144314 • wnaxlp NOTICE Town of Birch Creek Special Town Meeting of the Electors Notice is hereby given, that a special town meeting of the electors, of the Town of Birch Creek, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, will be held at the Birch Creek Town Hall, located at 26755 240th St., Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, immediately following completion of the public hearing on the proposed year 2024 budget, which begins at 7 p.m., for the following purposes: 1. To consider, the adoption of a resolution, by the electors at the town meeting, endorsing a town board resolution, which proposes that the town levy exceed the state allowable levy limit, under Wis. Stats. § 66.0602, specifically a proposed tax levy, which would exceed the allowable town tax levy for 2023 before adjustments, by 20 percent, for a dollar increase of approx. $21,000. 2. To approve the 2023 total town tax levy (to be collected in 2024), pursuant to Sections 60.10 (1) (a) of Wisconsin Statutes. 3 . To adopt the total town tax levy. Robin Stender, clerk 144314 • wnaxlp NOTICE Town of Birch Creek Special Town Meeting of the Electors Notice is hereby given, that a special town meeting of the electors, of the Town of Birch Creek, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, will be held at the Birch Creek Town Hall, located at 26755 240th St., Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, immediately following completion of the public hearing on the proposed year 2024 budget, which begins at 7 p.m., for the following purposes: 1. To consider, the adoption of a resolution, by the electors at the town meeting, endorsing a town board resolution, which proposes that the town levy exceed the state allowable levy limit, under Wis. Stats. § 66.0602, specifically a proposed tax levy, which would exceed the allowable town tax levy for 2023 before adjustments, by 20 percent, for a dollar increase of approx. $21,000. 2. To approve the 2023 total town tax levy (to be collected in 2024), pursuant to Sections 60.10 (1) (a) of Wisconsin Statutes. 3 . To adopt the total town tax levy. Robin Stender, clerk
Members of the Gilman School Board renewed teacher contracts and heard of staffing shortages within the district during a meeting on Monday, April 27. MANDEE ELLIS/THE STAR NEWS
Wind and soggy conditions couldn’t stop Medford Area Elementary Students from celebrating Arbor Day by planting a tree on Friday, April 24. The autumn blaze maple was donated by the city of Medford and presented by mayor Laura Holmes to a crowd of excited students. Principal Dan Miller (forefront) pointed out the trees bordering the area which were planted on previous Arbor Day celebrations by students that came before them. “That tree right there was planted in 2009,” Miller stated, pointing at a tree behind the children. “Why do we need trees?” Holmes (left) asked the students, who answered that trees produce the air that they breathe. MANDEE ELLIS/THE STAR NEWS
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