Abby K-12 approves videoboard for gym

Multiple farmers from western Marathon County who said they were initially opposed to the county limiting their ability to spread manure during the winter helped convince the county board last week to do exactly that. Years of effort to rein in the practice of spraying liquid manure on frozen ground finally produced a major compromise last Thursday, with the board voting 28-4 to adopt a landmar...

When it comes to dealing with the proposed Hub City Wind project near Stratford, the words “joint development agreement” continue to be taboo for many in Marathon County government. Instead, a new course of action proposed by the county’s Executive Committee calls for the county board to ask Alliant Energy for a “contractual agreement” by Nov. 1 to address county residents’many conc...

A 2027 budget that promises to lower fire protection fees for each of the seven municipalities in the Central Fire and EMS District was unanimously passed last Thursday. Representatives from the cities of Abbotsford and Colby, the village of Dorchester and the towns of Colby, Hull, Holton and Mayville all reported that their respective boards and councils had approved the budget as originally p...