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WEEKEND WATCH

SCF school to go to referendum

• School Christmas programs • Youth conference @ Hertel • Christmas @ Forts • Santa Day @ Milltown • Candlelight service @ Trade Lake Baptist Church • Holiday party @ SCFalls • Santa Paws event @ Siren • See Coming events for details

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After nearly a decade, SCF’s “cat house� to be razed Page 18

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UP FRONT GRANTSBURG – U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s regional representative ZLOO KROG RIÀFH KRXUV LQ *UDQWVEXUJ this Thursday, Dec. 12, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Grantsburg Village Hall on Brad Street. Constituents will have the chance to meet with staff and request assistance from a federal agency or discuss other federal issues. No appointment is necessary. - submitted

SPORTS Grapplers preparing for another big year

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Navigating through the Affordable Care Act And where to find local help

Garth Olson | Staff writer NORTHWEST WISCONSIN - Passed in 2010, the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, rolls out some big changes in health care in 2014. The new laws have implications for the already insured, as well, since it boosts coverage on many preventive care items without a co-pay. The Affordable Care Act also prevents insurers from turning away customers because they’re sick and does not allow insurers to cap the amount they will pay out. Preventive services without co-pay Under the new laws, the following items would be covered by insurance without a co-pay: • Cancer screenings, such as mammograms and colonoscopies; ‡ 9DFFLQDWLRQV VXFK DV à X PXPSV DQG PHDsles;

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Loss of beds at county jail to cost even more

Jean Koelz| Staff writer BURNETT COUNTY - Jail Administrator Jared Woody informed members of the public safety committee that the removal of nine beds from the jail earlier this year is going to cost the county even more than previously estimated. Because the jail is commonly full, Sheriff Dean Roland initially projected a $250,000 annual cost to house prisoners outside the county after the state’s Department of Corrections declared that Burnett County had nine beds too many. However, Woody explained that the county is experiencing revenue losses that go beyond renting jail space in Polk County and transportation costs. The lower number of prisoners, along with their shorter average length of stay, is resulting in reduced phone use (a service provided for a fee) and lower canteen sales. Woody says it’s starting to add up,

Weekend power outage affects 3,700 residents Jean Koelz| Staff writer BURNETT COUNTY – As if heating a home during the recent temperature SOXPPHW ZDVQ¡W GLIĂ€FXOW HQRXJK 0RWKHU Nature added insult to injury Friday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, Dec. 7, by wreaking havoc with power lines in Webster and Danbury, causing temporary outages throughout the towns of Swiss, Oakland and Meenon. At approximately 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company spokesman John Richards estimated that 3,700 people were initially affected by a transmission line that also feeds energy to a Polk-Burnett substation. Crews couldn’t inspect the line easily as they were hampered by the amount of snow. To address the problem, NWE routed energy from a transmission substation at Lake 26. According to Richards, Meenon residents had power restored within an hour, and Oakland residents were back online by 9 a.m. Then, at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, there was another problem that affected nearly 3,000 residents north of the Town of Oakland. Crews went out in subzero temperatures and restored power by 3 a.m., with WKH SUREOHP FRPSOHWHO\ Ă€[HG E\ D P “Yesterday (Monday) we found another problem,â€? Richards said. “We asked the township to plow, then our crews ZHQW RXW RQ VQRZPRELOHV WR Ă€[ LW Âľ 7KH recent weather presents a double-edged problem for utility lines. First, the heavy snow puts a burden on the line, sometimes even moving it. Then, extreme cold causes the lines to contract. Sometimes that leads to lines snapping, but it didn’t in this case. “Considering the cold, the crews did a really good job,â€? Richards said. “We appreciate the patience of our customers. We work as fast as we can because we know what’s at stake.â€?

Siren Village caucus set Sherill Summer | Staff writer SIREN - The Siren Village caucus has been set for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at the beginning of the regularly scheduled village board meeting, at 2 p.m. Three trustees are up for re-election next spring, Dave Doty, Phyllis Kopecky and Rudy Mothes. The terms are for two years. At the village board meeting on Thursday, Dec. 5, two chief election inspectors and two election inspectors were approved for the 2014 and 2015 elections in Siren. The village clerk / treasurer, Ann Peterson, would like to have a bigger pool of election workers to draw from. If anyone who lives in Siren Village is interested in helping with the elections, please FRQWDFW WKH YLOODJH RIĂ€FH

and it will hurt the county because the canteen account was a funding mechanism to purchase items for the jail. Short-term prisoners need to be kept close by so they are readily available for court appearances, legal consultations, and other process details. Short-term inmates know they will be released soon, so making phone calls and buying snacks or other necessities is usually not necessary. When the jail is full, it’s the longer-term prisoners who get housed elsewhere. These longer-term prisoners tend to spend more on phone calls and items IURP WKH FDQWHHQ DQG QRZ DQ\ SURÀWV from those sales are going elsewhere.

Prisoner calls On a related point, Roland noted in his report that his staff is watching the August 2013 Federal Comunications Commission vote to cap charges for long-distance calls

made by prisoners. The ruling is part of prison reforms based on research that claims, according to the FCC’s website, “Inmates who maintain contact with family and community while in prison have a reduced rate of recidivism and are more likely to become productive citizens upon their release.â€? In addition, the FCC claims that an estimated 2.7 million chilGUHQ ZRXOG EHQHĂ€W IURP EHWWHU FRPPXnication with an incarcerated parent. The elevated price of interstate long-distance calls from correctional facilities discourages communication because prisoners and their families can’t afford it. A 15-minute phone call could cost $17. One reason rates are higher is because calls from a correctional facility have certain security measures and public safety features built in; for example, calls to victims or prosecutors are blocked, and calls are monitored.

The FCC claims it took that into account when its new rules called for “immediate relief,â€? limiting rates to 21 cents per minute for debit and prepaid calls and 25 cents per minute for collect calls. This would reduce the 15-minute call rate from $17 to under $4. According to Roland, these rates aren’t VXIĂ€FLHQW WR FRYHU FRVWV 7KH RQO\ DOWHUnative would be to discontinue offering phone service to inmates entirely. Woody says he’s been working with the Department of Corrections to reinstall some of the beds in order to reduce the Ă€QDQFLDO EXUGHQ WR WKH FRXQW\ &RPSOLance has been met and the paperwork has been submitted to replace two of the nine beds. At a cost of at least $50 per day to house each prisoner off-site, it’s a start.

Filing period now open for Burnett County Board All 21 seats on ballot in April

Gregg Westigard|Staff writer BURNETT COUNTY – December is the time when candidates for the Burnett County Board get on the ballot by circulating their nomination papers. All 21 seats on the county board are up for election next April. The ÀOLQJ SHULRG RSHQHG 'HF Nomination papers must be FRPSOHWHG DQG ÀOHG E\ -DQ 2014. All candidates, including incumbents, must start the nomination process by ÀOLQJ D &DPSDLJQ 5HJLVWUDtion Statement with the Burnett County clerk. They can then circulate the nomination papers. Candidates need to get the signatures of at least 20 voters who live in the district they are running for. Once they turn in the completed papers and complete a Declaration of Candidacy, they will be on the April 1, 2014, ballot. If more than two candidates ÀOH IRU DQ\ VHDW D SULPDU\ election Feb. 18 will lower the ÀHOG WR WKH WRS WZR FDQGLGDWHV in that election. The district lines for the 21 supervisor districts were redrawn after the 2010 census and took effect with the 2012 election. All the districts have equal populations based on that census. Their geographic size ranges from the large District 21 in the northeast corner of the county down to the

district based on the three villages. (See separate article for details on the district boundaries).

7KH HOHFWLRQ The supervisor election in 2012 was a quiet affair despite the fact that the county had new district boundaries and three incumbents were retiring. There was only one contested election, two new supervisors were elected un-

opposed, and no candidate was on the ballot in one district. The only contest was in district 15, parts of the Town and village of Siren, where incumbent Richard Anderson defeated challenger Dave McGrane, 55 votes to 38 votes. Dale Dresel and Jeremy Gronski were elected to open seats in district 2 and 4, both in the Grantsburg area, without opponents.

District 3, also in the Grantsburg area, had no candidate on the ballot to replace the retiring Eldon Freese. In addition, no candidate ran a ZULWH LQ FRQWHVW DIWHU WKH ÀOLQJ period ended and no write-in candidate emerged on election GD\ 7KH VHDW ZDV ÀOOHG ZKHQ Gene McLain was appointed to the board in April.

Long terms of service for Burnett County supervisors Gregg Westigard|Staff writer BURNETT COUNTY County board supervisors VHUYH LQ RIĂ€FH IRU D ORQJ WLPH in Burnett County. Thirteen of the present 21 board members have served 10 or more years. In 2012 only three new members joined the board. The incumbents with their years of service including their present terms:

\HDUV Philip Lindeman – District 17 \HDUV Emmett Byrne – District 14 Gerald Pardun – District 20 \HDUV Clifford Main – District 21 Edgar Peterson – District 10 \HDUV Donald Chell – District 6 Bert Lund Jr. – District 13

Maury Miller – District 19 \HDUV Wayne Burmeister – District 9 \HDUV Richard Anderson – District 15 Norman Bickford – District 11 Gene Olson – District 7 Christopher Sybers – District 12

(LJKW \HDUV Brent Blomberg – District 1 Gary Lundberg – District 16 6L[ \HDUV Charles Awe – District 8 )RXU \HDUV Dorothy Richard – District 5 Donald Taylor – District 18 7ZR \HDUV Dale Dresel – District 2 Jeremy Gronski – District 4 Gene McLain – District 3

Burnett District maps found on county website Gregg Westigard|Staff writer BURNETT COUNTY – Many Burnett County voters will need to look at a detailed map to see which county board district they live in. While 11 of the 21 towns are entirely in a single district, the remaining 10 towns and the three villages are divided, in some cases among three different districts.

Fortunately, the Burnett County website has individual detailed maps of the 21 districts. Go to burnettcounty. com, go to Government, then to Board of Supervisors, and then to district maps 20122022. Click on the district you think you might be in based on the countywide map. Generally, the most divided areas are the towns

that include villages within their boundaries. The Town and village of Grantsburg are each split into three districts. The Town of Meenon is divided into three districts, two of which also contain parts of Webster. The village and Town of Siren are each split into districts. The towns of LaFollette, Oakland, Scott, Swiss, Trade Lake,

West Marshland and Wood River are all divided. The only towns that are entirely in one supervisor district are Anderson (District 4), Blaine (21), Daniels (8), Dewey (17), Jackson (19), Lincoln (7), Roosevelt (17), Rusk (16), Sand Lake (18), Union (9), and Webb Lake (21).

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Wisconsin Innocence Project reviewing local murder conviction from 1988

Jean Koelz | Staff writer BURNETT COUNTY—Law students from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, working for the Wisconsin Innocence Project, have made sizable requests for information and evidence from the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department as part of its review of David Alan McCormack’s continued claims of wrongful conviction in the 1987 murder of his girlfriend, Diane Larson. According to legal documents, McCormack brought Larson to a cabin owned by his family. By his own confession, along with evidence gathered at the crime scene ZKLFK LQFOXGHG KLV ÀQJHUSULQWV RQ WKH murder weapon), McCormack was conYLFWHG RI ÀUVW GHJUHH PXUGHU DQG LV QRZ serving his sentence at the Fox Lake Correctional Institution. Contending that his own brother and members of his brother’s motorcycle gang murdered Larson, McCormack recanted his confession and has waged multiple appeals. The most recent appeal was in 2012 and named Kenneth Kutz, William Norine, Donald Taylor (who was sheriff in 1987), and the sheriff’s department, among others, as defendants. McCormack’s appeals all requested a new trial based on his claims that prosecuting attorneys suppressed (and later destroyed) exculpatory evidence, that his own counsel was ineffective, that evidence and court documents had been tampered with, and that there is new evidence. All appeals have been denied.

7KH ,QQRFHQFH 3URMHFW According to its website, the Innocence Project was created in 1992 as a national litigation and public policy organization “dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system.� As a clinic, law students handle cases under the supervision of a team of attorneys. Research estimates that between 2.3 and 5 percent of prison inmates are innocent, which means there may be 46,000 to 100,000 wrongfully convicted individuals inside our jails. “Since 1989, 311 people in 36 states have been exonerated through post-conviction DNA testing,� the website says. Seven of those cases were in Wisconsin.

7KH :LVFRQVLQ ,QQRFHQFH 3URMHFW According to second-year law student Grant Turpin, a Spooner High School graduate who is handling McCormack’s case, law students at the University of Wisconsin - Madison work for one year with the project and handle multiple cases. Although Turpin couldn’t comPHQW VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ RQ 0F&RUPDFN¡V FDVH he did explain the process by which cases merit review. “Any inmate that wants our assisWDQFH Ă€OOV RXW DQ DSSOLFDWLRQ WKDW JHWV SXW through a very thorough screening process,â€? Turpin explained. “Many cases GRQ¡W PDNH LW WKURXJK WKH Ă€UVW VFUHHQLQJ Âľ In order to be assigned for further review, an application has to meet certain criteria. Many times the cases that are accepted involve claims of newly discovered evidence which may include a new witness or recanted testimony, or some physical evidence that can be retest with today’s technology.â€? If a case merits further inYHVWLJDWLRQ WKHQ WKH Ă€UVW VWHS LV WR JDWKHU all the evidence and documentation, and review it for a second-screening process. “I can tell you, this case did meet the criteria and is in the second-screening process,â€? Turpin said. For added emphasis, Turpin explained that he was told there is currently a three-year waiting list for applications to be processed. 7KH PLVVLQJ OLQN" Neither Turpin nor Sheriff Dean Roland would comment on the nature of the reTXHVW IRU FRXQW\ Ă€OHV 5RODQG VDLG WKHUH were guidelines to follow that prevented him from providing any detail other than calling the request “largeâ€? but “business as usual.â€? Given that Innocence Project cases center around DNA testing, it’s possible WKDW 0F&RUPDFN LV Ă€VKLQJ IRU D SLHFH RI evidence presumed lost. According to claims made in his appeals, McCormack may still want to know what happened to a bandana worn by the victim. Although the bandana was shown in photographs of the crime scene, McCormack claims that physical evidence was never turned over for DNA testing, even after a 1990 circuit court order to do so. McCormack fought for years for the release of evidence, until KH FODLPV 5RODQG QRWLĂ€HG KLP LQ WKDW

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to see whether DNA testing can be conducted and if the results would change the outcome of a previous verdict. It’s too early to determine if McCormack’s claims will make it through this second-review process or if new DNA evidence would be enough to overturn his conviction.

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or the federal healthcare website – healthcare.gov. However, if your income is on the higher scale, health-care insurance can be purchased outside of the federal website.

