If you still have not received your new garbage/recycling bins from GLF, please contact them directly at 920-982-4116 or contact the town hall at 920-446-3837 so we may get them out to you! Thanks! 

The Town Board of the

Town of Wolf River

will hold a listening session on  

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

At 6:00 p.m. at the

Wolf River Town Hall

8800 County Road II, Fremont

This is an opportunity for residents and business owners

to voice their opinion regarding updating the

Town’s Slow, No Wake Ordinance times and areas of concern.

No decisions will be made at this session.

All interested persons may attend.  

Tax bills have been completed and should be arriving soon.  We apologize for the delay but there were some apportionment issues at the State of Wisconsin level that needed to be resolved first.  You may view your tax bill on the Winnebago County website now under the Property Information.  ALSO:

The Town Board of Wolf River has recently approved a new 5-year contract with GFL (Green for Life).  You will be receiving two 96-gallon containers, one for garbage and one for recycling.  Information will be attached to those containers for your reference.  In January, we will begin recycling every other week. Your new assessment for this service is $220 per residence.

The Town Board of Wolf River has recently approved a new 5-year contract with GFL (Green for Life).  You will be receiving two 96-gallon containers, one for garbage and one for recycling.  The information attached to those containers for your reference is not correct so please refer to the Winnebago County Recycling Website for the correct information about what may be recycled and what is trash.  In January, we will begin recycling every other week. Your new assessment for these services is $220 per residence for 2024.

The Town of Wolf River Board is in the process of taking bids for a new garbage/recycle contract for 2024 and beyond. Any new contract will likely have a significant increase over the current contract.  More information will be provided when available.

The Board of the Town of Wolf River will hold a Public Hearing at the Town Hall, located at 8800 County Road II, Fremont, Wisconsin, on Monday, July 24 at 6:30 p.m. to consider the following:

Amend the Town of Wolf River All-Terrain Vehicle Route Ordinance, Sections 1-5(b) to include repeal and replace language in language regarding use of lights. This section shall now read as follows:

No ATV/UTV may be operated on any designated route without fully functional headlights and tail-lights. Lights shall be used at all times during operation.  (Currently reads “Lights shall be used during the hours of darkness and when conditions require it.”).

Proposed change to Section 1-5(d) regarding operation hours from the current language:

No ATV/UTV may be operated on any designated route between the hours of 10:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. daily.  (Proposed change to 24 hours, 7 days a week)

A copy of all changes is available for review at the town’s website, the town hall, and the Fremont Post office.

All interested persons wishing to be heard at the Public Hearing are invited to be present.

Respectfully submitted,

Susan J. Gilbert, Clerk

Dated this 26th day of June, 2023

Susan J. Gilbert, Clerk

Town of Wolf River

BOARD OF REVIEW

WOLF RIVER TOWN HALL

8800 County Road II

Fremont, WI  54940

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Beginning at 6:00 p.m.

PLEASE BE ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board:

          No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the Assessor to view such property.

          After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

          No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and files a written objection, that the person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

          When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

          No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or object to a valuation, if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method, unless the person supplies the Assessor with all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Section 73.03(2a), that the Assessor requests.  The Town of Wolf River maintains the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court.  The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Section 19.35(l) of Wis. Statutes.

          The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability.  No other persons may testify by telephone.

Susan J. Gilbert, Clerk

446-3837

PLEASE OBTAIN AN OBJECTION FORM, PRIOR TO 48 HOURS BEFORE THE BOARD OF REVIEW, FROM THE CLERK AT THE ABOVE NUMBER.   

Respectfully submitted,

   Susan J. Gilbert, Clerk

Tuesday, May 16

3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO INFORMALLY REVIEW YOUR 2022 PROPERTY ASSESSMENT WITH THE TOWN ASSESSOR

EFFECTIVE DATE: IMMEDIATELY

EMERGENCY ORDER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND ENFORCEMENT OF

SLOW–NO–WAKE FOR THE WATERS OF THE WOLF RIVER IN THE TOWN OF WOLF RIVER, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WISCONSIN, FROM THE MOUTH AT LAKE POYGAN TO THE NORTH COUNTY LINE, WITHIN 500 FEET OF ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURE.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE TOWN OF WOLF RIVER TOWN BOARD HAS DECLARED A HIGH-WATER EMERGENCY FOR THE WATERS OF THE WOLF RIVER IN THE TOWN OF WOLF RIVER, WINNEBAGO COUNTY FROM THE MOUTH AT LAKE POYGAN TO THE NORTH COUNTY LINE, WITHIN 500 FEET OF ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURE, THIS DECLARATION IMPOSES

SLOW–NO–WAKE  ZONE

ON THE WOLF RIVER

IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTE §323.11 AND 323.14

THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE WATERS OF THE WOLF RIVER RECEDE TO A NONTHREATENING LEVEL.

NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A BOAT FASTER THAN SLOW-NO-WAKE ON THE WATERS OF THE WOLF RIVER IN THE TOWN OF WOLF RIVER BEGINNING FROM THE MOUTH OF LAKE POYGAN AND EXTENDING TO THE NORTH COUNTY LINE, WITHIN 500 FEET OF ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURE,DURING A HIGH-WATER EMERGENCY.

Enforcement of this Emergency Order shall be done by the

Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department, DNR, OR WOLF RIVER TOWN BOARD.

By order of:    RANDAL S. RUTTEN     Dated: April 8, 2023

                               Randal S. Rutten, Chairperson

                               Town of Wolf River, Winnebago County, Wisconsin 

Town of Wolf River

Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Notice of Spring Election

April 4, 2023

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election is to be held in the Town of Wolf River, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, and the following offices are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed. All terms are for two years beginning on April 18, 2023.

            Office                                                             Incumbent

Town Board Chairperson                                       Randal Rutten

Town Board Supervisor                                          David Koepp

Town Board Supervisor                                          Curt Sprenger

Town Board Clerk                                                    Susan Gilbert

Town Board Treasurer                                            Judy Knaus

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, the North Lake Poygan Sanitary District will hold an election in the Towns of Wolf River and Bloomfield, and the following office is to be elected to succeed to the present incumbent listed. The term is for six years beginning on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

Office                                                             Incumbent

Commissioner                                              Jack Pribek

Notice is herby given, that the first day to circulate for nomination papers for the above offices is December 1, 2022, and the final day for filing nomination papers is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, in the office of the Wolf River Clerk.

Notice is further given, that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.

Dated this 21^st day of November 2022.

Susan J. Gilbert, Clerk