Government
Far more chairs needed to be placed than usual for the Oct. 8 Neillsville Common Council meeting, with several people holding prepared statements, waiting to speak during public comments.
The Neillsville Common Council’s Oct. 8 meeting had many more eyes on them than usual, enough that Mayor Duane Poeschel, felt the need to remind everyone present what the rules were for public comments.
Several more rows of chairs were set out as more citizens arrived, quickly filling the initial...
During their Sept. 21 meeting, the Clark County Board of Supervisors received a report from Jon Trautman with CLA, the external auditor of the county, in respect to the recent audit of financial statements as of December, 2022. His purpose was to go through a high-level summary of the 2022 audit...
In late September, (l-r) Scott Haines, Clark County Sheriff, welcomed Matthew Roden to the force as a new deputy. Roden, originally from Florida, comes to the sheriff’s office with prior experience in lawn enforcement.
A new patrol deputy, Matthew Roden, began with the Clark County Sheriff’s Department Sept. 11. The hiring was announced on the sheriff office’s Facebook page in late September.
Roden will be responsible for investigating and responding to calls for service, including criminal matters, traffic...
Neillsville residents will have to say farewell to the blankets of leaves coloring their lawns in various autumn shades.
During his report to the Neillsville city council Sept. 26, Luke Friemoth, director of Public Works, announced his department will begin its annual fall clean-up effort.
“In...
The Loyal Common Council, Curtis Lindner absent, met Sept. 19 and, before the council members could discuss the three ordinances on the agenda for the evening, a concerned citizen stepped up for public comments.
Robert Schuerman appeared before the council and raised topics of keeping the streets...
Rex Roehl, city clark for the City of Neillsville, swore in Clarissa Rochester as the 4th Ward Council member during their Sept. 12 meeting. She took the spot of Jose Neville, who resigned due to moving out of the city limits.
The Neillsville Common Council started their Sept. 12 meeting by swearing in Clarissa Rochester as the 4th Ward Council member. Mayor Duane Poeschel raised her appointment to the council, which was seconded and carried on a unanimous vote in favor.
Councilmember Rochester then took her seat in her...
The Clark County Board of Supervisors has approved repurposing the Neillsville Senior Center as a homeless shelter, in order to more effectively use a space that has been a net loss to the county for the past few years, and after hearing about the significant need for transitional housing in the...
At the Aug. 22 Neillsville Common Council meeting, Mayor Mayor Duane Poeschel presented councilmember Joe Neville with a plaque commemberating his 11 years and four months in office. Neville resently resigned from his position on the Neillsville city council, and the Aug. 22 meeting was his final one.
The Neillsville Common Council met in regular session Aug. 22. This was councilmember William Neville’s final meeting as a councilmember. Joe Neville is soon moving out of the city limits, and thusly has resigned his position. Councilmember Daniel Clough was absent from the meeting.
During the...
The Neillsville Common Council met Aug. 8 in regular session. On the agenda was the resignation of Joe Neville as Fourth Ward Council Member.
Mayor Dewey G. Poeschel announce the resignation after the discussion and action on the appropriation of $20,000 of Parks and Recreation Room Tax funds for a...
The Honorable Judge William Bratcher hugs his father, Donald Bratcher, after receiving a homemade gavel.
The Clark County Courthouse’s fourth-floor courtroom’s seats were full Aug. 1, but not with witnesses to a trial, though a new judge was present. Family, friends and supporters (like past clients) spent their afternoon watching the investiture of the Clark County Circuit Court Branch 2 judge,...