Up to $100K approved for fire engine

With used fire trucks selling at a lightingquick pace, Marathon City trustees last week authorized the local fire chief and village administrator to make a downpayment on an engine worth up to $100,000 without having to come back to the village board for approval. For the last month, a select committee of firefighters have been searching for a used vehicle to replace Engine 46, a 36-year-old tr...

Two state agencies are still reviewing proposed changes to Marathon County’s animal waste ordinance that would significantly restrict winter manure spreading, with one minor change having been suggested so far, according to county conservationist Kirstie Heidenreich. Heidenreich spoke to members of the Environmental Resources Committee (ERC) last week about a series of amendments that are mak...