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Bills seeking more local control over wind/solar stalled
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STRAIGHT TALK - Mike Koles, executive director of the Wisconsin Towns Association, speaks to a crowd of town and county officials from across Marathon County last Wednesday at Memories Ballrom near Marathon. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN
No action expected in Madison
STRAIGHT TALK - Mike Koles, executive director of the Wisconsin Towns Association, speaks to a crowd of town and county officials from across Marathon County last Wednesday at Memories Ballrom near Marathon. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN

Marathon County has become “the center of the universe” when it comes to the debate over industrial wind and solar operations in Wisconsin, according to Mike Koles, executive director of the Wi...

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Marathon Co. buffer idea hits snag

State officials have signed off on proposals to restrict the winter spreading of liquid manure in Marathon County, but they’re pushing back against the county’s desire to require vegetative buffer strips along waterways in order to prevent runoff from farms.County conservationist Kirstie Heidenreich provided these updates to the Environmental Resources Committee (ERC) at an educational meeting...

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Ecuadorian students tour local manufacturers, ag stations
A LEARNING EXPERIENCE - The group takes a small break in their busy schedule to get a quick group photo at the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station. STAFF PHOTO/NATHANIEL UNDERWOOD
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Ecuadorian students tour local manufacturers, ag stations

Earlier this month, a group of high school and middle school aged students from Ecuador visited Cent...

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Dorchester man charged in cockfighting case
ANIMAL RESCUE - Animal rescuers from Humane World For Animals and deputies from the Clark County Sheriff’s Department worked together to break up a suspected cockfighting operation in Dorchester this past May. submitted photo
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Dorchester man charged in cockfighting case

A 50-year-old man has been charged with “instigating fights between animals,” a felony, for alle...

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Colby bar license is suspended

The Colby City Council issued a 90-day suspension of El Derby Bar’s liquor license at its most recent meeting last Tuesday The suspension comes after the Colby establishment had eight incidents over the last year that resulted in the violation of city ordinances.In February, the city instituted a new point system to regulate businesses with liquor licenses and started issuing demerit points for ...

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Baby killed in accident on STH 97

The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred on Wednesday, July 16 in the 22100 block of State Highway 97 in the Town of Frankfort. A 10-month-old boy was killed in the crash, and four others were transported to a local hospital with suspected minor injuries. At approximately 4:38 p.m., the Marathon County Emergency 911 Dispatch Center receive...

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Abby woman faces attempted homicide charge

A 29-year-old Abbotsford woman is facing a possible charge of attempted first-degree homicide after allegedly firing a gun at a vehicle following a confrontation on July 5.Wanda Rosa Collazo was arrested in the early morning hours of July 6 after officers from the Colby-Abbotsford Police Department identified her as the suspect who had fired on a vehicle as it was driving away from her house the p...

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