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CLARK COUNTY CAN'T CUT SUPERVISORS TO SAVE CASH
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 -- 2:36 pm
Faced with a $1.3- to $1.75-million budget shortfall, Clark County chairman Wayne Hendrickson wanted the Executive committee to consider reducing the number of supervisors in an attempt to save money, but state statute currently doesn’t allow it. [ full story ]
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POVERTY UP IN WISCONSIN
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 -- 2:18 pm
Poverty is on the rise in Wisconsin. New estimates from the U-S Census Bureau show eleven percent of people in Wisconsin lived in poverty in 2003-2004 -- up nearly two percent from the year before. [ full story ]
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LOCAL RED CROSS READY TO HELP VICTIMS OF KATRINA
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005 -- 12:07 pm
Hurricane Katrina has taken dozens of lives and left an estimated $26-billion in damages and now American Red Cross chapters from around the country will help victims of the storm recover. [ full story ]
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"SIPHONING" A PROBLEM IN SOME AREAS OF STATE
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005 -- 12:01 pm
With the price of gas again on the rise – it jumped 10-cents to $2.84 per gallon in here in Neillsville Tuesday morning - more and more vehicle owners are trying to protect themselves from gas siphoning. [ full story ]
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NEILLSVILLE SCHOOLS HAS BUDGET
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005 -- 11:58 am
With school set to begin Thursday, the Neillsville school district adopted a budget for the coming year during their annual meeting Monday night. [ full story ]
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NEILLSVILLE TO APPLY FOR HOUSING MONEY
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 -- 9:28 am
After making it past the first step, the City of Neillsville is one of only 24 municipalities in the state eligible to apply for a Community Development Block Grant for housing improvements. [ full story ]
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SCHAFFER MAY GO TO TRIAL
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 -- 9:26 am
The sexual assault trial for the Neillsville man called a "primary suspect" in the 2002 murder of a Sparta couple could begin in a few weeks. [ full story ]
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MOTORCYCLE RALLY ONE TO "REMEMBER"
Monday, August 22nd, 2005 -- 11:01 am
They’ve done it for 5 years, but Saturday’s “Ride to Remember” motorcycle rally for The Highground had added significance due to the passing of one of the event’s main organizers. [ full story ]
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ROCK JUMPS IN WORLD RANKINGS
Thursday, August 18th, 2005 -- 6:18 am
Buoyed by his run at the World Championships, Andrew Rock has skyrocketed in the latest International Association of Athletics Associations track and field rankings. [ full story ]
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MARATHON CO. TRAIN ACCIDENT
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005 -- 6:39 am
A Marathon County highway worker is dead after a freight train collided with the small dump truck he was backing across some railroad tracks. [ full story ]
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SMOKE TESTING TO BEGIN MONDAY
Wednesday, August 10th, 2005 -- 9:02 am
As we reported a couple weeks ago, the City of Neillsville is turning to ‘smoke testing’ to try to find why so much extra water is running through its sanitary sewer system. [ full story ]
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LIVESTOCK FACILITY SITING RULES MOVING FORWARD
Monday, August 8th, 2005 -- 2:41 pm
It doesn’t appear it will have a huge impact in Clark County, but agriculturists and environmentalists around the state are watching closely the development of new “livestock facility siting” rules. [ full story ]
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HIGHGROUND BIKE TOUR NEXT WEEKEND
Friday, August 5th, 2005 -- 3:17 pm
The bicycles will be converging on Neillsville from virtually every direction next week. The Highground’s 21st annual bike tour will be held next Thursday (11th) through Sunday (14th) with bicyclists pushing off from 5 different locations: Appelton, New Richmond, Hayward, Madison and Gurney, Illinois. [ full story ]
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F16 BLAMED FOR 'SONIC BOOM'
Friday, August 5th, 2005 -- 3:02 pm
An F-16 jet is the suspected cause of a loud boom heard by many in Stevens Point and across eastern Portage County Thursday. [ full story ]
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MENARD'S HIRING PRACTICES INVESTIGATED
Thursday, August 4th, 2005 -- 9:56 am
Home improvement retailer Menard turned over thousands of documents to investigators who are looking into claims of racial discrimination in the firm's employment practices. [ full story ]
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CIVIL SUIT IN CAR BOMBING CASE
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005 -- 10:08 am
The man and woman injured when a pipe bomb detonated in the car they were traveling in have filed a civil lawsuit in the case. [ full story ]
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TENNIS ANYONE?
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005 -- 10:06 am
Neillsville area tennis players will soon be able to get their game on again. [ full story ]
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DUELING BLOOD DRIVES
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005 -- 8:36 am
Conflicting blood drives next Monday show there is a growing competition for donors in our area. [ full story ]
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NEILLSVILLE TO EXPLORE "PET CEMETERY"
Monday, August 1st, 2005 -- 12:00 pm
The possibility of Neillsville developing a place for residents to bury their beloved cats, dogs and other pets will be discussed during the board of cemetery commissioners' meeting Monday. [ full story ]
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PROPERTY TAXES ARE DUE!
Monday, August 1st, 2005 -- 11:53 am
Monday is the deadline for property-owners to pay the 2nd-half of their property tax bills. [ full story ]
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Stratford-native Andrew Rock is coming off the best weekend of his Track and Field life. 
