The following appeared in court and entered pleas of not guilty: Elizabeth A. Emmons, 54, Holcombe, violation of a harassment restraining order-injunction; Jose L. Bautista Cruz a.k.a. Jose L. Bautistacruz, 22, Medford, resisting or obstructing an officer and operating without a valid license-second offense within three years. Deferred prosecutions Zachery T. Susen, 24, Gilman, pled no contest

Taylor County will look at bringing more people to the table when it comes to making committee decisions in the future. The Taylor County Committee on Committees and Rules met on May 14 to address concerns about the lack of input some members of the board feel they have in overall county decision making processes. Taylor County has historically been decentralized with the county board meeting

The Rib Lake Village Board on May 20 held a public hearing and special meeting to begin the process of applying for Community Development Block Grant-Public Facilities (CDBG-PF) funding for the McComb Avenue and Landall Avenue street and storm sewer reconstruction project. The McComb Avenue portion of the project would include new street reconstruction from building front to building front,

A & M Music Scholarship Marissa Pope $250 A & M Music Scholarship Cade Shipman $250 Aaron Hartwig Memorial Scholarship Kiersten Crass $2,000 AbbyBank Scholarship Cassandra Nicks $500 Academic Excellence Governor’s Scholarship Brendan Borman $2,250 up to 4 years Academic Excellence Governor’s Scholarship Elaine Schumacher $2,250 up to 4 years Advantage Community Bank Elaine Schumacher

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Academic Excellence Scholarship: Meagan Wudi Das Loop Foundation Scholarship: Autumn Ochodnicky Technical Excellence Scholarship: Jordyn Kutzke NTC Foundation Scholarship: Jordyn Kutzke RLES Dollars for Scholars Scholarship: Anna Hoffland; Zoei Goodrich; Maesyn Vlach; Mark Brugger Marawood Conference Scholar Athlete Awards: Zoei Goodrich; Mackenzie Weinzatl; Savana Radtke; Maesyn Vlach; Allison

I am a fifth grade teacher at Medford Area Middle School ( MAMS). How long have you been an educator? My teaching career began in Hoehne, Co., where I taught third graders for several years. After moving back to Medford, I taught seventh grade reading and language arts at MAMS for sixteen years. And nine years ago, I moved to fifth grade and am currently teaching fifth graders. I’ve been teaching