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From past files of The Star News 10 Years Ago

October 16, 2014 City sees tax base growth, rate stays steady

Growth in the city is good news for city taxpayers.

According to state equalized value numbers, there was more than $14 million in increased value in the city of Medford last year. While a portion of this is inflationary increases in the values of existing properties, the majority is due to new construction.

25 Years Ago

October 20, 1999 Hammel gets new Town Hall

The Town of Hammel is getting a new Town Hall building, which officials hope will last as long as the old building— or about 100 years.

50 Years Ago October 17, 1974 651 Calves Slain Tuesday At Curtiss by NFO Groups

More than 600 calves were slaughtered at Curtiss corners Tuesday in a dramatic sacrificial protest against an existing economic pinch being imposed on dairy and beef cattlemen throughout the nation.

Most of the farmers bringing calves to a pit dug near the NFO milk reloading station at Curtiss said they disliked killing the calves but that desperate measures apparently are needed to focus attention on desperate circumstances. Phililip Broege, Medford, state NFO secretary and recently named marketing area diary representative, said Wednesday morning that more than 600 farmers throughout Wisconsin brought 651 calves and 15 pigs, the carcasses dumped into the pit after the animals were pistol shot and throats cut.

75 Years Ago

October 20, 1949 County Polio Fund Drive Total $1400

Chairman Makes First Report On Returns to Date Although it is not complete, L. J. Charles has expressed satisfaction with the emergency county polio fund drive campaign, which to date shows a total of $1437.12. Charles, chairman of the Taylor County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, stated yesterday that only a few returns were outstanding, but that he expected them to be made so that a compete report can be made to national headquarters next week.

125 Years

October 16, 1924

Judge Risjord Completes October Court Work in Two and a Half Days Judge G. N. Risjord completed his circuit court work for the October term for Taylor County, in the short space of two and a half days. The court calendar was quite full this fall and it promised to be a busy session, but most of the cases were disposed of shortly. A few which promised to be of longer duration were not brought to trial.