Stratford News

* 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.

Honor student MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Christopher J. Handrick of Marshfield was named to the President's List at The Art Institutes International Minnesota for the 2009 summer quarter.

The suspected driver in a hit-and-run crash near Marshfield that injured a man in November 2007 pleaded no contest this morning to a felony charge in connection to the crash.

STRATFORD -- Isadore 'Izzy' A. Beyel, 88, of Stratford, died on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, in the Palliative Care Unit at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

25 YEARS AGO: Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bauman of 1107 E. Fourth St. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday at Neillsville.

The first count of the Marshfield Area United Way campaign to advance the common good came in with totals of $77,089. In a direct comparison to company and division totals from last year to current year, current contributions reflect a 17 percent increase in initial totals.

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

Oct. 1, 2009 7:24 a.m. Toilet paper in trees is the go-to homecoming vandalism in most towns.

Sept. 30, 2009 11:46 a.m. Two Wisconsin companies raised nearly $4.5 million of angel funding in the third quarter, according to the Wisconsin Angel Network.