Stratford News

Companion Day Services, an adult day care, held it's first-ever LIFESONG celebration Nov.

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.

The Marshfield Public Library was transformed into a showcase for nonprofit community organizations and agencies Sunday afternoon.

James W. 'Buck' Crum, 87, Wausau, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services at Aspirus Wausau Hospital surrounded by his loving family.

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.

A 34-year-old Stratford man was arrested for disorderly conduct as a domestic abuse incident at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 2100 block of West Marathon Street.

John Eisen Council 1799 sponsored the annual Soccer Challenge and the Punt, Pass and Kick Contest on Sept.

As a single father of two, Don Guldan knew he had to move his family out of their 40-year-old mobile home, so he turned to Marshfield Area Habitat for Humanity.

* Nicholas A. Palmer, 33, of 102 Florence St., Rothschild; default judgment; speeding in excess of 30 mph; $295 fine.

Police log Wisconsin Rapids At 8:05 p.m. Wednesday, a Wisconsin Rapids man reported the theft of a laptop worth about $400 from his residence in the 1800 block of Seventh Street South.

A 30-year-old Marshfield man was arrested on a Marathon County warrant at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

COLBY -- Trying to repeat last season's state championship title, Colby stumbled on the way in a Division 5, level 2 18-0 loss to Osseo-Fairchild on Saturday.

Witches and brides, vampires and Frankenstein's monsters prowled the streets of Marshfield's downtown Friday afternoon, stopping at shops displaying a pumpkin sign to make the traditional Halloween pitch.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we have some really great cookbooks to help you with your meal.

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.

Colby, the defending Division 5 state champions, ended Stratford's dominance of the WIAA postseason with a dominating 34-7 victory tonight.

Sacred Heart of Jesus PCCW and Confraternity of Christian Mothers met at 7 p.m. Oct.

MADISON -- Typical residential Stratford customers will pay $4.26 more a month for water if a request by the Stratford Municipal Water and Electric Utility is approved as submitted to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission.

School districts have a clearer picture of what their budgets and tax levies will look like now that the Department of Public Instruction has announced state aid contributions.

The runoff from manure stored in detention ponds or from saturated land can have disastrous effects on water supplies, said Ralph Bredl, a Stratford dairy farmer.