THE TIME MACHINE
From past files of The Star News 10 YEARS AGO March 7, 2013
Members of the Medford city pool committee met with pool designers from Water Technology Inc, (WTI) of Beaver Dam Tuesday afternoon to review plans before final bid specifications are drawn up. The city has been working on a major overhaul and upgrade to the city pool since last summer when the committee held hearings and visited other area pools. The project will include the expansion of the existing pool into a fanshaped zero entry area, the addition of water jets and play structures, a large slide at mid-pool along with a climbing wall on the deep end for use by older youth and adults.
25 YEARS AGO March 11, 1998
Responding to Sheriff Bill Breneman’s plea for more help in his overcrowded jail, the Taylor County Board’s Law Enforcement Committee somewhat grudgingly approved hiring a jail administrator last week. A jail administrator has long been on Breneman’s “wish list,” but funding was always a major stumbling block. This time, however, he says a federal grant will help fund the position for the first three years.
50 YEARS AGO March 8, 1973
Low cost housing for the elderly and low income families in Rib Lake is assured insofar as sites are concerned. It had been reported last week that a lack of sites for the housing projects had put the program in jeopardy. Property owners responded after the announcement. The Rib Lake housing authority now has options on sufficient property to accommodate the 18 units planned in the state-federal-local project, according to housing chairman John Eckhoff. If the sites are picked and approved by the state, construction by private owners is expected to get underway as soon as weather permits.
75 YEARS AGO March 4, 1948
A snow storm, whipped by a high wind, struck this territory and northern Wisconsin in general Friday afternoon, and the snowfall did not subside until during Saturday night although the wind lost some of its velocity before that time. Gordon Kuse, weatherman, reports that eight inches of snow fell during the storm. W. C. Miller, county highway commissioner, sent out 11 big plows and six graders Friday afternoon but that evening they had to be called off the roads as the storm was too severe to combat.
100 YEARS AGO March 8, 1923
The City of Medford has arranged to purchase from the Odd Fellows their undivided one half interest in the real estate on which the city hall stands. The Odd Fellows have occupied the second floor of the building and the city has used the first floor. Under the new arrangement the city will be able to make sure of the unoccupied part of the lot for sheds for fire fighting equipment and will be able to remodel the main building for the city’s use.
125 YEARS AGO March 5, 1898
Carl Lipke was hit by a falling limb under the right eye last Wednesday. The blow was a severe one, cutting an ugly gash in the cheek. He was at work in C.B. Powell’s camp. Dr. Nystrum was called and repaired the damaged parts in a scientific and satisfactory manner, and Carl will soon be alright again.
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