Marathon County urged to seek answers from Alliant Energy

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...

Fans of Falcons basketball and volleyball will one day get to see their favorite athletes up on the big screen after the school board on Monday approved a proposal by the Abbotsford Booster Club to install a videoboard in the high school’s south gym. Members of the booster club have agreed to cover the entire $66,365 cost of purchasing and installing an 8-by-15-foot videoboard from All Americ...

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...