Ballots set for April 7 elections

Like nearly any emerging technology in the course of human history, artificial intelligence (AI) presents many opportunities, but also challenges. As tech companies have raced to develop the most intuitive language learning models, they have also raced to create the infrastructure to support this technology. But such facilities always come at a cost. Concerned about how much of a drain these fa...

In preparation for a possible business development in Abbotsford’s western industrial park, an engineering company will be taking soil samples from a plot of city-owned land later this month. On Monday, the city council approved a $6,600 agreement with American Engineering Testing, which will drill four soil borings, each 20 feet deep, and then test the soil samples in a laboratory to determi...

Last-minute concerns about a proposed overhaul of Marathon County’s animal waste ordinance nearly derailed the plan before it could be sent to state officials for review on Tuesday. Members of the Environmental Resources Committees voted 5-3 to advance a proposal developed by a working group of farmers and conversationists that would put restrictions on winter manure spreading, require vegeta...