Nothing but static – Edgar fire chief plays garbled transmissions for county officials

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...

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...

Employees in the Marathon School District can now qualify for referral bonuses if they help recruit new staff, and they will also be able to cash-out unused sick leave and personal days as part of a package of compensation strategies approved by the school board last week. The package includes a $500 referral bonus for successfully recommending new employees, who in turn will qualify for a $1,5...