Rib Mountain News

A giant pothole snarled traffic and shut down a portion of Rib Mountain Drive for more than an hour on Sunday.

In 1967, Bill Miller was a junior at Marquette University in Milwaukee, the son of a professor who taught there, when he joined the U.S. Navy.

The various services will be followed by coffee, treats and fellowship. St. Paul's United Church of Christ will kick off this series 6 p.m. Sunday with live music by local artist joe.e. Future services are: June 30: First Universalist Unitarian Church, 715-387-7058.

A plan to merge two municipalities' fire and emergency service departments will amp up the services residents get now and save taxpayers money, officials said June 11. About 75 people attended a June 11 public hearing held by the Weston Village Board and Rib Mountain Town Board at the Rib Mountain Municipal Center to discuss the merger of the two ... (more)

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Joint meeting of Village of Weston and Town of Rib Mountain to approve SAFER Fire District creation 6/11/13 RIB MOUNTAIN, WI - It's official.

I heard from a lot of readers who could relate. I want to share some of the perspective -- but first, a bit of news I didn't know at the time I wrote the column.

I met up with Dennis Wendt and Karl Hanke to go carp fishing with a bow and arrow.

A day after biting a 12-year-old girl as she rode her bicycle in Wisconsin Rapids, a St. Bernard remained at large Tuesday, authorities said.

Marathon County Crime Stoppers is asking for help in identifying people responsible for the theft of tools from several construction sites in the Wausau area.

Who: Merrill Committee of the Whole When: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday Where: Council Chambers, Merrill City Hall, 1004 E. First St., Merrill What's at stake: The committee will discuss a new logo for the city.

They help to ensure that governments provide efficient services that take advantage of economies of scale and opportunities for specialization.

More than 14 million people visit Wisconsin's state parks each year. With more than 60 state parks, forests, recreational areas and trails to choose from, residents have a variety of outdoor experiences to sample.

Pickups are at 9:10 a.m. at Willow Haven, 804 12th St.; 9:20 a.m. at Maplewood Senior Apartments, 508 Sixth St.; and 9:30 a.m. at Acorn Hill, 430 Orbiting Drive.

Two south metro-area municipalities unveiled a plan June 4 to merge their fire and emergency medical services departments.

A water main break that caused hundreds of thousands of gallons of water to gush out caused a partial closure of a major business road in Rib Mountain on Thursday.

The Marathon County Sheriff's Department says rain-slick roads likely caused a 26-year-old woman to lose control of her car and collide head-on with a semi-truck on state Highway 97 north of Stratford.

The Marathon County Sheriff's Department says a 26-year-old woman was killed Wednesday when her car collided with a semi-truck on state Highway 97 just north of Stratford.

Gas prices in Wisconsin are now above four dollars for the first time all year. But you may be seeing that price come down.

Elected officials from the Town of Rib Mountain and the Village of Weston announced Tuesday their intentions to combine their fire and emergency medical services and create a new department.