...can sometimes give taxpayers sticker shock. And the bottom line is always, "So how much it it going to cost me?" Carolyn Drude, executive president and director of Ehlers & Associates Inc., the Pine River-Backus School District's financial...

...the state will make the payment. The district received four bids that ranged from 4.3146 to 4.4427 percent. Carolyn Drude, of Ehlers and Associates financial advisers, projected a 5.1 percent interest rate for the 20-year bond before...

...increase per year while a $200,000 seasonal/recreational residential home would experience a $314 tax increase. Carolyn Drude of Ehlers and Associates said the tax impact will be less if market valuations increase as they have and the state...