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County to seek town support for broadband funds

By Kevin O’Brien

As application deadlines approach for over $1 billion in federal funding, Marathon County officials are up against a tight timeline ...

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Edgar board tours new renovations
NEW FLOOR - Superintendent Cari Guden points out some of the new lines on the recently refinished gym floor at Edgar High School during a tour of renovations last Thursday. Also pictured, from left to right, is student board rep Tucker Streit, principal Mike Wilhelm, board member Rebecca Normington, buildings and ground director Rob Rauen, board member Megan Wesolowski and board president Corey Mueller. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN
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Edgar board tours new renovations

Members of the Edgar School Board toured a newly remodeled science room and stepped onto the recentl...

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Marathon City teacher fired
EVIDENTIARY HEARING - Teacher Jessica McCarthy, front left, and her attorney, Ben Hitchcock Cross face questioning from the Marathon School Board during an evidentiary hearing held in public last Wednesday. From left to right are school district attorney Davis Runde and board members Paula Vesely, Lia Klumpyan, Jodi DeBroux, Beth Seubert and Ted Knoeck. The board voted to terminate McCarthy over allegations of corporal punishment. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN
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Marathon City teacher fired

MVA instructor terminated over ‘corporal punishment’allegations...

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Athens tables proposal for manure station

The Village of Athens Board on Monday tabled a recommendation from the village’s planning commission to allow Miltrim Farms to place a manure transfer station on land owned by Black Creek Estates at 1212 Park View Lane in village’s industrial park. The village board sent the request back to the commission to put some restrictions on the conditional use permit for the land.Village clerk Lisa Cz...

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County to consider options for UW campus buildings

Students, staff moving to NTC in 2026...

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Stratford eliminates school fees

Since being elected to the Stratford Board of Education in April, Christine Hollatz-Polzin has wanted to remove book and course fees for students beginning this school year. She achieved her goal of decreasing the financial burden on parents at last Wednesday’s school board meeting.The board voted 5-0 for the district to no longer charge elementary school students a $10 yearly book fee and middl...

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Edgar K-12 to have one valedictorian starting in 2029

Salutatorian will also be named; special honors for others with 4.0 GPA...

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