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

The Rib Lake Village Board at its meeting on May 13 voted to apply for Community Development Block Grant-Public Facilities (CDBG-PF) funding for the McComb Avenue and Landall Avenue street and storm sewer reconstruction project. Jeff Seamandel from MSA Professional Services told the board he has been working with public works director Tom Olson to prepare costs estimates for reconstructing

The COVID-19 pandemic is keeping Gilman School Board in near-turmoil, with information rolling in and changing by the hour. To keep students and families up to date, district superintendent Wally Leipart has been hosting virtual meetings including a coffee hour every Wednesday at 7:30 a.m., and a COVID-19 planning team has been congregating every Tuesday to take further steps in safeguarding

Tom Tiffany will represent northern Wisconsin in congress, at least through the end of the year. Voters turned out to support Tiffany against his opponent, Tricia Zunker of Wausau during Tuesday’s special election. The two were vying to fill the seat that has been vacant since last fall when Rep. Sean Duffy stepped down citing family commitments. Tiffany’s win means he will turn around and