Marathon News

It's Mistletoe time! Riverview Health Care Foundation is looking forward to kicking off the holiday season Dec.

LAFFIN, Bradly, and DALASTA, Julie, both village of Weston, Oct. 10, 2009. RUTHERFORD, James, and BEHNKE, Frances, Schofield, Oct.

A second Marathon County resident has died from an H1N1-related illness, health officials confirmed Wednesday.

MOSINEE - A group of businesses has banded together to boost fundraising for the United Way of Marathon County as the charitable organization's $3.1 million campaign draws to a close.

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.

Wood from trees that once towered over Marathon Park is getting new life as artwork that will be part of an exhibition set for next summer.

When their garden basil peaks, the Thymekeepers head out to harvest the aromatic herb and then gather for an annual pesto-making party.

It was refreshing to hear Lt. Col. Roger Cook focus some attention on noncombat servicemen and women during his Veterans Day speech in Wausau.

Expect plenty of vintage holiday items, along with furniture, primitives, art originals and other antiques at the Park Holiday Antique Show and Sale.

After roughly 60 years spent chugging through Marathon Park, a miniature train that has carried generations of kids may never run again in the Wausau area.

It's hard for me to believe that I've been writing this column for close to three years now.

Nov. 9, 2009 6:02 a.m. The Milwaukee County Board takes action on the 2010 budget starting at 8:30 a.m. today and supervisors are being told to plan for a session that stretches well into the evening hours.

The Oconto Hospital Foundation announced last week that it purchased the Bond Community Center located at 1201 Park Avenue in Oconto.

Jail officials in Marathon and Lincoln counties say they are closely monitoring inmates to ensure that any prisoner with swine flu is quickly identified and isolated.

The local chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for a hero. Actually, it's searching for several heroes to honor in the spring at its 2010 Real Heroes Awards Banquet.

Wisconsin drivers better keep their eyes open this month, because November is typically when roughly 25 percent of all automobile-deer crashes are reported.

Sylvester and Ruth Volhard celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner on a beautiful Sunday in August.

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

Living up to its possibilities as a shootout, the SPASH and Oshkosh West Level 1 game has been full of offense through one half of play.

On Oct. 20, 2009, Suzette 'Susie' Lucille Matis went to heaven to join her heavenly Father.