People are concerned about the current economic status in the U.S. and many are going into crisis mode to insure that they don’t sink into the economic downfall, but things might not be as bad as they seem. Courtney Kern is a financial advisor for Edward Jones in Medford, and she believes that the economy is simply slowing down, not crashing. “The rate that we were going at before was not

EMILY GOJMERAC REPORTER On June 15 members of the Medford Area Joint Fire Commission got the ball rolling on some important necessities that have been in the works for the past few years. First, there has been some discussion of replacing the portable radios for the fire fighters during calls. Fire Chief Mike Filas explained that the radios that the department has now, were new to them in

The stated goal of the June 8 Medford School District Policy Committee meeting was to review and possibly make changes to the district’s long-standing policies about bullying. The broader goal of the meeting, and of the future meetings being planned, is to prompt a community-wide discussion on bullying and its impacts to the educational development of young people. Policy committee chairperson

Regular readers to The Star News will notice some new names in story bylines and some new faces of people attending meetings and events in the past few weeks. The Star News welcomes Arrielle Eckhardt and Kevin Rosales as reporting interns this summer. To answer the burning question, no, I am not planning on going anywhere. I plan to keep kicking around Taylor County for many years to come.

“What is the update with Sharon?” Each day one of my siblings sends that text message to the group chat that includes my brothers, sisters and me. There are eight of us, with me smack in the middle at number five. Like many larger families we are spread out in clumps and have our own internal divisions. Yes I fully realize that by Wisconsin farm country standards eight children is only

When you think of tasty desserts that are made with dairy, I am sure the first thing you think of is ice cream. But what about fudge? Fudge seems to be an overlooked dessert and I am not sure why. I know it’s not because of the taste, we all know that fudge is delicious. But, it may be because good fudge is difficult to come by and people find it difficult to make. Going to the 8th Street Artisans