Mellen News

There were 55 of us in my graduating class, the class of 1964. My high school was Mellen High School in Mellen.

Welcome, May Day! It's the traditional International Workers' Day and once was celebrated by kids dancing around the maypole, but there's something more about the first day of May around these here parts.

I spotted this sign along Wisconsin Highway 13 between Ashland and Mellen a few weeks ago, right before the spring elections in Wisconsin.

Three men to be inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame this year all worked tirelessly and courageously to protect and enhance the environment and assure that the public's interests were upheld.

The Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium is a part of "100 Hours of Astronomy," a worldwide astronomy event on April 2-5. It aims to "have as many people as possible look through a telescope as Galileo did for the first time 400 years ago," according to the 100HA Web site.

People looking for ways to celebrate Earth Day by helping improve Wisconsin's environment can participate in volunteer work day at Copper Falls State Park, Mellen on Sat.

Amherst High School principal Pete Sippel wouldn't say anything more about Superintendent John Haugen's speech at a staff in-service except that it was hilarious.

David Kretzschmar, of Mellen, was elected by AgStar Financial Services' Board of Directors to serve a one-year term as chair of the board.