LCO Today

07/30/2024

LCO Tribal Governing BoardOfficial StatementThe Tribal Governing Board (“TGB”) voted on March 8, 2024, to explore options for combining the Akii-gikinoo’amaading Charter School (“Akii School”) with the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School (“LCO School”) based on information provided by th...

07/19/2024

07/09/2024

The following is the tenth of several book excerpts the LCO News will feature from local author, John Dettloff. The excerpts will be from his new book.Detloff has lived on the Chippewa Flowage, near New Post, for over 50 years. His family has had a small resort just east of New Post for 56 seasons a...

07/09/2024

A group of Waadookodaading Middle and High School students made a presentation at the Kinnamon Museum at the end of May, in which they presented two mannequins (one female, one male) authentically dressed from the 1870s.The presentation was the result of a project-based learning collaboration betwee...

07/08/2024

By Joe MoreyNews EditorThi Le, LCO Cannabis ConsultantThe LCO Tribe played host to the Chippewa Federation and the Inter-Tribal Cannabis Task Force meetings at the Sevenwinds Casino Conference Center in May, with various tribal leadership attending from throughout the region.Thi Le, cannabis consult...

07/04/2024

LCOOUPress ReleaseArtist Rendering of the dormitoryLac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University held a ceremony to commemorate the groundbreaking of its new student housing project on Monday, June 10, 2024. The groundbreaking ceremony was for the LCOOU Student Housing at the LCOOU Farm, 13457 W. Froemel Ro...

07/03/2024

By Joe Morey News EditorAfter 25 years of service at the Boys & Girls Club of Lac Courte Oreilles, Heather DiCosimo is leaving her position as the executive director to take on a new role as Director of Organizational Development of the Boys & Girls Club of America-Native Services Unit.“In my new ...

07/02/2024

LCOOUPress Release(photos after article)Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University celebrated 44 undergraduates and 12 master’s degree graduates on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Proceeding the processional drums, flag song, and posting of colors, President Russell Swagger, St. Croix member and Lac Courte Ore...

07/02/2024

By Ross PattermanWriter for Sawyer County GazetteThere will be a new face prowling the sidelines for the Hayward Hurricanes boys’ basketball team this winter. Curtis DeCora, a 2003 graduate of Hayward High, will take over for Patrick Harrison as the Head Coach for the Hurricanes in 2024.DeCora bri...

07/02/2024

Isaac HopkeSpecial to the Catholic HeraldSt. Francis Solanus Mission in Reserve celebrated the 100-year anniversary of its locally quarried stone church on June 2, the Feast of Corpus Christi. The event, which included Mass, a Eucharistic procession, feast, powwow and fireworks, attracted a large cr...

07/01/2024

By Joe Morey News EditorAt their weekly meeting on Monday, July 1st, the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board (TGB) approved giving a $500 assistance disbursement to every adult tribal member at least 18 years of age by December 31st, 2024.The disbursement will begin sometime before the Honor....

07/01/2024

LCO's Little Newspaper Odaawaa-Zaaga'iganing Babaamaajimoo-mazina'igaans Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians "The Pride of the Ojibwe" June 28, 2024 In this Issue! LCOOU Commenc

06/30/2024

By Joe MoreyNews EditorVern Martin, an esteemed member of our community, embodies the spirit of service and dedication. Born in 1941, Vern is a proud veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. However, his service to his nation did not end when he hung up his uniform. He seamle...

06/30/2024

By Terrell BoettcherSawyer County RecordReprinted Courtesy of SCRRead Full Story HereSixty-one Class of 2024 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe graduates from high schools including Hayward, Lac Courte Oreilles, Winter, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire Memorial were honored with eagle feathers during a ceremo...

06/30/2024

By Joe MoreyNews EditorIn an announcement on June 7th, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians named Scott Johnson as the new Lac Courte Oreilles Health Center Director.“Scott brings with him a wealth of administrative experience and a deep commitment to improving the health...

