Lois Balz

The village of Rib Lake will crack down on crossbows, but leave its ordinance governing throwing projectiles unchanged. On November 12, members of the Rib Lake Village Board reviewed the projectile ordinance.Village ordinance currently prohibits any person from throwing or shooting any “object, arrow, stone, snowball, or other missile or projectile, by hand or by any other means at any person or...

Taylor County has too many carryover accounts.That is the clear message from the auditors who review the county’s financial statements. The auditors have less objection to the county saving up for projects, but would rather see it in a few large pots rather than spread across 88 separate accounts.Members of the county’s finance committee got that message earlier this year and throughout much o...