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PAGING THROUGH HISTORY:

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PAGING THROUGH HISTORY:
2001 – Award winners The Jerry Hahn Memorial Award was presented to Michelle and Al Natzke. The couple has been active in the Athens Wrestling program for the last decade as youth wrestling coordinators and president of the Athens Wrestling Alumni Association.
PAGING THROUGH HISTORY:
2001 – Award winners The Jerry Hahn Memorial Award was presented to Michelle and Al Natzke. The couple has been active in the Athens Wrestling program for the last decade as youth wrestling coordinators and president of the Athens Wrestling Alumni Association.

STRATFORD-MARATHON JOURNAL

50 YEARS AGO...

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1976

Schmidt Will Face Bohman

As expected, the primary election did not attract many voters....

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Drilling to continue
GreenLight Wisconsin received permission from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to do another round of exploratory drilling at the Bend Deposit near Perkinstown. This is a map of the site the drilling site was shared to members of the Taylor County Board last month. BRIAN WILSON/THE STAR NEWS
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Drilling to continue

GreenLight Wisconsin was given permission to proceed with exploratory drilling at the Bend Site near...

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Sewer rate study on tap

A sewer rate change may be coming for Stetsonville residents. On Monday, members of the Stetsonville Village Board met with Brian Reilly and Josh Low of Minneapolis- based Ehlers to talk about a sewer rate study ahead of the planned regionalization project with the city of Medford. According to Reilly, the rate study is a required step in the financing package for the regionalization project...

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VA program offers veterans opportunity to get care while staying in their homes

Older veterans can get the care they need in their home under the Home Based Primary Care program through the Veterans Administration Home Based Primary Care is for Veterans who need team based in-home support for ongoing diseases and illnesses that affect their health and daily activities. While qualifying veterans usually have difficulty making and keeping clinic visits because of the severit...

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Opinion/Editorial

Social media bans must walk a fine line between freedom and order

Where does safeguarding end and censorship begin? When does a shelter become a prison cell? Wisconsin legislators are joining a growing number of states answering the public call for safeguards to keep children off of social media platforms. Around the country and around the world, restrictions are being put in place to prevent impressionable young people from being exposed to images and ideas ...

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Opinion/Editorial

Don’t let sacrifices of WWII veterans be in vain

Taylor County’s last living World War II veteran died this week. John McMurry was 103. McMurry’s story was similar to those of the 16.4 million other Americans who answered the call and served their nation and, quite literally, saved the world from tyranny and oppression in World War II. McMurry was born June 18, 1922 in Wilsall, Montana to Wallace and Hazel (Anderson) McMurry. He gradua...

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Cold Ice, Warm Traditions
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Cold Ice, Warm Traditions

The Esadore Area Lake Association betters the lake ecosystem and the community, and they have fun wh...

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