Dresser News

The four-day work week. Sounds pretty good for the worker, doesn't it? What it conjures up to workers isn't the 10-hour days, but a work life filled with three-day weekends.

A 21-year-old Dresser man was killed and two others were injured July 20 in a motor vehicle crash in the Dresser Trap Rock Quarry.

A 21-year-old Dresser man was killed and two others were injured July 20 in a motor vehicle crash in the Dresser Trap Rock Quarry.

Heintz Machine Corp in New Richmond had a slow day on Wednesday, June 25. In fact, the day before was kind of slow too, and the economy had nothing to do with it.

Three bears took a stroll out of the woods and into the backyard of a home in Dresser Wisconsin.

It will likely be several months before an appellate decision is levied in the case of whether e-mail messages from the workstations of five Wisconsin Rapids teachers are public record.

“I'm running because I know that we can get our state back on the right track and make Wisconsin a great place to live, raise a family, work and retire”

Dresser man to run for 28th Assembly seat A Dresser man announced that he will be running for the 28th Assembly seat currently held by Rep. via Rivertowns.net

“And we want it indexed so workers at the bottom don't have to wait another decade to get a raise like they did last time.”

Roughly 43 percent of minority families in Wisconsin are low-income and nearly 300,000 Wisconsinites have not received a high school education, according to a report released this week. via The Badger Herald Online

Frederic graduate Marty Niles remains hospitalized FREDERIC - Frederic graduate and athlete Marty Niles remains hospitalized following an operation April 16 to remove a mass from near his brain stem. via Inter-County Leader

“These are lost revenues to the state of Wisconsin.”

Wisconsin women continue to earn lower annual wages than men despite a rise in education levels, according to a report released Tuesday, Wisconsin's official Equal Pay Day. via The Capital Times

“Greater inequality feeds on itself. It makes fewer people willing to help pay for critical public goods, like education, which further increases inequality.”

Wisconsin has a history of shared prosperity among its residents, but that has been steadily changing. via WisInfo

“There's really no job like the construction trades, where there's such an articulated path from a high school degree to a decent living so systematically. That that pathway be open to people who can walk it, regardless of race, is critical”

Milwaukee-area contractors have made "notable progress" in employing African-American construction trade apprentices - but there's still plenty of room for improvement, according to a report Tuesday from the ... via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

“During the oral argument on March 25, 2008, Mr. Bubolz essentially stated that he needed the personal e-mails in order to make sure the teachers were doing their jobs and following school policy”

The attorney for five Wisconsin Rapids Public School teachers has asked a judge to reconsider his decision to completely release the personal e-mails from their workstations to the public. via Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

First, the payment of close to $589,000 in 2007 to cover GAM losses for 2005 and 2006 has led to a county shortfall for 2007. via Inter-County Leader

New write-in candidates challenge Peterson, Larsen Gregg Westigard * BREAKING NEWS 26.MAR.08 BALSAM LAKE - Two new write-in candidates have joined the race for Polk County board seats in Tuesday's election. via Inter-County Leader

“My colleagues In Wausau will make a decision very, very quickly”

GAM still in county hands: appeal not yet filed Gregg Westigard * BREAKING NEWS 26.MAR.08 AMERY/BALSAM LAKE - Golden Age Manor may still be in county hands Tuesday morning. via Inter-County Leader

Click here for e-edition "> Click here for e-edition BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES - This week's e-edition of the Inter-County Leader is ready. via Inter-County Leader

A fire Tuesday morning at Cortec chemical plant in Spooner injured two employees. via Inter-County Leader

Send your letters & comments to: the-leader@centurytel.net - Inter-County Co-op Publishing Ass'n., Frederic, WI Amery-Dresser Trail to be non-motorized; DNR will not appeal *BREAKING NEWS* 12.MAR.08 by Gregg ... via Inter-County Leader

Two people were killed after a crash in Polk County Friday. The Polk County Sheriff's Department says 24-year-old Scott Schilke and his passenger, 23-year-old Heather Osborne, were killed when the vehicle they ... via WEAU-TV Eau Claire