9/6/2024

EAGLE RIVER - The Vilas County Board of Supervisors has voted to approve a resolution that would ask Vilas County Judge Daniel Overbey to resign from his elected position as the head of the District 2 Court. The board also decided that should Overbey choose not to resign, that the Governor and the State court system initiate the judge’s removal or that a recall vote be initiated. Overbey was at the board meeting, said he would not resign and expressed fear for the future of the court if an interim judge had to be appointed before the next election. Overbey was given a copy of two complaints filed with the county’s corporation counsel, which stated Overbey was still contributing to ongoing tension and unresolved dynamics that have created a hostile work environment. The complaints stem from an affair between Overbey and Vilas County Clerk of Courts Beth Soltow that became public.