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• WED., JANUARY 21, 2015 • VOLUME 82 • NO. 23 • 2 SECTIONS The best of chili chefs

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RICE LAKE - Two registered sex offenders who removed their GPS tracking devices are at large and being sought by authorities. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections received a “tamper alertâ€? at 10:41 a.m. Tuesday morning, Jan. 20, from the GPS device assigned to Steward Eagleman, 35, who lives on West Slocumb Street in Rice Lake. While investigating Eagleman’s disappearance authorities learned that a second offender - William Hollen, 30, may be with Eagleman and is also believed to have removed his GPS device. Eagleman was Hollen and Eagleman convicted of a second-degree sexual assault of a child in 2001, in addition to other crimes. Felony arrest warrants for both men have been issued and anyone with information is asked to call 911. - submitted ••• STATEWIDE - 2IĂ€FLDOV ZLWK WKH :LVFRQVLQ 'HSDUWPHQW RI 1DWXUDO 5HVRXUFHV DUH DVNLQJ Ă€VKHUPHQ DQG RWKHU ZLQWHU VSRUWV HQWKXVLDVWV WR FKHFN ORFDO FRQGLWLRQV EHfore heading out on the ice. Mostly because of the sheer number and differing sizes of :LVFRQVLQ¡V ODNHV DQG ULYHUV '15 RIĂ€FLDOV GRQ¡W PRQLWRU RU JLYH LQIRUPDWLRQ RQ ORFDO conditions. April Dombrowski, the safety section chief with the DNR’s Bureau of Law (QIRUFHPHQW VDLG LW¡V EHVW WR FDOO D ORFDO Ă€VKLQJ FOXE VQRZPRELOHUV JURXS RU EDLW VKRS before going out on the ice. “If they’re venturing into a community, just trying to touch base at that local connection, that’s going to be their most accurate information,â€? she said. - Patty Murray | WPR News ••• ST. CROIX FALLS - The third-annual Million March Against Child Abuse will WDNH SODFH 6DWXUGD\ $SULO IURP QRRQ WR S P LQ 6W &URL[ )DOOV DW 7KH 2YHUlook on Main Street, across from Festival Theatre. “We are marching to raise awareness, educate and to call for stiffer punishments and tougher sentencing for anyone who harms a child,â€? notes Penny Johnson, lead coordinator of the event and Survivor/Can advocate. MMACA is a nonpartisan, grassroots, nationwide effort to raise awareness of the magnitude of child abuse, to educate the masses, and ask lawmakers for tougher sentencing in violent crimes against our nation’s children. See full story elsewhere in this issue. with submitted information

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6HULHV RQ 2MLEZH ODQJXDJH VHW ST. CROIX FALLS - Interested in learning more about the St. Croix Valley’s national park? Join the National Park Service and the St. Croix River Association in exploring the heritage, natural wonders and communities of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway during this year’s Riverway Speaker Series. The series kicks off on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 10 a.m., with a program focused on Ojibwe language revitalization and traditional subsistence. Titled “Language Revitalization and Traditional Subsistence through the Eyes of an Anishinaabe Singer and Dancer,â€? the program will be presented by Bizhakiinz, Dylan Jennings, of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa. Native American people have frequented the landscape for centuries prior to European contact. Singing and dancing are ingrained in the Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, way of life for the language it preserves and the resources it requires. Come hear the voice of a young Anishinaabe as he explores the traditional and contemporary song and dance of his people. The presentation is free and open to the public. It will take place at the 6W &URL[ 5LYHU $VVRFLDWLRQ 2IĂ€FH 6RXWK :DVKLQJWRQ St., Unit 1, in St. Croix Falls, next to the St. Croix Falls Public Library. Space is limited and reservations strongly encouraged. RSVPs will be honored until 10 a.m. To reserve a space, go to stcroixriverassociation.org or call 715-483-3300. - from SCNSR

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where there is need. During her stay, Ogilvie will spend most of her time working with Centro Especial Genesis, a school for mentally and physically challenged children. She is also planning to visit a school in El Callejon where she will work with the preschool students and teach English to the elementary students. Ogilvie is also planning to serve at the Community Health Center in Jarabacoa. Ogilvie’s mission is to not only be an effective servant leader, but to obtain a greater understanding for a country and group of people she knows very little about, and to share that understanding with her friends, family and the community of Luck that she calls home. To turn her dream into a reality, Ogilvie will be using the next four months to achieve her fundraising goal of $2,200. If you would like to help her, donations can be made at crown.edu. Click on About, then Globally Connected – then Intercultural Experiences – ICE. - with submitted information

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+LVWRU\ RI ELF\FOLQJ LQ :LVFRQVLQ MADISON – “Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State,â€? a book by Jesse J. Gant and Nicholas J. Hoffman, will be the focus of a special Wisconsin Historical Museum presentation on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the museum in downtown Madison. Trace the story of Wisconsin’s Ă€UVW ´ELF\FOLQJ ERRP Âľ RI 1869 through the 1890s, with the authors themselves. On rails-to-trails bike paths, city streets and winding country roads, the bicycle seems ubiquitous in the Badger State. Yet there’s a complex and fascinating history behind the popularity of biking in Wisconsin—one that until now has never been told in depth. Meticulously researched through periodicals and newspapers, “Wheel Feverâ€? traces WKH VWRU\ RI :LVFRQVLQ¡V Ă€UVW ELF\FOLQJ ERRP IURP WKH YHORFipede craze of 1869 through the “wheel feverâ€? of the 1890s. For more information on the program go to wisconsinhistory.org. - with submitted information

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Polk County Board approves lake districts change

Buys gravel pit in Lorain

ruary. Polk County has 15 lake districts, lake associations which have taxing author*UHJJ :HVWLJDUG _ Staff writer ity. These boards each include a member BALSAM LAKE – In the future, people appointed by the county government. At other than county board supervisors may present, the county has had a practice of EH DSSRLQWHG WR ÀOO WKH FRXQW\ VHDW RQ ODNH appointing county board supervisors to district boards. That resolution was the ÀOO WKRVH VHDWV $ UHVROXWLRQ SUHVHQWHG most contentious item at the Polk County by Supervisor Ken Sample allows and Board’s monthly meeting Tuesday, Jan. encourages the county board to appoint 20. people other than county supervisors to The board also approved the purchase ÀOO WKRVH VHDWV $QG WKH UHVROXWLRQ VD\V of a gravel pit in Lorain and the appoint- the county should seek a recommenPHQW RI HPHUJHQF\ ÀUH ZDUGHQV 7KH dation from the lake district on who it supervisors listened to a presentation should appoint. on state agency requests for inclusion in That resolution drew comments and the governor’s 2015 budget. After 3-1/2 debate involving 11 of the 15 board memhours, the 15 county board members ad- bers, some of which was heated and journed. The board will not meet in Feb- personal. The long discussion led to one

proposed amendment before the supervisors voted by ballot. It was adopted by a vote of 11 to 4, with Patricia Schmidt, James Edgell, Warren Nelson and William Johnson voting no. The new rule will only come into effect if there is a vacancy among the present county appointed lake district association members. That resolution took a long part of the meeting. There was also a long presentation by Dan Bahr from the Wisconsin Counties Association on what funding the state agencies, including the Department of Transportation, have requested for the coming state budget. Bahr said that there are more funding requests than new funds available, so much of the requested funds won’t make it into the governor’s proposed budget.

The board did approve the purchase of a 40-acre gravel pit in Lorain, using current county funds. County Administrator Dana Frey said the county has been leasing the pit for years, the owner now wants to sell the pit to the county, the asking price is the same as the appraised price, the county needs gravel in that location and there is no other source in that area. “The cost to the county is nothing,� Frey said. “We would be buying this gravel anyway over time.� That resolution was approved by a unanimous voice vote. And that pretty much covers the January meeting of the Polk County Board. The board next meets in March, and the meetings are open to the interested public.

What you should know about sex offenders

fender’s agent, if they are on supervision, or by someone in Madison at all times. Other instances where an alert would be raised is if the offender isn’t at their address for more than 10 days or if they are lingering near an exclusion zone. Offenders that commit more than one offense can be sentenced to lifetime GPS monitoring even when they are off supervision.

had committed a new sex offense, and 43 percent had committed another type of crime. All sex offenders are required to complete treatment before they are released. Treatment is usually conducted weekly in a group setting that is similar to counseling. “What I always stress to my children is that there is no reason, ever, for anyone to see your covered areas,� she said. Jain also said that caregivers should always know who their child is with at all times and what is going on. Express to children that if there is anything that makes them feel uncomfortable around another adult to tell their parents. Jain explained that by linking how children feel when they get scared to an “uncomfortable� feeling around another adult is a way to get them to communicate what, if anything, is going on. More resources about prevention can be found through the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault at wcasa.org.

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PHGLD QRWLĂ€FDWLRQV WKH\ ZLOO SXW VRPHthing in the paper or put something on the radio,â€? said Jain. Typically, this is done with offenders that have two or more sex offenses on their record. Some 'DQLHOOH + 0RH _ Staff writer SPOONER — On Thursday, Jan. 15, offenders are on supervised release where Lakeland Family Resource Center in they must follow additional rules and reSpooner hosted a public informational port to their Department of Corrections meeting about sex offenders. Amy Jain, agent. Even though an offender may be Wisconsin Department of Corrections sex discharged from supervision, they are offender specialist, presented information still required to register their address and and answered questions to about 20 com- identifying information for the length munity members concerning sex offend- of their registration. The length of time ers, applicable state laws and statistics, spent on the registry depends on the seand shared resources for individuals to verity of their offense. Twenty-four of the 30 offenses require 15 years of regdo their own research. istration, the remaining six are lifelong registrations. If an individual is charged 8QUHSRUWHG “Unfortunately, the statistics are that and convicted of two or more separate of85 percent of sexual assaults do go un- fenses under 301.45, lifetime registration reported,â€? said Jain. As a sex offender is applied. “Someone could be a sex offender and specialist, Jain’s main job is to make sure not be on that website,â€? said Jain. She exregistered sex offenders are reporting where they are living, working, going to plained that the judge has the discretion VFKRRO DQG WKHLU ,QWHUQHW LGHQWLĂ€HUV ,I WKH to order registration for discretionary ofinformation isn’t provided in the required fenses, and not all sex offenses are reg10 days, Jain reports their noncompliance isterable offenses. Juvenile offenders are with the district attorney and the offender also not listed on the website. For some offenders supervision and registration are could be charged with a Class H felony. In 1997, the state enacted the sex of- not enough to ensure their compliance. fender registration and community no- In these cases GPS monitoring is used to WLĂ€FDWLRQ ODZ WKDW UHTXLUHV LQGLYLGXDOV make sure they are following the condiconvicted of a sex offense to register with tions of their release. “We will get an alert if someone enters the state. There are 30 offenses, listed under state Statute 301.45, whose sen- an exclusion zone ‌ but the agent can actence includes mandatory registration in tually see if they are in a vehicle how fast the state’s sex offender registry. The sex the vehicle is traveling. That’s how acoffender registry is available online that curate this is,â€? she said. Exclusion zones displays the current address and personal are areas where offenders are not allowed LGHQWLĂ€HUV RI DGXOW VH[ RIIHQGHUV WKDW DUH to be within so many feet of, like public parks, schools or day-care facilities. An required to register. “If law enforcement feels their offenses offender on GPS monitoring wears the were severe enough to do meetings or GPS device that is monitored by the of-

0RVW FRPPRQ RIIHQGHU “The most common offender, and I see this statewide too, is your 18- to 25-year-old having intercourse with 12- to 16-year-olds,â€? she said. There are 22,042 registered sex offenders in the state of Wisconsin, and on average 93 percent of victims know their offender. Of the sexual offense cases that occurred in Washburn County, 80 percent of victims were female. The most common age for victims was 12 to 15 years old. Fifteen percent of the cases included force, which involves holding the victim down or pushing. Of the offenders, 6 percent were female and 40 percent of offenders were between the ages of 18 and 25. 6L[W\ Ă€YH SHUFHQW RI :DVKEXUQ &RXQW\ sex offenders have to register for life, but this is in line with the statewide average. “It should be known, though, that sex offenders actually have the lowest recidivism rate of any type of offender,â€? she said. Jain explained that the chances for an individual to reoffend hinge on several factors. Those factors are family support, a stable residence and employment. When these three factors are met the chances for recidivism go down sigQLĂ€FDQWO\ 7KH 1DWLRQDO &ULPLQDO -XVWLFH Association conducted a study on sex offenders and their chances of reoffending, and found that after three years, 5 percent

Website The state sex offender registry website is located at offender.doc.state.wi.us/ public/ or search the Web for Wisconsin sex offender registry. After entering the UHJLVWU\ D VLJQ XS IRU FRPPXQLW\ QRWLÀcations is available by selecting the comPXQLW\ QRWLÀFDWLRQV LFRQ DW WKH WRS RI WKH SDJH DQG ÀOOLQJ RXW WKH IRUP For individuals who have experienced sexual assault or violence, help is available locally at Time-out Family Abuse Shelter by calling 715-635-5245. Additional victim resources are available from the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s OfÀFH RI &ULPH 9LFWLP 6HUYLFHV DW doj.state. ZL XV RFYV RIÀFH FULPH YLFWLP VHUYLFHV.

