Spencer News

Marshfield Columbus' Dodge Langreck was unanimously named to the Mid-State All-Conference first team in soccer recently.

Walter Wiersma considered introducing a photo of his children - 5-year-old Spencer and 3-year-old Rianna - into the written record of Wednesday's Public Service Commission of Wisconsin hearing to illustrate his opposition to electricity-generating wind turbines in northeast Columbia County.

Their shoulder patches are different, but the passion twin Fond du Lac area officers share for patrolling is the same.

TOWN OF SPENCER - A Marshfield man was charged Monday with his sixth drunken driving offense hours after his Jeep Cherokee overturned in rural Marathon County.

A semi-truck delivered 22,983 boxes of cookies to the Youth Building at the Marshfield Fairgrounds.

At the last Spencer Area Chamber of Commerce meeting, Nutz Deep II North suggested starting a monthly "business after hours" social gathering for the village of Spencer businesses, their employees and patrons.

At the annual business meeting of the Community Bankers of Wisconsin on Sept. 17, Randolph Malueg of Heritage Bank, Spencer, was elected an at-large director.

He joined more than 125 professional liquid waste carriers and industry suppliers from throughout Wisconsin and neighboring states at the annual summer conference.

She was a long way from home, but it was an experience she will always remember.

The ghosts, goblins and many other characters are ready to welcome the Halloween scene to Spencer.

A tanker truck carrying 53,000 pounds of liquid whey tipped over this morning in Spencer and spilled about half of its load, according to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department.

Marathon County sheriff's deputies and emergency managers are dealing with a 'way big' whey spill near Spencer.

Contributed photos University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County students in the engineering fundamentals course built a truss bridge out of Culver's straws and masking tape.

Harry Toufar/For the Marshfield News-Herald Grace Mainer of 308 E. Clark St., Spencer, is the proud owner of this beautiful flowering cactus.

An injury in high school led him to get medical help. With no relief showing down the road, he turned to a local chiropractor.

Alan Hamm was the recipient of a scholarship from City University of New York to spend the month of July 2009 at the University of Oviedo in the northern-most part of Spain.

Kathy Pieper, vice president and cashier at Citizens State Bank of Loyal, received a Lifetime Service Award from the Community Bankers of Wisconsin at the trade association's annual meeting in Madison on Sept.

On Aug. 29, 72 classmates from Spencer High School gathered at Belvedere Supper Club to celebrate their reunion.

The University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County Music Department's Fall Concert, the traditional opening performance of the department's concert season, will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Helen Laird Theatre, at UW-Marshfield/Wood County, 2000 W. Fifth St.

Four Marathon County libraries will take part in the worldwide "Read for the Record" event Thursday morning and afternoon.