Staff raises, UW-GB dual credit program OK’d by Colby board

A proposed non-metallic mining operation in the town of Holton was denied a permit last week after the landowner’s application failed to convince members of Marathon County’s Board of Adjustment that the gravel pit would not pose a threat to the nearby Big Eau Pleine River or adjacent farmland. Following a lengthy hearing that featured testimony from several town residents and their municip...

Abbotsford’s city council agreed last week to sell some of the city’s unused land to adjacent property owners as part of two separate deals. At the recommendation of the planning commission, which met prior to the council’s April 21 meeting, aldermen approved the sale of three acres of land north of West Pine Street to residents living south of Abbyland’s Northside Apartments. At a pric...