She told committee members that the total number of workers in her office was down by two full time positions since 2008. Mildbrand noted that the move toward 40-hour weeks for staff members as a way to get more work without adding more bodies was proposed by the firm that works with the county for wage ratings as one of the outcomes of the wage study. Mildbrand said this was the second meeting

EMILY GOJMERAC REPORTER The Rib Lake Public Library invites community members to a Patron Appreciation cookout on July 20 at 5:30 p.m. at their new picnic shelter with special guest singer/songwriter Jon Troast. Krista Blomberg, Rib Lake Public Library Director said “We want to use this event to bring people together and thank everyone who had a hand in making the picnic shelter a success.”

Faced with the option amending a previous annexation or having to create a new two-person voting ward, the city of Medford opted to amend the annexation request. City of Medford council members voted Tuesday night to amend the annexation of property located at 957 South Park Avenue. The property is owned by Mike and Judy Brandner. The city had approved annexing the parcel in March, but it was later

Effective Friday, July 1, Aspirus took full ownership of Aspirus Medford Hospital (AMH) from partner Memorial Members Association (MMA). As MMA shifts their purpose from a charitable membership organization into a charitable, non-member private foundation it comes with change, one being a new name. MMA will now be known as Fulcrum Foundation. “Moving forward, as a new entity, Fulcrum Foundation

The only thing worse than living in a community that has detours due to road construction every year would be living in a community that never did any road projects. You don’t realize just how often you use something until you are not able to use it anymore. For city of Medford of residents and those who come into the city to work everyday, this has been pounded home with the ongoing Perkins

Wisconsin resident and successful author Victoria Hudson visited the Westboro Public Library on June 30 to promote her new book and tell of her journey of finding her place in the writer’s world. Hudson attended Bennington College in Vermont and found a love for the arts. After many attempts to try to write several genres of books, she finally discovered that she was able to write her

Council members voted unanimously in favor of redoing the annexation ordinance to make it part of Ward 4, Aldermanic District #2 of the city. The change will next go to Taylor County for the county board to adjust their supervisory district boundaries and ultimately to the Wisconsin Department of Administration. Road named JoAnn Simek’s legacy of service to the community will live on with

Medford schools hears parent concerns about bullying behaviors NEWS EDITOR A small but passionate group of parents and community members attended Tuesday night’s Medford School District policy meeting to review the district’s bullying policy. This was the second of three scheduled two-hour-long meetings to review the policy. According to policy committee chairperson Jodi Nuernberger,