A plan to develop unused city-owned land in the industrial park for apartments as part of a federal and state affordable housing program moved forward Tuesday night. Aldermen approved designating a 4.4 acre parcel on Progressive Avenue for a Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) Tax Credit Program Development. The land is located just to the north of Northcentral Technical

Taylor County is looking to balance access to the courthouse with keeping employees at work and safe. Just before Thanksgiving, the county’s executive committee ordered the doors closed to county buildings. To access, visitors must call to the office they want to visit or make an appointment. The intent was to reduce the amount of foot traffic through the building and the chance that those infected

Operating a motor vehicle in an aggressive or reckless manner by Firnstahl was listed in the report as a factor in the accident. He was issued a citation for operating without a valid license-first offense. Hit-and-run accident Chloe M. Price, 23, Medford, was involved in an accident on December 6 at 5:45 p.m. in a parking lot at 767 Gibson St. in the city of Medford. According to the accident

Sharing good will and clothing, plus more, is what the Holy Rosary Parish community has accomplished in the midst of the COVID – 19 pandemic. This is a parish community project which also involves the students at the Holy Rosary School. A collection of new and gently used clothing and personal hygiene items has been collected at the Holy Rosary Parish in Medford the entire month of November.

Harris said in those communities the council members interviewed between two and four developers before deciding which one to use. He said the council is free to choose whichever developer they prefer rather than it being a bidding situation. Whichever developer the council selects would be responsible for submitting the application and information in order to seek to qualify for the highly

The city of Medford is eyeing an unused parcel in the industrial park for a potential rental development. Jessica Mudgett of the Taylor County Housing Authority is working with a private developer to bring additional affordable rental housing to the Medford area by participating in Federal Housing Tax Credit (HTC) program administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority

As cases of COVID-19 continue to increase in the county and state, the CDC and state health officials are tweaking some of the requirements for quarantine to improve compliance. Under previous guidelines, those who have been exposed to the virus were placed under quarantine for 14 days. Under the revised guidelines which were supported by the state Department of Health Services (DHS) the quarantine

“I was waking up in the middle of the night feeling like someone was sitting on or pounding on my chest,” said Jobe Miller, 19, of when he first knew something was wrong earlier this fall. At first doctors suspected his chest pain was due to a muscle injury from work or exercising. However, the pain didn’t get any better even after he stopped those activities. “The first night was