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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		A Langlade County Legacy: Kretz Lumber
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:15
	Publish Date:		2020-07-31 06:32:00
	Description:		When Joseph and Myrtle Kretz established Kretz Lumber in 1929, it was just a small sawmill. Today the company just south of Antigo is an employee-owned global company that has expanded into other areas including forest management, education, and now a fine craftsman line, which sells directly to small commercial woodworkers along with hobbyists. The roof of an old dairy barn in a sea of metal buildings is the centerpiece of the Kretz Lumber Mill as it has been for over nine decades. The converted dairy barn is where logs are sawn into lumber, just as it has been since the beginning. The company still bears the Kretz name, but the family has not been directly involved for almost two decades. Current company president Troy Brown’s history with the company goes back 1980s. “I started working in the mill piling lumber in 1986. Worked my way through school in accounting, and in 1990 I came back here full time. Started as an accounting clerk and kept moving my way through the system.” Brown
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