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Marathon County committee accepts offer to buy four Kronenwetter parcels; resident raises displacement concerns
Summary
The Infrastructure Committee voted to forward an offer to purchase four parcels in the Village of Kronenwetter for a potential relocated county highway facility. A nearby homeowner, Ariel Shefkin, told the committee the proposal has caused sleeplessness and financial strain and said her family cannot afford to move.
Marathon County’s Infrastructure Committee voted May 1 to forward to HR Finance and later the full county board an offer to purchase four adjacent parcels in the Village of Kronenwetter as a potential site for a relocated county highway facility.
The county has a signed purchase offer of $750,000 for parcels identified in the packet as P3, P4, P5 and P6, which committee members said would together provide nearly 20 acres for the proposed site. Administrator Leonard said the parcels were submitted as a single offer and that parcel P2 remains under separate negotiation.
The decision follows public comment from a nearby homeowner. "I'm Ariel…
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