*RY JRY JRY If we’re repeating the website healthcare.gov a lot, it’s for a good reason. Don’t be fooled by similar web addresses such as healthcare.com or healthcare.net ² WKRVH DUH QRW WKH RIĂ€FLDO IHGHUDO KHDOWKcare plans eligible for potential tax credits. 0HGLFDLG If you’re happy with your health-care coverage through your job or you purchased your own health insurance before the Affordable Care Act passed on March 23, 2010, you don’t need to worry about a lot of this. Low-income individuals and families can also look to see if they qualify for Medicaid, which has been broadened in some states. If you don’t qualify for Medicaid, you can still investigate public programs for kids at insurekidsnow.gov. 1HZ IRU NLGV DQG ZRPHQ Insurers can no longer drop your coverage for arbitrary reasons or deny you coverage if you have a medical condition. Individuals paying higher premiums based on existing conditions may want to shop for a new health-care plan with their adviser/agent. Dental and vision coverage for kids are required in the marketplaces. Insurers can no longer charge higher prices for women and must cover pregnancy and childbirth as well as counseling for new moms. (With information from the Wall Street Journal). /LYLQJ LQ UXUDO :LVFRQVLQ DQG VPRNLQJ ZLOO FRVW \RX PRUH Unfortunately, residents in Northwest Wisconsin will pay more in premiums than folks living just across the river in Minnesota. Wisconsinites living near major cities will likely have lower premiums than rural residents. According

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Richard “Dick� Erickson elected to board

Danielle Moe | Staff writer FREDERIC - Despite heavy snowfall and treacherous roads, the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association’s annual stockholders meeting was well attended on Thursday, Dec. 5. Held at Hackers Lanes in Frederic, the meeting consisted of casting votes for a seat on the ERDUG RI GLUHFWRUV D Ă€QDQFH UHSRUW PDQager’s report, and words from co-op President Charles Johnson, followed by lunch. In addition to the weekly newspapers, Inter-County Leader and Washburn County Register, ICCPA publishes the Ă€YH $GYHUWLVHUV RIIHUV FRPPHUFLDO SULQWLQJ DQG VHOOV RIĂ€FH VXSSOLHV DW LWV VWRUHV LQ St. Croix Falls, Frederic, Siren and Shell Lake. 1HZ ERDUG PHPEHU Richard “Dickâ€? Erickson, Grantsburg, ZDV HOHFWHG WR WKH RSHQ VHDW RQ WKH Ă€YH member ICCPA board of directors. He replaced Carolyn Wedin by a one-vote margin. Wedin had served two terms on the board. The continuing board members are Charles Johnson, Janet Oachs, Merlin Johnson and Ann Fawver. Erickson owned and operated the Red Owl/ Super Valu grocery store in downtown Grantsburg for 30 years. According to his bio, Erickson has been a member of many civic groups, served on the boards of many area organizations over the years and serves as a church treasurer. 6WURQJ Ă€QDQFLDO VKHHW Abby Williamson, auditor from Carlson +LJKODQG &HUWLĂ€HG 3XEOLF $FFRXQWDQWV SUHVHQWHG WKH Ă€QDQFLDO VWDWHPHQW IRU WKH Ă€VFDO \HDU HQGLQJ 6HSW 6KH UH-

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0DQDJHU¡V UHSRUW Doug Panek, manager, pointed out the KLVWRULFDO VLJQLĂ€FDQFH RI WKH PHHWLQJ WKH 80th-annual meeting of the cooperative’s stockholders. “And to think, I’ve worked here for more than half of those years,â€? he said, going on to highlight the changes that have occurred in that time. He acknowledged the effect that the rise of the Internet has had on newspapers. The number of pages in the Inter-County Leader has decreased to an average of 18 pages less per week than in 2008, and the number of the newspaper’s Facebook friends now rivals print subscribers. Panek explained how staff have had to adjust their deadlines to meet new United States Postal Service pickup times. Since late October mail has to be ready by 2:30 p.m. instead of 4:30 p.m., affecting all levels of production. He also reviewed equipment purchases made this past year, including the replacement of the computer-to-plate system and replacement of 15 Apple computers used in production with new models.

New service ICCPA is now offering website building and according to Panek, 10 sites have been successfully built for customers. Gayle Olson is in charge of building the sites 7KH VHYHQ SULQFLSOHV RI FRRSHUDWLYHV ZHUH and promotions for the service started in KLJKOLJKWHG LQ WKLV GLVSOD\ DW WKH DQQXDO PHHW the form of ads, statement stuffers, FaceLQJ RI ,&&3$ VWRFNKROGHUV book and email blasts. Visit iccpaonline.

com for more information or stop in to DQ\ RI WKH IRXU RIĂ€FHV ORFDWHG LQ )UHGHULF St. Croix Falls, Siren or Shell Lake. An envelope press was also purchased to speed production. At a total cost of $14,000, the press is being used to print an average of 45,000 envelopes per month. The company van was also replaced with a newer model. “We have around 70 employees in our Frederic, Siren, St. Croix Falls and Shell /DNH RIĂ€FHV ,W WDNHV PDQ\ KDQGV WR SURGXFH RXU SURGXFWV ZKHWKHU LW LV RIĂ€FH products, commercial printing, newspapers or advertisers,â€? acknowledged Panek.

%RDUG SUHVLGHQW¡V UHSRUW Charlie Johnson, president of the ICCPA board, said the co-op had another positive year despite hard economic times. “The year 2013 was the International Year of Cooperatives,â€? Johnson said. “The seven cooperative principles set Co-ops apart from stock companies. The seventh principle is ‘Concern for Community’ and the ICCPA works for a sustainable quality of life in our community through its efforts such as scholarships while continuing to deliver the news to the readers. We are a cooperative community. The Leader will be here for another 80 years.â€? Johnson shared a poem in honor of the friendship created by the cooperative over the last 80 years. He said the poem was given to him by a friend but written by an unknown author. Take care of your friends Friend is a word that I don’t throw around Though it’s used and abused, I still like the sound. I save it for people who’ve done right by me And I know I can count on, if ever need be.

Own ranches and banks and visit with queens, And some of my friends are up to their neck In overdue notes and can’t write a check. They’re singers or dancers or writers of prose And others, God bless ‘em, can’t blow their own nose! I guess being friends has nothing to do With talent or money or knowing who’s who. It’s a comfortable feeling when you don’t have to care, ‘Bout choosing your words or being quite fair. ‘Cause friends’ll just listen and let go on by Those words you don’t mean and not bat an eye. It makes a friend happy to see your success. They’re proud of your good side and forgive all the rest. And that ain’t so easy, all of the time, Sometimes I get crazy and seem to go blind! Your friend just might have to take you on home, Or remind you sometime, that you’re not alone. Or ever so gently pull you back to the ground, :KHQ \RX WKLQN \RX FDQ Ă \ ZLWK QR one around. A hug or a shake, which ever seems right Is the high point of giving, I’ll tell you tonight, All wordly riches and tributes of men, Can’t hold a candle to the worth of a friend. - Reporter Gregg Westigard contributed to this story

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Centuria, Milltown village boards briefed on ambulance merger

Marty Seeger |Staff writer CENTURIA – Western Wisconsin EMS program director Pat McCauley was present for both village of Milltown and Centuria board meetings on Monday, Dec. 9, to explain a merger of the current Unity Ambulance service with St. Croix Valley EMS. “Western Wisconsin is the owner of Unity and a partner of St. Croix Valley EMS, and we made the decision to combine our assets from Unity with St. Croix Valley EMS,� explained McCauley, who said they also operate Lakes Region EMS, which covers areas of Chisago County in Minnesota, as well as Rush City and Chisago City, Minn. McCauley said that in 2011, when Lifelink services got out of its ground transportation business in St. Croix Falls, a decision was made between WW-EMS, St. Croix Regional Medical Center and Lakes Region EMS to join forces and create a partnership called St. Croix Valley

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EMS. “We are going to continue to serve, and be located in, Milltown, but we’re bringing together the two services physical assets ‌ that being both the equipment, ambulances; and also we’ve made arrangement for the employees to become members of Lakes Region EMS, which is the newfound partner in the St. Croix Valley,â€? McCauley said. Should current employees want to become employees of Lakes Region EMS they will not need to interview, and will have jobs if they want them, according to McCauley, who had Lakes Region EMS director of operations Ben Wasmund and another colleague on hand to answer any questions. McCauley said Wasmund had already been in contact with current employees of Unity Ambulance along with Lynette Erickson, who is the base supervisor at Unity. McCauley said other employees who are currently part time have expressed interest in becoming full time

and stationed in the area. “Because they have the most knowledge about the area it makes sense for them to stay here,â€? McCauley said, adding later in the meeting that the goal is to keep things going the way they are. Both Centuria and Milltown moved forward with approving a new contract agreement on Monday, which is similar to the one they had already made with WW-EMS shortly before the decision was made to consolidate. The agreement is for three years at $10 per capita. “Legally we are going to consolidate DURXQG WKH Ă€UVW RI WKH \HDU EXW ZH ZRQ¡W operationally take ownership in terms of action and activate the service under the new St. Croix Valley EMS until about mid-March,â€? McCauley said.

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islation to license all state coroners and medical examiners. Although he supports the measure, Maloney wanted the committee to be aware of the proposed continuing education costs and licensing fees. In the sheriff’s department, Dean Roland and Chief Deputy Scott Burns inWURGXFHG QHZ RIĂ€FHU 7LP ,PULFN WR WKH committee. Given a recent resignation in the jail, the department will need to KLUH WZR PRUH RIĂ€FHUV WR EH EDFN WR IXOO strength. Burns informed the committee that on the agenda for next month will be an updated schedule of fees for record requests EHFDXVH WKH FXUUHQW SROLF\ GRHV QRW UHĂ HFW changes in technology. “We’re being inundated with requests for information,â€? Burns said, adding that sometimes the documents need to be provided in various types of electronic formats.

Jean Koelz | Staff writer BURNETT COUNTY—The recurring theme heard by members of the public safety committee at the Monday, Dec. 9, meeting from child support services, emergency management, the medical H[DPLQHU¡V RIĂ€FH WKH FOHUN RI FRXUW DQG the sheriff’s department was that, when it comes to expenses and revenues, everyone’s “right on trackâ€? for the year. One person after another used expressions like, “business as usual,â€? and “same-old, same-oldâ€? in providing updates on the DFWLYLWLHV RI WKHLU UHVSHFWLYH RIĂ€FHV Not that they haven’t been busy. Emergency management director Rhonda Reynolds, who is also serving as project manager for the communications project and the jail/dispatch center remodeling project, reported that a lot of progress is being made. “Even in this weather,â€? Reynolds said, “a lot is getting done.â€?

Short agenda for December board meeting Gregg Westigard | Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The next meeting of the Polk County Board on Tuesday, Dec. 17, may be short. There are four resolutions on the agenda, each of which has gained unanimous committee support and three presentations. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the government center in Balsam Lake. The meeting is open to

5HTXHVWV Two current requests are particularly time-consuming. University of Wisconsin 6KHULII 'HDQ 5RODQG OHIW DQG MDLO $GPLQLVWUDWRU -DUHG :RRG\ ULJKW KHOS LQWURGXFH QHZ RIILFHU law students working through the Wis7LP ,PULFN VWDQGLQJ WR WKH SXEOLF VDIHW\ FRPPLWWHH RQ 0RQGD\ 'HF 1RW VKRZQ LV &KLHI 'HSXW\ consin Innocence Project have requested Ă€OHV IURP DQ ROG PXUGHU FDVH DQG VWX6FRWW %XUQV 3KRWR E\ -HDQ .RHO] dents from the Medill School of Journalism have requested every document for another extension. To date, there has hinge on the proposed design. related to local juvenile treatment centers. been no response from the FCC regarding “It’s a huge amount of time,â€? Burns the request. 0HGLFDO H[DPLQHU UHSRUW said, referring to retrieving old docuReynolds also reported that corporaMedical examiner Mike Maloney re- ments from storage and the laborious tion counsel has drafted a $29,000 con- ported 114 cases to date this year, which process of reviewing and redacting for tract with Ayres Associates to provide a is 15-20 more than usual. The commitFRQĂ€GHQWLDOLW\ UHDVRQV 8QGHU SXEOLF design concept for the dispatch center. “I tee approved the purchase of six iPads access laws, the department is required want to make sure that the county is not to replace the planned purchase of new to cooperate with such requests, but at bound to proceed beyond that,â€? Reynolds cameras and a new laptop. Maloney also least they can charge the expenses and an said, explaining that future decisions will briefed the committee on upcoming leghourly rate for the effort.

Polk County Board may gain options the public and starts with a period for public comment. One resolution would make the position of highway commissioner an appointed rather than an elected position. This change is possible, and the norm, now that the county has an administrator form of government. Present highway Commissioner Steve Warndahl would continue in his position after the change. A second resolution would designate the county as “self-organized.� This would allow the Polk County Board to

make three changes. It would permit the county to stagger the terms of the supervisors, with half of the board members elected each year for a two-year term. The change to staggered terms is not being proposed now. A second change would DOORZ D VSHFLDO HOHFWLRQ WR ÀOO YDFDQFLHV on the county board. Vacancies are now filled by appointment by the county board chair, subject to approval by the board. The special election option may be voted on by the board. A third change would give the board some additional op-

tions on setting board compensation. The other resolutions would appropriate funds for teleconferencing equipment at the justice center and grant a zoning change in Beaver. The presentations are on the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College System, the proposed Indianhead Veterans Memorial project which may be built by the Apple River on Hwy. 8, and the county forest work plan for 2014.

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Puppy killing raises questions Greg Marsten | Staff writer AMERY – Polk County authorities are investigating the apparent killing of four puppies at a rural Amery residence last weekend. According to reports, the four puppies, of two different breeds, were apparently killed at the residence at 1162 65th Ave., when someone broke into the family’s detached garage and crushed or hit the tiny dogs with an object. The incident is believed to have occurred sometime on Saturday, Dec. 7. Sheriff Peter Johnson said there are no suspects, as of yet, and the investigation remains open as to who may have committed the crime. “(The reporting party) says an unknown person came up their quartermile-long, unplowed driveway and killed the puppies,� he said. “Somebody was home at the time, but they didn’t hear or see anything.� Three of the tiny dogs were Alaskan

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For your pet information Dr. Johnson and her staff have moved to Siren. The new address is 23995 First Ave., right behind the Tesora restaurant, and the phone number is 715-349-4774. The Domestic Animal Wellness Center and Wildlife Rescue is up and running now and can take care of all your animal loved ones needs. The hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, surgery days; Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon. Your animals will thank you.

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Yes, Republicans have a health-care reform plan By all accounts, including the Obama administration’s own admission, Obamacare is an unmitigated disaster. The website was so dysfunctional it had to be taken down for retooling; even now it won’t handle all the enrollment WUDIĂ€F QHHGHG E\ WKH 'HF GHDGOLQH WR make the plan viable. Software glitches caused so-called “834â€? data errors. As a result, one out of four people who enrolled during October and November as well as one out of 10 people who enroll during December won’t actually receive the insurance coverage they believed they would have on Jan. 1. Five million people have had their individual health insurance plans canceled already, despite the president’s often-repeated promise, “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.â€? Eighty million more are scheduled to lose their employer-based plans next year. Premiums, co-payments and deductibles have gone through the roof. An industry analyst reports that people will not be eligible for a subsidy unless the premium reaches or exceeds 10 percent of their income. Security on the website is so poor that it has become a hacker’s paradise. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act clearly is providing neither patient protection nor affordable care. Is there a better way than this massive government takeover? Yes! Republicans are proposing patientcentered reforms to improve the quality of care and lower costs, reforms Americans actually want. They would allow small businesses to join together to increase insured group size, which would lower premiums. Health insurance would be sold across state lines as car insurance is now, increasing choice and competition.

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hurt businesses and force them to lay off employees. In fact, studies have shown that raising the minimum wage makes it easier for employers to recruit and retain workers, and it contributes to consumer demand. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, for every dollar increase that a minimum-wage worker receives their annual household spending increases by $3,500. When workers are paid a living wage WKH EHQHĂ€WV DUH IHOW WKURXJKRXW RXU VRciety. Families have greater economic security, there is less reliance on public assistance and new consumer spending to boost the economy. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s words in 1937 still hold true today, “Our nation so richly endowed with natural resources and with a capable and industrious population should be able to devise ways and means of ensuring to all our able-bodied working men and women a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work.â€?

