2 vacant posts filled in Menominee County

Register of deeds/treasurer resigned in July
By: 
Tim Ryan
Reporter

KESHENA — Vacancies in two key Menominee County departments that languished for more than a month have now been filled, according to County Administrative Coordinator Jeremy Weso.

Louise Madosh had been the county’s register of deeds and its treasurer up until July 30 when she resigned to take a job with the Menominee tribe, Weso said.

The Menominee County Board has since decided to split Madosh’s old job into two part-time positions.

A new treasurer, Marybeth Pecore, was appointed by the board on Aug. 22.

On Tuesday, Gov. Tony Evers appointed Menomin Hawpetoss as the county’s new register of deeds.

The post is an elected position, and Hawpetoss will fill out the remainder of Madosh’s term, which ends on Dec. 31, 2020.

Hawpetoss won’t officially start as register of deeds for another two weeks because she is currently employed by the College of Menominee Nation and has to give notice, Weso said.

However, Hawpetoss is hoping to come in and work on an interim basis in the meantime to catch up on the backlog created by the vacancy.

“We didn’t have a deputy register of deeds,” Weso said. “All the vital records for the community are available in the state registrar’s office, but the actual recording of deeds and things like that, we had to wait until there was an actual register of deeds.”

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