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Measuring homelessness in Wisconsin: not just a city problem

By Cheyenne Thomas All across the state of Wisconsin, there are people struggling to afford a place to live. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with troubles in the econom...

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Carol A. Zahnen 1949-2025
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Carol A. Zahnen 1949-2025

Carol A. Zahnen, 76, of Medford, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 at VitaCare in Abbotsford while under...

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Board OKs additional school work

Rib Lake School board members on Dec. 17 approved additional work and purchases to be done with available referendum project money. According to district administrator Travis Grubbs, as portions of the construction project are completed, contingency funds set aside, if needed, for those areas are becoming available to spend. In addition to the $19.5 million approved by voters for the referendum...

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Putting it to rest
High school English teachers Lynn Lindau and Joanna Messmann list as Medford School Board members discuss the English curriculum at Monday’s board meeting. BRIAN WILSON/THE STAR NEWS
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Putting it to rest

Members of the Medford School Board on Monday put a challenge to the high school language arts curri...

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Medical treatments don’t take a holiday; give blood or platelets now

The American Red Cross urges donors to make an appointment to give blood or platelets now to keep the blood supply as strong as possible in the final days of the year and into 2026. Types O, A negative and B negative blood donors are especially needed now. Record-setting travel is happening across the country. With more people headed away from home, blood and platelet donations can dip at a cru...

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Gov. Evers approves new rule aimed at keeping kids in foster care with family and loved ones

Revised rule creates streamlined licensing pathway for relative and like-kin caregivers, keeping more kids with adults who know and love them Gov. Tony Evers recently announced he has approved a new administrative rule designed to help improve the state’s foster care system by ensuring kids can more easily be placed with family relatives or like-kin caregivers when they are unable to safely rema...

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Keep Christmas spirit alive all year long

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach” — Ebenenzer Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens. While Christmas may come just once a year, the spirit of the holiday season needs to live on in the heart...

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