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Greg Marsten | Staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – The coming year of entertainment and celebrations in the city of St. Croix Falls looks to be even more elaborate, as they add several new events, while also adjusting the dates and even the venues on a few other established events. The city’s common council invited event organizer Woody McBride to give a roundup of the coming year’s schedule, to their regular meeting on Monday, Dec. 9, which revealed the change in dates for the Wannigan Days happenings, moving it from July to the second weekend in June, where it will be a relative stand-alone with no competition from other cities or happenings. The change has been discussed for some time, and the group behind the change decided to go with June 12-15, with both St. Croix Falls and Taylors Falls, Minn., continuing to combine their efforts on what is being billed as “The best party in the valley.â€? McBride said they will also take into account ways to reduce the cost of the event, mainly by better adjusting their street closures, so as not to have the Wisconsin Department of Transportation require the rental of expensive electronic detour signage. The shift will allow for about a $4,000 savings, which McBride is hoping the city would later consider applying toward D )RXUWK RI -XO\ Ă€UHZRUNV VKRZ RQ WKH nearest Friday evening, with music. The change in detouring from all of Washington Street to just a small portion would be the major change and would require basic detours instead of the elaborate detour required with the full closure for over a whole day the city did this last July. McBride also dovetailed the discussion LQWR WKH )RXUWK RI -XO\ Ă€UHZRUNV VKRZ which he was hoping would start a “new tradition,â€? on that nearest Friday. “Downtown is a fantastic place to view Ă€UHZRUNV Âľ KH VDLG

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the so-called Safe Routes to School Plan, which was presented in recent months before the St. Croix Falls Plan Commission and to the school district. The SRTS plan’s endorsement and approval would likely help the city and school leverage possible grant funding for road projects, meant to make the routes to school safer for kids and pedestrians, as well as encourage walking and biking with sidewalks, bike lanes and other trafĂ€F FKDQJHV “It gives us a better foothold when we submit an implementation grant,â€? city Administrator Joel Peck said. “If we’re successful (in grant acceptance), it would lower the economic contribution of city taxpayers (to certain necessary road projects).â€? • The council reviewed a proposal to transfer liability for water and sewer bills from renters to landlords, to eliminate the often futile tracking down of overdue bills from tenants who no longer reside in the rental units. The proposal would transfer that billing to landlords and property owners instead and leave collection of the bills to the owners, either through adjusted rent or direct payments. “(Landlords) are shocked to learn that when a renter doesn’t pay, they are responsible,â€? stated city clerk Bonita Leggitt. Leggitt noted that the state Legislature is currently considering a bill that would make it so landlords are not responsible, but she said the major issue is that the city has no control over who those property owners rent to. “It just seems like smart policy (to bill owners instead),â€? Blesi said. It was just in discussion for now, but the issue is likely to go to a public hearing in January before being considered by the full council. • Police Chief Erin Murphy noted that there is a two-hour parking limit for the so-called “business areaâ€? of Washington Street downtown and said that there has been some confusion on the issue, as the signage is not as clear as some would hope. The council may consider better signage in the near future.

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Greg Marsten | Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – After several false starts in terms of accepting a plea agreement with prosecutors, a 20-year-old Polk County man pleaded guilty to two reduced charges of third-degree sexual assault, avoiding the potential for up to 140 years in prison if convicted on all counts. Michael J. Trumble, 20, of Amery, stood accused of seven felony charges stemming from at least three alleged sexualassault incidents involving three different victims, one of whom was under age 16 at the time. That total does not include a dismissed allegation of sexual assault involving an underage girl, when the victim refused to testify at an earlier preliminary hearing. Trumble stood accused of three felony charges of second-degree sexual assault with use of force, as well as multiple felony bail jumping charges and another misdemeanor charge of sex with a child over age 16. Polk County District Attorney Dan Steffen tried several times to reach a plea agreement, and while they came close, Trumble refused to admit guilt on several DOOHJDWLRQV VSHFLÀFDOO\ LI WZR RI KLV YLFtims had actually refused consent in the incidents. The charges come from separate incidents involving allegations of forced sexual assaults of three different females, two of them over a one-month period in August 2011, with the other allegation emerging after the investigation began. One of the assault allegations came forward from a teacher and counselor at a local program, who was made aware of a possible assault after a student alluded to an incident in a journal, how she had been taken advantage of by a student at Amery High School. The victim was under 16

$1.2 million would go toward student tech over five years Greg Marsten | Staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Falls School District Board of Education voted unanimously to seek voter approval for a levy limit override at the April 1 election, VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ WR SXUFKDVH LQ WHFKnology equipment annually for the next Ă€YH \HDUV 7KH LVVXH KDV EHHQ GLVFXVVHG IRU VHYHUDO PRQWKV DQG Ă€QDOO\ FDPH WR D vote at their regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10. The purpose of the referendum is to provide one-to-one computers to all students in the upper grades, and grade-level sets of similar computers for students in the lower grades. The district is currently doing a pilot program to decide which types of machines to ultimately purchase, should the referendum be passed. They may decide on various machines for different grade levels. The need for the referendum, according to district Administrator Glenn Martin, is to keep the district’s budget “basically the same, but to help pay for the one-to-one computers.â€? At the Tuesday meeting, it was mentioned that the district would be exceeding their revenue limit by $240,000 DQQXDOO\ IRU Ă€YH \HDUV LQFUHDVLQJ WKH PLOO rate by approximately 38 cents per $1,000 of equalized value. However, it was noted that the district’s Ă€QDO ERQG SD\PHQW IRU PLGGOH VFKRRO construction, approximately $190,000 annually, will be done this year. Taking that decrease in debt service into account, WKH Ă€QDO LPSDFW RI WKH UHIHUHQGXP ZRXOG amount to around 8.5 cents per $1,000 instead, or about an $8.50 increase in annual property taxes for a $100,000 home. “The timing is very good,â€? stated board President Brent McCurdy. “Bonds are falling off, and our payments are going down. Technology upgrades are something we’ll have to do.â€? The issue will go to voters on April 1, and would allow for the staggered purchase of the computers and systems over

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to felony sexual assault charges. When the allegations surfaced, Trumble was already on probation for a deferred conviction on a 2010 case, where he allegedly tried to strangle a man in an altercation. He accepted the terms of a plea agreement in May 2011, which made it misdemeanor battery, with terms and conditions that he not commit any other violent crimes. Steffen argued initially that the deferred prosecution was violated with the latest DOOHJDWLRQV DQG Ă€OHG D PRWLRQ WR HQWHU D judgment of conviction on the previous battery incident. As the multiple investigations were bundled together in charges, Trumble was facing seven felony counts, with a potential combined sentence of over 140 \HDUV LQ SULVRQ DQG Ă€QHV RI RYHU Trumble’s bundled sexual-assault cases resulted in a plea proposal last summer, where he would have most charges dropped, and two of the separate sexualassault charges reduced from second degree to third-degree sexual assault, which would mean no automatic prison time. Trumble appeared with his attorney, Mark Biller, several times over a threemonth period since, as the judge went over the various aspects of his admission and also that he understood the consequences. +RZHYHU ZKHQ WKH\ UHDFKHG WKH Ă€QDO admission of guilt, where most counts were dismissed and Trumble was to plead guilty to the two reduced sexual-assault charges, he was asked if he understood what sexual intercourse meant, which he said he did. But he balked at admitting that the victims did not consent, which led to several false starts and rescheduled appearances. “I’m not comfortable taking his plea at this time,â€? Harrington said during a Sept. 17 hearing. “He’s got to admit to the facts, to the elements, admit that there was no consent.â€? It took several more hearings and

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closed-door sessions between the attorneys and Harrington before they reached the latest plea hearing on Dec. 6. After Harrington went through the identical plea questionnaire with Trumble, that he understood the charges, potential sentencing and what it meant to avoid trial, Harrington then deferred to Biller, who turned to Trumble, faced him and looked him in the eye as he asked him: “As to (the victim’s initials) as to all the facts and evidence, do you agree that she did not agree to sexual intercourse?â€? Biller asked. “Yes,â€? Trumble said sheepishly, nodding and looking down. Biller and Harrington repeated the actions for the other reduced charge, although as Harrington pointed out, that victim was under age 16 at the time, and could not legally consent to sexual intercourse, regardless. The judge accepted the two plea agreements, and then reminded Trumble that he was no longer presumed innocent. “You’re now a convicted felon, with two counts of sexual assault,â€? Harrington said sternly as they scheduled the next phase of the case. With the two convictions, Harrington ordered a presentence investigation, with culmination in a Feb. 12, 2014, sentencing hearing. Under state sentencing guideOLQHV 7UXPEOH IDFHV XS WR Ă€YH \HDUV RI SULVRQ DQG Ă€YH \HDUV RI H[WHQGHG VXSHUvision for each felony, with a potential for D Ă€QH RQ HDFK DV ZHOO While the plea agreement means Trumble is not likely to do prison time, Harrington reminded the 20-year-old that he was under the onus of guilt and needed to change his ways. “If you behave in criminal mischief between now and (sentencing), trust me, I ZLOO Ă€QG RXW DERXW LW Âľ +DUULQJWRQ VDLG noting that he was still under a $5,000 cash bond and that he best behave. “If I can’t trust you, and you misbehave ... the whole world changes for you.â€?

Falls to allow for short-term borrowing in cases where the budgets and bills don’t jibe with the timing on tax receipts. The district sought bids on the account, which would only be used if necessary, and decided to go with the Bank Mutual option A, which would allow for the district to borrow between $500,000 and $1 million on a short term, using the London InterBank Offered Rate plus 1.65-percent. The LIBOR rate is historically lower than the typical prime rate, and allows the district to borrow funds on the short term to cover anticipated expenses when tax payments are held up, either from the state or otherwise. “We hope not to use it,â€? stated district Ă€QDQFLDO VSHFLDOLVW 'DUFL .UXHJHU ZKR 7KH 6W &URL[ )DOOV %RDUG RI (GXFDWLRQ YRWHG RQ 7XHVGD\ 'HF WR VHQG D OHY\ OLPLW RYHUULGH noted that at times, the district’s cash on UHIHUHQGXP TXHVWLRQ WR WKH YRWHUV RQ $SULO DOORZLQJ IRU D PLOOLRQ WHFKQRORJ\ XSJUDGH KDQG FDQ EH YHU\ ORZ ´0\ Ă€UVW \HDU KHUH it was down to $880 at one point.â€? IRU VWXGHQWV z 3KRWR E\ *UHJ 0DUVWHQ The district also had offers from Central Bank and Royal Credit Union at rates beWKH QH[W Ă€YH \HDUV WRWDOLQJ PLOOLRQ LQ play are permitted, with no try-outs. “My kids played soccer in AYSO, and tween 3.25 and 4 percent on a 30-day loan overrides of the levy limit. “I believe it’s easier to maintain the levy I was completely impressed by the vol- up to $1 million. • After months of discussion and rethan to let it drop off and try to increase it unteer level,â€? stated board member Sheri Norgard. “If you all wanted to do 15 search, the board voted to go with M3 as later,â€? Martin said. The board passed the resolution unani- sports, I think that would be great ... but I their insurance broker. They also entermously, sending the question to voters in don’t think (boys varsity soccer) is some- tained bids from Central Insurance and Associated Insurance. thing we can take on right now.â€? the form of an April 1 referendum. “M3 provided a little more informaThere was discussion about the likeliIn other board action: tion,â€? Martin said. “And they were also • After months of discussions, debate hood of eventually adding girls soccer, and committee talk, the board decided as well, and it was noted that the recent up for getting us on track for some innonot to add boys varsity soccer in the com- cutting of gymnastics was a result of not vative ideas.â€? They eventually plan to try to bundle ing year, despite the protest of several HQRXJK VWHDG\ LQWHUHVW WR Ă€OO D VTXDG WKHLU LQVXUDQFH QHHGV ZLWK WKH Ă€UP LQparents and students. “I think we need to stick up for the “Everybody (on the board) wishes we sports that are established,â€? stated board cluding dental, disability and life insurance, if the need arises. could say yes to everything,â€? McCurdy member Steven Bont. The M3 approval was for a one-year said. “But in a district our size it’s just not There was also mention of a possible cocontract, but Krueger would like to see it operative effort with Unity High School, possible.â€? There was concern that the soccer pro- and Martin said he had been in contact approved for at least two years, as it regram might impact both cross-country with the Unity district administrator on quires quite a bit of research and work to and football numbers and several board such a possibility, but the impact on other establish bids. • It was noted that the district’s school members raised concerns about the cost sports would be the same, several memcancellation or two-hour delay threshold bers noted. to the district. “But it is a possibility,â€? Martin con- is set at minus 35 degrees with wind chill. “If we can’t support what we have now, how can we consider adding an- Ă€UPHG ´,W¡V QHYHU EHHQ WKURZQ RII WKH Martin pointed out that some districts around here have a much lower threshother (sport)?â€? McCurdy stated. “Maybe table. I’m not sure of the interest.â€? down the road we can look at it as a sort “But it would still be another varsity old, some that require a minus 50 degree of drop-add.â€? sport drawing from other sports,â€? Bont reading for a late start or cancellation. “I think we’re right in line,â€? he said. The school currently has nonvarsity said. “Remember, it’s really wind sensitive (on AYSO soccer for boys in the spring, but The issue died with the lack of a moWKH Ă€QDO ZLQG FKLOO UHDGLQJ $ FKDQJH LQ they do not compete with other school tion. • The board approved a plan to set up one degree (of temperature) can mean a varsity programs, and it is considered noncompetitive, in that all who want to an account with Bank Mutual in St. Croix big change in the wind chill reading.â€?

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Area wrestling teams preparing for another big year UnityĆ‚ SCF and LFG look ready to compete for a conference title Marty Seeger|Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The Unity wrestling team is working with a full varsity squad to start the season, which hasn’t been the case in the previous four seasons for the Eagles, since Shawn Perkins took over the head coaching role. “Now that can change in a matter of a match if a kid gets dinged up or who knows what. But right now having a full OLQHXS LV GHĂ€QLWHO\ DQ DGYDQWDJH /DVW year at end of year we’ve only had 10 or 11,â€? Perkins said. “If we can keep 14 for the entire year we’ll be in good shape.â€? In total, the Eagles have 19 wrestlers with only two seniors and three to four juniors. The rest are freshmen and sophomores. “If we can keep those guys going out the next three or four years, there’s room to grow there,â€? Perkins said. With more numbers, Perkins said it should make them a better team as athletes will need to wrestle-off for spots. On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Eagles didn’t need to use their large numbers to amass a huge 64-10 win over Shell Lake, who has just six wrestlers on the team this season. The Eagles and Lakers split the six matches, with Derek Johnson earning a victory at 106 pounds over Jack Skluzacek, with a pin. Johnson was able to roll Skluzacek on his back with 1:29 remaining in the second period. Another Eagle win came with junior Tevin Anderson at 160 pounds, who defeated Beau Skluzacek by a 14-3 decision. The third Eagles victory on the night was earned by junior Ty Hoffbeck at 152 pounds. Hoffbeck pinned Noah Skluzacek with 1:30 remaining in the second period. Both Hoffbeck and Anderson are reWXUQLQJ VHFWLRQDO TXDOLĂ€HUV IRU WKH (DJOHV who have a good shot at competing for the conference title this season with their numbers against other solid programs including St. Croix Falls, Clear Lake and Luck/Frederic Grantsburg. “I think it’s going to be whoever has a lineup that’s close to being full and able to score points,â€? Perkins said.

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'HUHN -RKQVRQ HDUQHG D SLQ GXULQJ WKH (DJOHV ILUVW PDWFK DJDLQVW 6KHOO /DNH RQ 7KXUVGD\ 'HF -RKQVRQ SLQQHG -DFN 6NOX]DFHN ZLWK UHPDLQLQJ LQ WKH VHFRQG SHULRG ,I WKH (DJOHV VWD\ KHDOWK\ WKURXJKRXW WKH VHDVRQ WKH\ OO EH ZRUNLQJ ZLWK D IXOO URVWHU RI ZUHVWOHUV &XUUHQWO\ WKHUH DUH ZUHVWOHUV RQ WKH WHDP z 3KRWR E\ 0DUW\ 6HHJHU coaching position. Clark is looking forward to the end of December when athletes are able to make weight and get healthy from a couple of minor injuries. “I’m excited to see what kind of team we can be. I think we can be pretty good by the time January rolls around,â€? Clark said. 5LJKW QRZ WKH WHDP KDV Ă€YH DWKOHWHV RQ varsity who have never wrestled before, which will be a bit of a weakness for the team. Once some of the kids bounce back from injury it will likely be a more experienced team. One of the team’s biggest strengths will be with their six seniors. Five of them are entering their fourth varsity season. “Coming into the year I was real skeptical because of our lack of numbers, but WKHQ ZH KDG Ă€YH RU VL[ NLGV FRPH RXW who had never wrestled before,â€? Clark said. Two of those wrestlers are at heavyweight, and at 220 pounds. ´, WKLQN E\ WKH WLPH -DQXDU\ Ă€UVW UROOV around we’ll be a pretty good team.â€?

