Emily Gojmerac Reporter Corn is a great sweet treat for anyone this time of year. We Grow of Westboro does three plantings every year. This is the first round. They pick the corn the morning of the Farmer’s Market. Corn likes fertile soil that is well drained and prefers to be planted in a block style to increase pollination. Corn can be prepared in a variety of ways: you can peel

From past files of The Star News 10 YEARS AGO August 23, 2012 In an ideal world, Taylor County would have enough money to repave 15 miles of roads each year. Getting to that ideal world, however, would take increasing the road tax levy by about 75%. In a time when county departments are being asked to submit zero percent increases in their budget, such an increase is not likely to ever happen

ford native, graduating from high school in 2018. He is earning a Bachelor of Science degree from UW-Stout, and is set to graduate in December 2022, majoring in Technology Education. He has an Associates degree in Welding and Robotic Fabrication from Northcentral Technical College. He previously was a substitute teacher for the Medford School District. He enjoys being outdoors, hunting, fishing,

My wife is a dirty, rotten cheater. I say this with all love and respect for her as the mother of my children and the person with whom I chose to spend my life with more than 25 years ago. We all have our flaws, after all. It is important for us to look beyond those flaws and be the bigger person. We must be supportive as our loved ones struggle and occasionally stumble and fall along the

From past files of The Star News 10 YEARS AGO August 16, 2012 On Monday August 20 crews from Peterson Construction will begin work to replace the culverts at Correction Creek along CTH O just west of the intersection with Highway 13. Workers will install two 6x9 box culverts the width of the road side by side to replace the failing culverts. Last year the state put a band-aid fix on the culverts

You can learn a lot from your kids. Last weekend my son, Alex, attended a curling camp in Rice Lake. Sports camps are common during the summer months with youth athletes attending them to work on skill development and get ready for the upcoming season. Given the relatively few facilities that have ice over the summer, you have to travel a bit further to get camp opportunities for curling compared

Lung Cancer is commonly associated with people who smoke, but the reality is not everyone who smokes gets cancer. August 1 is World Lung Cancer Day. According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women (not counting skin cancer) and is by far the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women. Each year, more people die of lung cancer