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Security screening ahead?
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Security screening ahead?

County to consider metal detectors, armed guard at courthouse entrance Bag searches, an armed guar...

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Residents push back against planned bike trail
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Residents push back against planned bike trail

“We have real strong feelings, protective feelings about that woods,” said Medford local Cathy M...

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Gilman board approves microphone system for board meetings in library

Gilman School Board will make it easier for members of the public to hear at board meetings and other events in the school library. At the September 16 school board meeting, district administrator Walter Leipert explained that the district had received concerns about residents not being able to hear at the board meetings which he viewed as being an Americans with Disabilities Act access issu...

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Proceed with caution on courthouse security plan
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Proceed with caution on courthouse security plan

Giving up freedom in the vain search for security is a losing equation for Taylor County residents a...

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Using outside record vendors brings risks

Last March, the Wisconsin Examiner asked the Black River Falls Police Department to search for emails regarding the death of a missing Indigenous man. The department said it would process the request but the news outlet would have to pay $4,400. That’s the amount the city’s IT vendor, Tech Pros, quoted to perform the search. It was a dramatic illustration of a growing problem. More and mor...

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Keys

Keys are cool. They get you into places and help you open doors. When I was high school and coll...

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