County board approves new resolution for local control

The Athens Village Board voted 5-1 on Monday to allow the Athens Police Department to purchase a three-year contract with Flock Safety for $9,000 to install a surveillance camera at the intersection of Mueller Street and STH 97 by A & L Oil.Police Chief Aaron Stencil wanted a security camera to take photos of vehicles’license plates at this major intersection in the village to help aid him i...

Marathon County supervisors spent their last half hour together of 2025 debating a $5,000 request from a non-profit economic development group looking to do a market analysis and site study to attract large businesses to Central Wisconsin.The argument at last Thursday’s county board meeting came down to a question of whether the county should be giving tax dollars to a private entity that is not...