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Changes at Marshfield Festival Foods Farmers Market spark confusion, concern

This year, the market will only be held on Saturdays, instead of both Saturday and Sunday, and there will be a one-time $50 vendor fee.

Sheriff: At least 1 tornado touched down in Clark County

At least one tornado touched down in Clark County during Thursday night’s storms, taking down power lines and trees, damaging buildings and sending a baby to the hospital.

ATV crash injures 12-, 15-year-olds in Wood County

Deputies did not say which person was driving, but one was taken by Aspirus MedEvac helicopter to an area hospital.

Memorial Day events honor the fallen

If your organization is planning an event, please send your information to smankins@mmclocal.com. We’ll update this list as events come in.

Marshfield Council OKs police department, fire training plans

The projects would transform Wildwood Plaza on the city’s south side into the new police station and create a new fire department training center.

Alexander House exhibits feature mixed media, glass art

An opening reception with both artists will be held Friday, May 16.

Wood County sheriff warns of crypto scams

The Wood County Sheriff’s Department is urging people to be cautious when it comes to using cryptocurrency kiosks.
Opinion

Five takeaways from the Packers’ 2025 schedule

Well folks, the most important sports day of the year has finally happened: The National Football League has released the 2025 schedule. This will remain the most important sports day of the year for the next 365 days, give or take, until the 2026 schedule comes out.

Unto Dust...

Dear Reader,  In the final accounting, when the ledger of our days closes and the last breath escapes like a whisper into the void, what remains of us? We who once walked with purpose, …

Sports

Marshfield Middle School's Luedtke sets new record in 800m

The Marshfield Middle School track and field team at the May 5 competition at Ben Franklin Middle School. Submitted photo
The Marshfield Middle School track and field teams had multiple winners, and a longtime school record was broken.
Easton Kilty, a 2020 Stratford High School graduate, has signed as a free agent with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints. Contributed photo

Two from central Wisconsin headed to NFL

Spencer’s Logan Zschernitz  and Stratford’s Easton Kilty have both signed on as free agents, Zschernitz with the New York Giants and Kilty with the New Orleans Saints.
The Marshfield Tigers Boys Basketball team ended its season the way all high school team hope to, at the Kohl Center in Madison.

Tigers take home silver ball from state tourney

MADISON – The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. The Marshfield Tigers experienced both within a 24-hour time span, at the WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament March 21-22 at the Kohl …

Marshfield Boy's Basketball bring home silver

View some of the photos as the Marshfield Boy's Basketball team bring home Silver Ball after falling 55-57 to Wisconsin Lutheran.

Stratford’s Drexler places eighth at NCAA Championships as a red-shirt sophomore

Stratford native and North Dakota State wrestler Gavin Drexler finished the NCAA Championships with an eighth-place finish in the 149-bound bracket.:

Loyal’s Buchanan takes 197-pound NCAA Championship

PHILADELPHIA – Loyal native and University of Iowa graduate student Stephen Buchanan II won the 197-pound NCAA Championship on March 22, defeating Penn State’s Josh Barr, …
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Post-game press conference: Marshfield Boy's Basketball

Marshfield Tigers Boys Basketball Head Coach Chris Fischer, center; Landon Lee, left, and Brooks Hinson, right reflect on their 55-57 loss to Wisconsin Lutheran in a post-game press conference.

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Scenes from the WIAA State Semifinal Tigers win

Scenes from the WIAA State Semifinal Tigers win:

Obituaries
JOHN NOZAR (1937-2025)
John Nozar, died on April 24, 2025, in Sanford Medical Center, Bemidji, Minnesota. John was born October 5, 1937, to James and Betty Nozar, in Chicago, Illinois; and the family moved to a farm …
DR. NANDITA BHATTACHARJEE
Dr. Nandita Bhattacharjee, age 63, of Marshfield, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at House of the Dove in Marshfield. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 24, …
David A. Mrotek
David A. (Sturzl) Mrotek, age 62, of Marshfield, WI, passed away on Friday, May 2, 2025, from complications of leukemia. He was born in Milwaukee on Sep. 27, 1962, to Errol Mrotek and Martha Blodgett …
Gladys M. (Kromanaker) Fuller
Gladys M. (Kromanaker) Fuller, age 89, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Autumn Bay of Pewaukee. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at St. …
Daniel J. Ortner
It is with deep sadness that the family of Daniel J Ortner, 66 of Pittsville WI announces his passing on Monday May 5 th , 2025. Daniel was the first-born son of Justin and Marilyn Ortner, born …
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Packerland
At the 1957 dedication of the New City Stadium, many well-known figures were in attendance, including then-Vice President Richard Nixon, center, and the reigning Miss America, Marilyn Van Der Bur, left, and NFL Commissioner, Burt Bell, right.
Lambeau Field, second oldest and second biggest
GREEN BAY – Though the Green Bay Packers have a long-standing reputation for being the oldest team in the NFL, their stadium is close to holding a similar status. New City Stadium …
A 1970s posed photo of the Golden Girls, Green Bay Packers cheerleaders.
De Pere studio looks to relinquish Packers history
GREEN BAY – Over the last century, Green Bay Packers photography has grown synonymous with names like Stiller, Biever and Harmann, but one of those names is looking to relinquish that history …
Mary Jane Van Duyse Sorgel started her dance career at the Dorothy Leyse La Plant School of Dancing at the age of six. Three years later, she began to twirling baton and started wowing the crowds at regional festivals with her acrobatics and baton twirling skills.
Green Bay’s Golden Girl: An early start
Part I in a series GREEN BAY/STURGEON BAY – “She was a very gregarious person. Everyone knew Mary Jane, and Mary Jane knew everyone else, especially in the Green Bay area,” …
Sterling Sharpe is the latest Packer headed for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is one of fourteen inductees who were drafted by Green Bay.
Packer drafts by the numbers
GREEN BAY – “With the twenty-third pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers select….” The individual whose name gets called in that spot from the stage in Green …
The Lumberjack Band on the field at City Stadium in an undated photo.
Lumberjack Band: Sidelined
Continued from last week “Before the 1963 season, the Packers’ famous Lumberjack Band changed its name to the Green Bay Packer Band and members abandoned their old outfits for green …
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The state of salary transparency in healthcare and other industries
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