Cost shouldn’t stand in the way of a young person having a positive prom experience. That idea was behind Ms. Midwest Dawn Quednow starting “Prom Perfect” connecting area young women with prom and formal wear at no cost to them. This year’s Prom Perfect event will be held on Monday, February 6 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Ice Age Pavilion in Rib Lake. Quednow explained that from doing pageants

letters, received Marawood all-conference honors and Scholar Athlete recognition; have the record for the longest punt (75 yards). In band and choir throughout school going to solo-ensemble in junior high and high school. Having my Dad as my high school principal. Being a Rib Lake NHS charter member. Remembering that my biggest critic during games sat – right there. Broke my leg

The induction ceremony for Richard Parks, the newest member of the Rib Lake School District Hall of Fame, will be held on Friday, January 27 at 1:30 pm in the Rib Lake High School Gymnasium. The public to join in honoring Parks, a 1979 graduate from Rib Lake High School. Parks is a lifelong educator who began his career in 1983 in the School District of Marathon as a mathematics teacher, baseball

BY ELIZABETH WILSON REPORTER It will cost city of Medford residents more to build or alter their homes under a proposal to increase permit fees for the first time since 2011. At the Medford Committee of the Whole and City Council meetings on January 23, 2023, Building Inspector Robert Christensen came to get Council’s approval for adjusting building fees for Medford to match those of other

Brian Wilson Deciding when and how much to trim from my beard has become something of a hairy question in the Wilson household. I have had a beard for the better part of the past 30 years. There have been a handful of situations, such as in support of a coworker who was going through chemotherapy, that I went beardless, but I quickly grew it back. This is primarily because my wife, Kim,

Medford Area Senior High School students Collin Rausch and Nakeita Petznick are part of the school’s mentorship program working with The Star News this semester. Rausch will be working with writing and news gathering while Petznick will be honing her photography and design skills. Here are the introductions the students wrote about themselves: Collin Rausch My name is Collin Rausch,