Residents rally for Clam Falls dam

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*UHJJ :HVWLJDUG _ Staff writer CLAM FALLS – The future of the Clam )DOOV GDP DQG Ă RZDJH ORRNV EULJKWHU today after some 60 residents gathered Saturday, Jan. 17, to start the work of Ă€QGLQJ D QHZ RZQHU IRU WKH GDP RQ WKH Clam River in northeastern Polk County. A committee was formed to work on savLQJ WKH GDP DQG WKH Ă€UVW VWHSV DUH EHLQJ taken to form a lake association. Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company has offered to give the dam, which no longer generates power, to a new owner. This is the response from the community. “It will take the effort of all of us to save the dam,â€? Rick Cook told the gathering at the South Fork Sporting Club. ´7KH GDP LV RI QR IXWXUH EHQHĂ€W WR 1RUWKwestern. They will give it away with adequate funds for some future costs. We DUH KHUH WR VHH ZKDW ZH FDQ GR WR Ă€QG D new owner.â€? Cook, owner of one of the two campgrounds on Clam Falls Flowage, said VWDUWLQJ DQ RIĂ€FLDO ODNH JURXS LV WKH Ă€UVW step toward identifying the issues ahead and building public support to preserve the 100-year-old dam. He said there is time to work out a transition with Northwestern as long as the company sees that there is forward progress. Those gathered included lifelong area residents and summer people from Min-

5HVLGHQWV J D W K H U H G 6 D W X U G D \ -DQ WR VDYH WKH &ODP )DOOV GDP DQG IORZDJH z 3KRWRV E\ *UHJJ :HVWL JDUG nesota whose second home is by the lake. There were residents who come to the ODNH WR ÀVK DQG VZLP FDPSHUV DQG SURSerty owners, local businesspeople and town board members. They have not had a resident group in the past, and some used the meeting to start getting to know their neighbors. Some of the basic information was shared by Cook and others. A basic point is that the dam is not falling apart. Northwestern is keeping it in good shape and doing the repairs required by the DNR to keep the dam licensed. The DNR would approve a transfer in ownership to a new owner with the resources to cover future dam costs. The group is looking at what those costs would be. The next steps toward the transition will be taken by the people who volunteered to serve on the new committee. 7KHLU MREV LQFOXGH VWDUWLQJ DQ RIÀFLDO ODNH association, identifying the future costs of

owning a dam, gathering information on the stories of the dam and lake, telling the story to the community and building pubOLF VXSSRUW $ ÀUVW VWHS ZLOO EH D ZHEVLWH where people can follow the progress of the project. 7KH ÀUVW PHPEHUV RI WKH 6DYH &ODP Falls Flowage Committee are Rick and Laurie Cook, Ray and Judy Domagala, Rebecca Mein, Gloria Berg, Ann Lane, Don Wortham, Bruce Paulson, Jackie Moody and Michelle Schmidt. They will announce future actions and events as the project moves forward. The committee says there is a role for everyone.

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Mental health issues affect sentence

Luck man gets one last, final, last break

agreed to “one last chance,â€? in spite of what he called “serious disappointment from the courtâ€? on similar requests in the past. Anderson noted past similar issues, as *UHJ 0DUVWHQ _ Staff writer he has succumbed to Funk’s appeals in BALSAM LAKE – A Luck man facing the past, many, many times. sentencing for what a judge referred to as “So you get out to get treatment, and “a vast array of chargesâ€? will get one last then you’re here again, and again, and break, again, apparently due to his mental again,â€? the judge stated, noting the last health issues. time it happened, he revoked his past Charges against Tyler D. Funk, 24, bonds. “Because I was done.â€? /XFN VHHPLQJO\ UHTXLUHG D Ă RZ FKDUW WR Funk did make a brief statement to the keep track of, and led to a nearly fourcourt, stating he was sorry to both his hour-long sentencing hearing on Tuesfamily and the court, and to his victims. day, Jan. 20, with Funk getting a relative “I would like one more chance to learn reprieve from Polk County Circuit Court to ... be a productive member of society Judge Jeffrey Anderson, who imposed a and to be a good person,â€? Funk said. one-year sentence in the county jail, as Anderson then read a letter from a viccompared to the over 56 years he faced in tim of his, a single mother who was forced “real time,â€? according to the judge, who to live in a homeless shelter because Funk was apparently swayed by last-minute had wrecked her truck and broken into appeals for him to have mental health her home, destroying her wood furnace treatment. and windows, making it uninhabitable. Funk will serve about eight months 7\OHU )XQN VDW ZLWK KLV DWWRUQH\ $QGUHZ 0DUWLQ 1HOVRQ DW WKH 7XHVGD\ -DQ VHQWHQFLQJ “But instead of showing her anger, she after time served so far. He was being sen- KHDULQJ LQ 3RON &RXQW\ &LUFXLW &RXUW z 3KRWR E\ *UHJ 0DUVWHQ writes ‘to get that boy some help,’â€? Antenced for a total of eight charges, includderson said, as Funk bowed his head being six felonies ranging from possession side his attorney. But while Steffen disputed the mental “His mental health issues made him of methamphetamine to manufacture/deAnderson then alluded to the various health claims, Funk’s attorney and family D GUXJ DGGLFW Âľ 1HOVRQ VDLG Ă DWO\ DV KH livering meth, twice, multiple felony bail Asperger’s and general mental health iscontinued to point to the possibility that pointed to the “near impossibilityâ€? of jumping charges and two misdemeanor sues noted in the various documents, and convictions of intimidating a witness and he suffers from Asperger’s syndrome, a Ă€QGLQJ DIIRUGDEOH DQG DSSURSULDWH PHQseemed to agree. tal health programs once you’ve been type of autism, as a reason for his crimicriminal damage to property, all of them “One of the things becomes glaringly nal issues. placed in the criminal justice system, as a repeater, which added dozens of poapparent: you’ve got a problem,â€? AnderFunk’s attorney, Andrew Martin Nelwhile also calling Steffen’s comments on tential years to his sentences. son said as he pointed to the possibility Funk had pleaded guilty to those son, made several references to the disor- the relationship between Funk’s mental that hard prison time would probably just charges after dozens of other charges der from mental health professionals, as health diagnosis and his criminal history introduce Funk to people “who would well as in a last-minute letter to the judge “mind-boggling.â€? were dismissed but used as read-ins for make you an even better criminal.â€? the night before, which was not read to “Mental health professionals don’t just his sentencing. Even his own defense atAnderson then broke down the senthe court. Anderson noted Funk’s mental make things up,â€? Nelson added. “My clitorney noted that he had no less than 53 tence, the great bulk of which was stayed ent is ready to move forward.â€? health history and problems in getting efcharges of misdemeanor and felony bail fective counseling as a reason for his relaThose mental health issues and the pos- and banked for probationary purposes of jumping charges alone. tively mild sentencing. sibility of trying one last type of treatment discipline, if need. But he also took a deep “It speaks volumes that we’ve been “Asperger’s? Autism? I’ve read nothprogram kept the 24-year-old Funk out of EUHDWK DV KH Ă€QLVKHG here 20 to 25 minutes just to sort out the “This is not easy, trust me,â€? Anderson ing, anywhere that suggests they lead to a state prison as Anderson throttled way number of cases here,â€? Polk County Dissaid. “Because I really wanted to send you trict Attorney Dan Steffen noted with the commission of crimes,â€? Steffen coun- back on his intended sentence after readto prison.â€? a sigh. “It speaks volumes ... very few tered, noting that Funk was the “go-to ing testimonials and mental health diagFunk will spend the remainder of his SHRSOH UHDFK WKH OHYHO RI FRXUW Ă€OHV WKLV guy for methâ€? in recent years, as he also noses and statements from other mental one-year jail term in search of specialized health professionals and family members. pointed to crimes of violence and destrucperson has reached in such a short time.â€? “Mr. Funk, until last night, or even this PHQWDO KHDOWK WUHDWPHQW VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ IRU Steffen had asked for three years in tion of property, which he said had no KLVWRU\ KH FRXOG Ă€QG LQ WKH DXWLVP VSHFmorning, I was prepared to send you to a program in Minnesota designed to adVWDWH SULVRQ ZLWK DQRWKHU Ă€YH \HDUV RI trum disorders. prison for three years,â€? stated Anderson, dress many of his mental health issues. extended supervision on the multiple Steffen was not happy with the sen“He doesn’t need to develop skills, he as he issued a vastly reduced sentence to charges, and was not convinced that Funk tence and pointed to his lengthy criminal QHHGV WR Ă€QG D SURJUDP WR VWRS EHLQJ D Funk, who has been in jail since Sept. 17, needed more chances to reform. history as reason for prison, as well as “This individual has had chance after criminal!â€? Steffen said. “We need to sepa- when he agreed to plead guilty to the rehow he has a history of similar appeals. rate those two: a criminal and someone duced volume of charges stemming from chance after chance after chance,â€? Steffen “I still don’t see the connection between said, adding that Funk was also named in who suffers from mental illness ... I would no less than nine open cases with dozens being a drug dealer and Asperger’s or ausay these are clearly prison cases.â€? of drug and bail jumping charges numerous other cases from law enforceBut Funk’s attorney suggested otherFunk faced the potential of over 56 tism,â€? Steffen said with a nod in an interment, but was never charged, and has wise, stating that it was a “cruel twistâ€? years in prison, and hundreds of thou- view later. “In many ways, I think it’s a also had “behavior issuesâ€? in jail during slap in the face of anyone who has actuVDQGV RI GROODUV LQ Ă€QHV EXW DV WKH VHQthat the answer to mental illness is often his latest incarceration. “Nothing seems to ally had that diagnosis, it’s demeaning.â€? tencing hearing progressed, the tone from prescription drugs, which either don’t get through to this individual ... his crimiJudge Anderson changed slightly, and he work or can lead to addiction. nal history has exploded as an adult.â€?

Webster caucus results in four nominations for three trustee spots

6KHULOO 6XPPHU _ Staff writer WEBSTER - Webster Village held its 2015 caucus on Wednesday, Jan. 14. Webster residents will vote for village president and three trustee positions in April. Current village President Jeff Roberts was nominated for another term during

the caucus, and he was the only nomination for village president. All three trustees whose terms are up this year, Tim Maloney, Darrell Sears and Charlie Weis, were nominated for another term. Also nominated for trustee was Sarah Casady. All told there were four nominations for

three trustee seats. the village president has the option of apCurrently, however, the Webster Vil- pointing that candidate to the vacant spot lage Board has one vacancy since the after the election. death of Paul Berg in a car accident earlier this year. The trustee candidate with the lowest votes during the election would QRW DXWRPDWLFDOO\ ÀOO WKH YDFDQW VSRW EXW

Architect hired for new Burnett highway shop -HDQ .RHO]_Staff writer BURNETT COUNTY—Last year, Burnett County officials agreed that the highway shop building was long overdue for remodeling or replacement. Beyond aesthetics, the age of the building, years of water and weather damage, and the combined effects of the chemicals used in daily activities have rendered the facility hazardous. In an attempt to be economiFDO RIÀFLDOV GHFLGHG WKDW D QHZ EXLOGLQJ could service both the highway and forestry departments. A request for proposals was issued last

Ballot will be one name short for trustee positions

fall, and the county received 14 bids— more than double the number anticipated. County Administrator Nate Ehalt QDUURZHG WKH OLVW GRZQ WR Ă€YH FDQGLGDWHV for review by highway department head Bob Morehouse and forestry department KHDG -DNH 1LFKROV 7KUHH Ă€UPV HPHUJHG DV Ă€QDOLVWV IRU WKH LQIUDVWUXFWXUH FRPmittee to evaluate at last month’s meeting. Kueny Architects of Pleasant Prairie was awarded the bid because their proposal was the most complete and the estimate was the lowest. “It’s almost scary how well they track

their costs,� Ehalt remarked to members of the administration committee on Monday, Jan. 19, regarding the company’s ability to both anticipate and document every expense. Kueny Architects has a broad portfolio, having designed over 300 buildings in the past 50-plus years. Their work can be seen in municipal, commercial, recreational and residential buildings in and around the Kenosha area, including the Kenosha government center. $FFRUGLQJ WR (KDOW WKH ÀUVW VWHS ZLOO be for the county to complete an inventory of all equipment, including storage

needs. For example, some items require indoor storage; and some of those fare better in a temperature-controlled setting. By June or July of this year, the county should be able to provide further direction to the architect who will provide three designs for review by the end of the year. As a ballpark estimate and for the purposes of comparing rough costs, a 65,000-square-foot facility is expected at a cost of $4 million to $6 million. The construction would take place in some future \HDU DIWHU RIÀFLDOV KDYH KDG DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ WR H[SORUH SRVVLEOH ÀQDQFLQJ RSWLRQV

Race for president at Balsam Lake

0DU\ 6WLUUDW _ Staff writer BALSAM LAKE — What looked like a possible full ballot at Balsam Lake has turned out to be the opposite of that for

the three trustee positions up for election. There will be only two candidates on the ballot, with three open trustee seats. There will be a race between incumbent Geno D’Agostino and challenger Carl Holmgren for the position of village president, but only two of the six nominees for trustee turned in the papers necessary to have their names on the ballot.

On the ballot for the three open trustee seats will be the names of incumbent Vera Bollinger and Faye Brittan. The third seat FDQ EH ÀOOHG E\ DSSRLQWPHQW E\ WKH YLOlage president or write-in vote, said village clerk Lori Duncan. The terms of Trustees Keith Swenson and Josh Hallberg, along with Bollinger, expire in April. Both were nominated at

the Monday, Jan. 12, caucus, but neither FKRVH WR ÀOH WKH QHFHVVDU\ SDSHUV E\ WKH Monday, Jan. 19, deadline, thus declining the nomination. Also nominated but declining to run were Ryan Wildt and Becca Palm.

