Morgan County CItizen
‘Honored & humbled’
It keeps getting better and better for Morgan County teacher Rachel Kinsaul. Not only did she receive a $25,000 check for winning the coveted “Oscars of Teaching” Milken Educator Award in early 2025, but she was also selected in May as the 2026 Georgia...
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MINOR IMPACT
While weather forecasts were looking bleak for most of North Georgia, including Morgan County, local officials say the community fared better than expected during the Winter Storm Fern that spanned across more than two dozen states over the weekend and...
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Remembering the Dream
The Morgan County Branch of the NAACP celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 19 at the annual prayer breakfast at Source of Light Ministries in Madison, attended by local elected officials, pastors, and community...
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PARKING FEUD
Pat Reams is mad as hell and he is not going to take it anymore. “I have put signs up all around my private parking lot and I am not going to take them down no matter what the city says. They can cite me all they want, they can take me to court,” said...
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Morgan farmer featured on national news segment
Last week, CBS News featured Lee Nunn, a local Madison farmer, in a story about the coming $12 billion farm aid package that will send some American farmers a single payout to partially counteract mounting losses that have accumulated in recent...
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LEAVING A LEGACY
Betsy Wagenhauser, a Madison city councilwoman and owner of the historic Bonar Hall property, is donating a conservation easement of 16 acres of the pristine property to the Madison-Morgan Conservancy (MCC) and hoping other property owners in Madison...
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BUILDING COMPROMISE
A proposed building for downtown Madison was approved by the Historic Preservation Commission with the elimination of a straight roofline much discussed at a previous meeting. After nearly an hour and a half of discussion on Dec. 9, the commission...
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PROJECT VOTE POSTPONED
Developers for a controversial downtown development project pulled two zoning requests moments before the Madison Mayor and City Council’s meeting Monday evening meeting, surprising members of the city council and members of the public in attendance to...
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