Hunter Dodds pin over Ryan Pfeifer in 4:49. LFG would get the next three matches with Luke Christensen winning by pin in 1:19 at 138, Dakota Schultz winning by injury default at 145, and Tristan Brewer winning by a 9-1 major decision. Tony Britton won his match at 170 by pin in 4:42. Other matches on the night were PRVWO\ FORVH LQFOXGLQJ WKH Ă€QDO RQH DW 220 between Decker Grass of St. Croix Central and Christopher Sam Pewaush. “We moved Sam up from 195, so he was giving up a lot of weight. It was 12-11 in the third period before Sam was rolled and pinned. The 160 (Tim Lund) and 182 matches (Josh Glover) were good matches, and we came up short in both of them,â€? Bartlett said. “I didn’t know what to expect with not having practice two days before the meet, but I was happy with the effort the kids gave.â€? The season for LFG could be one of their best in recent memory as the team has experience, and Bartlett believes he has a group of athletes who are capable of earning a trip to state. %UHZHU LV D UHWXUQLQJ VWDWH TXDOLĂ€HU /)* ZUHVWOLQJ HAMMOND – The Luck/Frederic/ and Britton nearly made it to state by takGrantsburg wrestling team has already ing fourth at sectionals. Bartlett says there 6W &URL[ )DOOV ZUHVWOLQJ ZUDSSHG XS WKHLU Ă€UVW GXDO PHHW RI WKH DUH Ă€YH WR VHYHQ GLIIHUHQW ZUHVWOHUV ZKR ST. CROIX FALLS – St. Croix Falls re- season, but came up just short in a 33-28 will be tough to beat this year, and their WXUQV D SDLU RI WZR WLPH VWDWH TXDOLĂ€HUV loss at St. Croix Central on Thursday, Dec. strengths are in the middle weights. The team’s weakneness will be in the from 2013, including Joe Rademacher at 5. 195 pounds and Drew “Overall the kids wrestled very well,â€? numbers. There’s at Wheeler at 126. Radem- said coach Chris Bartlett, who is in his least one weight class acher took third at state 10th season as head wrestling coach for LFG won’t be able to last year, and while LFG. “We had practice on Monday, but Ă€OO WKLV \HDU DQG PDQ\ Wheeler did not place the rest of the week practice was canceled. wrestlers will be exat state, he took fourth Some of the kids hadn’t practiced since pected to wrestle up the year before. the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I really again this season. “I hope we can stay Coach Dan Clark is feel if we had had practice on the the two in his 20th season as a days before, there was four matches we healthy, and it should be a good season,â€? Saints wrestling coach lost that we would have won.â€? Joe Rademacher and 15th at the head Tristan Brewer LFG’s first win of the night was a Bartlett said.

••• GRINNELL, Iowa. – Former Webster athlete Austin Elliott was one of six members of the St. Norbert College men’s basketball team on Saturday, 'HF WR VFRUH LQ GRXEOH ÀJXUHV GXUing a 121-115 overtime win over Grinnell College, Iowa. Elliott is a junior for the Green Knights, and went 3 for IURP WKH ÀHOG DQG ZDV RI IURP the charity stripe for 14 points. He also had six rebounds, three assists and one steal in the game. St. Norbert College is currently 4-1 on the season. – with information from snc.edu/athletics ••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Bethel University football team fell 41-17 to North Central College in frigid temperatures last Saturday, Dec. 7, during the NCAA Division 3 playoffs. As PDQ\ DV ÀYH WXUQRYHUV KXUW WKH 5R\als, who won’t be advancing to the D3 VHPLÀQDOV EXW ÀQLVKHG RYHUDOO Former Luck athlete Landen Strilzuk D VWDUWLQJ FRUQHUEDFN ÀQLVKHG the game with four tackles, including two pass breakups and a forced fumble. The junior will be back again next VHDVRQ IRU WKH 5R\DOV IRU KLV ÀQDO FROlegiate season. – with information from athletics.bethel.edu ••• WINONA, Minn. – The St. Mary’s University women’s hockey team came up short against St. Catherine on Saturday, Dec. 7. Freshman and former Grantsburg athlete Kassie Lien scored one goal in the 4-3 loss. It was her second goal of the season in the past eight games. – with information from stmaryssports.com ••• LEADER LAND – The Clayton at Unity girls basketball game on Thursday, Dec. 12, can be heard on 104.9 FM beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Luck at Frederic girls and boys basketball games on Friday, Dec. 13, are being broadcast on 104.9 FM beginning at 5:45 p.m. The Tuesday, Dec. 17, Clayton at Luck girls and boys basketball games can be heard on 104.9 FM beginning at 5:45 p.m. The Tuesday, Dec. 17, St. Croix Falls at Amery girls basketball game can be heard on 1260 AM, beginning at 6:30 p.m. All high school games can be found online at msbnsports.net. The Eagles at Vikings NFL football game can be heard on 104.9 FM beginning at noon on Sunday, Dec. 15. The Sunday, Dec. 15, Packers at Cowboys game is being broadcast on 105.7 FM, beginning at 3:25 p.m. ••• LEADER LAND – Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete playing collegiate sports in 2013 who hasn’t been mentioned, send us an email or call and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger

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Lady Vikes play strong against Eagles Saints dominate Tigers Frederic 45, Unity 34 Marty Seeger |Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The Viking girls basketball team picked up a tough win over 8QLW\ GXULQJ WKH WHDP¡V Ă€UVW FRQIHUHQFH game of the season. After a slow start Frederic picked it up in the second quarter, extending their lead, 21-12, against the Eagles man-to-man defense. “I told the girls at halftime we were getWLQJ JRRG ORRNV ZH MXVW ZHUHQ¡W Ă€QLVKLQJ 7KLUG TXDUWHU ZH Ă€QLVKHG D IHZ PRUH EXW WKHQ WKH IRXUWK TXDUWHU ZH VWRSSHG Ă€QLVKing again,â€? said Vikes coach Troy Wink, who saw his team stretch their lead to as many as 20 points late in the third quarter. Lara Harlander had 10 of her total 24 points in the third quarter, mostly driving the right side of the lane to help give Frederic a commanding lead. “That was what stretched that lead in the third quarter and they couldn’t really stop her for the most part, and then they made some adjustments and took it away,â€? Wink said. The Eagles defense stepped up big in the fourth quarter while Carly Ince and Raelin Sorensen knocked down 3-pointers to get the Eagles as close as 13 points with under two minutes to go, but Frederic was able to respond and eventually

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6W &URL[ )DOOV :HEVWHU ST. CROIX FALLS – A triple-double from Mariah Rohm and a near doubledouble by Jessica Rademacher helped the Saints topple the Tigers on Friday, Dec. 6. Rohm had 15 points, 17 rebounds and 10 take-aways in the win while Rademacher added 20 points and nine boards to the win. The Saints held a OHDG DIWHU WKH ÀUVW quarter and led 28-8 at halftime. St. Croix Falls continued to spread around their offense in Mariah Rohm the second half with 20 in the third quarter and 16 in the fourth for the convincing win. Erica Bergmann led the Saints with six assists, while putting up eight points, followed by Katie Kopp and Bailey Ewald each with six points. Rebecca Nelson, Abby Kubesh, Adrienne Stoffel and McKenzie Christenson each had two points, and Sophie Aguilar added one. The Tigers were led by Christina Weis with 10 points, Kenna Gall, four, Lydia Wilson, three, Stefanie Wambolt, two and Lexi Piepho and Mallory Daniels each had one.

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Eagle boys prove too much for the Vikings Tigers play Ăžrst game of the season under new coach Unity 50, Frederic 28 Marty Seeger |Staff writer SIREN – Oliver Raboin’s inside presence alongside Dakota Ward and Logan Bader were too much for the Frederic Vikings to handle during an Eagle win on Friday, Dec. 6. Raboin had 16 points for the Eagles while the offense was spread evenly throughout the night, and Unity cranked up the defensive pressure to hold a scrappy Frederic team to just 28 points. Both teams came up with a lot of intensity but it was the Eagles who grabbed the momentum from the start of the game, with Dylan Ruck burying a 3-pointer in WKH (DJOHV Ă€UVW SRVVHVVLRQ RI WKH JDPH Bader also came away with a steal for two points and Raboin knocked down another pair to give the Eagles an early 7-0 lead and force Frederic to take a time-out. “I thought we played with more intensity versus Frederic. Our defense was more aggressive and created more turnovers. We also did a much better job of being under control on offense. We still have a lot of improvements to make, but I was overall happy with our effort and performance,â€? said Eagles coach Shaun Fisher. 8QLW\ OHG DIWHU WKH Ă€UVW TXDUWHU DQG 31-16 at the half, while holding Frederic to just 10 points in the second half, and only four in the third quarter. Other Eagle scorers included point guard Zac Johnson with seven points, Bader had six, Hunter Fjorden, Ruck and Nathan Heimstead HDFK KDG Ă€YH SRLQWV :DUG IRXU DQG &ROH Garvey, two. The Vikings were led by Roman Poirier with eight points, Zac Schmidt, six, Irric Erickson, four, and Greg Peterson, Zane Matz, Mark Olson and Ben Kurkowski each added two. 6W &URL[ )DOOV :HEVWHU ST. CROIX FALLS – Robert Scherrer made his coaching debut with the Webster Tiger boys basketball team on Friday, Dec. 6, against a tough-to-beat Saints squad, but the Tigers fell 69-43. It was also WKH 7LJHUV Ă€UVW JDPH RI WKH VHDVRQ DIWHU WKHLU Ă€UVW VFKHGXOHG QRQFRQIHUHQFH JDPH was postponed due to weather conditions. ´)RU RXU Ă€UVW JDPH RI WKH \HDU , ZDV pleased with different aspects of the game,â€? Scherrer said. “We rebounded the ball pretty well, especially Dade (McCarthy), Grant (Preston) and Michael (Johnson). I was also pleased with our bigs underneath defending a tough inside 8QLW\ V '\ODQ 5XFN JRHV XS IRU WZR SRLQWV DJDLQVW WKH 9LNLQJV RQ )ULGD\ 'HF z 3KRWR E\ game of St. Croix Falls.â€? McCarthy led the Tigers with eight re- 0DUW\ 6HHJHU

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Dragons devour Pirates Trailing by six at the halfƂ Grantsburg unable to catch up

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Scott Hoffman |Staff writer SIREN – The Siren Dragons boys basketball team defeated Grantsburg Friday, Dec. 6. Siren’s head coach, Jon Ruud, had a chance to return a few hard knocks delivered by Grantsburg over the past few years and did not waste the opportunity. “I was proud of how the boys responded to early adversity,â€? said Ruud. “Jared Emery got into early foul trouble, DQG VDW RXW RYHU KDOI RI WKH Ă€UVW KDOI ZLWK three fouls. Bryce Highstrom came in and

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did a great job of rebounding, passing and inside defense. It took our team a while to adjust to Jared being on the bench, but our defense remained solid, and we did enough things to get the win.� The Pirates are in a rebuilding mode and struggling with numbers, size and experience. Returning only one senior, Jacob Ohnstad, Grantsburg Pirates will have a tough row to hoe this season.

Head coach Nick Hallberg was not pleased with the young Pirates. �We are still not doing enough consistently to expect to win. We showed some signs on Friday but need to be better in every area of the game.� Siren’s David St. John led the Dragons with 17 points followed by Grantsburg’s Ohnstad with 14.

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Saints, Eagle wrestlers grapple at Ellsworth tourney Marty Seeger|Staff writer ELLSWORTH – Saints coach Dan Clark VDLG WKH WHDP·V ÀUVW WRXUQDPHQW RI WKH season at Ellsworth on Saturday, Dec. 7, is typically their toughest of the year, yet WKH WHDP ZLWK ÀYH RI WKHLU DWKOHWHV HQWHULQJ WKHLU ÀUVW \HDU HYHU ZUHVWOLQJ PDQaged to notch seventh place among 10 other wrestling powerhouses. Ellsworth SODFHG ÀUVW RYHUDOO IROORZHG E\ 6SULQJ Valley/Elmwood, Boyceville, Lake City, Sparta, River Falls, St. Croix Falls, Cadott, Prescott and Unity. (DUQLQJ ÀUVW SODFH KRQRUV DW (OOVZRUWK ZHUH WZR WLPH VWDWH TXDOLÀHUV -RH 5DGHPacher at 195 and Drew Wheeler at 126. 5DGHPDFKHU ZRQ DOO ÀYH RI KLV PDWFKHV E\ SLQ ZLWK WKH ÀUVW FRPLQJ DJDLQVW *Drett Janicki of Cadott in 1:37. In round two, Rademacher pinned Matthew Williamson of River Falls in 32 seconds, followed by River Christensen of Prescott in 1:12, Michael Noll of Lake City in 1:33 and Ethan Hofacker of Spring Valley/Elmwood, 2:17 :KHHOHU ZRQ KLV ÀUVW WZR PDWFKHV E\ pin over Tyler Stroo of Boyceville in 3:20 and Carl Kozlowski of Lake City in 2:59. He won a 3-0 decision over Anders Latz, 7HYLQ $QGHUVRQ RI 8QLW\ HDUQHG D ZLQ RYHU 6KHOO /DNH V %HDX 6NOX]DFHN ODVW 7KXUVGD\ 5-3 decision over Tyler Berg of Spring 'HF EHIRUH WDNLQJ IRXUWK RYHUDOO DW D WRXUQDPHQW KHOG DW (OOVZRUWK WKH IROORZLQJ 6DWXUGD\ z Valley/Elmwood and the championship 3KRWR E\ 0DUW\ 6HHJHU

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Despite failing miserably in his Frederic-Unity predictions last week, the King still mustered a 10-3 record in weektwo action, which maintains his fast start with an 81-percent success rate. His overall record is 17-4. This week, due to Leader deadline pressures and the excruciating GLIĂ€FXOWLHV LQ WUDFNLQJ THE SWAMI down Tuesday night scores, the prolific prognosticator will predict only Thursday and Friday games in order to assure his ability to meet next Tuesday’s deadline. “I’m really proud of the way I’ve started the season,â€? he said early Wednesday PRUQLQJ ZKLOH WDNLQJ KLV Ă€OOHW NQLIH WR D limit of fat bluegills.

