TRG

The Greenwood council listened to a presentation by the Main Street committee on the possibility of beginning the process to have new “Welcome to Greenwood” signs installed at both ends of the city. Preliminary quotes from Stratford Sign Company gave the council an idea of the type of options they had to choose from if they decided to take on the project. For two signs, the prices ranged from $49,830 for a non-lit single-sided sign up to $64,152 for a real stone sign with LED lighting. The council moved to have the planning and zoning committee look at the potential project and wait for its recommendation before making any approval for fundraising for new signs.

The Clark County Press

DPW Luke Friemoth reported, “The (CTH 73) Hewett Street project is now going to be cancelled. (WisDOT) was going through some policy changes and with the two-inch mill and overlay, they were trying to get the policy changed where that would be considered a capital improvement and not a maintenance improvement. And seeing as that policy did not change, it is still considered a maintenance improvement, so the (WisDOT) cannot help fund that. And they didn’t think we’d want to take it all up on our own, so they are not going to fund it.”

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirms the detection of emerald ash borer in Burnett County, which means the pest has now been confirmed in all 72 of Wisconsin’s counties.

Tribune-Phonograph

The Colby school board took the next steps towards a potential November referendum at a special meeting held this past Monday. While small adjustments are likely to be made before the board would possibly approve the final move to go to referendum, they opted for a two-question approach, with the first question currently sitting at $17.7 million and the second at $7.7 million.

Volunteer fire departments could be forced into extinction if new workplace regulations proposed by the federal government are implemented, warned Mike Koles, executive director of the Wisconsin Towns Association. Koles sounded the alarm about a slate of rules developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that would apply to fire and EMS departments of all sizes. The proposed rules cover everything from equipment purchases and financial reporting to protective clothing, training and certification.

Stanley Republican

Advanced Placement test scores are in at Stanley-Boyd. Requiring a 3 or higher to pass, AP tests allow students to earn college credit while still in high school, thereby saving money on classes. Broken down by subject, the results show 90 percent or nine of 10 students taking AP Calculus to have scored a 3 or higher, the mean being 3.50. Four students at Stanley-Boyd scored a four and one scored a 5, the Wisconsin mean score being 3.29.