06/26/2024

LCO's Little Newspaper Odaawaa-Zaaga'iganing Babaamaajimoo-mazina'igaans Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians "The Pride of the Ojibwe" June 24, 2024 In this Issue! Fatal Acciden

06/14/2024

05/23/2024

LCO's Little Newspaper Odaawaa-Zaaga'iganing Babaamaajimoo-mazina'igaans Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians "The Pride of the Ojibwe" May 21, 2024 In this Issue! Drug Charges f

05/22/2024

The following is the seventh of several book excerpts the LCO News will feature from local author, John Dettloff. The excerpts will be from his new book.Detloff has lived on the Chippewa Flowage, near New Post, for over 50 years. His family has had a small resort just east of New Post for 56 seasons...

05/22/2024

LCO's Purple Hearts recipients to be honored at Memorial Day Remmebrance on Monday at 11:00 am.

LCO Purple Heart Recipients

Barber, Edward US Army WWII

Batiste, George WWII

Barber, Edward U.S.Army WWII

Batiste, George WWII

Bracklin, William Edward U.S. Army Korean War

Butler, Lawrence U.S. Army Vietnam

Conger, William U.S. Army WWII

Corbine, Arnold John U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam

Corbine, Charles B. WWII
Buried in Normady. U.S. Army, Private First Class,
112th Infantry, 28th Infantry Division. #16071620

Dretzka, Norbert U.S. Army Vietnam

Gouge, Elmer Benedict “Tiny” U.S. Army Korean War

Jockey, Sam U.S. Army WWII

Martin, Robert U.S. Marines Vietnam

Miller, Edward L. U.S. Marin Corps Vietnam

Nickence, John U.S. Army Vietnam

Quaderer, John U.S. Army WWII

Quagon, Vernon U.S. Army Vietnam

Tainter, Gary, Sr. U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam

Thayer, Gordon U.S. Air Force Vietnam

05/22/2024

By Joe MoreyNews EditorThe Milwaukee Public Museum will soon debut a new Native American exhibit to replace the current exhibit that is more than 30 years old. The new exhibits will build upon and reimagine many of the exhibits in the current building. The new exhibits that display items affiliated....

05/21/2024

By Andrea BuscheThe Woman Today, DuluthWhile 23-year-old Heaven Waasiikwe Fleming feels deeply connected to her Indigenous roots, that hasn’t always been the case. Although she and her family are enrolled members of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band, she attended the predominantly white Drummond High S...

05/16/2024

By Joe MoreyNews EditorLCO TGB member Little Guy presents Neal Korn with the Pendleton blanket. Photo by Joe Morey.Congressman Derrick Van Orden, WI 3rd District, awarded 102-year-old World War II veteran, Neal Korn, the oldest living Lac Courte Oreilles tribal member, with five military medals for....

05/15/2024

Happening this weekend!

05/15/2024

Editor's Note:Judge Isham in her office at the Sawyer County Courthouse. Photo by Joe MoreyThe following article is a reprinted interview with Sawyer County Circuit Judge Monica Isham, a Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Member, who was elected to the bench in August of 2023 as the first judge in the newly...

05/15/2024

LCOOUPress ReleaseEffective April 24th, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University is suspending new applications for enrollment to the University Science Majors (Associates Degrees and Bachelors Degrees programs).President Swagger met first with the Science Faculty and then with the entire full-time Fac...

05/14/2024

LCO's Little Newspaper Odaawaa-Zaaga'iganing Babaamaajimoo-mazina'igaans Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians "The Pride of the Ojibwe" May 14, 2024 In this Issue! Award for Clin

05/14/2024

By Jessica HutchisonLCO Ojibwe School SuperintendentAttention Parents, staff members, students, and community members:Due to the planned phase II heating, ventilation, air handling and cooling upgrade that will be taking place over the summer of 2024 the end of the 2023-2024 school year is being mov...