Colby News

The 4-H youths of Clark County had the opportunity to attend two Prepare for the Fair days June 17 and June 18 .

They are Marisa Frank of Abbotsford, Stacey Riehrer of Auburndale, Amalie Neuman of Colby, Katherine Decker of Loyal, Eden Olson of Marathon and Mike Kibbel of Spencer.

Rehabilitation means 'to make able again.' Members of the therapy team at Colonial Center, a 95-bed skilled nursing facility in Colby, remind everyone the goal of rehabilitation is to help people achieve the highest level of independence and quality of life possible.

COLBY -- Bob Kann was born Nov. 11, 1953, in Chicago, but it happened so long ago that he remembers nothing of the event.

* Esmeralda Ortega, 29, of 215 Park St., Colby; guilty plea; second offense driving after a license revocation; $476 fine.

The following dairy breakfasts are planned this weekend: Auburndale FFA Alumni June Dairy Breakfast: 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Auburndale Village Park shelterhouse.

* Justin T. Bargenquast, 18, of 404 Clover St., Withee; speeding and driving with a suspended license; ordered to pay $372. * Valeriano Cruz-Miranda, 22, of 305 N. Second St., Abbotsford; no contest plea; drunken driving, operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license and property damage; driver's license revoked for nine months, ordered to ...

Three Wausau attorneys are among those vying to be the next Marathon County District Attorney.

Joseph Avenue hit a natural gas line just outside the child care center at about 3:55 p.m. Tuesday.

The Weston man accused of shooting a woman in the chest last month returned to Marathon County Court.

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.

The Pittsville Lions Club, originally co-sponsored by the Marshfield and Wisconsin Rapids Lions Clubs in 1955, will be 54 years old when the club holds its installation and induction night at their new clubhouse June 3. Lion Dennis Krueger of the Curtiss Lions will install officers.

A Chinese proverb 'Don't curse the darkness-light a candle' came to mind as people visited the library this past week expressing concern about the road construction in Colby.

NEILLSVILLE -- The 2009 Rural Safety Day was held on May 6 at the Clark County Fairgrounds in Neillsville.

Highway 13 will remain open to two-way traffic as road construction progresses along Colby's Monroe and Wausau streets.

Crews are planning to begin the reconstruction of WIS 13 from Marathon County N to Wausau Street in the city of Colby May 18.

A man in custody in Breanna Schneller's murder is expected to appear in court, Wednesday.

Colonial Center, a 95-bed skilled nursing facility at 702 W. Dolf St., Colby, has a busy schedule planned today through May 16 in recognition of National Nursing Home Week.

There's very little you can't find in Mix & Match Consignment Shop, 120 Dehne Drive, in Colby.

Sixty-eight public libraries in central and northern Wisconsin will receive more than $382,000 from the Mead Witter Foundation as the result of a recent grant program.