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NEWS
BoE seals fate of Pine River school By Jeremy Ratliff Special to the Courier On January 13th, as part of an effort to compensate for a 1.5 million dollar budget shortfall, the MAPS Board of Education chose by a 5-4 vote, to close Pine River Elementary School and use the building as a location for the district’s 4-K, Head start and Early Childhood programs. The decision was controversial, and in the aftermath, some of those who opposed the move vowed to bring the issue back for a second vote in the future. Polar Bears help kids plant trees in tornado-stricken area
 The City of Merrill Parks & Recreation Department teamed up with the two 5th Grade Classes at Washington Elementary School last week to plant 70 trees in the tornado damaged Merrill Memorial Forest. Merrill Memorial Day program to be expanded
An Enhanced Memorial Day Service will be held from 11:00 AM to Noon at St. Francis Cemetery in Merrill on Monday, May 28th 2012. The Merrill City band will begin playing selections about 10:30.
MPD to mobilize for ‘Click It or Ticket’
The Merrill Police Department will intensify its enforcement of Wisconsin’s mandatory safety belt law during the annual Click It or Ticket mobilization from May 21 to June 3. Approximately 400 law enforcement agencies throughout the state are expected to participate in this year’s Click It or Ticket mobilization. |
EDITORIAL
Ah, the simple joys of Northwoods journalism By Jeff Hovind When I was coming through journalism school in the post-Watergate era, everyone wanted to be the next Woodward and Bernstein. Naturally, aspiring young reporters fantasized about writing for the Washington Post or New York Times. A bear of a suspect “A deputy investigating a theft case in the Town of Russell this past week was able to identify the suspect; a bear. A resident on Axen Rd reported his garage was entered and a fifty pound bag of sun flower seeds was missing. The deputy found claw marks on the window sill by a broken window of the garage and evidence the bear drug the bag off into the woods. The bear was not located.” OBITUARIES
• PATRICK ERROL FLYNN • MARJORIE “MARGIE” JOANNE GROTH • JOHN E. KUEHN • ELDRED F. "BUZZY" PLAUTZ • CHARLES J. SECORA • EDNA E. (ALBERG) KOEBE • HAROLD E. "HAL" SANDERS • RONALD S. KUNKE • GERALDINE E. ‘GERRI’ KUFAHL COLUMNS • FROM THE HEART OF GOD'S COUNTRY- Dick Nowak • IN A NUT SHELL - JoAnn Jones Opsahl COMMUNITY SPORTS • Sluggers and WVC drought with upset over SPASH • Radtke wins Journeys Marathon • Softball Splits WVC Bouts, Soars in Non-Conference Play • Leavitt named to All-WIAC Team |
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