Neillsville News

Sometimes, people just want talk a long walk alone. It gives a person time to reflect and think about whatever is on his or her mind.

Each year, the Neillsville Optimist Club prepares a Community Project Award book and submits it to the Wisconsin North Upper Michigan District.

The student-run radio station at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is reaching a larger audience thanks to a new transmitter.

In an effort to spur business relocation to Barron County, the county's executive committee voted 8-1 Thursday to approve a $2,500 payment to economic development organization Momentum West.

She is a 1994 graduate of Pittsville High School. Joshua Pederson of Neillsville has been chosen for publication in the 32nd annual edition of Who's Who Among American High School Students.

I'm somewhat biased about the town I live in: Neillsville. I feel as if I've lived there all my life, even though I clearly haven't. I'm a city girl.

NEILLSVILLE - Taxpayers hold the future of Neillsville school spending in their palms.

NEILLSVILLE -- Blue-green algae are common, native algal species found in rivers, lakes and ponds throughout Wisconsin.

A reception and dance were held in their honor at the Belvedere Supper Club on June 20.

NEILLSVILLE -- Area residents are invited to attend a gospel music fest from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Bruce Mound, 15 miles south of Neillsville on Highway 95 .

Author's note: This is a two-part series on Neillsville's early history in recognition that Neillsville celebrates Heritage Days July 10 to 13.

They were married June 18, 1928, at St. Peter Claver Church in Sheboygan. Lois Becker of Greenwood won the 1998 Clark County June Dairy Month Recipe Contest featuring pizza as a theme.

A replica Liberty Bell rang in the start of the July Fourth celebration at the Highground, a veterans memorial park near Neillsville.

On Wednesday afternoon, Ed Bergey carefully unpacked some of the more than 200 American flags he carries in the back of his truck, but his preparations weren't related to the Fourth of July.

No matter where you live -- even if you've lived in the same town somewhere in mid-America your entire life -- there's always something nostalgic about a town celebrating its heritage and its accomplishments.

Loyal City Hall was filled to the brim with people interested in learning about the Penterman Cheese Farm and Marieke Gouda.

Music in Schuster Park on Thursday evening in Neillsville brought back some great memories.

NEILLSVILLE -- An advisory committee is forming to provide feedback about Neillsville Memorial Medical Center to its board of directors, administration, medical staff and employees.

Wendell C. and Lorraine Storm of 1812 S. 25th St., Sheboygan, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 13, 2008 at the Rangeline Inn with a dinner and dance to John Roehl's Orchestra.

Arthur M. Pilsner, 78, of Neillsville, formerly of Marshfield, died Friday, June 20, 2008 at Memorial Medical Center in Neillsville.