Granton News

Victor Kuchers of Marshfield, who is staying home with his wife, said: "We're just going to take it easy and let all the noise go by and hope the world stays together." 25 YEARS AGO: For Lucille Phipps, New Year's Eve is the day her cozy downtown cafe gets new wallpaper.

For part of each school day, more than half of Renee Lubke's classroom seats are empty.

In these hard times, there are more needy people, and there are more people who donate and volunteer in the Christmas Angel Project, or CAP.

Cathy Winter of Granton wrote a poem years ago that inspired me. I thought you might like to read it as well.

In this Christmas Shop, students learn how to handle money, budget, donate and think about family.

An 18-year-old Marshfield man reported his wallest was stolen between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday from the YMCA, 410 W. McMillan St.

A 17-year-old Marshfield boy reported that a 16-year-old girl grabbed him by the throat and hit him in the face at 2:06 a.m. at Marshfield High School, 1401 Becker Road.

While Granton's Farmhouse Bakery and Cheese Shop has a reputation for excellence in all its homemade products, pies are the specialty.

The new $426,000 station will replace a converted semi-truck garage station. 'It has simply gotten too small and inefficient,' Fire Chief Donald 'Chester' Oldham said about the old building.

19 in the high school gym. Groups performing will be the high school band, swing choir and mixed chorus.

NEILLSVILLE -- The Holiday Tea event was the time for residents and family members to celebrate the holiday season at Memorial Medical Center's Health and Rehab and Nursing Home in Neillsville.

Editor's note: Every Tuesday, the Marshfield News-Herald will feature 'Home Grown,' a series compiled by photographers Laura Schmitt and Dan Young in print and online at www.marshfieldnewsherald.com. The Web site features recipes, audio sideshows and photo galleries.

25 YEARS AGO: Margaret I. Leonard, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin Center Marshfield-Wood County, has been elected chairman-elect of the Central Wisconsin Section of the American Chemical Society.

Denis F. Virnig, age 66, of 3044 Highway 13 N., Wisconsin Rapids, passed away Saturday, Nov.

EAU PLEINE -- Janet D. Landwehr, 72, died peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at her home in the town of Eau Pleine with her family by her side.

Marshfield News-Herald Officials say there's several reasons why most area schools show smaller class sizes coming into the high school from lower grade levels -- where the number of kindergartners reverses the declining enrollment trend.

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of three stories on declining student enrollment in Marshfield area school districts.

Daniel Wolf of Granton has a huge bill looming -- $40,668 for the cost to clean up a 3,000-gallon diesel-water spill that he disputes.

Editor's note: Every Tuesday, the Marshfield News-Herald will feature 'Home Grown,' a series compiled by photographers Laura Schmitt and Dan Young both in print and online at www.marshfieldnewsherald.com. The Web site features recipes, audio sideshows and photo galleries.

A 34-year-old Granton woman was arrested at 11 p.m. Friday on a Wood County warrant for failure to pay the fine for driving without a valid license.