Merrill News

Local food pantries are hopeful that hunters will donate more venison than they did last year because the need is greater than ever.

Merrill Mayor Doug Williams made the following announcement to the community on Wednesday, Nov.

Area deer hunters can help feed hungry local people by donating deer they do not want to keep for themselves to the Community Food Pantry of Merrill.

A playground dedication at a Jackson County shelter aims to raise awareness of domestic abuse.

The Merrill School District Head Start/Early Childhood Program has received a grant for $2,000 from the Wisconsin Retired Educators' Association Foundation for the innovative Secret Path, Natural Playscape Project.

MERRILL - The Merrill High School Music Department will present its annual Holiday Concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

The Merrill Common Council, meeting as the Committee of the Whole last Tuesday, approved a $685,000 borrowing plan to close gaps in the 2009 operations and to help fund the 2010 budget.

Tickets for Kimberly High School's WIAA Level 4 football game against Merrill at D.C. Everest in Schofield will be sold from 11-30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, and from 7:30-11:30 a.m. on Thursday at the school.

MERRILL -- A anonymous couple in the Merrill area has donated 178 cookie jars -- some rare antiques -- to help needy families in Lincoln County.

Fire officials are trying to figure out what sparked a fire this morning at a home in Doering, just Northeast of Merrill.

The Merrill Fraternal Order of Eagles #584 will host more than 120 Eagles from across the state for the Wisconsin Mid-year Conference.

MERRILL -- The youngest students in Merrill Area Public Schools might not know it, but their new play area is full of teachable moments.

TOWN OF SCOTT - Law enforcement officials from several local and state agencies this morning are investigating a possible meth lab found near Merrill.

The Fiscal Advisory Committee met for the last time Monday at the MHS library to refine its suggestions of budget cuts and revenue generating ideas to the Merrill Area Public Schools administration and Board of Education for the 2010-11 budget.

Over the month of October the Merrill Historical Society focused on several programs relating to President Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, marking 200 years since Lincoln's birth, there were about 75 to 80 participants for each event.

MERRILL -- A gift meant to honor a Merrill businessman and provide shelter for the Merrill City Band is putting the county at odds with a local family.

The City of Merrill Zoning Board of Appeals last Tuesday granted a variance to a local businessman that will allow him to remodel the former J&J Bakery at 818 E. 1st Street, sparing the historic building from the wrecking ball.

Stationed with the U.S. Navy in Afghanistan, Merrill native Michael Jaeger is seeking help from his hometown in assisting needy Afghan residents.

MERRILL - The Barbary Coast Dixieland Band will appear at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at Merrill High School Auditorium, under the auspices of the Merrill Area Concert Association.

MERRILL - Former Lincoln County resident Robert Townsend of Madison will read from his recently published novel, "Spirit Falls," at T.B. Scott Library from 1 pm.