and state laws. “In short, a therapy dog is a well behaved, environmental neutral dog that makes everyone happy and so much more,” Budimlija said. In practice therapy dogs in school settings typically are with the principal or counselor most of the day as “home base” and at the end of the day are brought home with a school employee. The dog would be used in counseling situations

through local property taxes will be $1,917,749 which is up from $1,841,437 in 2023 and represents a 4.1% increase. How the state determines shared revenue from the state sales taxes changed this year which saw the city’s base shared revenue amount climb by about $209,000. City coordinator Joe Harris explained that amount is the new base and that it is projected to increase 2% more in 2025.

Jen Maas yelled for help as she lay on the floor of the Culinary Management program kitchen at Chippewa Valley Technical College. She didn’t really need help. In fact, she was the one doing the helping. Maas was one of 14 Culinary Management students who acted as if they were injured to simulate a mass casualty incident for Paramedic and FireMedic program students to practice their response.

From past files of The Star News 10 years ago October 3, 2013 Staff members at the US Department of Agriculture Ag Center on Donald Street in Medford were busy Tuesday morning, as they are most weekday mornings. However, rather than working with farmers to complete projects to protect groundwater and soil resources, or connecting farmers with federal programs to help finance upgrades or

One person was pronounced dead at the scene and two others were airlifted following a one-vehicle high-speed crash in the town of Medford Tuesday afternoon. According to Taylor County Sheriff Larry Woebbeking, on September 26, 2023, at 2:54 p.m. the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a one vehicle accident with multiple injuries. The crash location was reported

October is Physical Therapy Month and is an opportunity to learn more about how physical therapy can help with health and well-being. To promote this and help educate community members about the benefits of physical therapy, Aspirus Therapy and Fitness - Medford will be holding four weeks of open classes on Wednesday evenings in October beginning at 5:45 p.m. According to Katie Zenner, a

Hindsight is often the only reliable judge on if something is an investment or a gamble. Like many other employers, Medford Area Public Schools has seen everincreasing costs for health insurance coverage and school leaders are looking at ways to stop that trend. This past summer, the school board and its consultants explored the idea of going with a self-insurance model. However given the insurance

Terry Warner was 19 years old and living in bachelor rooms a few blocks away in downtown Medford the summer he worked at The Star News. The year was 1974. Medford’s downtown was a busy place. The rumble of freight cars rolling through town punctuated the workday and people were out and about on the streets. Warner described himself at the time as being a longhaired hippie type of person