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Centuria New Year’s Day break-in shooting details

Charges filed against man who was shot

*UHJ 0DUVWHQ _ Staff writer &(1785,$ ² &KDUJHV KDYH EHHQ Ă€OHG against the man who was shot the morning of New Year’s Day after he allegedly broke into a Centuria man’s home and assaulted him in a drunken stupor. $FFRUGLQJ WR D FULPLQDO FRPSODLQW Ă€OHG by the Polk County District Attorney’s OfĂ€FH 'HUHN $PRURVR &HQWXULD VWDQGV accused of seven misdemeanors from the incident that led to a homeowner shooting and injuring Amoroso, who is registered as living next door. Those seven misdemeanors include criminal trespassing, criminal damage to property, battery, disorderly conduct and three 'HUHN $PRURVR counts of bail jumping, with repeater enhancements on all charges, giving the possibility of a nearly four-year sentence. He technically faces up to another 14 years under the repeater enhancements, as he is a convicted felon. He also faces the poWHQWLDO RI RYHU LQ Ă€QHV Amoroso suffered serious injuries from the shooting, and as the charges were Ă€OHG VHYHUDO SUHYLRXVO\ XQNQRZQ GHWDLOV emerged, including how Amoroso had apparently got the wrong apartment, and kicked the door in, while the resident,

Justin Schill, 33, awoke to the sounds of his breaking in and armed himself with a .40-caliber handgun, which was licensed. According to the complaint, Schill went into the living room to confront the unknown man who kicked the door in, and the two began to argue. Schill claimed Amoroso came at him, punched him on the left side of his face and struggled to get the handgun from Schill. As the two struggled for the gun, Schill told police he felt his life was threatened DQG Ă€UHG RQH VKRW DW $PRURVR ZKR WKHQ stopped struggling immediately. Schill retreated to the bedroom, where he attempted to call 911, but had no cell phone reception. He pulled the window screen out and left the apartment, apparently after emptying the pistol and leaving it on the windowsill. He connected with law enforcement at 5:16 a.m. and met a municipal police ofĂ€FHU DQG D VKHULII¡V GHSXW\ DW WKH DSDUWment a short time later. They noticed the door was kicked in, with clothes lying on WKH Ă RRU LQVLGH ZKLFK ZHUH DSSDUHQWO\ Amoroso’s as he pulled his shoes and pants off to get at his gunshot wound. The report stated that they saw drops RI EORRG DQG PHQ¡V FORWKHV RQ WKH Ă RRU DV Amoroso was discovered on the kitchen Ă RRU QHDU D VFDWWHULQJ RI ODUJH NLWFKHQ knives and utensils from two pulled-out kitchen drawers. 7KH RIĂ€FHU VDLG $PRURVR ZDV KLJKO\ intoxicated and nearly passed out on the Ă RRU DQG WKDW LW ´GLG FRQWULEXWH WR WKH LQcident.â€? Amoroso was taken by ambulance to St. Croix Regional Medical Center and later

airlifted to Regions Hospital in St. Paul. Schill was given a portable breath test and found to have been sober. Amoroso’s blood-alcohol concentration was not available at press time. Amoroso’s mother, Carla Padovani, has contacted the Leader, disputing several aspects of the incident, and is using social media to give some details on her son’s condition. “The bullet fractured his pelvis, ripped through his bladder and severed his intestine,â€? she wrote several days after the incident, noting that Amoroso required emergency surgery but gave no word on his condition. Padovani also disputes the portrayal of her son as an “intruder,â€? and implies he was intoxicated, locked out of his home and “ ... No one truly knows what transpired from there, only that my son was airlifted and underwent emergency surgery,â€? she added, noting that he was unarmed when shot. When asked about the account, Polk County Sheriff Peter Johnson made no ofĂ€FLDO FRPPHQW H[FHSW WR QRWH WKDW $PRroso apparently stated he did not recall what happened. Amoroso was out on bond at the time, DV KH KDV D SHQGLQJ FDVH LQYROYLQJ Ă€YH felony counts of fourth-degree sexual assault, as a repeater. That incident emerged from an alleged series of sexual assaults of a 16-year-old girl last spring. On the sexual assault case, he faces up WR QLQH PRQWKV LQ MDLO DQG D Ă€QH for each felony count, with a possible two additional years in prison on the repeater enhancements, meaning he faces the po-

tential of up to nearly 14 years of incarFHUDWLRQ DQG LQ Ă€QHV LI FRQYLFWHG on all counts. The “repeaterâ€? enhancements came about after Amoroso was convicted in May 2012 in Barron County for a felony drug conviction, that was the result of a 2012 conviction from an extensive plea agreement with prosecutors, dismissing a volume of charges, including two charges of felony bail jumping and felony witness intimidation. Amoroso had several charges dismissed, but read in for sentencing, including misdemeanor charges of battery, bail jumping, criminal damage to property, manufacturing marijuana and another fourth-degree sexual assault charge that ZDV Ă€OHG ODVW )HEUXDU\ EXW ZDV DOVR GLVmissed in the plea agreement. In that 2012 plea agreement, the bulk of his sentence was stayed, imposing two years of probation and a two-month county jail term. However, his 2014 Polk County charges of sexual assault meant he violated that probation, and he was then sentenced to nine months in jail. Amoroso’s pending sexual assault charges have a hearing set for Feb. 5. Amoroso’s charges from the Centuria break-in have a Jan. 26 initial appearance before a judge. 1R FKDUJHV ZHUH Ă€OHG DJDLQVW 6FKLOO and authorities have repeatedly said he did nothing wrong in the incident and was within his rights when he armed himself against the intruder.

Two candidates for president at Luck 0DU\ 6WLUUDW _ Staff writer LUCK — There will be a race for the position of Luck Village president this April, with both nominees from the Wednesday, Jan. 14, village caucus accepting the nomination. On the ballot will be incumbent President Peter Demydowich along with current Trustee and former President Dave Rasmussen. As of Tuesday afternoon, three of six individuals nominated for the three trustee seats have indicated they would run. These are incumbents Mike Broten and Sean Kinney, as well as Kyle Johansen. Nominees Bob Determan and Sheila Brom have both declined their nomination, and Dan Deiss has not yet indicated whether or not he will run. Deiss has until Wednesday afternoon to accept the nomination. In the event Deiss accepts, there will be four candidates running for three trustee positions. If not, the three candidates on the ballot will be running unopposed. Rasmussen currently holds a trustee position on the board, with one year remaining of his term. If elected president, he will leave his trustee position, then apSRLQW VRPHRQH WR ÀQLVK RXW KLV WHUP

%RDUG PHHWLQJ Immediately following the Jan. 14 caucus, the board held a public hearing to take comments on proposed changes to the ordinance regulating the raising of chickens in the village. No one appeared to speak on the ordinance, and later in the meeting the board voted to change the ordinance so that raising chickens is allowed in the village without a conditional use permit. Trustee Al Tomlinson abstained from the vote. Instead of the $200 conditional use permit that had been required to raise chickens, the change means that residents wishing to raise chickens will pay an initial $25 fee, plus $10 per year. Residents who have already obtained a CUP for raising chickens will receive a refund. A request that the village pay up to $800 for the golf course superintendent, Kevin Clunis, to attend a national golf course education conference in San Antonio, Texas, was approved, with Trustee Sean Kinney voting against. Kinney indicated he did not have enough information to feel comfortable approving the expenditure. He pointed out that it is not known what classes Clunis would be taking or how it would ben-

HĂ€W WKH YLOODJH According to discussion at the meeting, the conference is a place to network, take continuing education classes, and stay abreast of golf course management and promotion practices. “I think it’s a good investment,â€? said Trustee Mike Broten, a member of the golf course commission. “Eight hundred bucks is cheap. I don’t think it’s going to make us or break us.â€? It was initially unknown whether any money had been included in the 2015 budget to allow Clunis to attend the conference. Trustee Dave Rasmussen reviewed the golf course budget, which he said was approved by the village board, and found that $1,400 has been budgeted for training and travel. Kinney noted that possibly the clubKRXVH PDQDJHU FRXOG DOVR EHQHĂ€W IURP the training, and was informed that there is a different conference for that kind of training. “So,â€? said Trustee Becky Rowe, “It’s in the budget, so let’s approve it.â€? The conference is held in late February. The board also voted to send the director of public works to the annual Wisconsin Rural Water Association Conference,

which is included in the 2015 budget.

2WKHU EXVLQHVV • Resident Manny Gonzales asked that the board publish meeting announcements in the paper so residents can know of upcoming meetings. The board pointed out that, as required by law, the notices are posted at three locations in the village ³ WKH YLOODJH KDOO WKH SRVW RIÀFH DQG WKH bank, and that putting the notices in the paper is not cheap. Demydowich said he would have the request put on the February meeting agenda for discussion. • A street use permit for the Feb. 14 Luck Winter Carnival Torchlight Parade was approved. • Following a closed session of the board, a $50 per diem for on-call public works employees was approved. • Resident Brenda Lee Tasker thanked the board members for their hard work on behalf of the village. • A Jan. 28 joint meeting of the golf course commission and village board was rescheduled to Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m.

Frederic Village ballot set 0DU\ 6WLUUDW _ Staff writer FREDERIC — Last week’s caucus at Frederic produced a full slate of candidates for the position of village president as well as the four trustee seats up for election. Only one candidate, Earl Lee, who was

nominated to run for president, declined the nomination, leaving James Meyer as the lone candidate for village president. All nominees had until Monday, Jan. 19, to return papers needed to have their names included on the April ballot. Three of the trustee positions were nominated for two-year terms, while the

IRXUWK LV IRU RQH \HDU WR ÀQLVK WKH WHUP Gustafson. of Doug Amundson. There will be two On the ballot for the one-year term will candidates running for each of the four be current village President William Johnson IV and Greg Heine. positions. Running for the two-year terms are incumbents Maria Ammend and John Boyer, along with George Hansford, Todd Miller, Doug Gustafson and Dave

Milltown nominees all to run for election

0DU\ 6WLUUDW _ Staff writer MILLTOWN — Each of the individuals nominated at Milltown’s Monday, Jan.12, village caucus have agreed to run for election, which means that name of LuAnn

White will be the only one listed on the ballot for the position of president, but six candidates will be listed for three trustee positions. On the ballot for trustee will be incum-

bent Erling Voss, along with Linda Martinsen, Glenn Owen, Tom Croteau, Ben Kotval and Nancy Lemay. Current Trustee Jeff Erickson, whose term will be up in April, was nominated

last week but declined to seek re-election. The third open seat was held by Kendra Hansen, who resigned when she moved out of the village.

Republican Party of Polk County call to caucus 2015

ST. CROIX FALLS – The Republican Party of Polk County caucus will be held Sunday, Feb. 8, 2 p.m., at the Dalles House, 720 Hwy. 35, in St. Croix Falls.

elected. Delegates to the district caucus Please plan to attend. 6HYHUDO HOHFWHG RIĂ€FLDOV KDYH EHHQ LQ- on Saturday, March 14, and the state conYLWHG WR DWWHQG DQG VSHDN 2IĂ€FHUV RI WKH vention, May 15 - 16, will be elected. Republican Party of Polk County will be For more information on the Republi-

can Party of Polk County, visit their website at polkcountyrepublicans.com. – from Republican Party of Polk County

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Local Million March Against Child Abuse to be held April 11

Walks to raise awareness and ask for tougher sentencing for crimes against children

ST. CROIX FALLS — On Saturday and Monday, April 11 and 13, Americans all across the nation will join together in over 100 cities in multiple states in walks to raise awareness of child abuse and crimes against children in the U.S. At St. Croix Falls, the third-annual MMACA will take place April 11 from noon to 4 p.m., beginning at The Overlook on Main Street, across from Festival Theatre. “We are marching to raise awareness, educate and to call for stiffer punishments and tougher sentencing for anyone who harms a child,� notes Penny Johnson, lead coordinator of the event and Survivor/Can advocate. “You will be marching in unison with more than 100 other MMACA walks all over the nation. There is no fee to march, just show up and lend your voice. Wear blue!� More information on the St. Croix

$SULO LV 1DWLRQDO &KLOG $EXVH 3UHYHQWLRQ 0RQWK There are nearly 3 million reported child abuse cases each year. However, experts believe the actual number is closer to 9 million as most go unreported. At a recent Washington, D.C., congressional hearing, H[SHUWV WHVWLÀHG WKH\ EHOLHYH RYHU FKLOdren die each day in the U.S. as a result of child abuse, four times as many as the loss of life in the war on terror. One out of six boys and one out of four girls will be sexually molested by a close and trusted person before the age of 18. 7KH WKLUG DQQXDO 00$&$ ZLOO WDNH SODFH DW 6W &URL[ )DOOV RQ 6DWXUGD\ $SULO IURP QRRQ WR S P DW 7KH 2YHUORRN RQ 0DLQ 6WUHHW DFURVV IURP )HVWLYDO 7KHDWUH 6SHFLDO SKRWR Falls event is available at facebook.com/ MMACA. MMACA is a nonpartisan, grassroots, nationwide effort to raise awareness of the magnitude of child abuse, to educate the masses, and ask our lawmakers for tougher sentencing in violent crimes against our nation’s children. The walk was spearheaded by Children Without a Voice, or CWAV, pronounced C-WAVE, of Atlanta, Ga. Director Lin

Seahorn, stated, “Children are the world’s greatest natural resource and should be protected above all else on earth. We have to break the silence around the magnitude of crimes against our children, educate the masses, hold our lawmakers accountable for taking these crimes seriously and keeping violent offenders in prison where they belong. We are asking everyone to join us in the streets in April 2015.�

About Children Without A Voice USA &:$9 LV D F QRQSURĂ€W RUJDnization dedicated to raising awareness and preventing crimes against children, child abuse and neglect, through advocacy and education. They teach classes on Shaken Baby Syndrome prevention, Good Touch/Bad Touch and Anti-Bullying as well as ship free educational materials nationwide. For more information, please visit cwavusa.org. For general information, visit the Washington, D.C., Facebook page at: facebook. com/MMACAmarches. - submitted

Highway roundabout intersection in Siren coming this spring

-HDQ .RHO]_Staff writer 6,5(1 ² %XUQHWW &RXQW\ RIĂ€FLDOV DSproved a second revised agreement with WKH VWDWH WKDW Ă€QDOL]HV SURSRVHG FRVWV DQG other details for the roundabout intersection of Hwys. 35 and 70 at the north end of Siren. The last version of the agreement was signed in May 2014, but when the project was released for bids last fall, the

lowest construction bid came in $500,000 over estimate. Total cost for the new intersection, which involves moving it slightly to the east, will be just under $5.5 million. Because most of the project will be paid for with federal and state funds, the county’s costs will be limited to $1.175 million. And because of the intersection’s loca-

tion near the end of the airport runway, the county was able to work with the Bureau of Aeronautics to be reimbursed for almost all of it. However, the county is still responsible for the approximately $80,000 cost associated with the extension of Siren’s sewer lines up to the government center. Back in 2013, the county decided to use a por-

tion of its infrastructure budget to install VHZHU OLQHV DQG WDNH DGYDQWDJH RI VLJQLĂ€cant cost savings by completing it during the road construction. According to county Administrator Nate Ehalt work should resume in late April or early May, depending on the weather.

