It’s Fair week!
TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR It’s Fair week! This year’s Lincoln County Fair is being held at the 22-acre Merrill Festival Grounds (formerly known as the Lincoln County ...MHS Band fundraiser
Merrill High School Band members wash a motorcycle Aug. 7, 2022, during their car wash. The event was a fundraiser to help generate funds to take ...Merrill Area United Way celebrates 75 years with a new logo
Podgorski at MHS wins design contest TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the Merrill Area United Way (MAUW), and to celebrate, they wanted ...Tourism grant applications now available
Tourism grant applications for organizations sponsoring large events in the Merrill area are now available. Applications can be picked up at the Chamber of Commerce office ...Black Squirrel Scurry has contestants paddling, pedaling, and on the run
TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR On Saturday, July 30, 2022, both local contestants and some who traveled in for the race from neighboring states, were paddling, pedaling, and ...LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORT
Wrap Up for the Period of: 08/01/2022 – 08/14/2022 08/02/2022 a Deputy was dispatched to a report of a disorderly male. It was reported to the ...MERRILL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
08-01-2022At 2:19 p.m. an officer investigated a minor crash in a parking lot. A crash report was completed.At 9:27 p.m. a caller reported a male peering ...MERRILL FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS
For PERIOD ending AUG. 7, 2022Dispatched and cancelled en route 2EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 38Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 1Good intent call, ...Merrill Basketball Hall of Fame Golf Outing
TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR The Merrill Basketball Hall of Fame will announce the Hall of Fame 2022 class at their Merrill Basketball Hall of Fame Golf Outing ...Movie Reviews
BY CHRISTOPHER STAMMGUEST MOVIE REVIEWER The Bucket List (Streaming on Netflix and other services) Rated PG-13 – For language and adult themes Well, adulting got in ...July Garden of the Month
Park City Gardens selected Jackie Litwin’s yard and gardens at 1609 E. First St. in Merrill as the July 2022 Garden of the Month.“Back in 2005, ...Merrill AREA BIRTHS
JULY 19, 2022Boy, Huxlee Thomas, born to Karly Voge and Nathan Voge of Wausau. JULY 20, 2022Girl, Florence Amy, born to Jewell Holdorf and Landis Holdorf ...Senator Johnson UPDATE
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson was scheduled to be in Merrill on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, to meet with constituents. That announcement is published in our Aug. ...Schneider will face off against Dinges on Nov. ballot for Lincoln County Sheriff
TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR With all precincts in Lincoln County, Wis., reporting, incumbent Lincoln County Sheriff Ken Schneider emerged the winner of the Republican nomination for Sheriff ...Brickyard School to hold Open House during the Fair
TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR The little white one-room schoolhouse located near the barn on the Merrill Festival Grounds will hold its “Brickyard School Open House” this week ...James L. ‘Jim’ Iattoni
James L. ‘Jim’ Iattoni, 87, of Merrill, passed away Tuesday August 16, 2022, at Woodland Court Elder Services, under the care of Compassus Hospice Care. Jim ...
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