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On our website: Tuesday night sports coverage See the-leader.net

Girls games Luck 50, Frederic 47 – What a game! Siren 57, Webster 23 – The Dragons are already looking like league champs. St. Croix Falls 49, Turtle Lake 39 – The defending champs have yet to hit their stride. St. Croix Falls 50, Grantsburg 39 – That’s more like it! Clayton 44, Unity 37 – The Eagles are getting ever-so-close to turning it around. Boys games St. Croix Falls 66, Grantsburg 44 – Make no mistake, the Saints are for real. Siren 58, Webster 33 – The Dragons make it look easy. Luck 57, Frederic 42 – The Cards cruise after Tuesday’s scare. Unity 49, Clear Lake 36 – The Eagles don’t exactly soar, yet still win comfortably. The Swami answers all emails and can be reached at predictionking@yahoo.com

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CWD sampling update other CWD positive deer being detected. With the completion of the recent nineday deer gun season, local wildlife staff and volunteers collected approximately 460 samples. Samples are still needed for adult deer harvested within the two-mile radius, so hunters are strongly encouraged to help out by submitting those tissue samples. A big thank-you goes out to all the hunters, concerned citizens and cooperating businesses that helped make this year’s sampling a success. Results from CWD samples submitted during the nine-day deer gun season will start going out to hunters in mid- to late December. Results may be checked online by visiting dnr.wi.gov, keyword “CWD results.� Hunters can then enter the sample number from the silver medallion corresponding to the deer and search for their results. For more information about CWD and updates for Northwest Wisconsin visit: dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/cwdnorth.html or knowcwd.com. – from the DNR

So farƂ no additional CWDőpositive deer detected SPOONER – Since the discovery of a chronic wasting disease-positive adult doe in 2011 west of Shell Lake, the Department of Natural Resources has been testing adult deer within a 10-mile radius of the location of the CWD-positive doe. In 2012, the department, in cooperation with hunters, local taxidermists, processors, registration stations and car-kill deer pickup contractors, tested 1,074 adult deer (1-1/2 years old or older) within that 10mile intensive monitoring area. No additional CWD-positive deer were detected. This strongly suggests two things: 1. The disease has been caught early in its infection of the local deer herd. 2. The disease is at a low prevalence rate (one-tenth of 1 percent). In 2013, the department has again been testing within the 10-mile intensive monitoring area, with an overall sampling goal of 500 adult deer, 1-1/2 years and older. The goal of 500 was broken down to 125 samples within a two-mile radius around the initial positive, and 375 samples in the remainder of the 10-mile intensive monitoring area. Prior to the nine-day deer gun seaso, the department had collected approximately 23 tissue samples with no

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Snowmobile season on deck Please keep the sled parked until trails are ready! MADISON – With winter storms powering through all parts of Wisconsin in recent days ushering in snow and cold, state recreational specialists are asking snowmobilers to prep their sleds for the season but to please hold off on hitting the trails until local authorities give you WKH JUHHQ à DJ

“Ultimately, the decision to open trails is made at the local level,â€? Cathy Burrow, snowmobile trails grants manager for the state Department of Natural Resources, VD\V RI WKH PDQ\ ORFDO RIĂ€FLDOV DQG FOXEV who care for the trails. “While most landowner agreements state that trails can open by Dec. 1, snow, standing crops, trail inspections and weather conditions can dictate the actual opening date, which LV DQQRXQFHG E\ FRXQW\ RIĂ€FLDOV Âľ Conservation Warden Todd Schaller, chief of the Bureau of Law Enforcement’s Recreational Safety Program, says sometimes overanxious snowmobilers can cre-

ate problems by using the trails before WKH\ KDYH EHHQ RIĂ€FLDOO\ RSHQHG “In addition to being irresponsible, unsafe and illegal, it greatly threatens the landowner agreements that the club members have worked so hard to obtain and has resulted in closing large portions of trails throughout the state,â€? Schaller says. Snowmobile trail information such as conditions and openings can be found through county foresters, park and recUHDWLRQ RIĂ€FLDOV ORFDO VQRZPRELOH FOXEV local chambers of commerce, and on the Snow Conditions Report on the Wisconsin Department of Tourism website. Wisconsin ranks among the top states in providing snowmobile trails, Burrow says. The DNR provides $5.8 million in grants to maintain more than 18,700 miles of trails in the state. Schaller says the DNR urges snow-

mobiles to stay on the trail and ride responsibly. Here are among the top things Schaller says snowmobilers can do now to prep for a fun, safe season: • Make sure your registration or nonresident trail passes are valid before you ride. • All riders at least age 12 and born on or after Jan. 1, 1985, are required to have a YDOLG VQRZPRELOH VDIHW\ FHUWLĂ€FDWH • Practice Zero Alcohol, which is a personal choice not to drink alcohol until you’re done riding for the day. • Review the snowmobile regulation pamphlet so you know the laws. All the information and details mentioned above can be found by searching the DNR website, dnr.wi.gov for “snowmobile.â€? – from the DNR

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FREDERIC - The snow that arrived last week has set the stage for a great Nordic skiing season in western Wisconsin. With early-season weather cold enough to freeze the ground, the new snow should be in place for the winter. The 6 to 8 inches of new snow that fell last week was groomed over the weekend, and there is enough base to open the trails. Right now the trails need a bit more snow to allow tracks to be set for classic skiing, but there is a solid 4-inch deck for skate skiing. Volunteers from the Viking Ski Club were rested and ready when the snow fell and immediately began rolling a base that set up nicely with the following cold weather. norwiski.com or skinnyski.com. The Coon Lake Trail, just east of Coon Lake on Ash Street, has a little over four kilometers of groomed trail, and the Trade River Trail, 1-1/2 miles south of Frederic on150th Avenue, has grown to about eight kilometers. Both trails are groomed for

classic and skating, with tracks set when a VXIÀFLHQW EDVH LV SUHVHQW Grooming is done by local volunteers, and donation boxes are provided at both locations. There is no charge to ski, but donations are appreciated to help with the cost of grooming and maintaining the trails. Volunteers put in many hours during the year to clear brush, mow, grub out exposed roots and rocks from the trails, plus the grooming to maintain a smooth and safe skiing surface that needs to be redone often to compact new snow, and remove wear patterns from skiers. Winter street access to Coon Lake is provided on the north side from Elm Street. For more information on the local trails call 800-222-POLK or 715-485-4294 or visit polkcountytourism.com. For information on area or regional cross-county skiing trails, events and the latest trail conditions, visit norwiski.com or skinnyski.com. – submitted by the Viking Ski Club, Frederic

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Polk Home Care shutdown completed

64 patients transitioned, 14 employees laid off

Gregg Westigard | Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The shutdown of the Polk County Home Care Program is almost complete. The last of the 64 patients served by the program at the end of August has just been transitioned. The last nine of the 15 employees will be laid off Dec. 31. The program, founded in 1967, was directed to be phased out by the Polk County Board last August. Details on the progress of the phaseout were presented at the board of health meeting Tuesday, Dec. 10. The transition of the 64 patients involved a number of options. Eighteen were discharged, and 46 ended up with other care provisions. The 18 included 11 short-term patients whose discharge from

care was planned. Of the remaining, six refused a new care provider and are being taken care of by themselves or their family, and one entered a nursing home. The other 46 patients were transferred to nine other home-care service options, with Good Samaritan Home Care in St. Croix Falls accepting 17 of the group. Indianhead HC took nine patients, Adoray took eight, and the rest were spread out in ones and twos with other services. The last transition is being completed this week. Polk Home Care employed 15 people full and part time at the start of the phaseout. One of those workers resigned in August, shortly after the county board vote, and the remainder were laid off as the patient group decreased over the past three months. The remaining nine employees include six part-time people and three full-time people, including Caralynn Hodgson, the home care su-

pervisor. Hodgson has been helping the SDWLHQWV ÀQG DOWHUQDWLYH RSWLRQV GXUing the past months. She said none of the original 15 employees found other positions within the county government, except for one nurse, who is working part time at Golden Age Manor. The 46-year-old home-care service was closed by a county board vote of 13 to 10 at the Aug. 20 board meeting. The resolution to close the home-care service states that the original need for the service had been met over the years as other providHUV HQWHUHG WKH FDUH ÀHOG DQG WKDW WKH\ FDQ now serve the patients. Despite a variety of funding sources that paid for the care of the patients, Polk County Home Care was not self-funded. It cost the county an average of $374,220 a year over the past 10 years in general fund dollars to operate the service.

Polk Home Care received top honor Gregg Westigard | Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The Polk County Home Care Program, which has now been phased out, received a top honor in 2013. The minutes of the Nov. 12, 2013, board of health meeting tells the story, as reported to the board by the program’s supervisor, Caralynn Hodgson. She reported that the program “earn(ed) placement on the 2013 HomeCare Elite listing as one of the top tier Home Health Care Agencies in the United States. OCS HomeCare uses publicly available data to name the top 25 percent of agencies in the United States based on the following measures: quality of care, quality improvement, patient experience, process measure implementation and financial management. Of the 26 Wisconsin home-care agencies listed, four were county-run agencies and Polk County Home Care was the only agency listed that serves Polk County.�

After nearly a decade, SCF’s “cat house� to be razed

City buys home after years of negotiations

Greg Marsten | Staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – After years of languishing negotiations, the city of St. Croix Falls and the heirs of the late Dorothy :HLQKDUGW Ă€QDOO\ UHDFKHG DQ DJUHHPHQW for the purchase of the infamous “cat houseâ€? home along the St. Croix River, as the city will soon have the toxic, dilapidated home razed, to make room for the future wastewater treatment plant expansion. The home at 209 River St. became a black eye of sorts for the city back in the fall of 2004, when an Xcel Energy utility worker went in to make a repair and reported hundreds of cats, many of them apparently dead, in the home. He also noted inches of feces and human waste throughout the home. The subsequent investigation by the Polk County Health Department led to an intervention by authorities. It was discovered that Weinhardt, 86 years old at the time, and two relatives, daughter Jean Weinhardt-Bloomquist, 47 at the time, and son-in-law, Wayne Bloomquist, 52 at the time, all lived in the residence. The three had been hoarding hundreds of cats, many of which were diseased, dead or dying. After multiple cleanup attempts, the Ă€QDO FRXQW RI FDWV ZDV The cats that were still alive were so diseased, sick and upset that they bit Ă€UHĂ€JKWHUV WKURXJK WKHLU KD]PDW VXLWV (YHQWXDOO\ RIĂ€FLDOV RUGHUHG WKH KRPH condemned, and the courts ordered the remaining animals euthanized in the home. They were all eventually cremated at a veterinary facility in Clear Lake. )LUHĂ€JKWHUV DQG KHDOWK GHSDUWPHQW RIĂ€FLDOV FRPSDUHG WKH FOHDQXS DNLQ WR WKDW of a cleaning up a methamphetamine lab, and nobody was allowed inside without a full hazmat suit. Dorothy Weinhardt had been charged with being a party to a crime of three misdemeanors: intentionally mistreating animals, maintaining an improper animal shelter and having an intentionally improper shelter and sanitation. After almost a year of negotiations and hearings, the district attorney’s office reached a plea agreement with Weinhardt, reducing the three misdemeanors down to one charge of being a party to a crime of having an improper indoor aniPDO VKHOWHU 6KH ZDV Ă€QHG DQG VHQtenced to nine months in jail, which was stayed. Weinhardt was also placed on probation for a year, with court-ordered mental exams and a ruling to no longer own or possess any animals. Her daughter and son-in-law agreed to similar sentences. Dorothy Weinhardt passed away at the age of 92 in April 2011 in Wyoming, Minn. The fate of her daughter and son-in-law is unknown, but both listed a North Branch, Minn., address as their last residence in court records. Restitution on the cleanup and euthanizing, disposal of the animals and other costs were to be taken up in civil court, and the home cleanup costs spiraled, approaching $50,000 at the last tally. That cost included replacement of the dozens

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The con- reputation, the estimate from the excaThe council wasted little time approvdemnation order clouded the fate of the YDWLRQ Ă€UP GLG QRW HYHQ PHQWLRQ WKH ing Nick’s Trucking bid to raze and rehome and raised multiple legal issues. It address, instead referring to the project move the home, with the urine-soaked affected the city’s attempts to reach an simply as the “cat house demo.â€? materials reportedly going to a waste agreement with family members in a neAt their Dec. 9 regular meeting, city transfer station in Chisago County, gotiated buyout of the home, and became Administrator Joel Peck told the city’s Minn., although Peck said he didn’t reD VWLFNLQJ SRLQW RI ZKR ERUH WKH Ă€QDO FRPPRQ FRXQFLO WKDW WKH\ KDG Ă€QDOO\ ally care where the home’s toxic materials responsibility for the associated costs of reached a negotiated settlement with the eventually ended up being disposed of. cleanup and other outstanding bills. Weinhardt family over the purchase, al“All we care about is that we see tailAs the case languished in the courts, lowing for the razing. lights (of the hauling trucks),â€? Peck said “We’re the new owners of 209 River with a shrug. the status of the home also was up in the air. Several members of the St. Croix Falls St.,â€? Peck said. “We’d really like to get Historical Society urged authorities to do rid of it.â€? all they could to save the home, which was among the oldest surviving structures in the city. According to multiple accounts, the home at 209 River St. was originally constructed in 1876 by the late Dorothy WeinGREEN BAY - The Green hardt’s father-in-law, Isaac Swenson. He later changed his last name to Weinhardt Bay Packers and Humana after settling in St. Croix Falls. The house Inc. honored 10 Community was never on the National Historic Reg- Quarterback Award winners ister of Historic Places, but was noted for Tuesday, Nov. 19, and hosted its historic place as one of the St. Croix the recipients at a luncheon in the Legends Club inside the Valley’s oldest river homes. In recent years, the city continued to Lambeau Field Atrium. The negotiate with family members over the recipients were recognized property, as the city wanted the prop- for their work in the commuerty as a sort of insurance policy on their nity. Nancy Sigsworth of Amery wastewater treatment plant expansion and reconstruction. The new WWTP received the award for her headworks building is currently under work with Ruby’s Pantry construction right next door to the north. and Polk County Christians 1DQF\ 6LJVZRUWK RI $PHU\ LV RQH RI UHFLSLHQWV RI WKH The St. Croix Falls Common Council in Action. 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The worst kind of storm last week

Winter storms cost Polk County $3,000 an hour

should go into action, when they will do the most good. Once the crews are out, highway cleaning continues until the roads are cleared and the storm controlled. Warndahl said there is an advantage to have the “state trucks,â€? the trucks that clear the state and federal highGregg Westigard|Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The winter storm last week was ways like 35 and 8, based at the drivers homes and not the worst kind for highway clearance, an example of the based at the highway garage in Balsam Lake. He said “perfect stormâ€? in Polk County Highway Commissioner the state trucks are spread out over the county, and the Steve Warndahl’s words. The snow came down fast and drivers can react rapidly to changing conditions on roads wet, with mixed sleet, and the weather then turned very such as the hill coming out of the St. Croix River Valley. “I want these trucks on the scene as soon as possible,â€? cold. Warndahl told highway committee members last Warndahl said. “It is a big advantage to have equipped Thursday, Dec. 5, that the roads must be immediately trucks that can respond quickly.â€? Warndahl said the drivers are on the roads in minutes cleaned after this kind of a storm or the highways will stay bad until there is a thaw. Frozen and ice-covered when called out. He said the state trucks are called out roads could remain dangerous for a long time if they are more often than the trucks that clear the 330 miles of county highways, and the six trucks are assigned to the not cleared. Warndahl said a key decision with a storm such as this URXWHV ZLWK WKH PRVW WUDIĂ€F LQ WKH FRXQW\ The quick response time is reason enough to keep the LV ZKHQ WR FDOO RXW WKH WUXFNV 7KH GULYHUV DQG WKH Ă HHW of plow trucks stand ready for work, with their boxes state trucks based at the drivers homes, Warndahl said, ORDGHG ZLWK EULQH RU VDOW VDQG %XW WKH Ă HHW QHHGV WR EH but added that there is no space for them at the garage in Balsam Lake even if they wanted to change the policy. sent out when it will do the most good. 7KH GHFLVLRQ RQ ZKHQ WR GLVSDWFK WKH Ă HHW FRXOG VDYH the county $3,000 an hour, the cost of putting the trucks 2WKHU KLJKZD\ EXVLQHVV The job of highway commissioner is changing from a and drivers on the road. Warndahl said the department crew supervisors are out on the road assessing each position elected for a four-year term to an appointed postorm in different parts of the county. It is their call as to VLWLRQ ZLWK QR Ă€[HG WHUP &RXQW\ $GPLQLVWUDWRU 'DQD when the storm has reached the point where the trucks Frey told the committee that statutes change the hiring

process when a county goes to the administrator system form of government. Warndahl’s four-year term as highway commissioner ends Dec. 31 under the old system. Warndahl has been appointed by Frey to continue in his position on Jan. 1, 2014, if the county board approves the change in December. Warndahl said the department has made some changes in its hiring tests, so the tests are more related to the skills needed for the heavy equipment operator job. He said the department wants to develop a list to hire from in the future. Kathy Bohn, the highway department administration VXSHUYLVRU VDLG WKH KLJKZD\ Ă€QDQFHV IRU WKH \HDU DUH looking good. She said the reserve is up and called that “excellent.â€? The construction project costs are coming LQ XQGHU EXGJHW )LQDO Ă€QDQFLDO UHVXOWV ZLOO EH DYDLODEOH next month. Warndahl reported that the cheese brine innovation initiated by Polk County continues to receive national publicity. For example, The Week magazine, in its Dec. 6 issue, says, “Good week for closing your car windows, DIWHU :LVFRQVLQ KLJKZD\ RIĂ€FLDOV EHJDQ WHVWLQJ D VDOW\ smelly byproduct of cheese making, known as ‘cheese brine,’ to deice the state’s roads. ‘I don’t really mind (the odor), said highway worker Emil Norby, who came up with the idea. ‘Our roads smell like Wisconsin!’â€?

