AbbyBank donates $5K to Athens fitness center

Property taxes for an average-sized home in Marathon City will go up by about $72 next year after the village board voted last week to set aside more money for large equipment purchases and reduce the need for borrowing in the future. At a special meeting on Oct. 21, the board approved a new equipment replacement policy to allocate nearly $120,000 per year for purchasing new vehicles without re...

The Marathon County Board has signed off on the purchase of up to 15 acres of land in the town of Hull to be added to Cherokee Park, opening up more access to the Big Eau Pleine River and the potential for more walking trails. At a price of $4,450 per acre, the county will pay up to $66,750 for the privately owned land located to the west of the park along CTH N. The money will come out of the ...

The Athens Village Board voted on Monday to withhold payment of a $132,000 bill from contractor August Winter & Sons until it sees a greater reduction in the phosphorus levels toward a targeted concentration of .067 mg/L. Al Belter, the village’s wastewater treatment plant operator, said to date he’s only seen a modest reduction in phosphorous levels since the wastewater treatment plant...