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*UHJ 0DUVWHQ _ Staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – A request for a conditional use permit to store a variety of items and materials outdoors at a soonto-be purchased St. Croix Falls industrial site led to a lengthy discussion on what was acceptable under the city’s current zoning. The issue went before the St. Croix Falls Plan Commission on Monday, Jan. 19, in a public hearing and took over three hours WR GHFLSKHU EHIRUH WKH FRPPLVVLRQ ÀQDOO\ passed on their recommendations to the city’s common council. David A. Berg owns a variety of metal UHSXUSRVLQJ DQG UHF\FOLQJ ÀUPV LQ WKH Twin Cites metro area and has proposed having his Industrial Space & Products business purchase a 10-acre lot with three buildings at 1157 East Pine St. Berg was hoping to not only use the multiple buildings for his existing businesses of repurposing metal items and specialized scrap collection, but also for possibly renting storage space for contractors and even locals who have boats, recreational vehicles or the like to store in

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the offseason. The commission went in-depth with Berg on what his variety of business proposals actually included, and whether it meant the industrial park lot would be littered with vehicles and boats, as well as scrap metal, equipment and the like. Berg assured them that he “keeps a clean house� and does not like his businesses to be unsightly. He also said they have a number of niche businesses that include things like rinsing, storing and reselling food-grade drums, barrels and industrial containers, and that they would also need to be stored on the property.

The possibility of storing hundreds or thousands of barrels did not sit well with the commission, and led to an extensive back-and-forth on the actual product the property will house. “My concern is that we don’t write a blank check,� stated Commissioner Arnie Carlson. One neighboring business owner also expressed his concerns about what might be stored at the property, and asked the commission and city to pursue their due diligence on the matter. While there was plenty of debate on what was not allowed, Mayor Brian Blesi

and the rest of the commission seemed convinced that the bulk of Berg’s proposal and business fell well within the property’s M-1 zoning. But Blesi and others raised concerns over the vehicle and RV storage, which they insisted did not conform with the zoning, without proper screening or being under a roof. “As a city, we have to be sensitive to precedent,� Blesi stated, noting that the Polk County Fairgrounds rent out building space for storage, but are not allowed to randomly store vehicles outdoors. “How would it look to have RVs, boats and the like surrounding the (fairgrounds) fence? How would residents feel about that?� In the end, Berg’s request was streamlined for approval, allowing only roadworthy semitrailer storage, work trucks, construction project equipment, steel and metal products, utility trailers and his own equipment, but no rental storage of recreational vehicles. Any other storage would require screening of some sort or would need to be done indoors. The CUP question is slated to go before the full common council in the coming weeks, and Berg’s land purchase is likely to move forward, with a closing scheduled in the coming weeks.

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“Last year’s opening, Jan. 15, was extraordinarily early. Most years that the ice caves have been open it’s not been until middle to late February,� he said. In the meantime, Krumenaker said they’re organizing staff and parking to be ready if the ice caves open. He said high winds broke up the ice two years ago, preventing access. Visitors who are 16 and older are now required to pay a $5 fee to see the ice caves.

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Midwest Environmental Advocates Director Kim Wright said it’s a big step for concerned citizens. “We needed this information a long time ago,â€? she said. “We need this process to move forward at a steady pace and we need the scope of that study to address all of the concerns that we have.â€? 7KH '15 ZLOO SURSRVH LWV Ă€QDO SODQV IRU WKH IUDF VDQG study to the Natural Resources Board at their meeting this Friday, Jan. 23.

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more technology and regulation is causing some of them to leave. Superior Halvor Lines recruiting director Debbie Landry said that the average age of their 300 drivers is 52. She said they’ve taken steps to improve life on the road. “Our trucks are top-of-the-line equipment. Most of them have refrigerators and inverters in them, so that works kind of as a mini-apartment for the driver,� said Landry. She said they also hired a wellness coordinator in the last year to improve driver health and keep them on the road longer.

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on corners where I live,â€? he said. “But we don’t have the power to interpret that footage and we don’t have the power to hold police accountable. So, I think you’re going to have footage and it’s not going to matter.â€? %XW UHWLUHG .HQRVKD 3ROLFH 2IĂ€FHU 5XVVHOO %HFNPDQ *LOPDQ +DOVWHG _ WPR News spoke in favor of the cameras. 0$',621 /DZ HQIRUFHPHQW RIĂ€FLDOV LQ 0DGLVRQ “They won’t solve all the problems, but they are a tool DUH FRQVLGHULQJ UHTXLULQJ RIĂ€FHUV WR ZHDU ERG\ FDPHUDV just like DNA. The will keep people out of prison and while on duty. At a recent community debate on the Uni- they will tell the truth,â€? he said. versity of Wisconsin - Madison campus, opponents of the Beckman also said he believes the cameras will encourplan argued the cameras won’t reduce police violence. age a change in the police culture if police know their “Mâ€? Adams, of the group Young, Gifted and Black, actions are being recorded. VDLG PRUH Ă€OP IRRWDJH RI SROLFH LQWHUDFWLRQV ZLWK SHRSOH Still, opponents of the idea say money spent on camin poor black communities won’t change the culture of eras should go instead to improving economic conditions $ UHFHQW IRUXP SUHVHQWHG YLHZV IRU DQG DJDLQVW SROLFH RIIL distrust. in communities where police violence is most prevalent. FHUV ZHDULQJ FDPHUDV 3KRWR E\ 0DWW /HKUHU “There’s footage of police cameras in neighborhoods

'3, VD\V $VVHPEO\ VFKRRO DFFRXQWDELOLW\ SURSRVDO FRXOG EH WKURZQ RXW LQ FRXUW Bill would replace failing public schools with charter schools 6KDZQ -RKQVRQ _ WPR News MADISON – The state Department of Public Instruction says a Republican plan to turn struggling public schools into charter schools could get thrown out in court. DPI’s Jeff Pertl said part of the problem with the bill is that there are many districts with only a single public school, and about two-thirds of districts statewide have only a single elementary school, a single middle school and a single high school. “So if we replace the school, what we’re really doing is kind of eliminating the option for a traditional public school in those areas,� said Pertl. Pertl said courts have ruled that eliminating that option is un-

constitutional. Beyond potential legal issues, Pertl said lawmakers should be careful about assuming that charter schools, which are typically more specialized, are either willing or able to take over a large traditional public school that serves a broader population. He also said that creating more charter schools will cut state aid to traditional public schools, effectively raising property taxes in those districts.

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6HUYLQJ WZR PDVWHUV" Last week, Adam Jarchow assumed his new position representing Wisconsin’s 28th Assembly District by swearing to support the constitutions of the United States and the state of Wisconsin and to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his ofĂ€FH /HW¡V KRSH KH NHHSV WKDW SURPLVH Jarchow’s Republican predecessor Erik Severson took the same oath four years ago and then promptly broke it by joining a shadowy organization called the American Legislative Exchange Council, usually referred to as ALEC. Ditto for Republican state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf who, in 2011, introduced an amendment to the state budget that would have lowered taxes on snuff and smokeless tobacco. The language of Harsdorf’s amendment was identical to that of a piece of “model legislationâ€? being promoted E\ $/(& IRU WKH EHQHĂ€W RI LWV FRUSRrate members, including Reynolds Tobacco and Altria/Phillip Morris. Here’s how Mike McCabe of the nonpartisan watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign describes ALEC: “Today’s lawmakers don’t need to gather ideas or take their cues from their local constituents. As of 2013, fully a third of Wisconsin legislators were members of the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is one-part corporate-funded dating service and one-part special interest bill mill. ALEC’s matchmaking forges relationships between corporate bigwigs and state lawmakers, and when the wining and dining is done, the legislators are sent home with ready-tointroduce draft legislation. Records obtained about ALEC’s inner workings show that it has pushed for ‌ a

signed loyalty pledge from member lawmakers promising to put ALEC’s LQWHUHVWV ÀUVW ¾ More information about ALEC is available at alecexposed.org. When Jarchow holds listening sessions around the district, let’s make sure it’s us he’s listening to and not the ELJ PRQH\ LQWHUHVWV 7KH ÀUVW WKLQJ KH needs to hear is that we don’t want him taking marching orders from the secretive, corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council. He can’t serve two masters and shouldn’t try. Jeff Peterson Luck

:KHUH DUH ZH DW" Where are we at? According to PISA 2012, our USA is No. 36 out of 65 countries. Where is each state at? Is that what Common Core Standards are all about? Fifty state governors and their K-12 educational heads came together to solve a United States educational problem. Today, 43 states are still in some phase of adjusting to Common Core Standards. These standards only focus on two of four critical factors, English and math. When the states did not have the funding to develop the tests, the federal government stepped in. That action violated our state rights. Our federal Constitution states very clearly that if a power is QRW GHÀQHG WKDW SRZHU EHORQJV WR WKH states and not the federal government. This is why the Republicans are in the process of withdrawing their support to Common Core Standards. Where does the federal program, No &KLOG /HIW %HKLQG ÀW LQ" 7KH IHGHUDO government needs to stay out of state education, because our federal Consti-

tution says so. How many years, not to mention our time and tax dollars, have they been beating this program to death? It has been 12 years. Where does ACT testing, assessments of strengths and weaknesses, ÀW LQ" $OO VWDWHV DUH GRLQJ LW DQG DOO four key factors – English, math, reading and science – are tested. Thirteen states are already at 100 percent. The USA solution is 100 percent testing by each state by approving funding. In summary, ACT testing and state implementation of Aspire/ACT will tell us where each state is at and the preparation level of all our children. Another letter, part two, will explain where Wisconsin is at and what we should focus on. Rich Hess Trade Lake

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6LJQV RI OLIH Ask a smalltown newspaper reporter what their loneliest experience has been and they may tell you it was being an audience of one at a government meeting. Unless there’s higher taxes at stake or a controversial topic at hand, our local school board and city council meetings involve only the members of the board, an administrator and a department head or two. It’s easy to assume that’s because the electorate trusts the people they chose to make the right decisions, on behalf of the best interests of the district or county or village. Recently there have been a few isolated signs of life - surges of interest in local government by taxpayers. For example, there are so many candidates for school board in Siren and Frederic, primaries are required next month to QDUURZ GRZQ WKH ÀHOG IRU WKH $SULO EDOORW That comes on the heels of a serious drought of citizens seeking to attach their name to a policial contest. It was, in fact, becoming a trend. And some area caucuses saw more than the usual number of attendees and nominations. Even in places where things have seemed, by all appearances, to be issue- and drama-free. That’s a whole lotta democracy going on for what’s been in recent years a quiet, if not comatose, election season. More interest, more volunteerism, more cowbell. However you want to phrase it, the surge keeps the grassroots political process alive. And that never hurts. - Gary King

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C Â O Â N Â V Â E Â R Â S Â A Â T Â I Â O Â N Â S Community policing protest group wants to end comA munity policing in Madison to help cut in half the number of poor and

black people who get arrested. It’s a local spin growing out of incidents across the nation between police and black citizens. The group, called the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, said police have become an “occupying forceâ€? in neighborhoods of minority residents. “The relationship we desire to have with the police is simple: no interaction,â€? the group said in an open letter. “Our people need opportunities for self-determination, not policing,â€? the group added. Madison Police Chief Mike Koval, who is white, blistered the criticism, defendLQJ KLV RIĂ€FHUV ZKR SDUWLFLSDWH LQ FRPmunity policing to improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods and create better relationships. Drugs and guns are major issues. Community policing efforts DOORZ RIĂ€FHUV WR KHOS UDWKHU WKDQ MXVW focus on making arrests. “People in our neighborhoods rely on RXU DVVLVWDQFH DQG KRSH WKDW RXU LQĂ Xence will make these challenged neigh-

6WDWH &DSLWRO 1HZVOHWWHU 0DWW 3RPPHU borhoods safer,â€? Koval said in response to the letter. “Are you really advocating the police abdicate our responsibilities to these folks?â€? he asked rhetorically. Unsaid was that older citizens in the challenged neighborhoods may not DJUHH ZLWK WKH LGHD RI UHPRYLQJ RIĂ€FHUV from their streets and playgrounds. Koval said he hears from neighborhood residents who like the added presence of KLV RIĂ€FHUV Community policing is growing in America. In Madison, it is a decentralL]HG DSSURDFK LQ ZKLFK RIĂ€FHUV ZRUN with other city departments to help provide services to challenged neighborhoods. Incidents between police and African-American residents in Missouri

and New York City have triggered protest activities in many areas, including Madison. The demonstrations have included rallies at city hall and people lying down in shopping malls. The group also has opposed expanding the Dane County Jail, saying the $8 million should be used to help poor people. Koval said it was time for the protestors “to look a lot closer at issues besetting our people of color and stop pandering to the ‘blame game’ of throwing my department to the wolves.’’ The chief said the Wisconsin Legislature could make changes in laws that would reduce any racial bias in law enforcement. Possible changes include ending the practice of trying 17-year-olds as adults, using “restorative justiceâ€? courts to keep people from quickly ending up in the state justice system, and changing drug possession laws. ,W¡V GRXEWIXO HOHFWHG VWDWH RIĂ€FLDOV would tackle that agenda. They could face criticism in the media that they are “soft on crime.â€? Last April, 65 percent of Dane County voters said, “yesâ€? to an advisory ballot

question on whether the state should legalize marijuana. But the issue has lots of twists and turns. In December, the Dane County Board rejected a federal grant from the Cannabis Enforcement and Suppression Effort program. In previous years, the county had received tens of thousands of dollars from the federal program. 7KH JUDQW SURYLGHV PRQH\ WR ÀJKW KHURLQ RWKHU GUXJV DQG JXQ WUDIÀF 6XSHUYLsors who opposed accepting the money said they wanted to send a signal about racial disparity in drug-related arrests. The drug issues have attracted more attention because of a substantial increase in the number of heroin deaths. In 2013, Dane County saw a 350-percent increase in heroin deaths – the majority were white citizens. Turning down federal money to make a point is familiar to Wisconsin citizens. Gov. Scott Walker has rejected hundreds of millions of federal dollars to expand Medicaid, saying he doubted the federal government could continue the program.

