This is the time of year when wise people all across the country are making vegetable soup. Or blocking out an hour every morning to go for a pleasant walk. Or stopping by an old friend’s for coffee. After all the busy-ness of making nice holiday experiences for other people, many folks need to reconnect themselves with habits and rituals that build themselves up. This, of course, is the point

Mary Ann and Johnny Yonker of Edgar announce the birth of a son, Hudson John, born on Dec. 28, 2019 at Aspirus Women’s Health Birthing Center at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. He weighed seven pounds, 11 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. Danni Mae Von Loh Sarah and Kyle Von Loh of Westboro announce the birth of a daughter, Danni Mae, born on Dec. 17, 2019 at Aspirus Women’s Health Birthing Center

Family Day at the Movies is a monthly effort to promote family engagement and involvement in ways that are positive emotionally and socially through family time watching a movie and reading books together. This free event will be held during the school year on the 1st Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. at Broadway Theatre in Medford. It is open to anyone regardless of community they live in. The

From past files of The Star News 10 YEARS AGO January 7, 2010 Only time will tell if the town made famous as the birthplace of Tombstone Pizza will see benefits from the sale of pizza operations by Kraft Foods announced Tuesday. Company executives are optimistic about the future of the business and its impact on the community. “I think it is a very good thing for Medford,” said Dan Alford,

An area woman is hoping to help bring the gift of sight to underprivileged residents in Dominican Republic. Betty Herrell of HealthView Eye Care Center in Medford and Colby will be heading to the Caribbean nation on January 10-18 as part of a mission trip with Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH). Founded in 1971, VOSH is a nonprofit, non-governmental, non-sectarian organization

From past files of The Star News 10 YEARS AGO December 31, 2009 A game Owen Schmitt certainly looked forward to when the 2009 NFL schedule came out in April didn’t go the way he and his Seattle Seahawk teammates hoped Sunday. The 24-year-old Gilman native made his first career appearance at Lambeau Field and saw sporadic action on offense and put in some special team duty, including a

Being prepared and breakfast When I saw the blue and red lights flashing through our bedroom window I knew the ambulance had arrived to take me to the hospital. Tom could stop pacing, muttering, peering at me anxiously and bolting outside to see if he could spy help coming through the dark. As I told him once the EMTs had wrangled me down the stairs and settled me onto the gurney, this was payback

From past files of The Star News 10 YEARS AGO December 17, 2009 The fate of the proposed North Breeze Dairy farm in the Town of Little Black is back in the hands of the Taylor County Land Conservation Committee. The committee met Wednesday morning to look at the issue following the December 1 preliminary approval by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources of a revised nutrient management

Kim Mueller Certified Health Coach ... Z December and January are not always easy months in which to stay motivated. The darkness _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ health can start to suffer. Finding the spark to do something after 5:00 pm takes a lot of _________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________