Proposed rezoning sent back

A lifelong village resident and longtime business owner was appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Marathon City Board of Trustees last week after he offered to bring his experience in the private sector to local government.Scott Marcott, co-owner of KPS Tool and Die, was chosen to fill out the remainder of a term started by Alex Cabrera, who resigned last month after first being elected in the Ap...

The Stratford Board of Education on Oct. 21 set a property tax levy of $4.5 million, an increase of 4.6%, with a mil rate of $6.42 per thousand dollars of property value for the 2026-27 school year.Property values within the district increased by nearly 10% from one year to the next, from $632 million in 2025-26 to $694 million in 2026-27.Last year’s tax levy was $4.3 million, with a mil rate of...

The Edgar Board of Education last month set its 2026-27 school property tax levy at $2.4 million with a mil rate of $5.42 per thousand dollars of property value.As a result of the board’s action taken on Oct. 28, the amount of property taxes collected by the school district will increase by nearly 2% over this year. Even though the mil rate will drop from last year’s $6.21 per thousand, a 16.8...