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he left-leaning Center on Media and Democracy called it “a coordinated GOP attack� on Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. Neil Heinen, editorial director of WISC-TV in Madison, said it “borders on frivolous abuse of the constitutional amending process.� The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorialized that Republicans apparently want “to retroactively overturn an election.� At issue is a proposed state constitutional amendment to change how the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s chief justice is selected. The measure, backed by Republicans, is on its way to passing a second consecutive legislative session, in time to appear on the April 7 ballot. The change would end the state’s 126-year tradition of having the court’s longest-tenured justice serve as chief, the administrative head of the state court system. Instead, the court’s seven members would elect their leader every two years. Abrahamson has blasted this amendment, along with a GOP proposal to impose a mandatory retirement age on judges, per an earlier constitutional amendment. “The Wisconsin Constitution should not be used to target judges. If the Legislature adopts these proposals, it is frustrating the electorate and injecting the ugliness of partisan politics into the judiciary, a nonpartisan, independent

Harsdorf to hold listening sessions MADISON - State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf has announced her latest listening session schedule for residents of the 10th Senate District. Listening sessions are intended to provide citizens throughout the district with the opportunity to talk with Harsdorf about issues of interest to them, to ask questions and to share their ideas and concerns. “As we begin our work in the new legislative session, the input I receive in the listening sessions is invaluable in iden-

0RQH\ 3ROLWLFV %LOO /XHGHUV branch of government.â€? Appointed in 1976, Abrahamson went on to win four elections to become the longest-serving justice in state history, including 18 years as chief. Considered a court liberal, she is known nationally for her keen intellect, deep knowledge and hard work. She also has a sense of humor. At an event honoring a courthouse reporter in 2012, Abrahamson noted that the court was once considered a sleepy institution. “Not on my watch,â€? she cracked. Today’s Wisconsin Supreme Court is rife with controversy and internal conĂ LFW LQFOXGLQJ D LQFLGHQW LQ ZKLFK Justice David Prosser placed his hands around another justice’s neck. Two other conservative justices have been targets of ethics investigations. If the amendment passes, Abrahamson, 81, would likely be replaced as chief by Justice Patience Roggensack, a leader of the court’s conservative majority. That

WK 'LVWULFW 6HQDWH 6KHLOD +DUVGRUI tifying the priorities of area residents. I appreciate the input and personal interaction with citizens that attend and share their thoughts,� said Harsdorf. “Given that many of my bill ideas come directly from suggestions raised by constituents,

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would tighten conservatives’ control of the judicial branch — at a time when the court is poised to take on legal issues at the heart of the John Doe probe involving Republican Gov. Scott Walker. John Nichols, associate editor of The Capital Times, recently argued that the question of who should be chief justice was decided by voters in 2009, when Abrahamson was handily re-elected over challenger Randy Koschnick, a judge in Jefferson County. Koschnick, in an interview, disagrees, saying voters were choosing between two candidates, not weighing in on how the chief justice is picked. He supports the amendment, saying at least some of the dysfunction on the court “may come from the fact that you have justices in the majority blocked from administrative rule making.â€? Besides, Koschnick muses, if state conservatives were really so intent on getting rid of Abrahamson, “wouldn’t WKHUH KDYH EHHQ PRUH Ă€QDQFLDO LQWHUHVW in backing my campaign?â€? Koschnick, in the 2009 race, was badly outspent. Proponents insist they are not out to get Abrahamson. Rather, they say the change will promote collegiality by providing an incentive for each justice to be on his or her best behavior. Former Justice Jon Wilcox, speaking in favor of the amendment at a Jan. 8 hearing, said

justices vying for this leadership position would “have to get along, just like you do in the Legislature.â€? Rimshot, please. At the hearing, state Rep. Gary Hebl, D-Sun Prairie, urged lawmakers to prove the amendment is not an effort to remove Abrahamson by exempting her from its reach. But his efforts to effect this change were rejected. “We know exactly what is going on here,â€? Hebl said in an interview. “Clearly, this is going against Shirley.â€? But while Hebl sees ample grounds to oppose the amendment, he expects voters to approve it. The public, he said, likes the idea of elections and the proSRVHG FKDQJH DW Ă€UVW JODQFH ´VRXQGV like a good idea.â€? Bill Lueders is the Money and Politics Project director at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, WisconsinWatch.org. The center produces the project in partnership with MapLight. The Center collaborates with Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, other news media and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. All works created, published, posted or disseminated by WKH FHQWHU GR QRW QHFHVVDULO\ UHĂ HFW WKH YLHZV or opinions of UW-Madison or any of its afĂ€OLDWHV

the feedback on how state government can be improved or reformed is critical in shaping my legislative agenda.� Listening sessions have been scheduled around the 10th Senate District, which is comprised of parts of Burnett, Dunn, Pierce, Polk and St. Croix counties. Below are the dates, locations and times of the listening sessions:

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Reading specialist coming to Grantsburg GRANTSBURG - A Grantsburg native, Andy Johnson, is coming back to his home school district to provide professional development at the middle school and the elementary school on reading. Dr. Johnson is a reading specialist. He focuses on helping schools implement effective reading-intervention programs for struggling readers as well as implementing research-based RTI programs related to reading instruction. Johnson is a professor of literacy instruction at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minn., and has become well-known for his brain-based reading instructional strategies. Johnson will be providing a short in-service workshop

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Frederic 38, Unity 35 0DUW\ 6HHJHU_Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – Frederic’s Austin Kurkowski hit a pair of big free throws to help the Vikings boys basketball team hang on to a big conference win over the Eagles Friday, Jan. 16. For now at least, Frederic will savor the top spot in the West Lakeland Conference at 5-0, while sending the previously unbeaten Eagles to 4-1 in the conference. Both teams are now 10-1 overall. The Vikings only preYLRXV ORVV FDPH GXULQJ WKH Ă€UVW JDPH RI the season against Turtle Lake, which was also a close one. “First game of the year was kind of the only close game, or that close all year, so it was good to see our guys come through, but it got pretty scary in the end,â€? said Vikings coach Ryan Lind after the game. )UHGHULF GRPLQDWHG PXFK RI WKH Ă€UVW KDOI EXW WKH (DJOHV FRQWUROOHG WKH Ă€UVW quarter, taking an early 8-5 lead. The Eagles jumped out to a 10-5 lead with two points from Dylan Ruck to start the second quarter, but it was all Vikings from that moment on, starting with a 3-pointer from Kurkowski. The Vikings went on a 14-0 run before the end of the Ă€UVW KDOI ZKLOH KROGLQJ WKH (DJOHV WR MXVW two points, and clutching a 19-10 halftime lead. Defense, according to Lind, was the ELJJHVW GLIIHUHQFH PDNHU LQ WKH Ă€UVW KDOI and beyond, but there were other elements working to their favor as well. “They had 10 points at halftime, so our defense was incredible. And, all kinds of different guys stepping up and making shots ‌ we got it from different sources and we were passing real well,â€? Lind said. In the third quarter the Vikings got ahead by as many as 11 points before Unity’s Hunter Fjorden hit from the outside. The Vikings maintained a 10-point lead KHDGLQJ LQWR WKH Ă€QDO TXDUWHU DQG JRW RII to a fast start, as Kurkowski and Roman Poirier hit shots on a pair of breakaways to force a Unity time-out with 6:40 to go, with the Vikings up 35-22. With over six minutes to play, Unity was already in the bonus, and the Eagles stormed back with six unanswered points, forcing the Vikings to take a time-out. “In the second half, the passes started getting a little shaky, probably nerves and stuff,â€? Lind said. And then they (Unity) played their 1-3-1 (zone defense) and that made it a little tougher, too.â€? The Eagles still trailed by eight points with under four minutes to go, but after a Ruck steal Unity took a quick time-out to regroup. Unity junior Erik Peterson came out after the break and hit a huge twoand-one opportunity, and Logan Bader quickly stole the ball and went uncon

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••• SOMERSET – Along with being named Wisconsin Football Coaches Association/Green Bay Packers Coach of the Year, Somerset head football coach Bruce Larson added another honor as he was named the 1)/¡V 'RQ 6KXOD 1DWLRQDO +LJK 6FKRRO &RDFK RI WKH Year. Larson led the Spartans to their third state championship in 2014, after his 16th season as head coach. Along with a $10,000 cash prize, a $15,000 donation will be awarded to the Somerset football program. Larson will also get the opportunity to attend this year’s Super Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. – with information from the St. Paul Pioneer Press ••• DE PERE – The 6W 1RUEHUW &ROlege men’s basketball team extended their record to 13-1 after a convincing 87-45 win over Knox College Saturday, Jan. 17. The Green Knights are still undefeated at 9-0 in the Midwest Conference. Former Webster athlete and Green Knights senior Austin Elliott scored seven points in the win with two assists and one rebound. St. Norbert College is halfway through the MWC season, with nine left to play. Their next game is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Carroll University, starting at 7:30 p.m. – from snc.edu/ athletics ••• LEADER LAND – The Friday, Jan. 23, Siren at Luck girls and boys basketball games are being broadcast on 104.9 FM, beginning at 5:45 p.m. The Tuesday, Jan. 27, /XFN DW )UHGeric boys and girls basketball games can be heard on 104.9 FM, beginning at 5:45 p.m. The Ellsworth at Amery girls basketball game can be heard on 1260 AM, Thursday, Jan. 22, starting at 7:30 p.m. The Amery at Prescott boys basketball game is being broadcast on 1260 AM on Friday, Jan. 23, starting at 7:30 p.m. The Monday, Jan. 26, St. Croix Central at Amery girls basketball game can be heard on 1260 AM starting at 7:30 p.m. All high school games can be found on the Web at msbnsports.net. The Saturday, Jan. 24, men’s college basketball game between :LVFRQVLQ DQG 0LFKLJDQ is being broadcast on 1260 AM, starting at 6 p.m. ••• LEADER LAND – /HDGHU 6SRUWV strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete playing collegiate sports in 2015 who hasn’t been mentioned, send us an email or call and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger ••• LEADER LAND – /RFDO VSRUWV WLGbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4:30 p.m. on Mondays to go in Extra Points. – Marty Seeger

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Grantsburg boys grab another conference win Luck 53, Clear Lake 36 LUCK – Luck was the winner of a home nonconference game against the Clear Lake Warriors Friday, Jan. 16, to move their overall record to 7-3. Luck was in control early with a Ă€UVW TXDUWHU OHDG WKHQ &OHDU /DNH bounced back to trail by just two points at halftime, 30-28, but the Cardinals used a well-balanced, patient offense to aid in the win. “Good ball movement versus Clear Lake’s zone,â€? said Luck coach Rick Giller. “Finding open guy. Looking for best shot, not just any shot.â€? Taylor Hawkins had 14 points for Luck, followed by Noah Mortel, 11, Sam Nelson and Nick Mattson each had 10, Austin Hamack, six, and Casey Ogilvie, two.

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St. Croix Falls 73, Webster 42 ST. CROIX FALLS – The Saints boys basketball team took care of business against the Tigers Friday, Jan. 16, backed by a well-balanced scoring attack. St. &URL[ )DOOV WRRN D OHDG DIWHU WKH ÀUVW quarter and scored another 23 points in the second quarter to lead 42-23 at the half.

Jacob Jacobson scored 19 points to lead the Saints with nine assists and two steals. Niko Neuman had 16 points with 10 rebounds and three assists. Alex Johnson scored 12 points with six boards, and Wyatt Bergmann had eight points and six rebounds. Other points totals were from Brady Leahy with eight, Tyler Henk, ÀYH -RKQ 3HWKHUEULGJH WKUHH DQG -DNH Johnson, two. The Saints improved to 5-3 overall, while Webster moved to 1-9.

Frederic basketball/Continued tested for the layup. Unity trailed 36-33 while the Vikings worked the clock until a turnover gave possession back to Unity, with 1:37 left in the game. The Eagles then turned the ball over, back to the Vikings, who took a time-out with 43 seconds on the clock. After the time-out, Bader stole the ball and drew a quick foul. He hit the Ă€UVW IUHH WKURZ DQG PLVVHG RQ WKH VHFRQG attempt, but teammate Nathan Heimstead came down with the rebound as Unity took another time-out with 37 seconds to go, and the Eagles trailed 36-34. Peterson drew a foul forcing another Vikings time-out with 21 second to go, and Peterson went 1 for 2 from the line to bring the Eagles within a point. With 17 seconds remaining, Kurkowski was fouled and was able to hit both free throws to give Frederic a three-point lead. Despite getting off a pair of 3-pointers, the Eagles couldn’t connect to tie, and the Vikings defense hung on for the win. “The kids showed character, and Austin hit some huge free throws there in the end, and that was big, and we played good defense all night,â€? said Lind. Leading the Vikings on offense was Kurkowski with 16, Zach Schmidt and Austin Ennis each had seven, Roman Poirier, six, and Greg Peterson, two. Schmidt led with 12 rebounds, and Zane Matz and Kurkowski each had six. Matz also had two steals. The Vikings went 7 of 12 from the free-throw line.

