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Abby K-12 approves co-pays for employees

By implementing a new 20 percent coinsurance payment for employees on the district’s health insurance plan, the Abbotsford School Board on Monday followed the lead of several other districts in the area that are trying to blunt the effects of rising premiums. As a member of the Marathon County Children with Disabilities Board, Abbotsford is one of six area school districts in a consortium tha...

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‘Let it burn’ is advice for battery fires

Firefighters who respond to fires at lithium-ion battery storage units and other energy facilities are likely to be very limited in what they can do to extinguish the flames, according to Phillip Rentmeester, Marathon County’s emergency management director. “The current guidance for firefighting on this is to let it burn,” he said at a Public Safety Committee meeting last Tuesday. “Isol...

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Colby approves next steps towards recovery school

The Colby School Board approved a motion on Monday to move forward with the co-establishment of a recovery school in conjunction with the Abbotsford School District. Should an implementation grant from the state be awarded, the new recovery school could be up and running as soon as the fall of 2026. The recovery school would provide a place for high school students who have dealt with substa...

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Two proposals come in for UW buildings
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Two proposals come in for UW buildings

After receiving just two proposals for redeveloping portions of the UW campus in Wausau, Marathon Co...

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Curtiss Corner Quilt Club meeting minutes

Curtiss Comers Quilt Club held its May meeting and Challenge Reveal on Monday, May 18, with 15 members and one guest attending. Each year the club issues a challenge to members. In August the challenge assignment is distributed with completion deadline of the following May. In August 2025 each member selected a paper bag containing a fabric panel. Each panel was different and members must use what...

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Summer reading program 2026 at the CCL

The Colby Community Library (CCL) staff is encouraging area youth and their families to dig into the 2026 summer reading program, which combines dinosaur and art adventures. Over 500 students and educators visited the library for preview days. All youth readers who did not attend the previews are welcome to pick up a program brochure and calendar filled with the events and activities the CCL ha...

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