Abby hires new delegated building inspector

For at least 20 years, a pile of tires was allowed to accumulate in the town of Mayville. Now, three years after it was discovered by a DNR agent, town officials are still working to clean it up.The pile is located at the end of a tree-lined road, south of Center Road and east of Sandhill Road, on land that used to be the town dump.Satellite images from Google Earth make it possible to see the mas...

A strong majority of Marathon County supervisors on Tuesday lent their support to a resolution calling for more local control over wind and solar operations.By a vote of 27-7, the county board approved a resolution asking the Wisconsin Counties Association (WCA) to lobby the state legislature and governor “to support any and all efforts and legislation that would give local elected bodies greate...

Wisconsin needs an anti-SLAPP law. Wisconsin must join the growing number of states that enact protections against lawsuits intended to shut down public debate.SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. These meritless lawsuits are filed to shut down opposing voices with the goal of stifling public debate. The people filing the lawsuits know they have little chance of actuall...