Complaints over the perceived lack of action by area law enforcement agencies following a dog attack in February were raised at the April 12 county law enforcement committee. City of Medford resident Amber Chaffee recounted how on February 5, her eight-year-old son Logan was playing with his brother and a neighbor girl in their yard when a neighbor’s dog escaped its yard and attacked Logan ..read more

Taylor County will tap into power line impact fee funds to replace three rapidly decaying light poles near the grandstand at the Taylor County Fairgrounds. At Tuesday’s county board session, board members bypassed the recommendation of the finance and personnel committee and approved authorizing $100,000 in power line funds to go toward the replacement of three poles as well as necessary ..read more

Being a veteran can have benefits for your spouse and even your children when it comes to getting access to higher education. While many people go into the military for the opportunities for training for specific jobs, others look ahead to putting their veterans benefits to use in furthering their own education and achieving professional goals that would have been out of reach otherwise. The ..read more

Taylor County Veterans Service Office 224 S 2nd St Medford (p) 715-748-1488 Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. closed from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Facebook: Taylor County VS CVSO Walk-In Hours Rib Lake Library, 645 Pearl St, Rib Lake 1st Tuesday 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Starting April 2. Gilman Senior Center 385 E Main St Gilman 4th Thursday 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For April only. Due to ..read more

Jim Metz will continue to be county board chairman and the leadership structure of the county will remain largely intact for another year. Following the spring election, the county board holds a reorganization meeting each April where they swear in the new board and elect new leadership and committee appointments. Board members also vote on members to the county highway committee and the extension ..read more

The attack came quickly. One moment Logan Chaffee was playing in his yard in the city of Medford. The next moment a neighbor’s dog broke out of his fenced yard and was biting the elementary-aged child. Why the dog picked Logan as its target out of the others he was playing with is anyone’s guess. By the time a passing driver stopped and pulled the dog off him, Logan had received five puncture ..read more

The arts are alive in Taylor County. The local and regional fine and performing arts community is alive and vibrant. The student musicians heading to state competition as part of a small group ensemble. The artist whose work is featured as part of a juried show and is being displayed in a gallery show. The actors who take to the stage and for the length of a play transport the audience to ..read more

Your Right to A horrific scene played out in February in an apartment complex in Middleton, a Madison suburb. A woman and her two young children had died. The tight-knit community mourned for this family as its members asked: How could this happen? Several days after the shootings, Middleton police released a statement saying the mother had killed her two children and shot the children’s ..read more

My wife, Kim, bought me a box of “Just for Men” beard and mustache dye. It is sitting unopened on the counter of my bathroom sink. I think she is trying to tell me something. You know, in that subtle, somewhat brutal, yet loving way that people in long-term committed relationships have of sending messages to one another. Kind of like how your favorite t-shirt mysteriously goes from being ..read more

OICES I could understand that my chief titles to fame are: as a medical doctor, philanthropist, and my brief and pungent essays. I have more firmness of mind than perhaps you may imagine, and it is very probable that in the course of this correspondence, you will think I push this quality too far, even to severity. But let us return to the point. I wondered why protestants or ex-catholics ..read more