Mellen News

Although Nikki Sinn, RN, is not new to Mellen Manor, she has now assumed the position of director of nursing effective May 17.

Steven Schwarze, son of Roger Schwarze of Greenwood and the late Karen Schwarze, recently received a doctorate of philosophy in molecular genetics from UW-Madison. Schwarze is a 1989 graduate of Greenwood High ...

THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, fiction by David Wroblewski. Ecco, 2008. Hardcover, $25.95. I n Hamlet , a young prince must deal with an existential crisis combined with the driving need for revenge, some of ...

The Operating Engineers Local 139 brought its members to Ashland on Wednesday to picket what they said are substandard wages paid to employees of Russo Construction.

Stroke Health Fair, 8 a.m.-noon, Senior Activity Center, 428 Wisconsin Ave., Sheboygan.

“It has been part of the Ashland community as long as anybody who's left can remember”

Anybody been up to Ashland, Wisconsin? It used to be quite the port city. At one time it was a busier port than Chicago, only Duluth-Superior shipped more tonnage. via Lake Minnetonka Liberty

“To have a film of this size benefiting at least four or five communities in Wisconsin, I don't think there could have been a better scenario.”

Some movies that have been filmed in Wisconsin, in part or entirely: "The Truant Soul," a silent film starring Henry B. Walthall and Mary Charleson, the first film shot in Wisconsin, at Richland Center, 1916. via Green Bay Press-Gazette

“The Glidden board would like to make a decision one way or another sooner rather than later”

Residents of the struggling Glidden, Mellen and Park Falls school districts considered consolidation scenarios Monday, but many were left with more questions than answers about how combining districts could ... via The Daily Press

The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign in the Chequamegon Bay area was down slightly from 2006. via The Daily Press

“I think we've ended up actually spending three more hours a day together”

Starting next month, parents can shop for the school district that best suits their family's needs during the three-week open enrollment period. via The Daily Press

The Butternut School Board decided to advertise statewide for students under the open enrollment program, decided to actively seek candidates for appointment to a John Besse donation fund scholarship committee, ... via Park Falls Herald

This list from the National Weather Service highlights some of the major snowfalls and blizzards in Wisconsin since state weather records were first chronicled. via WisInfo

“I knew I wanted a small college environment”

Choosing a college is a huge decision. It is an important time in people's lives - whether they attend college right after high school or go when they are a little older, it is a decision that will impact the ... via The Daily Press

The Vaughn Public Library will have a Holiday Open House on Wed, Dec. 5 from 6-7:30 p.m. There will be music, holiday stories with Granny Goose, free refreshments, prizes and a special visitor from the North ... via The Daily Press

“My experience is these people want to be paid”

With the school year more than a quarter of the way complete, the Park Falls School Board was urged by interim co-administrators Stu Waller and Jim Schuchardt to not be tardy on beginning a search for their ... via Park Falls Herald

“A lot of these people, I've never seen them before”

Steven Yoshikane, right, of Mellen dishes out some turkey at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church on Thursday. via The Daily Press

Glidden School Board President Kathy Bay and other members of the Glidden School Board were as disappointed as Butternut and Park Falls school board members at the failure of the consolidation proposal by a ... via Park Falls Herald

“The purpose of this work is to bring together under one title a diverse collection of plays, dramatic theory, along with critical commentary that deal with the first centuries of colonial Mexican theater and drama”

Daniel Breining, associate professor of Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, recently published his second book, 'Mexican Theater and Drama from the Conquest Through the Seventeenth Century.' ... via WisInfo

A single-vehicle accident early Sunday morning resulted in the death of a Mellen area teenager. via The Daily Press

Christine Freiberg, speech/language pathologist in the Wausau School District, has been re-elected to the Legislative Council of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. via Wausau Daily Herald