Merrill News

MERRILL -- A gift meant to honor a Merrill businessman and provide shelter for the Merrill City Band is putting the county at odds with a local family.

The City of Merrill Zoning Board of Appeals last Tuesday granted a variance to a local businessman that will allow him to remodel the former J&J Bakery at 818 E. 1st Street, sparing the historic building from the wrecking ball.

Stationed with the U.S. Navy in Afghanistan, Merrill native Michael Jaeger is seeking help from his hometown in assisting needy Afghan residents.

MERRILL - The Barbary Coast Dixieland Band will appear at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at Merrill High School Auditorium, under the auspices of the Merrill Area Concert Association.

MERRILL - Former Lincoln County resident Robert Townsend of Madison will read from his recently published novel, "Spirit Falls," at T.B. Scott Library from 1 pm.

Book lovers have plenty to look forward to as libraries in Merrill and Wausau play host to book sales over the next two weekends.

Three area school boards tonight will vote to approve their 2009-10 school district budgets and tax rates.

Fire officials say they don't know what caused a fire Thursday night that destroyed a convenience store and restaurant at a gas station north of Merrill.

Merrill Parks and Recreation will offer two events to celebrate Halloween on Friday.

MERRILL -- A move to shut down Merrill's municipal court could cost speeders and everyone else charged with violating city ordinances more money.

The Merrill Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that they are now accepting applications for their 19th annual Lighted Holiday Parade.

MERRILL -- Flu symptoms have struck 135 students at Prairie River Middle School, prompting the Merrill Area Public School District to close the school and cancel extracurricular activities and events until Monday.

Children, college students and a professional artist have come together to work on an art project on wheels.

A Marathon County judge denied a Merrill man's request this morning to have his prison sentence reduced for the 2007 robbery of a Wausau pharmacy.

MERRILL - Merrill School Board members on Wednesday approved a resolution in support of National School Bus Safety Week, which ends today.

The Merrill Forward Together Healthy Community Initiative will be helping those in need from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

The first winter storm of the year could come Friday as heavy snowfall is in the forecast for north-central Wisconsin, according to the National Weather Service in Green Bay A low pressure system tracking northward from the Central Plains will be bring a rain and snow mix Friday to central Wisconsin.

The draft final plan for the riverfront redevelopment that has been six months in the making was unveiled to the public Monday night after two meetings to brief city staff and elected officials on it.

EDITOR: I am a member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Conference in Merrill and I am writing this letter on behalf of our free clinic.

The Weather Service says an upper level disturbance will combine with unseasonably cold air to produce wet snow and rain across most of central and northern Wisconsin on Monday.