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At the latest Loyal Common Council meeting June 18, the council considered and voted on a range of issues. First, in the public comment period, resident Colter Rueth requested the city allow chickens. Rueth will be a freshman in high school this fall and would like to raise chickens for his supervised agricultural experience (SAE). The council decided to refer the chicken discussion to the police and fire commission, and to invite Rueth to attend the next meeting if he would like.

One of the items on the (Loyal school board) agenda was to hire a 4K-12 principal, and (Crystal) Rueth gave her thoughts on the hiring process. She felt it would have been beneficial for the school to hold a community forum for the public to learn about and ask questions of the principal candidates. As it turned out, the board didn’t end up making a decision that night and referred the hiring decision back to the interview committee, which includes two board members, four staff members and two administrators.

Judy Zettler joined fellow ambulance service members past and present in a recognition supper at Rumors Supper club in Loyal earlier this month. Zettler was honored for 50 years of service to the community as an EMT with the Loyal Ambulance Service.

The Clark County Press

A tornado registering EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale touched down in Colby June 17.  This was enough to cause damage across Colby’s south side of town.

The Greenwood Common Council met June 19, Under the department heads’ portion of the meeting, Greenwood Police Chief Bernie Brock spoke on the need to designate an area directly under the city’s control to serve as a secondary storm shelter. Brock said there had been an issue with the storm shelters and the sirens not being set off in one of the recent storms.

Tribune-Phonograph

The city of Abbotsford deliberated in closed session at a public hearing on Wednesday, June 19, before deciding to decline the owners of La Botana bar a liquor license for the year. The owners of the bar, German Hernandez and Ivone Vazquez, were present at the meeting to provide insight into six incidents in which citations had been handed out to the bar or patrons of the bar since the first of the year.

The Thorp Courier

Less than a hundred years ago every town and village had blacksmiths to make or repair shovels, plowshares, knives, wagon wheels and all manner of common items. These days modern technology has replace much of society’s need for a blacksmith. But in one small corner of Clark County, one man is busy revealing the mystery behind the magic and is sharing the skills he’s learned from many long years at the forge. Matt Grajkowski of Reseburg demonstrated a forging technique during the Badger Blacksmith’s spring conference at Grajkowski’s workshop just outside Thorp.

Stanley Republican

The (Stanley) council entered into closed session before voting to promote Dan Demske to Water Operator in charge with a one-year probation and quarterly reviews.

Meeting for its monthly board conversation Monday, June 17, the Stanley-Boyd Area School Board considered options for moving the district office, in the interest of safety. The Board heard from CESA 10 representative Brian Antczak on moving the district office, currently located in the middle of the building, to a more exterior location to better control access.

The Stanley Community Trail Phase 2 project has been awarded a $682,400 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternative Program.