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County considers nixing or fixing farm consolidations

County considers nixing or fixing farm consolidations County considers nixing or fixing farm consolidations
A nagging question about so-called farm consolidations in Marathon County’s Farmland Preservation areas may finally be answered soon. Farm consolidations allow landowners in areas zoned either Fa...
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Dorchester man files election complaint

A Dorchester resident who was nominated to run for village board in April has filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Election Commission after the village clerk’s office closed early on the day he was supposed to turn in his paperwork to be on the ballot. Zach Peissig, who was nominated at the village’s Jan. 7 caucus to run for one of three spots on the village board, said in his complaint th...

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Dorchester hashes out ordinance issues

A lengthy discussion over a years-long effort to update the village of Dorchester’s ordinances was held at the village board’s regular February meeting last Wednesday evening, and while some questions regarding the process were answered, there was still no clear-cut answer to when the work on the ordinances would be completed. Frustration over the lengthy project, which first began in 2017,...

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$1.7M contract awarded for 5th St.

Abbotsford’s city council on Monday agreed to add two blocks of road work to a project centered on North Fifth Street, awarding a $1.7 million contract to Haas Sons for reconstructing a total of four blocks in the city’s northeast corner. Haas Sons of Thorp submitted the lowest bid for a project that was divided into three parts, including the main reconstruction area from Oak Street north ...

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Colby housing construction set for spring

In a meeting last Wednesday evening, the Colby Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) discussed an upcoming housing development on the northeast side of the city, as well as potential opportunities for new businesses to enter the area and what steps can be taken to locate and bring in interested businesses. A group of local business leaders and public officials, the CEDC is an organization tha...

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Soup or Socks plans fundraisers for food shelf
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Soup or Socks plans fundraisers for food shelf

“There’s a lot more food insecurity than people realize. It’s everywhere and, with the price o...

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Colby K-12 approves 2026-27 calendar
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Colby K-12 approves 2026-27 calendar

The Colby School District’s 2026-2027 calendar will not be drastically different from prior years ...

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