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Athens superintendent explains need for CESA services

For the past two years, the Athens School District has had to rely on CESA 9 to provide a school counselor, as the district has been unable to hire its own. Superintendent Andrea Sheridan offered t...
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Town of Day celebrates 145 years
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Town of Day celebrates 145 years

Historical wagon tour displays Rozellville landmarks...

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County budget unveiled

The amount of property taxes owed to Marathon County would go up by about $53 next year for the owner of an average-priced house valued at roughly $270,000, according to a proposed budget presented Tuesday by county administrator Lance Leonhard. As he has done in the past, Leonhard put the numbers in perspective by splitting the proposed annual tax bill of roughly $937 into 12 equal installment...

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Two grads join Edgar Hall of Fame
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Two grads join Edgar Hall of Fame

Two former Edgar High School studentathletes – one a leader in emergency services and the other a ...

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Edgar School Board views remodeled classroom

The Edgar School District’s director of buildings and grounds gave the school board an update earlier this month on the recently remodeled Family Consumer Science classroom. At the board’s Sept. 15 meeting, Rob Rauen showed board members the classroom’s new desks and chairs, along with the new wood cabinets and flooring installed by his maintenance crew. The kitchen area still needs to be...

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Winter spreading restrictions approved. Western county farmers express support for new effort to curb runoff

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...

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County urged to seek answers from Alliant. Proposal would give company until Nov. 1 to respond

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 con...

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