Athens News

BOSCOBEL -- The man convicted in one of northern Wisconsin's most sensational murder cases continues to fight the legal system -- as well as prison staff members and other inmates -- 22 years after a family's massacre.

Nicholas R. Giffin has entered basic training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He is the son of Mary and Thomas Giffin of Abbotsford and is a 1999 graduate of Abbotsford High School.

My objection to one of the proposed changes to Old Wausau was to have been two-pronged. The first was intended to consider the short distance being considered.

The following marriage licenses were issued by the Fond du Lac County Clerk's Office as of June 26, 2009: Timothy Andrew Venhaus and Kim Colleen Tennessen, both of Fond du Lac.

The National Weather Service in Green Bay is tracking a thunderstorm this morning that could bring heavy rain to parts of Marathon and Lincoln counties.

Catherine Bunke, originally from Athens, now of rural Medford, retired June 3 after 44 years in education.

Last Friday, Spencer was buzzing in the morning. The Chamber of Commerce Dairy Breakfast commenced at 5 a.m., and people were served until 10 a.m. Numbers were steady in the early morning but started to pick up around 7:30 a.m. As usual, there were the common sights as you dug into those delicious pancakes.

One of the five people injured when their hot air balloon crashed to the ground in Marathon County remained in the hospital on Monday.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior recognizes the following students named to the dean's list for the fall semester.

The state Department of Children and Families issued formal orders to five day care centers in Marathon County in 2008 for violations ranging from unlabeled breast milk to incomplete paperwork.

As the finale for the 2008-2009 book club season, a field trip was sponsored by the Colby Public Library to The Fox Tale and Silver Retreat in Hamburg, Wisconsin.

Megan Maslowski, a third-year applied science major at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, has been awarded the 2009-2010 Dwight and Linda Nyhus Davis Scholarship in the amount of $5,000 through the Stout University Foundation.

Small, local farms are concerned proposed food safety regulations could hurt their businesses.

The Chief of the Athens Fire Department says the owner of a former supper club in the Town of Johnson is now facing a bill expected to top $5,000 dollars.

A fire that destroyed the Skylite Supper Club was set intentionally, according to Dale Wisnewski, Marathon County Sheriff's Department.

A fire at a vacant supper club west of Athens is under investigation. At about 12:30 Tuesday afternoon, the Athens Fire Department responded to a blaze inside the Skylite Supper Club on County Road A in the Town of Johnson.

The Athens Area Fire Department Chief suspects the restaurant that went up in flames Tuesday is going to be a total loss.

Alexandra Manthey had more to get used to during her freshman year than the average student - with new friends and a new school came life in a new country thousands of miles from her hometown.

Motorists could encounter some delays as work begins on the Black Creek Bridge on Highway 97 in Athens this week.

Real Foods CSA Farm: Serving the central Wisconsin community by keeping family farms viable and growing delicious, nutritious, organic food Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition is a collaboration between 35 Southern Wisconsin farms and community members to promote local agriculture, and increase access to locally grown food ...