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Frederic fights through Eagles offensive output Harlander scores Ĺ•Ĺ” in Vikings win Frederic 66, Unity 53 0DUW\ 6HHJHU_Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The Unity girls basketball team provided plenty of offensive output Friday, Jan. 16, against the Vikings, but it wasn’t enough as Frederic UROOHG WR WKHLU Ă€IWK FRQIHUHQFH ZLQ RI WKH season. “Thought girls clicked on offense,â€? said Vikings coach Troy Wink. “Making 15 of 16 free throws, getting good shots from Ă RRU 'HIHQVLYHO\ KDG VRPH EUHDNGRZQV adjusted at half and played better in third to stretch the lead out.â€? The Vikings got off to a fast start, leadLQJ LQ WKH Ă€UVW TXDUWHU EXW WKH Eagles came storming back, with a lot of help from junior Gabrielle Foeller, who Ă€QLVKHG ZLWK D WHDP OHDGLQJ SRLQWV and six rebounds. Foeller scored 11 points in the second quarter as the Eagles outscored the Vikings 17-7 and trailed by just four points at halftime, 34-30. But by the end of the third quarter, Frederic had taken a commanding lead, and held onto it throughout the fourth quarter. “Our turnovers were once again a big difference in our loss to Frederic. We had too many opportunities that we couldn’t FDSLWDOL]H RQ VLQFH ZH KDG GLIĂ€FXOW\ SDVVing and catching,â€? said Eagles coach Rory Paulsen. “Our conversion defense, going from offense to defense, was also poor as we gave up too many easy baskets. I am pleased with Gabrielle Foeller for her effort and hustle in our game. She played with great effort and intensity on both HQGV RI WKH Ă RRU Âľ Jasmine Lowe also had 10 points for Unity, followed by Emma Moore, eight,

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St. Croix Falls girls basketball team a good run on Friday, Jan. 16, but the Saints managed to hang on to victory as the Tigers fell short of a comeback. “The girls really battled on Friday,â€? said Webster coach Andrew Harrison. “We came back from 10-plus down a FRXSOH RI WLPHV WR JHW ZLWKLQ WKUHH RU Ă€YH but couldn’t quite complete the comeback. We moved much better off the ball on offense than on Thursday (against Turtle Lake) and I thought we did a very good job against their tall post player. Unfortunately we didn’t have an answer for (Katie) Kopp.â€?

Kopp led the Saints with 19 points along with eight rebounds and three assists. St. Croix Falls was up 23-13 at halftime but the Tigers came back, trailing 33-28 heading into the fourth quarter. The Tigers have had to face a bit of adversity lately, with the absense of starting point guard Christina Weis “We are playing without our starting point guard, Christina Weis, for a couple of weeks so we will need to continue to have players step up in order to be competitive,� Harrison said.

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Anderson surpasses 100 wins for Unity wrestling progress this season,� said Unity coach Shawn Perkins. At 145, Unity’s Marcus Qualle won by tech-fall over Tyler Fletcher, and Ben Trainer earned a pin at 195 over Josh Campbell. At 220, Brad Eley was a winner by pin over Jordan Rouzer. “Ben Traynor and Brad Eley both wrestled really well, which is great to see two seniors stepping it up this time of the year,� Perkins said. The Unity wrestling team will host Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg in their next dual, Thursday, Jan. 22, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Eagles win big over Turtle Lake/Clayton Unity 53, Turtle Lake 21 0DUW\ 6HHJHU_Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The Eagles wrestling team faced Turtle Lake in a dual match Thursday, Jan. 15, and won handily, 5321. Unity won four of their matches by forfeit and a double forfeit took place at 285 pounds. Turtle Lake also recorded a forfeit win at 106 pounds. In actual matches, the Eagles went 5 for 8, which included a pin for Tevin Anderson at 185. Anderson pinned Turtle Lake’s Kevin Prinson to reach his 103rd varsity victory, and he was honored for the achievement during the match. Other Eagle wrestlers notching wins were A.J. Bearhart at 120, who won by pin over Mason Gates. “AJ Bearhart beat a quality wrestler from TL who had previously defeated him in December. It’s great to see AJ’s

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ing away with a victory to preserve the win at 120 pounds. “He was sick the day before and he didn’t feel up to wrestling,â€? said Bartlett. “I convinced him to wrestle and see how he felt.â€? Britton ended up going 2-1 on the evening, winning by pin against Forest Lake and winning 3-0 against Eden Prairie. He lost the Ă€QDO PDWFK E\ D GHcision, avoiding a major decision loss, which would have given Prescott the win. “We weren’t planning on wrestling, but we needed him to wrestle 'DNRWD 6FKXOW]

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Permits issued for 2015 spring turkey hunt MADISON - The 2015 spring turkey permit drawing has ended, and 134,257 successful applicants will receive spring wild turkey permits. A total of 237,768 permits have been made available for the spring 2015 turkey season - remaining permits will be available through over-the-counter sales beginning March 23. 3RVWFDUG QRWLÀFDWLRQV KDYH EHHQ VHQW WR successful applicants and should arrive within the next few weeks. Hunters can check permit application status online through the Department of Natural Resource’s Online Licensing Center, or by calling the DNR Customer Call Center from 7 a.m. through 10 p.m., seven days a week, at 888-936-7463. Spring turkey periods open for seven days The spring 2015 turkey hunt will run from April 15 to May 26, with six sevenday periods running Wednesday through the following Tuesday. A total of seven zones and Fort McCoy will be open for hunting. New in 2015, Wisconsin’s state park turkey hunting zones have been eliminated. Hunters are no longer able to apply for spring turkey permits in any of the previous state park hunting zones. State parks will remain open to spring turkey huntLQJ GXULQJ WKH ÀUVW WKUHH WLPH SHULRGV only, and have been absorbed into the surrounding turkey management zones. For example, a hunter wishing to hunt within Governor Dodge State Park, previously Zone 1A, may still do so with a Zone 1 permit. More information regarding hunting within state parks is available by searching the DNR website, dnr. wi.gov, for keywords hunting state parks. Hunters are reminded that the Fort McCoy spring turkey-hunting season is managed separately from the state of

Wisconsin spring turkey hunt. Hunters who do not receive an approval to hunt turkeys through the state drawing in a Wisconsin turkey hunting zone for the 2015 spring season are eligible to apply for a spring permit at Fort McCoy. Applications can be obtained from Fort McCoy by calling 608-388-3337 or online at mccoy.army.mil. Leftover spring turkey permits go on sale March 23 The 103,516 remaining permits for the 2015 spring turkey hunting season will EH VROG RQ D ÀUVW FRPH ÀUVW VHUYHG EDVLV starting Monday, March 23, at 10 a.m. /HIWRYHU SHUPLWV ZLOO EH ÀUVW LVVXHG IRU sale by zone, one zone per day - each zone will have a designated sales date. Hunters are encouraged to use the turkey zone map and turkey permit availability pages to see if permits are available for the period and zone in which they wish to hunt. The following zones have leftover permits, and scheduled sales dates are as follows: • Zone 1 - Monday, March 23; • Zone 2 - Tuesday, March 24; • Zone 3 - Wednesday, March 25; • Zone 4 - Thursday, March 26; and • Zones 5, 6 and 7 - Friday, March 27 (due to the low number of permits left in these units, sales have been combined into one day). After zone-only sales, all remaining turkey tags will be available for purchase Saturday, March 28. Extra tags may be purchased at a rate of one per day until the zone and time period sells out or the season ends. The fee for leftover turkey permits is $10 for residents and $15 for nonresidents, and each will have equal opportunity to purchase over-the-counter permits. All hunters will be required to purchase a

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#202-­6.5  CHICKENS AMENDED  THIS  14TH  DAY  OF  JANUARY,  2015 To  Remove  The  Conditional  Use  Permit To  Pay  A  Ten  Dollar  Annual  Fee  For  A  Permit  To  Own  Chickens This  Information  Can  Be  Found  In  The  Ordinance  Book  For  The  Village  Of  Luck  Chapter  202  Animals 620589 23L WNAXLP (Jan.  14,  21,  28) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY HOUSEHOLD  FINANCE  CORPORATION  III,  Plaintiff, vs. JAMES  EDWARD  MCCURDY  a/k/a  JAMES  E.  MCCURDY, Defendant.  HOUSEHOLD  FINANCE  CORPORATION  III, Added  Defendant. Case  No.  14  CV  205 Foreclosure  of  Mortgage  30404 NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  in  the  amount  of  $92,649.11,  entered  by  the  court  on  August  8,  2014,  the  undersigned  Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  will  sell  the  following  described  real  estate. Lot  6,  the  North  10  feet  of  Lot  7  and  the  South  5  feet  of  Lot  5,  Block  74,  First  Addition  to  the  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. TAX  KEY  NO.  281-­00244-­0000. STREET  ADDRESS:  811  N.  Hamilton  Street,  St.  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024. PLACE  OF  SALE:  Front  lobby  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  W.  Main  St,  Balsam  Lake,  WI. DATE  &  TIME  OF  SALE:  Feb-­ ruary  10,  2015,  at  10:00  a.m. TERMS  OF  SALE: 1.  Property  is  sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens  and  encumbrances,  including  but  not  limited  unpaid  and  accrued  real  estate  taxes,  special  assessments  and  other  governmental  charges,  plus  interest  and  penalties,  if  any. 2.  A  bid  deposit  of  not  less  than  ten  percent  (10%)  of  the  bid  amount  shall  be  due  in  the  form  of  cash,  cashier’s  check  or  certified  funds  at  the  time  of  sale. 3.  Successful  bidder  to  pay  the  entire  unpaid  balance  of  bid  within  ten  (10)  days  following  confirmation  of  the  sale  by  the  court  plus  buyer  to  pay  for  buyer’s  title  insurance,  document  recording  fees  and  Wisconsin  Real  Estate  Transfer  Tax. 4.  Failure  to  make  timely  pay-­ ment  following  confirmation  of  sale  will  result  in  forfeiture  of  bid  deposit.  Date:  January  6,  2015. Peter  M.  Johnson,  Sheriff Polk  County Law  Offices  of  James  E.  Huismann,  S.C. Address: N14  W23777  Stone  Ridge  Dr. Suite  120 Waukesha,  Wisconsin  53188 262-­523-­6400 >5(?37

(Jan.  14,  21,  28) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY HOUSEHOLD  FINANCE  CORPORATION  III,  Plaintiff, vs. TRICIA  LEIGH  KNUTSON, THE  PACESETTER  CORPORATION, VILLAGE  OF  CLAYTON, Defendants.  HOUSEHOLD  FINANCE  CORPORATION  III,  Added  Defendant. Case  No.  14  CV  200 Foreclosure  of  Mortgage  30404 NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  in  the  amount  of  $74,023.33,  entered  by  the  court  on  August  6,  2014,  the  under-­ signed  Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  will  sell  the  following  described  real  estate. Outlot  32  of  Assessor’s  Plat,  Village  of  Clayton,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. TAX  KEY  NO.  112-­00171-­0000 STREET  ADDRESS:  104  Church  Street,  Clayton,  WI  54004. PLACE  OF  SALE:  Front  lobby  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Cen-­ ter,  1005  W.  Main  St,  Balsam  Lake,  WI. DATE  &  TIME  OF  SALE:  Febru-­ ary  10,  2015,  at  10:00  a.m. TERMS  OF  SALE: 1.  Property  is  sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens  and  encumbrances,  including  but  not  limited  unpaid  and  ac-­ crued  real  estate  taxes,  spe-­ cial  assessments  and  other  governmental  charges,  plus  interest  and  penalties,  if  any. 2.  A  bid  deposit  of  not  less  than  ten  percent  (10%)  of  the  bid  amount  shall  be  due  in  the  form  of  cash,  cashier’s  check  or  certified  funds  at  the  time  of  sale. 3.  Successful  bidder  to  pay  the  entire  unpaid  balance  of  bid  within  ten  (10)  days  following  confirmation  of  the  sale  by  the  court  plus  buyer  to  pay  for  buyer’s  title  insurance,  document  recording  fees  and  Wisconsin  Real  Estate  Transfer  Tax. 4.  Failure  to  make  timely  pay-­ ment  following  confirmation  of  sale  will  result  in  forfeiture  of  bid  deposit. Date:  January  6,  2015. Peter  M.  Johnson,  Sheriff Polk  County Law  Offices  of  James  E.  Huismann,  S.C. Address: N14  W23777  Stone  Ridge  Dr. Suite  120 Waukesha,  Wisconsin  53188 262-­523-­6400 >5(?37

