County considering all options for addressing Hub City Wind

An average household in Marathon City will likely see its quarterly water bill go up by about $30 next year after the utility commission and village board voted Monday to apply for a 27 percent increase in rates and also shift fire protection fees from property taxes to water bills.At a special joint meeting of the village board and utility commission, financial advisor Brian Roemer of Ehlers walk...

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...