Loos Machine, Colby Metal receive Business Achievement awards

On Tuesday afternoon, Marathon County administrator Lance Leonhard presented his proposal for the county’s 2027 budget to members of the Human Resources, Finance and Capital Committee. The 204-page document, summarized during a 90-minute meeting, lays out the administrator’s vision for how much money the county should take in next year and what it should spend that money on.Tuesday’s discuss...

To the Editor: Election day is still five weeks out and I'm already sick of the ads. Here are some of their favorite tricks: 'On their watch' — blaming officeholders for trends they had no real influence over.Voting records — highlighting an unpopular vote while omitting that it was buried in a larger bill full of unrelated provisions.'Special interests' — sounds sinister, unless it's an env...