.HOOLH 0 %UHQGHQ (DJDQ 0LQQ IDLOXUH WR SD\ ILQH -DQ -RVH / &KDYDUULD :HEVWHU FRPSODLQW -DQ 'DNRWD - 'HVMDUODLW 6LUHQ IDLOXUH WR DSSHDU -DQ .QRZO 7 'RXJODV )UHGHULF IDLOXUH WR SD\ ILQH -DQ 'DQLHO - (VSHVHWK 6LUHQ IDLOXUH WR SD\ ILQH -DQ 'RXJODV - )RQWDLQH :HEVWHU IDLOXUH WR DSSHDU -DQ 0LFKDHO 6 )RUG :HEVWHU IDLOXUH WR SD\ ILQH -DQ -RVHSK + *DWHV *UDQWVEXUJ IDLOXUH WR DSSHDU -DQ $XVWLQ 0 -DEORQVN\ 3UHQWLFH IDLOXUH WR SD\ ILQH -DQ (Jan.  14,  21,  28) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY JP  MORGAN  CHASE  BANK,  NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION Plaintiff vs. JEREMY  BECKER,  et  al. Defendants Case  No.  13  CV  577 NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  entered  on  July  31,  2014,  in  the  amount  of  $127,510.57,  the  Polk  County  sheriff  will  sell  the  premises  described  below  at  public  auc-­ tion  as  follows: DATE/TIME:  February  10,  2015,  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,  encumbrances  and  payment  of  applicable  transfer  taxes  by  purchaser. PLACE:  In  the  lobby  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  located  at  1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis.  54810. PROPERTY  DESCRIPTION:  Lot  1  of  CSM  No.  4583  recorded  in  Volume  20  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  Page  135,  as  Document  No.  685446  being  a  division  of  CSM  No.  986  recorded  in  Volume  4  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  Page  233,  as  Document  No.  420020  and  located  in  the  Northwest  1/4  of  the  Southwest  1/4  of  Section  19,  Township  35  North,  Range  18  West.  Said  land  being  in  the  Town  of  Eur-­ eka,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. ADDRESS:  2394  Big  Lake  Avenue,  Saint  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024. TAX  KEY  NO.:  020-­00526-­0100. Dated  this  6th  day  of  January,  2015. Peter  M.  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff Cummisford,  Acevedo  &  Associates,  LLC Attorney  for  Plaintiff Mark  R.  Cummisford State  Bar  #1034906 7071  South  13th  Street Suite  #100 Oak  Creek,  WI  53154 414-­761-­1700 Cummisford,  Acevedo  &  Asso-­ ciates,  LLC,  is  the  creditor’s  at-­ torney  and  is  attempting  to  col-­ lect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

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POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Deputy Sheriff $25.44/hr. Full  time  -­  averages  39.73  hours  per  week. 1  vacancy  and  create  eligibility  list. Deadline  to  apply:  Feb.  9,  2015. The  position  of  Patrol  Deputy  involves  overall  responsibilities  of  preventing,  detecting  and  investigating  crimes,  apprehending  criminals  and  other  violators.  Responding  to  emergencies  and  all  other  calls  for  Law  Enforcement  services. 3 YOU MUST COMPLETE AN ONLINE APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For com-­ plete job description, position requirements, application and details, please visit our website at www.co.polk.wi.us, Employment Opportunities. AA/EEOC

PUBLIC WORKS CREWPERSON AND EQUIPMENT OPERATOR Grantsburg, Wisconsin

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The Village of Grantsburg (pop. 1,336) located in Burnett County, Wisconsin, seeks a candidate for our Full-time Public Works Crewperson and Equipment Operator position. This position is responsible for performing a variety of manual and routine tasks associated with the Public Works Department. This position is also responsible for assisting in duties outlined in the Water and Sewer Operator Technician/Sewage Lift Station Maintenance Employee job description when needed at the discreation of the Public Works Director. Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent. Ability to obtain a Wisconsin CDL driver’s license, skill in operation of various size trucks and machinery. Pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening required. Residency required within 15 miles of the jurisdictional boundaries of the Village of Grantsburg. Wage dependent on qualifications. Excellent benefits. Complete job description available at www.grantsburgwi.com or by calling the Village Office at 715-463-2405. Submit resume/applicaiton and references by Thursday, February 19, 2015, to: Village of Grantsburg 316 S. Brad Street Grantsburg, Wisconsin 54840 Or email to:villageoffice@grantsburgwi.com The Village of Grantsburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Burnett Dairy Co-op is currently accepting applications for Maintenance Technicians. These positions are full time with a competitive benefits package. 2nd shift is from 3 to 11:15 p.m. and 3rd shift is 11 p.m. to 7:15 a.m. Both shifts are M-F including every 3rd weekend. These positions perform maintenance for the cheese factory buildings, equipment and some grounds work. Applicant must be able to climb ladders, lift up to 60 lbs. and be able to spend long hours on feet. Preferred applicants will have welding experience, electrical background, fabricating and mechanical knowledge. Main-tenance experience in a food manufacturing facility also preferred. Must be reliable and able to troubleshoot and work independently in a fast-paced working environment.

Applications are available at www.burnettdairy.com/employment or you can apply for this 620295 position at the Burnett Dairy Office, 22-23L 11631 State Road 70, Grantsburg, WI 54840 12-13a,d,e

NOTICE OF POSITION OPENING ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL LONG-­TERM  SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

Position:  Full-­time,  long-­term  substitute  positions  serving  the  Ele-­ mentary  School  for  the  2014-­2015  school  year  beginning  the  end  of  February  of  2015.  Qualifications  Necessary:  Qualified  applicants  of  high  character  should  possess  a  high  level  of  content  knowledge;͞  believe  all  stu-­ dents  can  learn  and  that  teachers  play  an  active  role  in  the  learn-­ ing  process;͞  display  strong  communication,  leadership  and  organ-­ izational  skills;͞  enjoy  working  with  elementary  school-­age  children;͞  be  willing  to  collaborate  with  colleagues;͞  and  be  dedicated  indi-­ viduals  who  exhibit  a  strong  desire  to  improve  student  learning.   Requirements:  Applicants  must  have  appropriate  DPI  licensure  or  be  eligible  for  such  licensure.   How  to  Apply:  Qualified,  interested  persons  should  apply  by  sending  a  letter  of  application,  district  application  (available  at  www.unity.k12.wi.us),  resume,  copy  of  license  or  evidence  of  license  eligibility,  transcripts  and  three  (3)  letters  of  recommen-­ dation  to: Brandon  W.  Robinson,  District  Administrator Unity  School  District 1908  150th  Street/Hwy.  46  North Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810-­7267 Deadline:  Until  Filled EOE                        3 H K Unity  School  District  does  not  discriminate  on  the  basis  of  age,  sex,  race,  color,  national  origin,  religion,  ancestry,  creed,  pregnancy,  marital  or  parental  status,  sexual  orientation,  or  physical,  mental,  emotional,  or  learning  disability.

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Regional Hospice Services, a community-based organization, is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our spooner/Grantsburg team. Duties include direct patient care in home setting, team collaboration as well as providing support to patient’s families. Candidates must have strong clinical skills, excellent communication skills and empathy for patients. Become a part of a growing, not-for-profit organization that is honored to provide Hospice and Palliative Care to the communities we serve. Benefits include flexible scheduling, paid time off, annuity, travel time and mileage reimbursement.

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The  Bone  Lake  Town  Board  adopted  ordinance  2015-­1,  on  January  8,  2015.  This  ordinance  allows  the  town  to  exercise  the  most  local  control  over  their  highways  as  to  weight  limits.  For  a  complete  copy  of  said  ordinance,  contact  the  town  clerk  at  715-­472-­8212  or  darrellf@lakeland.ws.  On  January  1,  all  no-­fee  permits  must  use  the  permit  application  that  is  available  on  the  DOT  website  at  www.dot.state.us/business/ag/ permits.htm. Darrell  Frandsen  -­  Clerk 3 >5(?37

NOTICE  OF  CAUCUS TOWN  OF  LAKETOWN TUESDAY,  JANUARY  27,  2015,  AT  7:00  P.M. Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  a  caucus  will  be  held  in  the  Town  of  Laketown,  on  Tuesday,  January  27,  2015,  at  7:00  p.m.  at  the  Cushing  Community  Center,  for  the  purpose  of  nominating  candidates  to  appear  on  the  spring  election  ballot  to  succeed  the  present  incumbents  listed.  The  term  of  office  is  for  two  years  beginning  on  April  28,  2015. OFFICE INCUMBENT Town  Board  Chairperson Dan  King Town  Board  Supervisor Bruce  Paulsen Town  Board  Supervisor Monte  Tretsven Town Clerk Patsy  Gustafson Town  Treasurer Jill  Cook 3 >5(?37

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(Jan.  14,  21,  28) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Ocwen  Loan  Servicing,  LLC  as  servicer  for  Wells  Fargo  Bank,  National  Association,  as  Trustee  for  Option  One  Mortgage  Loan  Trust  2005-­2,  Asset-­Backed  Certificates,  Series  2005-­2 Plaintiff vs. MARK  R.  ATHEY,  et.  al Defendant(s) Case  No:  14  CV  83 NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  entered  on  July  10,  2014,  in  the  amount  of  $94,503.61,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  February  10,  2015,  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  opening  bid  is  offered,  plaintiff  retains  the  right  to  request  the  sale  be  declared  as  invalid  as  the  sale  is  fatally  defective. PLACE:  Polk  County  Justice  Center  at  1005  W.  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wiscon-­ sin. DESCRIPTION:  A  parcel  of  land  in  the  Southeast  Quarter  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  Section  32,  Township  33  North,  Range  16  West  (in  the  Township  of  Lincoln)  described  as  follows:  Commencing  at  a  point  288  feet  North  of  the  centerline  of  County  Trunk  Highway  â€œFâ€?  on  the  West  line  of  said  Northeast  Quarter  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  said  Section  32;Íž  thence  East  200  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning  of  the  par-­ cel  herewith  conveyed;Íž  thence  continuing  East  210  feet,  thence  South  233  feet  to  the  North  line  of  the  said  highway  right  of  way;Íž  thence  West  along  said  North  right  of  way  line  210  feet;Íž  thence  North  233  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning.  PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  1067  65th  Avenue,  Amery,  WI  54001. TAX  KEY  NO.:  032-­00976-­0000. Dated  this  19th  day  of  Novem-­ ber,  2014. /s/Sheriff  Peter  M.  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff Scott  D.  Nabke J.  Peterman  Legal  Group  Ltd. State  Bar  No.  1037979 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Brookfield,  WI  53005 262-­790-­5719 Please  go  to  www.jpeterman-­ legalgroup.com  to  obtain  the  bid  for  this  sale.  J.  Peterman  Legal  Group  Ltd.  is  the  creditor’s  at-­ torney  and  is  attempting  to  col-­ lect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  in-­ formation  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. 620081 WNAXLP

(Jan.  14,  21,  28) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY U.S.  BANK  NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 4801  Frederica  Street Owensboro,  KY  42301 Plaintiff, vs. JULIE  R.  BLANCHE  and  JOHN  DOE unknown  spouse  of  Julie  R.  Blanche 2480  240th  Street Cushing,  WI  54006 Defendants. Case  No.  14CV453 Code  No.  30404 Foreclosure  of  Mortgage Dollar  Amount  Greater  Than  $5,000.00 FORTY  DAY  SUMMONS THE  STATE  OF  WISCONSIN,  TO: JULIE  R.  BLANCHE  and  JOHN  DOE unknown  spouse  of  Julie  R.  Blanche 2480  240th  Street Cushing,  WI  54006 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  January  14,  2015,  you  must  respond  with  a  written  answer,  as  that  term  is  used  in  Chapter  802  of  the  Wisconsin  Statutes,  to  the  com-­ plaint.  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:  Clerk  of  Circuit  Court,  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810,  and  to  O’Dess  and  Associates,  S.C.,  Plaintiff’s  attorneys,  whose  address  is:  O’Dess  and  Asso-­ ciates,  S.C.,  1414  Underwood  Avenue,  Suite  403,  Wauwatosa,  Wisconsin  53213. 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. O’DESS  AND  ASSOCIATES,  S.C. Attorneys  for  Plaintiff By: M.  ABIGAIL  O’DESS Bar  Code  No.  1017869 POST  OFFICE  ADDRESS: 1414  Underwood  Avenue Suite  403 Wauwatosa,  WI  53213 414-­727-­1591 O’Dess  and  Associates,  S.C.,  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  and  any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose.  If  you  have  previously  received  a  Chapter  7  Discharge  in  Bank-­ ruptcy,  this  correspondence  should  not  be  construed  as  an  attempt  to  collect  a  debt. >5(?37

-DQ %UDQGRQ 6 +RSNLQV 6LUHQ ZDV DUUHVWHG ZLWK UHVLVWLQJ DQ RIILFHU FULPLQDO GDPDJH WR SURSHUW\ DQG GLVRUGHUO\ FRQGXFW (Jan.  7,  14,  21) 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. JAN.  M.  GUSEK,  et  al. Defendant(s) Case  No:  12  CV  202 NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  entered  on  May  30,  2012,  in  the  amount  of  $124,969.39,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  February  3,  2015,  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’s  department  in  the  event  that  no  opening  bid  is  offered,  plaintiff  retains  the  right  to  request  the  sale  be  declared  as  invalid  as  the  sale  is  fatally  defective. PLACE:  Polk  County  Justice  Center  at  1005  W.  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis. DESCRIPTION:  Parcel  1:  Lots  13  and  14,  Block  46,  Original  Plat  of  the  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. Parcel  2:  Lot  30,  Block  53,  First  Addition  to  the  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.  Together  with  that  portion  of  vacated  Massachu-­ setts  Street  lying  between  Lot  30,  Block  53,  First  Addition  to  the  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  and Lot  13  Block  46  Original  Plat of  the  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  as  per  Resolution  No.  01-­22  recorded  October  15,  2001,  in Volume  892  on  Page  763  as Document  No.  620825.  PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  344  North  Adams  Street,  Saint  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024. TAX  KEY  NO.:  281-­00767-­0000  &  281-­00094-­0000. Dated  this  13th  day  of  November,  2014. /s/Sheriff  Peter  M.  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff Alyssa  A.  Johnson J.  Peterman  Legal  Group  Ltd. State  Bar  No.  1086085 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Brookfield,  WI  53005 262-­790-­5719 Please  go  to  www.jpeterman-­ legalgroup.com  to  obtain  the  bid  for  this  sale.  J.  Peterman  Legal  Group  Ltd.  is  the  creditor’s  attor-­ ney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  infor-­ mation  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. 619875 WNAXLP

