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Homelessness is a subject some find difficult to discuss, knowing it may be affecting people in the community. There are many reasons people become homeless. Being in this situation can be stressful. For some, finding shelter or permanent affordable housing is becoming more difficult with the...
A final decision regarding two of seven of Unity’s railroad crossings under investigation has been reached by the commissioner of railroads over a decade after the first notice of investigation was sent to Unity. There were several improvements Unity needed to make to the crossings investigated....
Concluding the Nov. 10 presentation at the Neillsville High School was a flag folding ceremony by (l-r) veteran and American Legion Post 73 member Rick Thoma and his granddaughter, Abigail Koepp. During the presentation, the significance of all 13 folds of the flag were explained to the audience.
As Luke Friemoth, Public Works director, reported during the Nov. 14 Commission on Public Works meeting, the Street Department has already begun setting up Christmas decorations down streets like Hewett.
During the Neillsville Commission on Public Works Nov. 14, Luke Friemoth, the department’s director, reported, as the Street Department continues to clean up the autumn leftovers around town, the department has begun putting up Christmas decorations.
“[The Street Department has] been hauling brush...
Members of the Neillsville American Legion Post #73 and Auxiliary take a moment between events to have lunch Nov. 11. During the course of the day, the unit presented at the Granton High School Veterans Day program, Neillsville High School Veterans Day program, The Neillsville American Legion...
After Terri Domaszek, Finance Department comptroller’s presentation of the 2024 budget to the Clark County Board of Supervisors Nov. 9, members of the public took the podium during the public budget hearing to discuss a single topic: how important libraries are to the community.
This was due to the...
The Clark County Board of Supervisors met Nov. 9 to take action on no less than 10 resolutions. However, the two that took the bulk of the discussion were 32-11-23: authorizing borrowing and issuance of promissory note for the 2024 budget and 33-11-23, approving [the] 2024 budget and county levy....
An infographic on display at Xcel Energy’s transmission line project open house in Stanley showed the potential route option that would end the route at a substation near Owen.
Xcel Energy (Xcel) is introducing the Western Wisconsin Transmission Connection and hosted a series of open houses to gather input from customers, landowners and various stakeholders, with portions of one route option running along the north edge of Clark County, ending with a substation placed in...
Left, the Hatfield Dam worked hard to regulate the flow of water due to the late October storms. Below, Lyn Opelt reported the storms also caused significant damage on Arbutus Drive, breaking the concrete almost all the way across the street.
Oct. 17, during the Wisconsin Assembly Floor Session, Representative Donna Rozar (R-Marshfield) honored Erin Martin, a volunteer firefighter/first responder from the Chili/Fremont Fire Department, as the 69th Assembly District’s First Responder of the Year. All Assembly Representatives had the...