Medford School Board chooses Security over Aspirus for cost saving News Editor Employee health insurance at Medford Area Public Schools will be through Security Health Plan beginning January 1. At Monday night’s regular school board meeting, board members voted to make the change from Aspirus and in the process save the district more than $100,000 compared to the renewal rate from Aspirus.

Taylor County is looking at a combination of cutting costs, increasing revenues, applying fund balance and utilizing short term borrowing for capital projects to bring its 2023 budget into balance. At Monday’s budget review session, county finance director Larry Brandl laid out a plan that he said would still result in an overall tax rate decrease while ensuring the county had the ability to

Foremost Farms confirmed the company would be closing its operations in Milan and Plover by December 31, 2022, according to company representatives. Employees of the Milan and Plover buildings were notified on Friday, Sept. 23 of the closure. The decision was made by the Foremost Farms Board of Directors and leadership team to close the locations because it is in the best interest for the performance

The United Way of Taylor County announces the addition of Monica Halopka as its new part-time Executive Director. In this role, Halopka will serve as the brand ambassador and champion of the United Way of Taylor County. She will work with agencies, business partners, and other institutions to help build relationships and raise funds that go back into the community. Halopka earned her bachelor’s