Two grads join Edgar Hall of Fame

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...

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 this explanation in response to a question from board member Cam Diedrich during the board’s Sept. 21 meeting. Diedrich had questioned a nearly $51,000 payment to CESA 9 while the board was reviewing...