‘We want to protect the farmland’

Stratford residents living on portions of Legacy, Legion and Luther streets can expect to find out by early next year how much they will have to pay for newly reconstructed sidewalks and curbs as part of a nearly $5 million project planned for 2027.The village hosted a public hearing last Thursday with representatives from MSA Professional Services, which has been hired to design and oversee the p...

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...