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I To keep up with ever-changing technology, and get students’ career ready out of high school, the Cornell School District is looking into grants to expand their current fab lab and adding a wood CNC control machine, which is used for high precision designs. +++ Jean Rygiel, a Cadott community member, attended the January 4, Village Board Meeting to register neighborhood concerns related to a zoning change that would allow development of multi-family housing in a single-family zoned area. The change requested was sent back to the Planning and Development Committee, so community concerns could be addressed.

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r Last summer, the owners of Glass Insulators of Bloomer purchased the old Applegate Insulation Building in Bloomer and started gutting the building to remodel and update it for their needs. On September 20, they broke ground for an expansion project, which includes additions in three directions and will add more than 47,000 square feet of space. The expanded space will also allow for automation and an increase in employee positions. +++ The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced on December 15, 2020 that the monarch butterfly will be classified as a Candidate Species, and USFWS will review that status annually until they are added to the Endangered Species Act list, or listing is no longer warranted.

B O-W Enterprise When students returned to the Owen-Withee Schools on January 4, parents were no longer allowed the option to write a note to opt their child out of wearing a mask. All students were required to wear a mask unless they have a doctor's note. Then they will be required to wear a face shield. A parent has started a petition to let the school board know that there are those who object, and that parents, as a United States freedom, should have the right to make the mask wearing decision. +++ The Owen Withee-Curtiss Fire Department is urging citizens to adopt a fire hydrant and see to it that the snow is cleared from around it, after each snowfall. This would help immensely when the fire department is trying to find a hydrant during the winter.

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Abbotsford city officials have received a considerable number of comments from residents living in the Clark County portion of the city. With development occurring on the west side of the Abbotsford, property values rose 20 percent in 2020. At the same time, property values in the Marathon County side of the city have gone up only 2 percent. Thus, the disparity in tax bills.+++The Village of Curtiss is facing a gigantic sewer project upgrade, that would entail building a new wastewater treatment plant and replacing the villages lagoon system. The village engineering firm is now projecting the cost may be $20 million or more. The cost initially was estimated at $17 million. The increase is blamed on the DNR requiring that the village comply with state ammonia limits. A proposed Abblyland expansion also plays into the need for a new facility.

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f Construction of the new Marshfield Medical Center-Neillsville is progressing nicely. The new location, next to Highway 10, is expected to provide opportunity for other business growth in the area. Administrator Ryan Neville is projecting a May opening. +++ Recognizing the difficult year the Neillsville Police Department has had in the form of COVID-19 virus response, exposure and difficulties in staffing levels, the Neillsville City Council presented Police Chief Jim Mankowski and his staff with a commendation expressing appreciation from the council and the community. +++ The Greenwood City Council has voted to switch insurance companies and will now be purchasing insurance from the League of Wisconsin Municipalities. After a work related incident, the previous carrier was increasing the city's rate by $10,000. +++ Neillsville and Greenwood School District’s are both increasing efforts to insure students are attending classes during virtual learning days.

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c Yellowstone Computing columnist Joe Smoczyk writes that the top six things to avoid doing on your computer: #1. Don’t Login to Personal Sites and Services. #2. Don’t Allow Remote Access. #3 Don’t Store Personal Data. #4 Don’t Connect Personal Storage Devices. #5. Don’t Do Your Side Business or Job Search. #6 Don’t Log on to Public Wi-Fi. +++ Editor Travis Rogers, and Managing Editor Nicole Rogers, expressed their gratitude for the community support they received this past year and noted that “.. even though in many ways 2020 has been a difficult one, we see blessings all around us. When times get tough, that is when the genuinely good and heart-warming stories of our community are revealed.” +++ Frontline healthcare workers received their vaccination at a drive-through clinic, held on January 7, at the Owen-Withee-Curtiss Fire Station in Curtiss. This was a distribution of the first shipment of vaccine received by the Clark County Health Department.

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Arcadia used one of the controversial voting machine manufactured by Dominion and some city residents were concerned about the accuracy of the machine. The city did a voluntary recount of its 852 ballots after the accuracy of the Dominion machines were challenged by President Donald Trump in several states. Trump carried Arcadia by 491 votes to Democrat nominee Biden’s 348. After spending two hours hand counting the results of the November 3 election, the results for all the candidates on the ballot were exactly the same. +++ Ashley’s Angels delivered Christmas gifts to more than 1,100 children in need, that lived in communities surrounding its manufacturing plants in Mississippi, North Caroline and Wisconsin. Money for the food, clothing and special gifts is raised by employee fundraiser events in each state.

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