THE TIME MACHINE
From past files of The Star News 125 Years Ago
September 3, 1899 A Circus Town.
There is something in the atmosphere that makes Medford people, or has made a great many of them, believe that they were cut out to run a circus. They have read the life of Barnum, and are never satisfied until they emulate his example.
100 Years Ago
September 4, 1924 Pitzke Cow Takes Fifth And Sells for $500 at Wisconsin State Fair
One of Charles Pitzke’s Holstein cows, from the Deer Creek Center Stock Farm took fifth place in the aged cow class at the Wisconsin State Fair last week.
75 Years Ago
September 1, 1949
Mr. and Mrs. Don K. Thorson and daughters Roxie and Jackie of Abbotsford were Sunday callers at the home of Mrs. Thorson’s mother, Mrs. Stanley Sieminkski, in the town of Maplehurst.
50 Years Ago September 5, 1974 School District To Reveal Plans For Construction
Voters in the Rib Lake School district will hear a detailed explanation for a proposed expansion of facilities at a special meeting to be held in the senior high school gym tonight, Thursday, at 8 o’clock. The special session, at which the board of education’s long range planning committee and a citizens advisory committee, will present their views, was authorized at the annual meeting in July.
25 Years Ago
September 1, 1999 Medford Chamber of Commerce moves headquarters to Main Street
The Medford Chamber of Commerce recently completed a move into the renovated former Public Library building at the south end of Main Street. With the library moving to new facilities at the north end of the street earlier this year, it seems only fitting that the Chamber offices continue the sense of community established by the library.
10 Years Ago September 4, 2014 Wegter joins The Star News staff as sports reporter
A new reporter has joined the ranks at The Star News. Bryan Wegter, an Antigo native, has been added as an additional sports reporter, focusing on local sports in the Medford-Abbotsford area. While sports will be the main focus of his time, he will also be working on many different areas of the paper, and in many different capacities.
