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The Black River Falls (BRF) School District held homecoming Friday, Sept. 22. During the celebration of homecoming, students from the high school attended an assembly that named the 2023 homecoming queen and king. Kaylee Youngthunder and Wyatt Madvig were crowned queen and king. During the assembly...
On March 31, 1882, the Village of Taylor saw flames when the depot burned to the ground. It was said that barrels of lime went ablaze after snow thawed on top. An estimated cost of $75 to $100 worth of goods were destroyed. Nothing was saved.
According to information provided by the Black River...
The Black River Falls School District (BRFSD) Board met for its regular meeting Monday, Sept. 18.
Red Creek Elementary principal Brandon Jahr discussed how the start of the school year was going with the board.
“We had a kickoff assembly,” said Jahr. “We made a big circle outside and had a device...
Since the letter that was sent out to every Jackson County (JC) resident regarding plans for the JC justice center, there have been community informational meetings every Thursday.
The second meeting was Sept. 21 at the Melrose-Mindoro High School auditorium. The meeting was mainly led by Samuels...
Friday, Sept. 15, at about 1:45 p.m., the Jackson County (JC) Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a male party was armed with a knife and was fighting people near 400 Oasis Road, in the town of Brockway.
According to a press release issued Sept. 18 by the JC Sheriff’s Office, when...
The Jackson County (JC) Sheriff’s Department held their first public meeting at the Alma Center High School. During the meeting, community members were able to listen to a presentation of the proposed justice center from Samuels Group.
After a long discussion from the JC law enforcement committee...
In 1980, twelve concerned sportsmen organized Wings Over Wisconsin to reverse the decline of upland bird habitat in our state. To date, that small group has grown into an organization with more than 4,200 members in chapters all across Wisconsin. Wings Over Wisconsin knew then, as we do now, that...
As we make it into the second part of the 2023 year, real estate still is reaching new numbers each and every month.
“Turning to the Jackson County real estate market in July 2023, the landscape showed mixed trends,” shared local realtor Jordan Nortman. “The median year-to-date price reached $...
“The reason we are here tonight is that we had met with the law enforcement committee (LEC) earlier this month to move forward with the communications plan that was approved a long time ago,” explained a developer from Samuel’s Group. “I would like to approve moving forward with a communications...
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Don Hruza of Melrose pulls his Farmall 560 in the 6,000-pound non-turbo farm class at the tractor pull Wednesday, Aug. 2, of the Jackson County Fair. The farm classes were paced at seven miles per hour.
The 2023 Jackson County Fair kicked off with a tractor pull Wednesday, Aug. 2, at the grandstand. Locals and pullers from further away came to test out their tractors in various weight classes. There were farm, too hot to farm and hot farm classes for pullers.