The topic of religion in Gilman classrooms as part of Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) curriculum continues to be an issue for one local family. Jacob and Emily Doro have appealed the complaint ...

American Legion Auxiliary Badger Girls State (ALABGS), a government and leadership conference sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, is an annual program for young women who will have completed ...

School could start earlier next fall for students and staff at Rib Lake School District. At the January 15 board meeting, district administrator Travis Grubbs reported that the Department of Public ...

Taylor County will hire a Minnesota-based consultant to look at options for upgrading the county’s emergency radio system. At the January 16 county finance committee meeting, members approved hiring a ...

Have you read to a child today? When was the last time you read with your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews or others as a volunteer? About half of early elementary school students in Medford ...

Committee to explore administrator, executive, and coordinator options Who should oversee the day to day operations in the county? That question is at the heart of a new ad hoc committee that was ...

There is a mental health crisis in rural America. Youth are among those hardest hit in this crisis. Parents, teachers, school counselors and building administrators see it firsthand every day. The ...

Taylor County is tightening down on speed limits throughout the county with an updated ordinance setting speed zones on county roads. At Tuesday’s highway committee meeting, members approved a new ...

Paying property taxes in Wisconsin is a chore that is made unnecessarily annoying due to processes that haven’t kept up with commonplace financial business practices. State lawmakers will soon begin ...

Residents raised questions about when run down mobile homes would be removed from the village. MANDEE ELLIS/THE STAR NEWS Residents raised questions about when run down mobile homes would be removed ...

1st Place – Cadence Breitbach - Poynette High School, Poynette - 11th grade I was nine years old when I found out my personal narrative entry had won a young authors contest. At the time, I only ...

The moon was bright in the clear cold sky over the Taylor County Courthouse Wednesday morning. The clear skies and cold temperatures are expected to change as unseasonably warm weather is forecast to ...