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Marathon opens new sports complex

Facility boasts three new ball fields, pickleball, basketball courts
Marathon opens new sports complex
PLAY BALL! - Village president Kurt Handrick cuts the ribbon on the new County Materials Sports Complex in Marathon City last Wednesday. He was flanked by students from Marathon Area Elementary School and representatives of the Marathon Area Business Association. STAFF PHOTO/ CASEY KRAUTKRAMER
Marathon opens new sports complex
PLAY BALL! - Village president Kurt Handrick cuts the ribbon on the new County Materials Sports Complex in Marathon City last Wednesday. He was flanked by students from Marathon Area Elementary School and representatives of the Marathon Area Business Association. STAFF PHOTO/ CASEY KRAUTKRAMER

The Marathon community came together last Wednesday to make the County Materials Sports Complex a reality on the eastern edge of the village.

Many years of project plan changes, volunteer tim...

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