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Investigation ongoing of marijuana growing found on public lands

State and federal officials are investigating a possible connection between two large marijuana growing operations found in publicly owned forests in northwestern Wisconsin.

The Ashland and Rusk County Sheriffs' Department and the U.S. attorney's office in Madison are looking for possible links between two recently discovered marijuana plantations. One in the Flambeau State Forest, the other in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, north of Park Falls.

State and federal officials this week destroyed thousands of plants found in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. National Forest spokeswoman Suzanne Flory says she fears this won't be the last time pot growers are found in the National forest. She says, "It's something we feel that won't be going away, something that we need people to be aware of, both the public and our employees. We have employees in the national forest that spend a good part of their time in the field."

Loaded firearms were found at the campsite near one of the pot fields.

Flory says these operations also pose a pollution threat. In a similar pot plantation found near Oconto last year the growers had clear cut several one to two acre plots and then used irrigation and chemical fertilizer to grow the marijuana. She says, "As you know the Northwoods is pretty heavily wooded and thick and when you have these small clearings they're pretty hard to detect unless you come across them by accident which is what happened in this one with, a hunter."

There has been speculation that these pot plantations are the work of Mexican drug cartels, but so far there is no solid evidence to support that theory.

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Joseph Dessert came from Canada to Mosinee (then known as “Little Bull Falls”) in 1844. He decided that a library was needed and built and equipped a free library for the community.

Dedicated on February 11, 1899, the building was used as a library as well as a post office, village hall, and school, and it was the scene of many community events, including dances and balls. The library was the only place in town with theater facilities, so amateur plays were often presented there, and school commencements were held in the Grand Hall. The library existed as a city library until 1974, when the library and municipal boards recommended that the Joseph Dessert Library should join the Marathon County Public Library (MCPL). Since then, it has also come to be known as the MCPL – Mosinee Branch.

Celebrations have marked two significant anniversaries for the library, the first in 1949 at the 50th anniversary, and the second in 1999 at the time of the library’s 100th year. Several renovations have also taken place, with the most recent occurring in 1995 as part of a county-wide building and improvement program for libraries. Today, the library maintains its status in the City of Mosinee as both an important community service and as a building significant to the history of the community. The library building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

On May 1, 1950, local residents acting as Communist invaders seized control of Mosinee.

The action was a part of an elaborate pageant organized by the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion. The “Communists” dragged Mayor Ralph E. Kronenwetter and Police Chief Carl Gewiss out of their beds. Mayor Kronenwetter surrendered at 10:15 AM in the town’s new “Red Square” with a pistol to his back. The police chief was reported to have resisted and was “liquidated.”

Road blocks were set up around Mosinee, the library was “purged,” prices of goods were inflated for the duration of the coup, and local restaurants served Russian black bread and potato soup for lunch.

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