By Joe Bachman

Absentee voting will begin today for the Feb. 16 primary elections.

Voters will need both proof of residence and a photo ID to cast their vote. Residents will be voting for Justice of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Rapids Mayor, and Nekoosa and Marshfield school district board members.

Absentee ballots can be turned in at the municipal court clerk’s office in Wisconsin Rapids.

For more information please call 715-421-6212.