Grantsburg News

The Antigo Common Council may get out of the broadband business-but add a new fee on storm water runoff-when it convenes Wednesday.

The former director of a Wisconsin camp where a mentally disabled woman died last year after being given the wrong medication has pleaded guilty to a charge in the case.

GRANTSBURGa 'When we think of the first settlements in what later became the United States, we usually recall Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620 or Jamestown,Virginia in 1607.

GRANTSBURGa 'A 15-person steering committee representing the seven churches that operate the Grantsburg Food Shelf agreed Monday evening that they will affiliate with America's Second Harvest - Heartland, which they believe can supply more food at a lower price.

GRANTSBURGa 'The Grantsburg Village Board formally adopted its 2010 budget following a public hearing at a special meeting Monday night.

Wisconsin spent more than $10 billion in 2008-09 to educate 861,000 public school students.

GRANTSBURGa 'As most of us begin thinking about Christmas, we realize that some families don't have the means to enjoy it.

SIRENa 'During his arraignment last week in Burnnet County Circuit Court, a 28 year-old Grantsburg man pleaded guilty to third degree sexual assault, had his sentence deferred and was ordered to serve three years probation.

GRANTSBURGa 'A new business opened its doors last week in Gateway Plaza in Grantsburg.

The Waukesha School District, home to the iQ Academy, had the most nonresident students who used open enrollment to be educated in the district's virtual school.

HOLLYWOOD, CAa 'As you watch television or movies in coming months, check out the people behind the main characters.

GRANTSBURGa 'The Grantsburg Village Board voted Monday to approve a three-year lease for operation of the village golf course to John Addison of Grantsburg.

GRANTSBURGa 'Known for its humanitarian efforts on a global scale, the Granbtsburg Rotary decided to do some additional work at the local level.

People interested in volunteering to help locate and count gray wolves and other forest carnivores in the coming year can learn how at a series of upcoming training sessions.

Approximately 80 Lutherans from five churches in Polk and Burnett counties met last Sunday to explore the idea of breaking away from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and starting a new church.

One night in August, Rose Marie Bly disappeared. Her mother said the St. Croix Falls, Wis., woman, who disappeared less than a month before her 22nd birthday, is a loving mother who would never leave her two young children, and police say no one they have talked to has said otherwise.

GRANTSBURGa 'More than 40 firefighters battled a blaze at the Tom and Sandy Quimby farm Thursday afternoon and even though a barn and a shed were lost, they ended up saving three other buildings.

Last week I got an unexpected surprise email. It reminded me of a special young lady from this area who turned the head of this old newspaperman.

BALSAM LAKEa 'Rumors continue to swirl over the whereabouts of Rose Bly, a rural Cushing woman who has not been seen since she left her home to meet friends Aug.

American coots have wings designed for flying long distances, not for quick takeoffs.