Merrill News

Several Wausau-area Thanksgiving community dinners made the day a little brighter for almost 1,200 people who otherwise might not have had a traditional dinner or anyone to eat it with.

Merrill Ace Hardware raised $2,252 for the Merrill food pantry, one customer at a time.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department has confirmed one teen has died following a crash in the town of Pine River Tuesday afternoon.

It is not too late to register your float for the 19th annual Lighted Holiday Parade in Merrill.

Two teenagers from Merrill were critically injured in a crash this afternoon. The one-vehicle crash occurred in the town of Pine River at the intersection of Deer Run Avenue and Center Road shortly after 2 p.m. Both teenagers have been flown to area hospitals.

MERRILL - The O' Tannenbaum Tour is the first weekend in December, which coincides with the Merrill Holiday Parade.

Local food pantries are hopeful that hunters will donate more venison than they did last year because the need is greater than ever.

Merrill Mayor Doug Williams made the following announcement to the community on Wednesday, Nov.

Area deer hunters can help feed hungry local people by donating deer they do not want to keep for themselves to the Community Food Pantry of Merrill.

A playground dedication at a Jackson County shelter aims to raise awareness of domestic abuse.

The Merrill School District Head Start/Early Childhood Program has received a grant for $2,000 from the Wisconsin Retired Educators' Association Foundation for the innovative Secret Path, Natural Playscape Project.

MERRILL - The Merrill High School Music Department will present its annual Holiday Concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

The Merrill Common Council, meeting as the Committee of the Whole last Tuesday, approved a $685,000 borrowing plan to close gaps in the 2009 operations and to help fund the 2010 budget.

Tickets for Kimberly High School's WIAA Level 4 football game against Merrill at D.C. Everest in Schofield will be sold from 11-30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, and from 7:30-11:30 a.m. on Thursday at the school.

MERRILL -- A anonymous couple in the Merrill area has donated 178 cookie jars -- some rare antiques -- to help needy families in Lincoln County.

Fire officials are trying to figure out what sparked a fire this morning at a home in Doering, just Northeast of Merrill.

The Merrill Fraternal Order of Eagles #584 will host more than 120 Eagles from across the state for the Wisconsin Mid-year Conference.

MERRILL -- The youngest students in Merrill Area Public Schools might not know it, but their new play area is full of teachable moments.

TOWN OF SCOTT - Law enforcement officials from several local and state agencies this morning are investigating a possible meth lab found near Merrill.

The Fiscal Advisory Committee met for the last time Monday at the MHS library to refine its suggestions of budget cuts and revenue generating ideas to the Merrill Area Public Schools administration and Board of Education for the 2010-11 budget.