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...

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...