Candidates for 2026 Athens Fair Queen

The Athens Board of Education is leaning toward only having an operational referendum question on the Nov. 3 ballot after receiving preliminary results from a community survey at Monday’s meeting. Scott Girard of School Perceptions told the school board that there won’t likely be much change from the preliminary results, even though a few more completed surveys may come in by the end of the...

Over a minute of radio static was played for members of Marathon County’s Public Safety Committee last week, as emergency responders serving the Edgar area alerted county officials to ongoing problems with the county’s radio dispatch system. Speaking during public comment, Edgar Fire Chief Dave Wagener held up his smartphone to the county board’s microphone so committee members could hear...

State Highway 107 will remain open to traffic in Marathon City this summer as crews replace curbs and repave the stretch from Eighth Street to North Street, but motorists will encounter flagging operations and single-lane closures until the end of August. That was the message at a public information hearing held last Wednesday at Marathon’s village hall, which featured a brief overview of the...