Garage fire destroys house near Colby

Students struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues may one day have an alternative learning environment in the Abbotsford-Colby area that caters to their unique needs. For the past few months, a team of educators from the two neighboring districts have been studying the potential for establishing what’s called a “recovery high school,” a setting where students who are tryin...

Members of the Colby School Board received an update Monday on the progress of the district’s new strategic plan. The results of surveys, focus groups, and interviews were discussed and analyzed during a recent two-day strategic planning retreat and then reported on to the rest of the board at Monday’s meeting. A team consisting of board members, district administration, staff, parents and ...

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...