Hawkins News

Faced with a laundry list of uncertainties locally and a state budget full of unanswered questions on school funding, the Ladysmith-Hawkins School Board is developing several scenarios as it budgets for the 2009-10 school year.

Residents of the Hawkins area had their day at the detachment hearing, and now the Ladysmith-Hawkins School Board will have its day in court.

The Eau Claire School District could be getting a check more than $750,000. In fact, $80 million is headed to Wisconsin schools after a settlement with Microsoft.

Window and door manufacturer Jeld-Wen Inc. has announced plans to close its door manufacturing plant in Oshkosh, putting 79 employees out of work, according to news reports.

Hawkins area parents who want their children to continue attending Ladysmith schools will not be forced to switch to Flambeau schools if detachment occurs, according to an official with the state Department of Public Instruction.

The Ladysmith-Hawkins School Board got a makeover Monday, with the election of a new board president, vice president and other officers.

Hawkins detachment granted Luke Klink The state's School District Boundary Appeal Board voted 4-3 Tuesday night to grant detachment of the Hawkins area from the Ladysmith-Hawkins School District.

Area residents will be allowed to speak Tuesday in an appeal of a controversial grass roots effort by Hawkins area residents to detach from the Ladysmith-Hawkins School District.

Fire destroyed a shed and a camper trailer and nearly a home last Friday evening at N7200 County B east near Glen Flora.

The Fond du Lac Police Department is the first law enforcement agency in Wisconsin to offer Safe Kids Card, a wallet-size CD identification card that holds emergency and medical information, photographs and fingerprints.

Two men were injured Sunday in a one-car crash on Highway M near Cranberry in Rusk County.

The recent Ladysmith-Hawkins School Board decision rejecting five small parcel detachments from the Hawkins area has concerned at least one resident.

A Rusk County school board could take a big step at changing the face of its district.

Monday night the Chetek school board decided its interested in taking the next step and looking into a possible merger with Weyerhaeuser.

Two towns are looking into sharing schools. The superintendent of the Weyerhaeuser School District says the board voted tonight to consider consolidating with Chetek.

The Wisconsin State Patrol is reporting icy road conditions and a freezing rain advisory has been issued in the northwestern part of the state.

On Monday, 200 employees will be temporarily laid off from an area company. Managers at the JELD-WEN Window Division in Hawkins told workers in January that some temporary layoffs would be coming.

Three school districts in Rusk County say they are considering combining. If it happens, it would be the largest consolidation in the state, with a total of 1700 students.

A bus leaves Ladysmith Middle School Tuesday morning after dropping off students.

As if anyone needed a reminder, sub-zero temperatures combined with a bone-chilling wind chill has led to numerous school closings in the area on Thursday.