City of Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

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The municipality is the City of Antigo, an incorporated city in Langlade County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5502250).

The City of Antigo is distinct from the Town of Antigo, a separate civil town in Langlade County with 31.064 square miles of land and a 2020 Census population of 1,369.

Antigo is the county seat of Langlade County; county government's general mailing address is 800 Clermont St., Antigo.

The City of Antigo covers 6.455 square miles of land and 0.054 square miles of water.

The city's Census internal point is near 45.141269 N, 89.155225 W.

USGS GNIS records Antigo as a named populated place in Langlade County at 45.140245, -89.1523353.

Antigo Lake is a named reservoir in Langlade County at 45.1425619, -89.1406033, near the city center.

The city's Government page welcomes visitors to "Wisconsin's Great Northwoods."

Antigo City Hall is at 700 Edison St., Antigo, WI 54409, phone (715) 623-3633, open Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 7:30 a.m. to noon.

The 2020 Census count for the City of Antigo was 8,100 residents.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official estimate for the City of Antigo is 8,036 residents, with a voting-age estimate of 6,305.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Antigo city is 8,096 (2020 estimates base 8,087).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population for Antigo city is 8,058 (margin of error plus or minus 34).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age in Antigo city is 46.2 years (margin of error plus or minus 5.2).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income in Antigo city is $46,791 (margin of error plus or minus $6,260).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied housing in Antigo city is $94,700 (margin of error plus or minus $10,794).

The city reports that Antigo's population grew from 645 in 1880 to 9,465 in 1890 with the timber industry and the railroad.

Antigo is governed by a mayor and a Common Council of nine alderpersons, one for each of nine wards.

The Mayor of Antigo is Thomas (Tom) Bauknecht, whose term runs to April 15, 2027.

The alderpersons are Barbara Rebstock (Ward 1), Roy Dieck (Ward 2), Dee Sorano (Ward 3), Mary Hayes (Ward 4), Mark Edwards (Ward 5), Joel Wagner (Ward 6), Glenn Bugni (Ward 7), Kevin Smith (Ward 8), and Scott Henricks (Ward 9).

Glenn Bugni (Ward 7) is listed as Council President.

The City Administrator is Michael Wetzel.

The Clerk/Treasurer/Finance Director is Kaye Matucheski, reachable at City Hall, (715) 623-3633 ext. 102.

The Common Council meets the second Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 700 Edison Street.

Regular monthly bodies include the City Plan Commission (first Tuesday, 6:00 p.m.), Economic Development Committee (first Monday, 6:00 p.m.), Finance, Personnel and Legislative Committee (third Wednesday, 6:00 p.m.), Parks, Cemeteries and Recreation Commission (second Monday, 5:30 p.m.), Public Works Committee (fourth Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.), and Hotel/Motel Room Tax Commission (last Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.).

Notices of all city meetings are posted on the bulletin board at City Hall, at the Antigo Public Library, at the Antigo Police Department, and on the city's web page.

City agendas and meeting records are published on the CivicClerk portal at antigowi.portal.civicclerk.com, with a public OData feed at antigowi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Events.

The council also holds Committee of the Whole meetings, including one on August 26, 2026 and one following the September 9, 2026 council meeting.

An Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District meets in the Council Chambers at City Hall (meeting on September 8, 2026).

The City of Antigo Municipal Code is published on Municode.

Antigo's public schools belong to the Unified School District of Antigo, led by District Administrator Glenda Oginski, with its district office at 120 S. Dorr Street.

The district's School Board president is Danny Pyeatt; other officers are Vice-President Kristen Mattmiller, Clerk Mike Parizek, Treasurer Jill Mattek Nelson, and Secretary Deyonna Shannon.

NCES lists five public schools with Antigo addresses in 2023-24: Antigo High (1900 10th Ave), Antigo Middle (815 7th Ave), East Elementary (220 7th Ave), North Elementary (506 Graham Ave), and West Elementary (1232 7th Ave).

The district's own website menu in September 2026 lists four schools: Antigo High School, Antigo Middle School, North Elementary, and West Elementary; East Elementary, present in the 2023-24 NCES file, does not appear.

The Unified School District of Antigo is described as covering about 540 square miles and 19 municipalities, mostly in Langlade County with portions in Marathon and Shawano counties, serving roughly 2,300 students.

All Saints Catholic School in Antigo serves four-year-old kindergarten through eighth grade for three local parishes: St. John, Ss. Mary and Hyacinth, and St. Wencel.

Northcentral Technical College's Antigo campus is at 312 Forrest Ave. and dates to a 1969 merger with the Antigo Vocational School, which created NTC's first regional campus.

The Antigo campus houses NTC's Wood Technology Center of Excellence, a 27,000-square-foot facility for forest products and woodworking careers; about 900 people take at least one class there each year.

The school district operates an Aquatic Center, a Fab Lab, and the Noboken School Forest Lodge.

The city states that Antigo became Wisconsin's leading producer of Italian cheese and names Satori Cheese Company as the operation behind that distinction.

The city lists local manufacturing in packaging supplies, wood products, gears and bearings, electronic supplies, cargo haulers, ergonomic equipment, flooring, and steel planks.

The Langlade County Economic Development Corporation, which represents Antigo, Elcho, Pickerel, Pearson, Wolf River Territory, and White Lake, has offices on the NTC Antigo campus at 312 Forrest Avenue.

