The 66th Annual Bill Smiley Invitational cross country meet was held on September 17 in Wausau. Hosted by Wausau East, this meet invited athletes from 60 different schools to compete, making it one of the largest competitions on most local teams schedules. The Colby girls team and the combined Colby/Abbotsford boys team made the journey Saturday morning to take on runners from 34 other D2 and D3

The Dorchester Village Board tackled a number of different housekeeping agenda items at its meeting on Sept. 7. Street project update The board was given an update on street and utility projects by Scot Balsavich of Cooper Engineering. Balsavich said the curb and gutter is 98 percent in place. He said the concrete work has been initiated on some of the driveway aprons and sidewalks that were

The Abbotsford School District is one employee away from having a full roster of support staff for the first time in a long time according to District Administrator Ryan Bargender. At the monthly school board meeting on Aug. 15, Bargender said he is in the process of interviewing for one more cook helper position which will complete the support staff roster for this coming school year. The hiring

The 56th annual Colby Cheese Days will be taking place this coming weekend. Starting Friday, July 15th and concluding on Sunday, July 17th, the three day event will provide many opportunities for fun, including softball and volleyball tournaments, tractor pulls, live music performances, and the famous World Championship Cheese Curd Throw. Before the main event begins, the 2022 Cheese Days book/movie