Edgar approves $1.4M referendum question

Hours of discussions over the course of two meetings failed to produce a decision by the Marathon County Board on Tuesday as to whether or not to pursue a joint development agreement (JDA) with Alliant Energy over its controversial Hub City Wind proposal. Instead, the county board voted 37-1 to refer the matter back to the Executive Committee for further discussion and a possible recommendation...

A state trooper from the Edgar area has been charged with felony hit and run after he allegedly hit a man with his truck after leaving a bar near Merrill in the early morning hours of Aug. 16. Brandon S. Karlen, 28, was charged last Friday in Lincoln County Circuit Court with one count of hit and run causing great bodily harm, a Class E felony punishable by up to 15 years in jail. According ...