Ski trails open, proposal for airport industrial park

Council actions Monday, Jan. 13, is the date set for the caucus to nominate village board candidates for the April 2014 election. The caucus can nominate up to six candidates for the three seats open this spring. The incumbents whose twoyear terms are ending are Val Johnson, Earl Mosley and Comments news The Lions Holiday in the Park is off to a good start Greg Peer. The council once again heard a detailed report on this year, Carol Zeiler reported, with 18 displays near Memory Lake. She said the roads are plowed and she is the public works department and a brief report on the happy to see new groups taking part in the event. There police department. Public works director Chris Bartlett was some talk about making sure each display has a gave an overview on the department’s actions since the last meeting, including the progress of a new employee holiday theme. The Grantsburg ski trails are groomed and open for getting his licenses. There was some discussion about WKH Ă€UVW WLPH LQ \HDUV 5RG .OHLVV WROG WKH ERDUG 7KH calling the village crew out early in the day to start snow Ă€UVW WZR NLORPHWHUV RI WUDLO ZHUH JURRPHG DV VRRQ DV WKH UHPRYDO XVLQJ Ă H[LEOH KRXUV That was followed by the report of police Chief Jeff snow settled and more trails will be open by the weekend. Kleiss said skiers can access the trail by parking Schinzing who said, “You have seen my written report south of Memory Lake and crossing the dam to follow on calls for the month.â€? He said there is some discussion

Wisconsin’s MFL program - Can it work you for? Mike Grinyer | Special to the Leader POLK COUNTY - Owning your own piece of forestland is great; getting the tax bill this month, not so great. Wisconsin’s Managed Forest Law can provide a ELJ SURSHUW\ WD[ EHQHĂ€W WR ZRRGODQG RZQHUV ,W¡V QRW D free ride; there are trade-offs to consider that may, or may not, be in line with your goals. In short, the MFL gives a forestland owner of 10 or PRUH HOLJLEOH DFUHV D VXEVWDQWLDO SURSHUW\ WD[ EHQHĂ€W LQ exchange for agreeing to practice sound forestry for a period of 25 or 50 years. There are a lot of details that Ă HVK RXW WKLV VLPSOH FRQFHSW ,¡YH DVVLVWHG ODQGRZQHUV enrolling in this program since its inception in 1987. Following are answers to common questions I’ve received through the years. 1. How much money can I save? Lots. This is the primary reason for considering the MFL. A new entry will be taxed $10.68 per acre instead of your regular property tax. Example: a wooded 40-acre parcel is currently taxed at $1,600 per year. Under the MFL, the owner would pay $427.20; that’s a savings of $1,172.80 annually! There is also a yield tax due if and when timber is harvested. This approximates 5 percent of the value RI WKH KDUYHVW ,W¡V LPSRUWDQW WR FRQVLGHU \RXU VSHFLĂ€F property tax situation. The preceding example assumes you do not allow public access to your property, which leads to the next question. 2. Will I have to let other people hunt on my property? No. On a new entry you can close (restrict access on) up to 160 acres per ownership within a municipality. Some large landowners split their ownership among family members or create separate legal entities to allow posting of more acreage. If you want to OHDYH \RXU ODQG RSHQ WR SXEOLF KXQWLQJ Ă€VKLQJ KLNLQJ etc., the annual tax you pay is lowered to $2.14 per acre per year. One is never required to allow motor vehicle access. 3. Will this be good or bad for wildlife habitat? Good. On most properties the prescribed management will be very positive for a variety of wildlife inFOXGLQJ GHHU WXUNH\ DQG JURXVH 7R HQUROO D FHUWLĂ€HG plan writer must develop a forest management plan for your property. The planning process will reveal what management options are suitable for your forest types and your property goals. Most MFL entries will have

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with the county about equal share-time issues on calls. Schinzing did report that thieves drove off with a work site construction trailer during the middle of the night Sunday/Monday while the work crew was working inside the Holiday station on Hwy. 70. The theft happened about 2:30 Monday morning and the thieves were last seen heading west toward Minnesota.

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Gregg Westigard | Staff writer GRANTSBURG – Much of the news from the Grantsburg Village Board meeting Monday, Dec. 9, came during the public comments section at the start of the meeting. The board did set the date for the caucus and discussed public works issues in a short business meeting. All council members except Greg Peer were present. The Grantsburg Village Board now meets twice a month, on the second and fourth Mondays at 5 p.m.

the groomed track into the forest. Grantsburg should build a new industrial park near the airport, Mark Dahlberg told the council. He said that would be a prime location to bring the next group of businesses to the village. Dahlberg said that Rep. Sean Duffy had recently helped Hayward receive $6 million in federal funding for a project like this and thought Grantsburg could also get similar aid.

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Application  for  Retail  Class  B  License  to  sell  intoxicating  liq-­ uors  and  malt  beverages  to  the  town  board,  Town  of  West  Sweden,  Polk  County,  WI.  The  undersigned: Pechuman’s  Corner/LLC/ Jordan  Pechuman The  Ridge  Eatery 811  130th Roberts,  WI  54023 Hereby  makes  application  for  a  Class  B  intoxicating  liquor  and  Malt  Beverages  Liquor  License  to  be  used  from  December  17,  2013,  to  June  30,  2014,  at  the  place  of  business  located  one  mile  north  of  Frederic,  WI,  on  Hwy.  35.   Sec.  22  T2N  RI7E. Date  December  11,  2013 Andrea  Lundquist,  Clerk 3 >5(?37 (Nov.  27,  Dec.  4,  11) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT  POLK  COUNTY Nationstar  Mortgage  LLC 350  Highland  Drive Lewisville,  TX  75067 Plaintiff vs. Karen  M.  Paulsen 256  Harrington  Drive Long  Lake,  MN  55356 Michael  J.  Tate 1796  West  White  Ash  Drive Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810 Unknown  Spouse  of  Karen  M.  Paulsen 256  Harrington  Drive Long  Lake,  MN  55356 Unknown  Spouse  of  Michael  J.  Tate 1796  West  White  Ash  Drive Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810 Defendants SUMMONS Real  Estate  Mortgage  Foreclosure Case  No:   13  CV  442 Honorable  Molly  E.  GaleWyrick Case  Code:  30404 THE  STATE  OF  WISCONSIN To  the  following  party  named  as  a  defendant  herein:  Michael  J.  Tate  and  Unknown  Spouse  of  Michael  J.  Tate You  are  hereby  notified  that  the  plaintiff  named  above  has  filed  a  lawsuit  or  other  legal  action  against  you.  The  Com-­ plaint,  which  is  also  served  upon  you,  states  the  nature  and  basis  of  the  legal  action.  Within  40  days  after  November  27,  2013,  you  must  respond  with  a  written  answer,  as  that  term  is  used  in  Chapter  802  of  the  Wisconsin  Statutes,  to  the  complaint.  The  Court  may  reject  or  disregard  an  answer  that  does  not  follow  the  requirements  of  the  statutes.  The  answer  must  be  sent  or  delivered  to  the  Court,  whose  address  is Polk  County  Justice  Center 1005  West  Main  Street Suite  300 Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810-­9071 and  to  Dustin  McMahon/  Blommer  Peterman,  S.C.,  plain-­ tiff’s  attorney,  whose  address  is: Blommer  Peterman,  S.C.  165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Brookfield,  WI  53005 You  may  have  an  attorney  help  or  represent  you. If  you  do  not  provide  a  proper  answer  within  40  days,  the  court  may  grant  judgment  against  you  for  the  award  of  money  or  other  legal  action  requested  in  the  complaint,  and  you  may  lose  your  right  to  object  to  anything  that  is  or  may  be  incorrect  in  the  complaint.  A  judgment  may  be  enforced  as  provided  by  law.  A  judgment  awarding  money  may  become  a  lien  against  any  real  estate  you  own  now  or  in  the  future,  and  may  also  be  enforced  by  garnishment  or  seizure  of  property. Dated  this  11th  day  of  November,  2013 Dustin  McMahon Blommer  Peterman,  S.C. State  Bar  No.  1086857 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Brookfield,  WI  53005 262-­790-­5719 Blommer  Peterman,  S.C.  is  the  creditor’s  attorney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.   Any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. 596332 WNAXLP

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(Dec.  4,  11,  18) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY IN  THE  MATTER  OF  THE  ESTATE  OF LUCY  R.  KAISER DOD:  September  26,  2013 Notice  to  Creditors (Informal  Administration) Case  No.  13  PR  93 PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE: 1.  An  application  for  informal  administration  was  filed. 2.  The  decedent,  with  date  of  birth  September  11,  1925,  and  date  of  death  September  26,  2013,  was  domiciled  in  Polk  County,  State  of  Wisconsin,  with  a  mailing  address  of  1315  County  Rd.  G,  Milltown,  WI  54858. 3.  All  interested  persons  waived  notice. 4.  The  deadline  for  filing  a  claim  against  the  decedent’s  estate  is  March  14,  2014. 5.  A  claim  may  be  filed  at  the  Polk  County  Courthouse,  Bal-­ sam  Lake,  Wisconsin,  Room  500. Jenell  L.  Anderson Probate  Registrar November  25,  2013 Maureen  A.  Wegleitner Wegleitner  Law 212  Commercial  St. Suite  200 Hudson,  WI  54016 715-­386-­0837 Bar  No.:  1045425 >5(?37 (Dec.  11) NOTICE  IN  REPLEVIN STATE  OF  WISCONSIN  CIRCUIT  COURT POLK   COUNTY Case  Code   31003 Case  No.  13-­SC-­898 To:  DANIEL  &  KERRI  STENER You  are  hereby  notified  that  a  summons  and  complaint  has  been  issued  to  recover  posses-­ sion  of  the  following-­described  goods  and  chattels,  to  wit:  2006  DODGE  GRAND  CARAVAN,  VIN  #  1D4GP24R66B578375  of  which  I,  the  plaintiff,  am  entitled  to  the  possession,  and  which  you  have  unjustly  taken  and  unlawfully  detain  from  me. NOW,  THEREFORE,  unless  you  shall  appear  in  the  Circuit  Court  of  Polk  County,  located  in  the  Polk  County  Courthouse  in  the  City  of  Balsam  Lake,  State  of  Wisconsin,  on  Decem-­ ber  30,  2013,  at  1:30  p.m.  be-­ fore  the  calendar  judge  or  any  other  judge  of  said  court  to  whom  the  said  action  may  be  assigned  for  trial,  judgment  will  be  rendered  against  you  for  the  delivery  of  said  property  to  the  plaintiff  and  for  damages  for  the  detention  thereof  and  for  costs. Dated  at  Milwaukee,  WI,  this  9th  day  of  December,  2013. SANTANDER  CONSUMER  USA,  INC. Plaintiff By: Jerome  C.  Johnson,  Attorney State  Bar#  1016307 839  N.  Jefferson  St.,  #200 Milwaukee,  WI  53202 Tele:   414-­271-­5400 PO  No.:  1833.65 >5(?37

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(Nov.  27,  Dec.  4,  11) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY CENTRAL  BANK 2270  Frontage  Road  West Stillwater,  MN  55082, Plaintiff, vs. JAMES  S.  MEYER 110  Polk  Parkway St.  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024, J.M.  REFRIGERATION  HEATING  &  AIR  CONDITIONING  CO. 110  Polk  Parkway St.  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024 and GE  COMMERCIAL  DISTRIBUTION  FINANCE  CORPORATION P.O.  Box  958067 Hoffman  Estates,  IL  60195 Defendants. Case  No.  13-­CV-­172 Case  Type:  30404 Contract/Replevin/Foreclosure NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  entered  on  July  17,  2013,  in  the  amount  of  $685,249.45,  against  James  S.  Meyer  and  J.M.  Refrigeration  Heating  &  Air  Conditioning  Co.,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  Jan.  9,  2014,  at  10  a.m. TERMS: Pursuant  to  said  judgment,  10%  of  the  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  the  sheriff  at  the  sale  in  cash,  cashier’s  check  or  certified  funds,  payable  to  the  clerk  of  courts  (personal  checks  cannot  and  will  not  be  accepted).  The  balance  of  the  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  the  clerk  of  courts  in  cash,  cashier’s  check  or  certified  funds  no  later  than  ten  days  after  the  court’s  confirmation  of  the  sale  or  else  the  10%  down  payment  is  forfeited  to  the  plaintiff.   The  property  is  sold  â€˜as  is’  and  subject  to  all  liens  and  encumbrances. PLACE: In  the  foyer  area  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  West  Main  Street,  in  the  City  of  Balsam  Lake,  Polk  County. DESCRIPTION:   Lot  Four  (4)  and  the  East  53.35  feet  of  Lot  Three  (3)  of  CSM  No.  946  recorded  in  Volume  4  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  page  192,  Doc.  No.  415744,  located  in  Lots  Seventy-­five  (75)  and  Seventy-­six  (76),  Assessor’s  Plat  of  the  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  being  part  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Northeast  Quarter  (NW  1/4  of  NE  1/4),  Section  Thirty  (30),  Township  Thirty-­four  (34)  North,  Range  Eighteen  (18)  West,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.  Subject  to  and  together  with  all  easements  of  record. PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  132  Middle  School  Drive,  St.  Croix  Falls,  WI,  54001.   PIN/Tax  ID  No.  281-­01069-­0000. Peter  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff MURNANE  BRANDT Attorneys  for  Plaintiff 30  E.  7th  Street,  Suite  3200 St.  Paul,  MN  55101-­4919 Pursuant  to  the  Fair  Debt  Collection  Practices  Act  (15  U.S.C.  Section  1692),  we  are  required  to  state  that  we  are  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  our  client’s  behalf  and  any  information  we  obtain  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

(Dec.  11,  18,  25) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Ocwen  Loan  Servicing,  LLC  as  servicer  for  U.S.  Bank  National  Association,  as  Successor  Trustee,  to  Bank  of  America,  National  Association  as  successor  by  merger  to  LaSalle  Bank  National  Association,  as  Trustee,  for  Ownit  Mortgage  Loan  Trust,  Ownit  Mortgage  Loan  Asset  Backed  Certificates,  Series  2006-­6 Plaintiff vs.

