Menominee County schedules Board of Review adjournment for property assessments

The Town of Menominee’s Board of Review adjournment notice was a small filing with outsized stakes for property owners who may want to contest an assessment. The board was set to meet June 3, 2026 at 1:00 a.m. at the County Clerk’s Office, a procedural step that keeps the annual appeal calendar moving and helps determine whether a homeowner or landowner can still press a challenge.

The notice fits into Wisconsin’s required Open Book and Board of Review process, which every municipality must hold. Open Book comes first, when the assessment roll is open for examination and owners can speak informally with the assessor. If the value still looks wrong, the Board of Review is the formal appeal step, where evidence is presented and the board can change an assessment if the owner proves it is incorrect. The State Bar of Wisconsin describes local boards of review as the first formal step in the appeal process, and state guidance says these sessions generally fall from late May into mid-June, though some occur later.

That timing matters because the window is narrow. The Wisconsin Legislature’s sample notice says objectors generally must give the clerk at least 48 hours’ notice of intent to file an objection, with limited waiver provisions. State guidance also says that after the first Board of Review meeting and before final adjournment, a scheduled objector may not contact board members about the objection except at a board session. Another rule can also affect whether a challenge is heard at all: if a property owner refused a reasonable written certified-mail request from the assessor to view the property, the owner may be barred from appearing, though the issue can still be handled as evidence.

For Menominee County property owners, the practical move now is to assemble proof that speaks directly to the assessment: parcel measurements, records showing whether improvements were captured accurately, and comparisons with similar properties nearby. That is especially important in a county with village lots, rural homes, lakefront parcels, forest land and commercial sites, where small differences in size, condition or use can affect value.

Residents who need to confirm dates or forms can contact town clerk Misty Wayka at the Town of Menominee office, W3269 Courthouse Lane, Keshena, WI 54135. County property-tax information is also listed through county treasurer Lona Tourtillott. The 2025 Board of Review notice was set for June 6, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., and the 2024 posting listed Open Book for Aug. 26, 2024 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., showing the town follows the same annual system even as dates shift from year to year.