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Colby boys mows past 50-Yard Challenge

Colby boys mows past 50-Yard Challenge Colby boys mows past 50-Yard Challenge
In his first summer mowing lawns, 8-yearold Brian Leader of Colby has criss-crossed multiple yards in the Abbotsford and Colby area over 50 times – and he’s not even close to being finished. Le...
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Frontier apologizes to council

Representatives from Frontier Communications apologized to Abbotsford city officials on Monday for allowing their transmission lines to become traffic hazards and promised to do a better job in the future of maintaining their facilities within the city. For years now, DPW Craig Stuttgen said he has struggled to get timely responses from Frontier when he notifies them of low-hanging cables cross...

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Ebben endorsed by dairy co-op during Miltrim visit
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Ebben endorsed by dairy co-op during Miltrim visit

With a week left until the Aug. 11 primary election, congressional candidate Jessi Ebben came to Mil...

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Alfonso visits area dairy farm
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Alfonso visits area dairy farm

Congressional candidate Michael Alfonso visited a dairy farm near Thorp on Monday, making a last-min...

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Supervisors go (almost) all in on worker pay

When asked to place poker chips in buckets to signify their budget priorities for next year, Marathon County supervisors spent most of their chips on compensating employees and continuing their health insurance benefits. While a couple of these priorities involved mandatory spending on pre-approved union contracts with sheriff’s deputies and compensation levels for elected officials, buckets ...

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Climbing gym proposed
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Climbing gym proposed

A group of recreation enthusiasts would like to buy a vacated Marathon County property on River Driv...

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Abbotsford man dies in multi-vehicle crash on Saturday in the town of Holway

August 3 -- A 19-year-old Abbotsford man died and a another person transported due to injuries from a multiple-vehicle crash in the town of Holway early Saturday morning. According to sheriff Corey Dassow, on Saturday, August 1, at approximately 3:12 a.m., the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting a multiple vehicle crash on CTH O near the intersection wit...

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