(Dec.  11,  18,  25) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Specialized  Loan  Servicing,  LLC  as  servicer  for  The  Bank  of  New  York  Mellon  fka  The  Bank  of  New  York,  as  Trustee  for  the  Certificate  Holders  of  the  CWABS,  Inc.,  Asset-­Backed  Certificates,  Series  2006-­18 Plaintiff vs. BRIAN  HAAS,  et  al. Defendant(s) Case  No:   12  CV  611 NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE JAN.  M.  GUSEK,  et  al. PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  Defendant(s) by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  entered  on  March  6,  Case  No:  12  CV  202 2013,  in  the  amount  of  NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE $119,638.92,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  the  described  premises  at  public  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ auction  as  follows: closure  entered  on  May  30,  TIME:  January  7,  2014,  at  10:00  2012,  in  the  amount  of  a.m. $124,969.39,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  TERMS:  By  bidding  at  the  sher-­ the  described  premises  at  public  iff  sale,  prospective  buyer  is  auction  as  follows: consenting  to  be  bound  by  the  TIME:  January  7,  2014,  at  10:00  following  terms: a.m. 1.)  10%  down  in  cash  or  money  order  at  the  time  of  TERMS:  By  bidding  at  the  sher-­ sale;Íž  balance  due  within  10  iff  sale,  prospective  buyer  is  days  of  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  consenting  to  be  bound  by  the  failure  to  pay  balance  due  following  terms: will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  1.)  10%  down  in  cash  or  to  plaintiff. money  order  at  the  time  of  2.)  Sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  sale;Íž  balance  due  within  10  all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ days  of  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  brances. failure  to  pay  balance  due  3.)  Plaintiff  opens  bidding  on  will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  the  property,  either  in  person  to  plaintiff. or  via  fax  and  as  recited  by  2.)  Sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  the  sheriff  department  in  the  all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ event  that  no  opening  bid  is  brances. offered,  plaintiff  retains  the  3.)  Plaintiff  opens  bidding  on  right  to  request  the  sale  be  the  property,  either  in  person  declared  as  invalid  as  the  or  via  fax  and  as  recited  by  sale  is  fatally  defective. the  sheriff  department  in  the  PLACE:  Polk  County  Justice  event  that  no  opening  bid  is  Center  at  1005  W.  Main  offered,  plaintiff  retains  the  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis. right  to  request  the  sale  be  declared  as  invalid  as  the  DESCRIPTION:  The  following  described  real  estate  in  Polk  sale  is  fatally  defective. County,  State  of  Wisconsin,  a  PLACE:  Polk  County  Justice  parcel  of  real  estate  located  in  Center  at  1005  W.  Main  the  Southwest  Quarter  of  the Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis. Southeast  Quarter  (SW  1/4  SE  DESCRIPTION:  Parcel  1:  Lots  1/4)  of  Section  Twenty-­one 13  and  14,  Block  46,  Original  (21),  Township  Thirty-­three  Plat  of  the  City  of  St.  Croix  (33)  North,  Range  Sixteen  (16)  Falls,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. West  and  described  as  fol-­ Parcel  2:  Lot  30,  Block  53,  lows:  Commencing  at  the First  Addition  to  the  City  of  St.  Northwest  Corner  of  the Croix  Falls,  Polk  County,  Southwest  Quarter  of  the  Wisconsin.  Together  with  that  Southeast  Quarter  (SW  1/4  SE  portion  of  vacated  Massachu-­ 1/4)  of  Section  Twenty-­one (21),  thence  South  on  the setts  Street  lying  between  Lot  West  Line  of  said  SW  1/4 30,  Block  53,  First  Addition  to  SE  1/4  22  Rods,  thence  due the  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  and East  to  the  West  Line  of  Old  Lot  13  Block  46  Original  Plat State  Highway  46  as  laid  out  of  the  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  prior  to  1948,  thence  North  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  as  along  the  West  Line  of  said  per  Resolution  No.  01-­22  Old  State  Highway  No.  46  to  recorded  October  15,  2001,  in the  North  Line  of  said  Forty,  Volume  892  on  Page  763  as thence  West  on  the  North  Line Document  No.  620825.  of  said  Forty  to  the  point  of  PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  344  beginning. North  Adams  Street,  Saint  PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  821  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024. Wisconsin  Avenue,  Amery,  WI  TAX  KEY  NO.:  281-­00767-­0000  54001 &  281-­00094-­0000. TAX  KEY  NO.:  032-­00604-­0000 Dated  this  30th  day  of  Dated  this  7th  day  of  October,  2013. November,  2013. /s/Sheriff  Peter  M.  Johnson /s/Sheriff  Peter  M.  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff Polk  County  Sheriff Alyssa  A.  Johnson Sara  M.  Schmeling Blommer  Peterman,  S.C. Blommer  Peterman,  S.C. State  Bar  No.  1086085 State  Bar  No.  1086879 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Brookfield,  WI  53005 Brookfield,  WI  53005 262-­790-­5719 262-­790-­5719 Please  go  to  www.blommer-­ Please  go  to  www.blommer-­ peterman.com  to  obtain  the  bid  peterman.com  to  obtain  the  bid  for  this  sale.  Blommer  Peter-­ for  this  sale.  Blommer  Peter-­ man,  S.C.,  is  the  creditor’s  attor-­ man,  S.C.,  is  the  creditor’s  ney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  attorney  and  is  attempting  to  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  infor-­ collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  mation  obtained  will  be  used  for  information  obtained  will  be  that  purpose. used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37 >5(?37

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(Dec.  11,  18,  25) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY CIVIL  DIVISION BANK  OF  AMERICA,  N.A Plaintiff vs. JAMIE  BOOTH;Íž Defendants NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE Case  No.  12  CV  525 Case  Code  No.  30404 PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  entered  on  April  19,  2013,  in  the  amount  of  $175,811.53,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  January  9,  2014,  at  10:00  a.m. TERMS: 1.  10%  down  in  cash  or  money  order  at  the  time  of  sale;Íž  bal-­ ance  due  within  10  days  of  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  failure  to  pay  balance  due  will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  to  plain-­ tiff. 2.  Sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ brances. 3.  Buyer  to  pay  applicable  Wisconsin  Real  Estate  Transfer  Tax  from  the  pro-­ ceeds  of  the  sale  upon  con-­ firmation  of  the  court. PLACE:  Lobby  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810. PROPERTY  DESCRIPTION:  Lot  One  (1)  of  Certified  Survey  Map  No.  4420,  being  located  in  the  Southeast  One-­quarter (1/4)  of  the  Northeast  One-­ quarter  (1/4)  of  Section  Twen-­ ty-­seven  (27),  in  Township  Thirty-­five  (35)  North,  Range  Eighteen  (18)  West,  in  the Town  of  Eureka,  Polk  County,  Wis.,  recorded  in  the  Office  of  the  Register  of  Deeds  for  Polk  County,  Wisconsin  in  Volume 19  of  Certified  Survey  Maps  at Page  201,  as  6.  677673. TAX  KEY  NO.:  020-­00685-­0110. PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  1969  200th  St.,  Centuria,  Wisconsin  54824. Adam  C.  Lueck State  Bar  No.  1081386 Attorney  for  Plaintiff 230  W.  Monroe  St.,  Suite  1125 Chicago,  IL  60606 Phone:  312-­541-­9710 Johnson,  Blumberg  &  Associ-­ ates,  LLC,  is  the  creditor’s  at-­ torney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.   Any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

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(Dec.  11) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Midland  Funding  LLC  as  suc-­ (Dec.  4,  11,  18) cessor  in  interest  to  Wells  Fargo  STATE  OF  WISCONSIN Bank,  N.A. CIRCUIT  COURT c/o  Messerli  &  Kramer  P.A. POLK  COUNTY 3033  Campus  Drive  Suite  250 Plymouth,  MN  55441 Bank  of  America,  N.A. Plaintiff(s) Plaintiff vs. vs. (Dec.  11,  18,  25) Lauren  Jacobs DEBRA  K.  MATTSON,  et  al. STATE  OF  WISCONSIN 290  Zindaus  St. Defendant(s) CIRCUIT  COURT Osceola,  WI  54020 Case  No:   12  CV  425 POLK  COUNTY Defendant(s) NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE IN  THE  MATTER  OF  THE  Publication  Summons ESTATE  OF PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  Case  No.  13SC767 by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  MARGARET  H.  NORDQUIST TO  THE  PERSON(S)  NAMED  foreclosure  entered  on  Novem-­ Notice  Setting  Time  to  Hear  ABOVE  AS  DEFENDANT(S): ber  28,  2012,  in  the  amount  of  Application  and  Deadline  for  You  are  being  sued  by  the  $273,578.80,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  Filing  Claims person(s)  named  above  as  the  described  premises  at  public  (Informal  Administration) Plaintiff(s).  A  copy  of  the  claim  auction  as  follows: Case  No.  13  PR  95 has  been  sent  to  you  at  your  TIME:  January  2,  2014,  at  10:00  address  as  stated  in  the  caption  PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE: a.m. 1.  An  application  for  informal  above. TERMS:  By  bidding  at  the  sher-­ The  lawsuit  will  be  heard  in  the  iff  sale,  prospective  buyer  is  administration  was  filed. consenting  to  be  bound  by  the  2.  The  decedent,  with  date  of  following  Small  Claims  court:  County  Courthouse,  birth  June  11,  1917,  and  date  of  Polk  following  terms: 1.)  10%  down  in  cash  or  death  November  15,  2013,  was  Courtroom/Room  Number  300,  money  order  at  the  time  of  domiciled  in  Washington  Coun-­ 1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  sale;Íž  balance  due  within  10  ty,  State  of  Minnesota,  with  a  Lake,  WI  54810,  on  the  follow-­ days  of  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  mailing  address  of  270  East  ing  date  and  time:  December  failure  to  pay  balance  due  Avenue,  Mahtomedi,  MN  55115. 23,  2013,  1:30  p.m. If  you  do  not  file  answer,  the  will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  3.  The  application  will  be  heard  at  the  Polk  County  court  may  enter  a  judgment  to  plaintiff. 2.)  Sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  Courthouse,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis-­ against  you  in  favor  of  the  per-­ all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ consin,  Room  500,  before  Jenell  son(s)  suing  you. A  judgment  may  be  enforced  L.  Anderson,  Probate  Registrar,  brances. 3.)  Plaintiff  opens  bidding  on  on  January  3,  2014,  at  10:00  as  provided  by  law.  A  judgment  awarding  money  may  become  a  the  property,  either  in  person  a.m. or  via  fax  and  as  recited  by  You  do  not  need  to  appear  lien  against  any  real  estate  you  the  sheriff  department  in  the  unless  you  object.  The  appli-­ own  now  or  in  the  future,  and  event  that  no  opening  bid  is  cation  may  be  granted  if  there  is  may  also  be  enforced  by  gar-­ nishment  or  seizure  of  property. offered,  plaintiff  retains  the  no  objection. You  may  have  the  option  to  right  to  request  the  sale  be  4.  The  deadline  for  filing  a  declared  as  invalid  as  the  claim  against  the  decedent’s  answer  without  appearing  in  court  on  the  court  date  by  filing  estate  is  March  3,  2014. sale  is  fatally  defective. 5.  A  claim  may  be  filed  at  the  a  written  answer  with  the  clerk  PLACE:  Polk  County  Justice  Office  of  Register  in  Probate,  of  court  before  the  court  date.  Center  at  1005  W.  Main  Polk  County  Courthouse,  1005  You  must  send  a  copy  of  your  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis. W.  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  answer  to  the  Plaintiff(s)  named  DESCRIPTION:  The  West  One-­ Wisconsin,  Suite  500. above  at  their  address.  You  may  half  of  the  Southeast  Quarter 6.  This  publication  is  notice  to  contact  the  clerk  of  court  at  the  (W  1/2  SE  1/4)  of  Section  One  any  persons  whose  names  or  telephone  number  above  to  (1),  Township  Thirty-­six  (36)  address  are  unknown. determine  if  there  are  other  North,  Range  Eighteen  (18)  Jenell  L.  Anderson methods  to  answer  a  Small  West,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. Probate  Registrar Claims  complaint  in  that  county. PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  1837  December  2,  2013 Patrick  D.  Newman 290th  Avenue,  Frederic,  WI  Plaintiff’s  Attorney Steven  J.  Swanson 54837. 763-­548-­7900 Attorney  at  Law TAX  KEY  NO.:  030-­00026-­0000  P.O.  Box  609 Attorney’s  State  Bar  Number:  &  030-­00027-­0000. #1093942 St.  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024 Messerli  &  Kramer  PA Dated  this  31st  day  of  Octo-­ 715-­483-­3787 November  21,  2013 ber,  2013. Bar  Number:  1003029 >5(?37 >5(?37 /s/Sheriff  Peter  M.  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff Dustin  A.  McMahon Blommer  Peterman,  S.C. State  Bar  No.  1086857 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Brookfield,  WI  53005 262-­790-­5719 Is Hiring For The Following Position: Please  go  to  www.blommer-­ peterman.com  to  obtain  the  bid  for  this  sale.  Blommer  Peter-­ man,  S.C.,  is  the  creditor’s  (shifts vary between day/evening/night/weekend) attorney  and  is  attempting  to  Visit our Careers page at www.scrmc.org to complete an online collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  application and to view the details of our current open positions. information  obtained  will  be  3 H K An Equal Opportunity Employer used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

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(NLUKH! 0 *HSS [V 6YKLY 00 4PU\[LZ 000 -PUHUJPHS 9LWVY[Z 0= 6WLYH[PVUZ 9LWVY[ = <UMPUPZOLK )\ZPULZZ =0 5L^ 3 )\ZPULZZ =00 (KQV\YU NOTICE  OF  SCHOOL  BOARD  ELECTION School  District  of  St.  Croix  Falls (WI  Stats.  (s.120.06(6)  (b)) Notice  is  hereby  given  to  qualified  electors  of  the  School  District  of  St.  Croix  Falls  that  a  School  Board  Election  will  be  held  on  Tuesday,  April  1,  2014,  to  fill  the  following  position: Roni  Schuler  -­  School  Board  Vice  President  -­  3-­Year  Term Any  elector  desiring  to  be  a  candidate  for  a  position  on  the  School  Board  must  file  a  campaign  registration  statement  and  a  declaration  of  candidate  at: School  District  of  St.  Croix  Falls  District  Office 740  Maple  Drive  â€˘  St.  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024 Return  declaration  of  candidacy  form  to  the  District  Office  at  the  above  address  prior  to  5  p.m.,  January  7,  2014. District  boundary  information  can  be  found  on  the  Polk  County  website  at  www.co.polk.wi.us  under  maps. Dated  this  26th  day  of  November,  2013. Steve  Bont,  District  Clerk 3 >5(?37

(Dec.  11,  18,  25) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY PennyMac  Corp. Plaintiff vs. RONALEE  M.  FENSKE,  et  al. Defendant(s) Case  No:  12  CV  551 NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  entered  on  March  7,  2013,  in  the  amount  of  $163,534.38,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  January  7,  2014,  at  10:00  a.m. TERMS:  By  bidding  at  the  sher-­ iff  sale,  prospective  buyer  is  consenting  to  be  bound  by  the  following  terms: 1.)  10%  down  in  cash  or  money  order  at  the  time  of  sale;Íž  balance  due  within  10  days  of  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  failure  to  pay  balance  due  will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  to  plaintiff. 2.)  Sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ brances. 3.)  Plaintiff  opens  bidding  on  the  property,  either  in  person  or  via  fax  and  as  recited by  the  sheriff  department in  the  event  that  no  open-­ ing  bid  is  offered,  plaintiff  retains  the  right  to  request  the  sale  be  declared  as  inva-­ lid  as  the  sale  is  fatally  defective. PLACE:  Polk  County  Justice  Center  at  1005  W.  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis. DESCRIPTION:  Lot  3  of  Certi-­ Fied  Survey  Map  No.  1352,  recorded  in  Volume  6  of  Certi-­ fied  Survey  Maps,  Page  168,  Document  No.  476730,  locat-­ ed  in  Government  Lot  3,  Sec-­ tion  28,  Township  33  North,  Range  16  West,  in  the  City  of Amery.  PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  519  Riverside  Boulvard,  Amery,  WI  54001. TAX  KEY  NO.:  201-­00829-­0000. Dated  this  8th  day  of  Novem-­ ber,  2013. /s/Sheriff  Peter  M.  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff Dustin  A.  McMahon Blommer  Peterman,  S.C. State  Bar  No.  1086857 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Brookfield,  WI  53005 262-­790-­5719 Please  go  to  www.blommer-­ peterman.com  to  obtain  the  bid  for  this  sale.  Blommer  Peter-­ man,  S.C.,  is  the  creditor’s  attorney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

(Dec.  4,  11,  18) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Federal  National  Mortgage  Association Plaintiff vs. TODD  MEINKE,  et  al. Defendant(s) Case  No:   12  CV  771 NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  entered  on  March  12,  2013,  in  the  amount  of  $106,008.12,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  January  2,  2014,  at  10:00  a.m. TERMS:  By  bidding  at  the  sher-­ iff  sale,  prospective  buyer  is  consenting  to  be  bound  by  the  following  terms: 1.)  10%  down  in  cash  or  money  order  at  the  time  of  sale;Íž  balance  due  within  10  days  of  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  failure  to  pay  balance  due  will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  to  plaintiff. 2.)  Sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ brances. 3.)  Plaintiff  opens  bidding  on  the  property,  either  in  person  or  via  fax  and  as  recited by  the  sheriff  department in  the  event  that  no  open-­ ing  bid  is  offered,  plaintiff  retains  the  right  to  request  the  sale  be  declared  as  inva-­ lid  as  the  sale  is  fatally  defective. PLACE:  Polk  County  Justice  Center  at  1005  W.  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wisconsin. DESCRIPTION:  Lot  85  of  the  Assessor`s  Plat  of  the  City  (formerly  Village)  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  according  to  the  official  plat  thereof  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  Deeds  for  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.  PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  144  South  Roosevelt  Street,  Saint  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024. TAX  KEY  NO.:  281-­01082-­0000. Dated  this  18th  day  of  Novem-­ ber,  2013. Sheriff  Peter  M.  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff Dustin  A.  McMahon Blommer  Peterman,  S.C. State  Bar  No.  1086857 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Brookfield,  WI  53005 262-­790-­5719 Please  go  to  www.blommer-­ peterman.com  to  obtain  the  bid  for  this  sale.  Blommer  Peter-­ man,  S.C.,  is  the  creditor’s  attorney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

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TOWN  OF  ST.  CROIX  FALLS Polk  County,  Wisconsin www.townofstcroixfalls.org PLAN  COMMISSION NOTICE  OF  HEARING December  18,  2013 The  Town  of  St.  Croix  Falls  Plan  Commission  will  hold  a public  hearing  at  5:30  p.m.  on  Wednesday,  December  18,  2013,  at  the  Town  Hall  at  1305  200th  Street  and  U.S.  Hwy.  8,  St.  Croix  Falls,  Wisconsin.  Written  evidence,  testimony  or  com-­ ments,  if  any,  must  be  delivered  in  person  or  by  mail  to  the  Town  Hall. AM  Lakeland  LLC  requests  a  minor  subdivision.  The  current  parcel  is  5.2  acres  and  will  be  divided  into  2  lots.  The  property  is  located  in  section  34,  and  the  parcel  identification  number  is  044-­00921-­0300. 3 >5(?37 Jim  Alt,  Zoning  Administrator

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Are you a highly motivated person with excellent organizational skills and professional demeanor? The Webster Area Catholic Churches is seeking an individual to perform all bookkeeping tasks for our triparish cluster, answer phones and provide basic clerical support to the Pastor and Staff. Qualified persons will have post-high-school classes in Bookkeeping/Accounting and possess proven computer skills to include intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office and QuickBooks Pro. Publishing programs a plus. Minimum 3 years’ exp. in an accounting-related function and 2 years’ general office experience is required. Send your resume in confidence by January 20, 2014, to:

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• Bridge, 1 p.m. • Grief Support, 1 p.m. • Overeaters Anonymous, 6:30 p.m.

