Edgar News

Three days after bringing home the gold ball, the Edgar Wildcats are back in school celebrating their big victory with their community.

For 20 years, Wausau resident Don Ryder has kept a picture of Mother Teresa on his desk as a source of inspiration for his own good deeds.

To help curb the spread of the H1N1 flu virus, health officials in Marathon County are allowing more people to get the vaccine.

Family: Father, Doug; mother, Sandy; brother, Dan; sisters, Nicole and Tianna. Favorite subject: Math Favorite opponent: Marathon Talk about the atmosphere of playing at state: It's definitely way different than any other game.

EDGAR -- The Marathon County Health Department's first H1N1 vaccination clinic got off to a slow start Tuesday.

MCHD will be making vaccine available through public vaccination clinics. Given the limited availability of vaccine, the target populations for our clinics include: People who provide care for or live with children under the age of 6 months Pregnant women who have not yet received H1N1 vaccine from their health care provider.

The search is on for what caused a Marathon County shed to ignite Sunday. Around 2 pm firefighters arrived to the home off highway U in Rib Falls, which is near Edgar.

Newsline 9 has a great interview coming up on this Veteran's Day. Coming up on Wake Up Wisconsin Wednesday morning, around 6:30am, we're having a live interview with 2 soldiers from our viewing area, as well as a former anchor from Newsline 9 who is now stationed overseas with the 32nd Infantry Brigade.

Cadie Brusky says her friends describe her body type as 'plump and happy.' She says she's 5-foot-7 and a 'whole lot of lovin'.' Brusky has been heavy since she was a girl, and other kids used to make fun of her.

Homeowners reported a chimney fire in their Edgar home earlier tonight. Marathon County Sheriff's Lt.

The Owen-Withee Theater Department is once again attempting a challenging piece for their one-act play entry in the Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival with Edgar Lee Master's "Spoon River Anthology." The play is set in Spoon River, a fictitious town in Illinois.

Editor's note: Following are readers' responses to today's editorial. To join the Wausau Daily Herald's Editorial Review Panel, e-mail Community Conversation Reporter Robert Mentzer at rmentzer@wdhprint.com. Reading the Wausau West Warrior's Word was a treat when I was lucky enough to have one of my children bring one home.

EDGAR - Badger Basket is a company well acquainted with hardship - so much so that the national recession has hardly registered.

Edgar native Shay Lehman was named to the 2009 College Sports Information Directors of America/ESPN: The Magazine Academic All-District Five College Division Football Team second team.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS - The Edgar girls cross country team repeated as Division 3 champions today at the WIAA state cross country meet at The Ridges Golf Course.

Every community in the area, except for Edgar, is holding Halloween on Saturday this year.

Scholarship recipients MADISON -- Benjamin Hansen of Milladore is a recipient of a Wisconsin Towns Association scholarship sponsored by Rural Mutual Insurance Company.

In December, the Edgar School Board will decide whether to put to voters a $7 million referendum to cover remodeling and expansion costs for Edgar High School.

Edgar school officials next year plan to ask residents to vote on a $7 million building measure that could increase taxes on a $100,000 home by as much as $180 a year School leaders say they need the money to ease overcrowding by moving the cafeteria and a gym and making two additions to the building, one for seven classrooms and another for a gym ...

We have received the following death notices: Rueben Louis Ahlquist, 83, Edgar, died Wednesday, Oct.