“Honey, have you seen my birth certificate?” In early October I got a friendly letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles letting me know my license was set to expire on my birthday, which just happens to be the end of this week. (Judging by the many people I know who are turning 50 this month, all I can say is that February must have been especially cold that year.) It gave me the

If you have ever been to the Taylor County Clerk of Court’s office you’ve probably have come across Rose Thums a time or two. Thums has been with Taylor County Clerk of Courts for 36 and a half years. Growing up in Whittlesey and graduating from Medford, she felt geared toward the legal profession after taking a business legal class in high school. In college, she attained an Associates

The following 16 Medford students are taking advantage of a really cool opportunity this summer. They will be traveling with about 250 students from around Wisconsin to perform in Europe. Congratulate these students when you see them next as this is a really big deal for the students: Jaeden Brandner, Maddie Ellis, Jaxon Fallos, Hollyann Grube, Trinity Grueneberg, Vanessa Herrada, Nevaeh Hoffman,

Tribune-Phonograph The Colby/Abbotsford Police Department arrested a 40-year-old Medford man after he led police on a highspeed chase on Hwy. 13 on Nov. 11. According to the police report, an officer was on patrol at around 11 p.m. on Spruce Street in Abbotsford when he observed a vehicle rapidly accelerate and rev its engine as the officer passed by. The officer turned to follow the Red

Taylor County’s emergency operations center consists of a small rolling cart and some outdated landline phones kept in the sheriff’s department training room on the ground floor of the courthouse. This is a challenge for Emergency Management coordinator Daniel Gellert as he plans an upcoming hybrid training exercise involving multiple agencies. He told members of the Taylor County Law

The powers that Google and Facebook have over economic and political power in society – especially over the news industry—has caught the attention of lawmakers in Washington, DC. After a close election and many worries over the quality of public debate, many ask if social media have played a role in the misinformation that erodes our free press and plagues our democracy. Nowhere is this power

Sometimes old mysteries are the best mysteries. Built in 1858, the Brucker Building, located at the corner of State St. and Main Street has been a longtime landmark in the city. It features prominently in many historic pictures of downtown Medford. While built as a bank and land office, for many years it was the site of a dry cleaner. It has been vacant since the 1980s and over the years had

At the Rib Lake Board of Education meeting on November 10, the Board discussed credit cards. Previously, the school district accepted only cash or check when paying student lunch accounts. As a service to people paying these, the Board has decided to begin accepting payments made online with a credit card. There was a debate between two different systems for doing this, both with different