EVERY TUES. • Wii Bowling, 1 p.m. • Bridge, 1 p.m.

EVERY WED. • Game Day, 1 p.m.

Frederic Senior Center • Spades, 1 p.m.

EVERY THURS. • Mahjong, 9 a.m.

EVERY FRI. • Bridge, Noon • Bingo, 1 p.m.

• Bingo, 1 p.m. • 500, 6:30 p.m.

715-327-8623

Luck Senior Center

• p n 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

• p n 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Siren Senior Center 715-349-7810

• Dime Bingo, 1 p.m. • Monthly Senior Meeting, 3rd Tues. • Wii Bowling, 9 a.m. a

• Free Coffee Wednesday Mornings • 500 Cards, 1 p.m. • Monthly Potluck 2nd Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.

St. Croix Falls Senior Center

• Birthday Party, 2nd Wed., 12:30 p.m.

• Exercise, 10-11 a.m. • Skip-Bo, 11 a.m.-Noon • 500, 6:30-10 p.m.

• Bridge, 10 a.m.-Noon • Bingo, 1st & 3rd Friday, 1-3 p.m.

715-483-1901

• Exercise, 10 a.m. • Skip-Bo, 11 a.m. • Hand & Foot, 12:30 p.m. • 500 Cards & Dominoes, 12:30-4 p.m.

Webster Senior Center • AA Meeting, p.m.

• Senior Monthly Meeting, 3rd Tues.

• Women’s Wii Bowling, 9 a.m. • Dime Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

• Cards and Pool, p.m.

• Brunch, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

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• Frederic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., 715-327-4425

• SCF, Noon-6 p.m. • Ruby’s, Siren, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Frederic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

• Ruby’s, Siren, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • SCF, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Indian Creek American Legion Post 396, Dirty Clubs, 6 p.m. • Siren Moose Lodge, Bingo, p.m.

• Siren VFW Aux., 2nd Wed., the hall, :30 p.m.

• Frederic Legion Aux. 249 Every 3rd Thurs., Golden Oaks, p.m.

• Siren Moose Lodge Fish Fry, :30 p.m.

715-472-8285

715-866-5300

• Ruby’s, Siren, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • SCF, noon-5 p.m., 715-483-2920

VFW Aux./Legion Aux./ Burnett County Moose Lodge

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EVERY WED.

• Burnett VFW At Little Mexico, 6 p.m.

Meat Raffles/Bingo

EVERY SAT.

EVERY TUES. • Trinity Lutheran Church, Osceola, 8:30 a.m., 715-755-3123 • Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Amery, 8 a.m.

EVERY FRI.

• Fishbowl Sportsmen’s Club At Sweeny’s Bar, 5 p.m. EVERY THURS. • Grantsburg Legion, p.m. • Cushing Legion At Suzy Q’s, 6:30 p.m. • Humane Society, Yellow River Saloon, 5 p.m. • Siren Lions At Kris’, 6 p.m. • Memory Days, Harvest Moon, p.m. • Webb Lake Charities Bingo At • Lake Country Snowmobile Riders At Northwoods Bar, 1-3 p.m. Jed’s Laker Lounge, 6 p.m. • Milltown VFW Hall, 5:30 p.m.

EVERY TUES. • Luck Senior Center, 4:30-6 p.m., 715-472-2341 • Balsam Lake Municipal Building, 3:30 p.m., 715-485-3002

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• Lake Country Riders At The Pour House, 5:30 p.m. • Webster Lions At Gandy Dancer Saloon, 4:30 p.m. p . - No . • S.N.O.W.S., Skol Bar, Frederic, 5:30 p.m.

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• YLRA At Yellow Lake Lodge, Webster, 3-5 p.m. • NWWCC At Countryside, Frederic, 5 p.m. • Humane Society Bingo At Thirsty Minnow Bar, 4 p.m. • Siren Moose At Last Call, 4 p.m.

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• Wild About Education At Wild Waters, Danbury, 5 p.m. • BYH at Frederic Golf Course, 5:30 p.m.

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• Wonderland At Yellow Lake Golf Course, 4 p.m. • Unity Friends of Music, Bingo, Blacksmith Shop, 6 p.m.

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BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP

1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Dan Dowling, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 715-689-2467

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CUSHING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY Feed Mill - Grain Dept. Cushing, Wis. 715-648-5215

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BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

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Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering & Processing Phone 715-327-4456

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Printers & Publishers • Office Supplies Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

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Hwys. 35 & 48, Downtown Frederic Phone 715-327-5513

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Government Inspected Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making • Ham & Bacon Cured & Smoked Sides and Quarters of Beef and Pork Available Old-fashioned Fresh Meat Counter Tim Van Meter and Ross Anderson, Owners Luck, WI 54853 Plant 715-472-2141

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Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed Hwy. 35 North, Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC 605 Benson Road; Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m. ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Senior Pastor Gary Russell Sunday Worship: 9 & 11 a.m.

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BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Meeting in homes. Elder: Cliff Bjork, 715-755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m. LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH 1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m. BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS) Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m. BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m. BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Pastor Paul Peterson, Cell # 715-566-3758 Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. Worship - 8:30 a.m,; Sun. School 9:45 a.m. BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws Pastor Peter Rimmereid, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sun. Contemporary Service 8:30 a.m.; Traditional Service 10:45 a.m. BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; Office - 715-472-2535 Pastor - 715-472-8153, 9 a.m. Sunday School, Adult Bible Study; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 11:30 a.m. Fellowship CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS) Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Pastor Steve Miller Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; christlutheranpipelake.com CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC) Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt, 218-371-1335 715-327-4461 Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m. FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m. FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m. FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN 561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN, 651-465-5265 Trad. Wor. - 8:30 a.m.; Cont. Wor. - 11 a.m. FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Elaine Silpala, cushingparish.org 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m. FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA 877 190th Ave., CTH G, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN Phone 715-327-4340, 715-651-5363, 715-327-8384, Pastor Roger Pittman Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m. IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:45 a.m. LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Pastor Bill Schroeder Fall/winter schedule (Sept.-May) Sunday Worship 10 a.m. Sunday School 9 a.m. LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Elaine Silpala, cushingparish.org Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m. LUCK LUTHERAN Pastor Ralph Thompson - 715-977-0694; Office 715-472-2605; lucklutheran.org Sunday Wor. 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sunday Schl. 9:35 a.m. MILLTOWN LUTHERAN Pastors Mel Rau & Maggie Isaacson 113 W. Main St.. W., 715-825-2453 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH - UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 newhopelutheranchurch.org 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “ G� Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.; OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER Pastor Jody Walter Church Phone 715-327-8608 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. facebook/OurRedeemerWebster PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA) 2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 plcdresser.org Pastor Valerie Peterson Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 10:45 a.m. PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA) Pastor Paul Peterson 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Worship - 10:30 a.m. pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN (Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m. ST. JOHN’ S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m. ST. PETER’ S LUTHERAN - LCMC 1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; Email: leslie56@centurytel.net SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m. TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA 10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580 Parsonage 715-822-3001 TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m. TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m. TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA 300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sun. Wor. 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Summer, 9 a.m. WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m. Fellowship 11 a.m. WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sept. 15, 2013 - June 1, 2014 Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN 1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra, Myron Carlson and Danny Wheeler Service at 9:30 a.m. ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (LCMC) 5 miles E. of Frederic on W, 2 miles south on I; Church: 715-472-8660 Pastor Mike Fisk, 715-417-0692 Sunday Schl. & Adult Study 9:15 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m. ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS ) Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Thurs. Wor. 4:30 p.m. Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Bible Classes 9:30 a.m. ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sunday School - 10 a.m. ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE Pastor Roger Pittman 715-327-8384, 715-651-5363 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 11 a.m.,

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sunday School - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sunday School - Adults - 8:45 a.m.; METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST - UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH Rev. Carolyn Saunders; Rev. Mike Brubaker, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m. CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST - UPPER ST. CROIX FALLS Rev. Carolyn Saunders; Rev. Mike Brubaker 715-463-2624 Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:30 a.m. DANBURY UNITED METHODIST 7520 Water St., 715-866-8646 Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER 26503 Muskey Ave., 715-866-8646 Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor, Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m., Sun. Worship - 10:30 a.m.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST htslumc@gmail.com 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m. LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST 3482 115th St., 715-866-8646 Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m. McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST Pastor Annie Tricker Sunday Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday School 11 a.m. OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST osceolawiumc.org; oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Kathy Huneywell Sunday Early Risers Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST UPPER ST. CROIX FALLS Rev. Carolyn Saunders; Rev. Mike Brubaker Sunday Worship Serv. - 10 a.m.; Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC 100 Linden Street, Frederic Pastor “ Freddie� Kirk, 715-327-4436 Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Wed. Serv. 5:15 p.m. SIREN UNITED METHODIST 24025 1st Ave. So., 715-866-8646 Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Wor. - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available) TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST 290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m. WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST Rev. Carolyn Saunders; Rev. Mike Brubaker Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m. COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome SIREN COVENANT Pastor Ken Sohriakoff 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m. UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE Pastor Dan Pearson Sunday School 8:45 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m. CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. William Brenna, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Sunday 8:30 a.m. CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH Pastor - Father Frank Wampach 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m. Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m. OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Sat. 4 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May). Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt. OUR LADY OF THE LAKES Balsam Lake Rev. John A. Drummy; Pastor - 715-405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt. SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area. Mass Sun. 8 a.m., Thurs. 9:30 a.m. Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt. ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC Fr. Louis Reddy, 715-327-8119 Mass: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m. Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG Fr. Louis Reddy, 715-327-8119 Mass: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m. ST. ANNE PARISH Rev. Andy Anderson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8 a.m. & 10 a.m.; Tues., Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 9 a.m. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Pastor Father Frank Wampach, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10 a.m., Wed. 5:30 p.m. (Sept.-May), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer) ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC 1050 North Keller Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC Rev. William Brenna 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola, 715-294-2243 Masses: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.

ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m. OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m. Nursery and children’ s church SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Supervised Nursery; Wed. Evening - Worship Serv. 6:30 p.m.

EVANGELICAL

EVANGELICAL APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA) Pastor Justin Hosking, 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery, 715-268-2176 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m. CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sunday School - 9 a.m.; Morning Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 933 248th St., Osceola Pastor Dave Williams Morning Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School Sept.-May 8:45 a.m. Children’ s Church & Nursery provided TRADE RIVER EVANGELICAL FREE Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. 1816 108th St., CTH I Pastor Gabe Brennan, 715-857-5411 eastbalsam.org Wor. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun. School-10:30 a.m. EUREKA BAPTIST 2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Dr. Harry H. Buckwalter Jr., 715-483-9464 Sun. School - 10 a.m.; Wor. Service - 11 a.m. FAITH FELLOWSHIP Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m. FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY 131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; fbcamery.org; Email: churchoffice@fbcamery.org Reg. office hours: Tues.-Thurs. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Associate Pastor Sun. Serv.: 9 a.m.; All ages Sun. Schl. 10:30 11:30 a.m.; Nursery available FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN 715-689-2125 or 715-689-2156 Brian Krause, Lead Pastor Steve Ward, Assoc. Pastor of Visitation Sun. School (all ages) 9:30 a.m.; Church Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Assoc. Pastor Dan Mielke Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. School for all ages - 9 a.m. Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided. FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER Church Phone 715-866-4111 Pastor Tim Quinn Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m (Nursery provided) GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “ The Cure for the Common Church� 722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’ s Sun. School 10:45 a.m. GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG 716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore George Selbher, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. LIVING HOPE CHURCH Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m. TRADE LAKE BAPTIST Pastor David Prince, 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER Minister Garret Derouin, 715-866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. - noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m. CHURCH OF CHRIST - FREDERIC Minister Guy McCarty Frederic Senior Citizen Building Robert Rutherford, 715-419-0653 Sunday Worship 9 a.m. WESLEYAN

WESLEYAN

WOODLAND WESLEYAN Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

FULL GOSPEL

WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10:30 a.m. HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET 231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER 1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Wor. 10:30 a.m. Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m. Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX 523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Sat. Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sun. Liturgy - 9:30 a.m. HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago City, MN; holyx.net Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m. NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Tom Reaume, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m. FAITH COMMUNITY 7534 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Pastor Jason Peterson Services: Adult 9 a.m.; Services Sunday 10 a.m.; Children: 10:15 a.m.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

ST. CROIX UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP 715-553-3386 Taylors Falls Community Bldg., 312 Government St., Taylors Falls, Minn.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN CHURCH 28509 CTH H, 1/8 mi. north of A&H intersection Pastor Tryg Wistad, 715-635-4816 crossroadschurch@gmail.com Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Children’ s Church: K to 6th Grade NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY 201 Hwy. 35, Dresser (formerly The Boulevard) Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982; Office 715-417-0945 Sunday Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Nursery available. NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastor Scott Petznick Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m. NORTHERN PINES QUAKER MEETING 715-866-5016 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting OSCEOLA MEDICAL CENTER SPIRITUAL CARE 2600 65th Ave., Osceola, 715-294-5645 Chaplain Alan Hagstrom alan.hagstrom@myomc.org MyOmc.org/specialtyserv 1chapel.php Chapel open daily for meditation.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN 1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls, 715-483-5378 Senior Pastors Paul and Sonja Hanson Sunday Adult Bible Class 9 a.m. Worship and Children’ s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m. ST. PETER’ S COMMUNITY CHURCH “ Faith on Purpose� (Love God, Love People...period) faithonpurpose.org CTH F, Dresser, 715-553-1800, Pastor Rick VanGundy Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

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• “A Christmas Storyâ€? at Festival Theatre. Thurs. 2 & 7:30 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-4833387, festivaltheatre.org.

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Clam Falls

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• Coffee hour at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.

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• Ruby’s Pantry at Home & Away Ministries. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. $15 cash donation appreciated. Distribution noon-1 p.m., 715-472-2535.

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Danbury • Christmas at Forts Folle Avoine, theforts.org, 11 a.m.6 p.m., 715-866-8890.

Dresser • Santa to be at the village hall, 1-3 p.m.

Falun • Cookie walk at Trinity Lutheran Church, 9-11 a.m.

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Hertel • St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S. Powwow at the tribal gym, 110 p.m., 800-236-2195, ext. 5310.

Milltown • Santa Day at the community center, 10 a.m .-2 p.m., milltown-wi.com, 715-472-2273. • Craft & bake sale at the library, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 715825-2313.

Siren • Community Christmas dinner at the school, noon2 p.m., visitsiren.com.

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Trade Lake • Town hall open house 5-6 p.m. ZDJRQ ULGH WR ROG fashioned Christmas program at the Swedish Mission Church. Fellowship 6 p.m. SURJUDP 7 p.m.

Webster • Book sale at the library, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 715-866-7697. • Family Fun Day at Fresh Start Coffee Roasters, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • *UDFH 8QLWHG 0HWKRGLVW &KXUFK &RRNLH :DON 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

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