Colleen Rooney stands outside her new home facing Lost Lake at Murmuring Waters Resort in Vilas County on April 24.
Danielle Kaeding/WPRSnowbanks blocked Colleen Rooney’s view of the water when she and her husband first arrived at their new lakeside home in rural Vilas County last month.
“I actually had to hire someone to come take a skid loader and get the snow away from the garage so we could unload the truck,” Rooney said.
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