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Marathon K-12 to rent practice facilities

Marathon K-12 to rent practice facilities Marathon K-12 to rent practice facilities
A majority of Marathon School Board members agreed last week to have the district pay rent at two different non-district facilities so that a trio of high school sports teams can hold practices there ...
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Flock cameras under scrutiny, sheriff’s department answers questions from board members

Flock cameras – high-tech surveillance devices that can read license plates on thousands of cars on public roadways – have been the subject of a fierce backlash lately among members of the public concerned about privacy violations and potential police abuse. The debate over Flock cameras and other automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) technology landed on the agenda of Marathon Countyâ...

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Board to vote on whether to pursue JDA for Hub City

With limited options for stopping the proposed Hub City Wind project near Stratford – and time running out to take action – the Marathon County Board will vote next week on whether to pursue a joint development agreement (JDA) with Alliant Energy. Following a lengthy discussion with attorneyAndy Phillips of Attolles Law and others last Thursday, the county’s Executive Committee voted to move...

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Athens SB votes to put $600K referendum on ballot

The Athens Board of Education on Monday voted unanimously to have a question on the Nov. 3 general election ballot for district residents to vote on authorizing the school district to exceed its revenue limit by $600,000 per year for four years of a non-recurring operational referendum. School board members last month chose to have the district’s bond company, Quarles & Brady, develop the sp...

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Stratford awards sidewalk bid

The Village of Stratford Board last Wednesday accepted a low bid of about $483,000 from Pember Companies of Menomonie for a Safe Routes To School (SRTS) project on the south end of the village. Pember will install sidewalk along the east side of STH 97 from Reflection Street by Citizens State Bank and past Dollar General to the mobile home park on the southern most edge of the village. The vill...

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Crowley to take on Tiffany
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Crowley to take on Tiffany

Local voters helped Democrat David Crowley win his party’s nomination for governor in Tuesday’s ...

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Data center moratorium to be voted on Aug. 25

A proposed one-year moratorium on data centers is on its way to the Marathon County Board of Supervisors for a vote later this month after the county’s Environmental Resources Committee endorsed the proposal last week. Multiple residents spoke in favor of the moratorium during the Aug. 4 ERC meeting, and seven county-zoned towns registered their support for the idea when polled by Conservatio...

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