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The Neillsville High School choirs, under the direction of Jodi Rueth, sang various Christmas carols to the residents of the Neillsville Retirement Community and the Riverside Assisted Living center.
You probably know your local newspaper by the name on the front of it. Behind that name is News Publishing Company, Inc., which has existed since January 3, 1978 when Curtis Witte bought a group of publications in western Dane County and Green County from Bill and Dolores Griffith.
The company has...
Due to heavy rainfall from late October storms hitting the area, rain water has cause damage to property in Neillsville which Curtiss Lindner, Clark County Forestry and Parks director, brought up first at the Public Property Committee Dec. 7 and then the Finance Committee Dec. 20.
At the Public...
The Human Services Ad Hoc Committee met Dec. 14, all members were present.
The committee went to item #4 on the agenda, concerning a presentation from Blue Collar Consulting. Its owner/consultant, Chuck Price, was present to speak to the committee. Blue Collar Consulting will provide consultation...
Granton FFA’s youth members (front, l-r) Kadyn Marg, Madison Melvin, Abby Schoessow, Mayleth Gonzalez, (back) Mindy Dix and Iris Vine volunteered one evening to sort the stockpile of food into grocery bags. The students developed assembly lines, allowing them to work efficiently. Once all bags were filled, the students stayed and helped wrap gifts.
There is a saying: “It takes a village to raise a child.”
During the holiday season, it takes an entire county to provide presents and other essentials to families in need, and the Christmas Angel Project (CAP) is making it happen.
Angel trees are out in the community, a task requiring effort...
Jacob Mertzig (center) was sworn into the Neillsville Police Department during the Dec. 12 Neillsville Common Council. There to see it were his parents Tanny (left) and Laura (right).
During the Dec. 12 Neillsville Common Council, Duane Poeschel, mayor, swore in Jacob Mertzig to the Neillsville Police Department (NVPD) as a parttime patrol officer. Also in attendance were Mertzig’s parents: his father, Tanny, and his mother, Laura.
Mertizg’s field training will begin in January...
Tiana grabs a Sparkle Girls RC car while Destiny observes. The two girls were excited to be able to shop for whatever they wanted during the Dec. 9 Shop with a Cop event at Russell’s of Neillsville.
Smiles and laughter filled the aisles at Russell’s of Neillsville and Wolf’s Tru-Value in Greenwood on Dec. 9 as members of law enforcement paired up with children of Clark County for a quick shopping trip to check off items on their Christmas list.
For over ten years, the Clark County Law...
Dec. 8, the Granton Visioneers Club hosted an Ornament Making Night, and members of the club supervised nearly 30 elementary school students in Daina Klein’s (the club’s leader) art classroom as the children decorated ornaments to take home. Klein took care of some of the more delicate aspects of...
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released the district report card for Clark County public schools. Some districts show improvements in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics since the 2021-22 school year, but all districts show a need for improvement in many areas.
The...
Kimberly Johnston, marketing development director of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), and Tim Mathison, general counsel and managing director at Slipstream Inc., among others, met at the Clark County Courthouse to give a presentation on PACE to the Executive Dec. 6.
Johnston described the...