Langlade County had 562 business establishments and 6,305 paid employees in 2023.

In 2023 Langlade County's largest private employment sectors were retail trade (1,440 paid employees), manufacturing (1,324), and health care and social assistance (791).

The county EDC names manufacturing, retail, health care and social services, and wholesale as the county's leading industries, and targets agriculture, manufacturing, and wood manufacturing.

The Antigo Daily Journal publishes at antigojournal.com with local news, sports, outdoors, obituaries, and an e-Edition.

The Antigo Public Library offers an Antigo Daily Journal Digitized Database.

The Antigo Times publishes local news, police reports, sports, obituaries, and weekly e-editions at antigotimes.com; the site carries the Multimedia Channels corporate logo.

Results Broadcasting operates WACD 106.1 FM and WATK (900 AM, with an FM signal at 98.7) from N2237 US Highway 45 S, Antigo, and posts local closings and delays.

Other FM stations licensed to Antigo are WRLO-FM (105.3 MHz, licensee NRG License Sub) and translator W231AS (94.1 MHz, The Family Radio Network).

The Antigo Public Library is at 617 Clermont St.; its director is Toni Edge, and it also runs a bookmobile and the White Lake Free Little Library.

The library is governed by a Joint Library Board with school, city, and county representatives.

Aspirus Langlade Hospital serves Antigo; the county EDC reports it opened a new facility in 2012 that includes urgent care, alongside the Gerald and Dorothy Volm Cancer Center.

HRSA lists two health center sites in Antigo: Bridge Community Health Clinic Antigo Dental at 1111 Langlade Rd and a school-based site at Antigo High School, 1900 10th Ave.

The Antigo Fire Department is a 30-member combination department with eighteen full-time firefighters when fully staffed, the chief, a full-time secretary, and nine paid-on-call members; Corey Smith is fire chief.

The fire department has provided EMS since 1993, upgraded to paramedic level in 2008 and critical care paramedic level in 2013, and provides advanced life support to the city and 13 surrounding towns.

The Antigo Police Department has fifteen sworn officers, three civilian support staff, one K9, and four school crossing guards; Joe Husnick is chief of police.

The Antigo Post Office building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 2000; whether it is the current operating post office was not confirmed.

The Langlade County Courthouse in Antigo was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 25, 1977.

The Langlade County Airport has two asphalt runways, 16-34 (4,000 feet) and 8-26 (3,400 feet), with 100LL and Jet-A fuel.

The city site's Transportation menu item links to Langlade County transit information at mitwbus.com.

Antigo Parks & Recreation manages over 250 acres of parks, playgrounds, playing fields, trails, and open space, including 21 parks and 8 ball fields.

The city's own pages disagree on trail mileage: the Parks & Recreation page says approximately 9 miles of trails, while the Shelters, Parks & Trails page says approximately 5.5 miles in its introduction and approximately 9 miles in its Trails section.

The Springbrook Trail, completed in 2010, includes a 1,800-foot boardwalk, winds along Antigo Lake and Spring Brook through four park areas and a wilderness area within city limits, and is maintained for year-round use on its asphalt and boardwalk sections.

An 18-hole disc golf course lies along the Springbrook Trail, which also has four overlooks and a fishing pier.

The city's Single Track Trail, just outside city limits at N1985 Dump Rd., offers about 4 miles for hiking, mountain biking, snowshoeing, and fat-tire biking.

The city rents seven shelters: Heinzen Pavilion, Warming House, Hudson St. Park Shelter, City Park East Shelter, City Park West Shelter, Saratoga Park Shelter, and Lake Park Concession.

The city operates the Antigo Lake RV Park & Campground; 2026 park projects include new campground doors, a canopy at the Peaceful Valley Festival Grounds, and a park and market site at Highway 45 and Irving Street.

The Langlade County tourism site calls the county the "County of Trails" and places the Antigo-Langlade County Welcome Center inside the Langlade County Historical Society Museum at 404 Superior Street.

The Antigo Farmers Market runs weekly from June through September, 8 a.m. to noon, at the Heinzen Pavilion in Peaceful Valley Park; products must be produced within a 50-mile radius by the vendor.

The Makers and Farmers Night Market runs Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. at 902 5th Avenue in Antigo.

The 4th Annual Unity in the Community event was scheduled for September 19, 2026, 2 to 6 p.m., at the Heinzen Pavilion, with raffles, children's games, free meals, and a remembrance ceremony.

The Langlade County Fairgrounds, a county department, is at 1633 Neva Rd, Antigo.

The city links a shared Antigo community calendar hosted on CalendarWiz.

Antigo was founded in 1878 by Civil War veterans Francis Deleglise and George Eckart.

The city's history page says the area was known to local Native Americans as "wild woods."

Antigo became a hub of the Chicago, Lakeshore & Western Railroad, later the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, which carried timber and crops; the renovated depot now serves as an office complex downtown.

Timber drew German, Czech, Polish, and Scandinavian immigrants, and farming on the area's silt loam soils followed, later shifting to dairying.

The Antigo Public Library and Deleglise Cabin were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1978.

The Antigo Opera House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984.

Cultural sites named by the county EDC include the Volm Theatre, the Langlade County Historical Museum, the Deleglise Cabin, and the 440 Locomotive.