminated butter shipped to Woodville from Iowa and MadisonWoodville came in at the end of the investigation Reik had dealt with Anderson and Perkins before and Reik allowed himself to be bullied into doing this by Anderson Przybylinski saidReik trusted Anderson who told Reik that Woodville Warehousing's license allowed him to receive waste butter obtained in Iowa to be repackaged at Woodville Warehousing in boxes labeled with Creamery Butter Keep Refrigerated on one side and Madison Dairy Produce Co Madison WI on another side according to court documentsAs a manager of the business Reik had an obligation to ensure the company was properly licensed to repackage the butter which arrived in April 2003 exposed to environmental contaminationAt the time Woodville Warehousing also didn't have proper handwashing facilities for employees and its records showed it had a rodent control problem according to court documentsNone of the contaminated butter reached the public Wisconsin food inspectors halted all shipments from Woodville Warehousing except for an 85000pound load that was rejected by a cold storage warehouse in New Ulm Minn when it arrived in moldy condition according to court documentsAnderson and Perkins sold the 85000pound load at 20 cents less a pound than the previous week's butter price on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange according to court documentsReik's attorney Jay Heit of Eau Claire said his client's conduct was negligent but not intentional Facing a maximum fine of 8000 Heit sought the minimum 4000 fine saying Woodville Warehousing hadn't been profitable since 2005 when it took out a loan to expand production facilitiesMurphy is a freelance writer from Madison http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/long-lake/content/5b373cafb66935cc980a30f9c7e6914e.html CALEDONIA Teen robbed outside workplace An 18yearold employee at Gregs Catering 3124 Roberts St was robbed of his wallet containing 40 and struck in the face during a robbery at 10:20 pm Friday in a parking lot outside the business http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/long-lake/content/ba0f9f283cf41821e042c907b78ba508.html Long Lake receives 46450 grant for new John Deere loader http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/long-lake/content/31b1594e5699ead559169da962a5d356.html Kevin Gullikson isn39;t the most talkative member of the University of Wisconsin men39;s basketball team but he39;s downright chatty when the subject turns to the three other Minnesota players who are part of the Badgers39; roster He especially enjoyed talking about sophomore forward Jon Leuer and the transformation the 6foot10 forward from Long Lake Minn has made with his game after getting stronger and heavier during the summer You look at him and he39;s a different person