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Polk County marriages /HLVD * .DUO 6W &URL[ )DOOV DQG -HIIUH\ $ -RKQVRQ 6W &URL[ )DOOV LVVXHG -DQ (Jan.  21,  28,  Feb.  4) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY  U.S.  Bank,  National  Association  successor  by  merger  to  U.S.  Bank  National  Association,  N.D., Plaintiff, vs. Bruce  R.  Huber, Sherry  A.  Huber, Cassandra  Dehmer, Defendants. Case  Code:  30404 NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE Case  No.  14  CV  310 Hon.  Molly  E.  Galewyrick PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  entered  on  December  17,  2014,  the  Sheriff  of  Polk  County  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: DATE/TIME:  February  17,  2015,  at  10:00  a.m.  TERMS:  10%  of  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  the  sheriff  at  sale  in  cash  or  cashier’s  check;Íž  balance  due  in  cash  or  cashier’s  check  within  10  days  of  confirmation  of  sale.  Pur-­ chaser  is  responsible  for  pay-­ ment  of  all  transfer  taxes  and  recording  fees.  Sale  is  AS  IS  in  all  respects. PLACE:  Front  Entrance  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810. DESCRIPTION: Situated  in  the  County  of  Polk,  State  of  Wisconsin: The  North  Fractional  One-­Half  of  the  Northwest  One-­Quarter  (NFR.  1/2  NW  1/4)  of  Section  Four  (4),  Township  Thirty-­Five  (35)  North,  Range  Seventeen  (17)  West,  except  convey-­ ances  for  highway  purposes,  railroad  right  of  way  described  in  Deeds  recorded  in  Volume  193  of  Deeds,  Page  613,  and  Volume  153  of  Deeds,  Page  608,  in  the  Office  of  the  Reg-­ ister  of  Deeds  in  and  for  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. Less  And  Except: The  Northeast  Quarter  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  (NE  1/4  NW  1/4)  and  that  portion  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  (NW  1/4  NW  1/4)  Lying  Easterly  of  the  Gandy  Dancer  Trail,  all  loca-­ ted  in  Section  Four  (4),  Town-­ ship  Thirty-­Five  (35)  North,  Range  Seventeen  (17)  West. Less  And  Except: Lot  1  of  Polk  County  Certified  Survey  Map  No.  3664  record-­ ed  in  Volume  16  CSM,  Page  177,  Document  No.  630850,  being  located  in  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Northwest  Quarter,  Section  4,  Township  35  North,  Range  17  West,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  reser-­ ving  unto  grantors,  their  heirs  and  assigns  an  easement  over  the  West  66  feet  of  the  North  126.36  feet  thereof. Less  And  Except: Lot  Three  (3)  of  Certified  Sur-­ vey  Map  No.  4883  recorded  in  Volume  21  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  Page  210  as  Document  No.  700423,  located  in  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  (NW  1/4  of  NW  1/4)  Section  Four  (4),  Township  Thirty-­Five  (35)  North,  Range  Seventeen  (17)  West,  Town  of  Milltown,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. Said  property  now  described  as  Lots  2  and  4  of  the  Certified  Survey  Map  No.  4921,  as  re-­ corded  in  Volume  22,  Page  28,  Instrument  No.  701007,  of  the  Polk  County,  Wisconsin  records. PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  2378  State  Road  35,  Milltown,  WI  54858. Peter  Johnson Sheriff  of  Polk  County Stein  &  Moore,  P.A. Attorneys  for  Plaintiff 332  Minnesota  Street Suite  W-­1650 St.  Paul,  MN  55101 651-­224-­9683 >5(?37

(Jan.  21,  28,  Feb.  4) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT CIVIL  DIVISION POLK  COUNTY U.S.  BANK  NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION  AS  SUCCESSOR  BY  MERGER  OF  U.S.  BANK  NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION  ND Plaintiff vs. JEFFREY  J.  MCFADDEN;Íž  DIANA  C.  MCFADDEN;Íž Defendants NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE Case  No.  14  CV  0091 Case  Code  No.  30404 PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  entered  on  September  11,  2014,  in  the  amount  of  $106,786.51,  the  Sheriff,  or  Designee,  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  February  17,  2015,  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: All  that  certain  parcel  of  land  situate  in  the  City  of  Frederic,  County  of  Polk  and  State  of Wisconsin,  bounded  and  de-­ scribed  as  follows: A  parcel  of  land  located  in  the  Northwest  Quarter  (NW  1/4  SW  1/4)  of  the  Southwest  Quarter  of  Section  11,  in Township  36  North,  Range  16  West,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  described  as  follows:  Beginning  at  the  Southwest Corner  of  the  NW  1/4  SW  1/4,  Section  11-­36-­16,  thence North  along  the  West  Line  of  the  NW  1/4  SW  1/4,  Section 11-­36-­16,  180  Feet  to  a  point  of  beginning;Íž  thence  East  100  Feet;Íž  thence  North  300  Feet;Íž  thence  West  100  Feet  to  the  West  Line  of  said  NW  1/4  SW  1/4,  Section  11-­36-­16,  thence South  300  Feet  along  the West  Line  of  said  NW  1/4  SW  1/4,  Section  11-­36-­16,  to  the  point  of  beginning. And,  parcel  of  land  located  in  the  Northeast  Quarter  of  the  Southeast  Quarter  (NE  1/4  SE  1/4),  Section  10,  in  Township  36  North,  Range  16  West,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin, described  as  follows: Beginning  at  the  Southeast  Corner  of  the  NE  1/4  SE  1/4,  Section  10-­36-­16,  thence North  along  the  East  Line  of  said  NE  1/4  SE  1/4,   Section 10-­36-­16,  a  distance  of  180  Feet  to  a  point  of  beginning;Íž  thence  West  200  Feet;Íž  thence North  300  Feet;Íž  thence  East  200  Feet  to  the  East  Line  of  said  NE  1/4  SE  1/4,  Sec-­ tion  10-­36-­16,  thence  South  along  the  East  Line  of  said  NE  1/4  SE  1/4,  Section  10-­36-­16,  300  Feet  to  the  point  of  beginning. Together  with  reasonable  in-­ gress  and  egress  over  and  across  the  now  existing  drive-­ way  as  now  laid  out  and  trav-­ eled  and  situated  in  the  East  Half  of  the  Southeast  Quarter (E  1/2  SE  1/4),  Section  10-­36-­ 16,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. TAX  KEY  NO.:  012-­00194-­0000 PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  803  280th  Avenue,  Frederic,  Wis-­ consin  54837. Charles  A.  Walgreen State  Bar  No.  1087876 Attorney  for  Plaintiff 230  W.  Monroe  St.,  Ste.  1125 Chicago,  IL  60606 Phone:  312-­541-­9710 Johnson,  Blumberg  &  Associ-­ ates,  LLC  is  the  creditor’s  attor-­ ney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  infor-­ mation  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

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(Jan.  14,  21,  28) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Bank  of  America,  N.A.,  successor  by  merger  to  BAC  Home  Loans  Servicing,  L.P.  fka  Countrywide  Home  Loans  Servicing,  L.P. Plaintiff vs WILLIAM  C.  HOEFLER,  et  al. Defendant(s) Case  No:  12  CV  246  NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  entered  on  September  14,  2012,  in  the  amount  of  $428,756.98,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  February  10,  2015,  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  mon-­ ey  order  at  the  time  of  sale;Íž  balance  due  within  10  days  of  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  fail-­ ure  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  opening  bid  is  offered,  plaintiff  retains  the  right  to  request  the  sale  be  declared  as  invalid  as  the  sale  is  fatally  defective. PLACE:  Polk  County  Justice  Center  at  1005  W.  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis. DESCRIPTION:  Lot  5  of  Certi-­ fied  Survey  Map  No.  4351,  recorded  in  Volume  19  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  Page  132,  as  Document  No.674078,  located  in  the  Northwest  1/4  of  the  Southeast  1/4  of  Section  12,  Township  35  North,  Range  19  West,  in  the  Town  of  Eureka,  Polk  County,  Wiscon-­ sin.  Together  with  an  undi-­ vided  1/5  interest  in  Lot  4  of  Certified  Survey  Map  No.  4351,  recorded  in  Volume  19  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  Page  132,  as  Document  No.  674078,  located  in  the  North-­ west  1/4  of  the  Southeast  1/4  of  Section  12,  Township  35  North,  Range  19  West,  in  the  Town  of  Eureka,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. ALSO  DESCRIBED  AS: Parcel  1:  Lot  5  of  Certified  Survey  Map  No.  4351,  record-­ ed  in  Volume  19  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  Page  132,  as  Document  No.  674078,  locat-­ ed  in  the  Northwest  1/4  of  the  Southeast  1/4  of  Section  12,  Township  35  North,  Range  19  West,  in  the  Town  of  Eureka,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. Parcel  2:  An  undivided  1/5  interest  in  Lot  4  of  Certified  Survey  Map  No.  4351,  record-­ ed  in  Volume  19  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  Page  132,  as  Document  No.  674078,  locat-­ ed  in  the  Northwest  1/4  of  the  Southeast  1/4  of  Section  12,  Township  35  North,  Range  19  West,  in  the  Town  of  Eureka,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.  PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  2434  225th  Avenue,  St.  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024. TAX  KEY  NO.:  020-­01102-­0150. Dated  this  20th  day  of  November,  2014. /s/Sheriff  Peter  M.  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff Scott  D.  Nabke J.  Peterman  Legal  Group  Ltd. State  Bar  No.  1037979 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Brookfield,  WI  53005 262-­790-­5719 Please  go  to  www.jpeterman-­ legalgroup.com  to  obtain  the  bid  for  this  sale.  J.  Peterman  Legal  Group  Ltd.,  is  the  creditor’s  at-­ torney  and  is  attempting  to  col-­ lect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  in-­ formation  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

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a lot of time trying to understand each other and themselves. While they had been lab mates, they had not spent a lot of time together socially, she said. “We had to learn each other in more stressful situations and in ways that would test our relationship as we were sort of building our relationship,� Warren explained. “The show is really about relationships,� Warren said. She noted that those relationships can be anything, from parent and child, to any combination of romantic partners, to friends like them. She thinks that their relationship worked well because it didn’t have the emotional baggage of a couple or close family members. “We could let things go a little easier, which helped us. If something happened,

just brush it off and keep going,â€? Warren said. As a result, she said she thinks it’s better for friends to do the race together, “if they’re level-headed,â€? she added. Couples have won more than friends, though, she admitted. DeJong said that “trying not to be last was a decent strategy for us.â€? Warren said that ultimately, the goal is “not to be ODVW HYHU <RX XVXDOO\ WU\ WR EH Ă€UVW DW least more than once. But in our case, it ZRUNHG RXW WRWDOO\ Ă€QH WKDW ZH ZHUH Ă€UVW RQFH Âľ 7KDW ZDV RI FRXUVH LQ WKH Ă€QDO deciding leg. Warren and DeJong are proud of how they ran the “Race,â€? not just because they stayed positive and didn’t attack other teams, but for the choices they made that allowed them to win. Explaining how their background as scientists and their habit of methodical thinking helped them, Warren said, “we overthought the things that we should overthink, like how to approach the race and different tasks, instead of should you turn left or right when you’re driving,â€? she said. “We ran a much smarter race than any of the other teams, but you don’t see it as well because it’s harder to portray on camera. But if you look back on how we ran the race, we ran it using our minds more than anything else. And it’s a mental game at the end of the day,â€? Warren said. When asked if they would run “The Amazing Raceâ€? again, both Warren and DeJong said yes. “Absolutely, 100 percent would do the ‘Race’ again if given the opportunity to do so,â€? DeJong said. “Winners’ edition! Please, let’s do it!â€? Warren added.

Broken promises on display at Native American treaties exhibit +DQVL /R :DQJ _ NPR News

Haudenosaunee Confederacy, or the Six Nations, based in New York. The deal WASHINGTON, D.C. - For centuries, secured an ally for the young U.S. govtreaties have defined the relationship ernment after the Revolutionary War and between many Native American nations returned more than a million acres to the DQG WKH 8 6 0RUH WKDQ UDWLĂ€HG WUHDHaudenosaunee. But their territory has ties have helped the U.S. expand its terbeen cut down over the years. More than ritory and led to many broken promises two centuries later, the U.S. has kept one made to American Indians. promise. A rare exhibit of such treaties at the “Article 6 says that they will provide Smithsonian’s National Museum of the goods in the amount of $4,500, ‘which American Indian in Washington, D.C., shall be expended yearly forever,’ “ exlooks back at this history. It currently feaplains museum director Kevin Gover, WXUHV RQH RI WKH Ă€UVW FRPSDFWV EHWZHHQ a citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklathe U.S. and Native American nations – homa. the Treaty of Canandaigua. Every year, those goods from the U.S. Also known as the Pickering Treaty, government include bolts of cloth to disthe agreement was signed in 1794 betribute to tribal citizens. Haudenosaunee tween the federal government and the leaders have said that cloth is more im-

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Local man injured while helping others Mary Stirrat | Staff writer EUREKA CENTER — Just after Thanksgiving last fall, life took a dramatic turn for Mike and Shannon Donaghue and their family. In the blink of an eye, a freak accident left Mike on the verge of bleeding to death on the side of the road, with a severed left leg and multiple fractures in his right leg. :LWK WKH IXOO DJUHHPHQW RI KLV ZLIH 'RQDJKXH FRQĂ€dently says, “The only reason I’m here today is because of God.â€? Donaghue had been working in North Dakota for more than three years, doing site prep for oil rigs. His work schedule was four weeks on and one week off, so he’d WUDYHO EDFN WR (XUHND &HQWHU HYHU\ Ă€IWK ZHHN WR VSHQG time with Shannon and their two daughters. On the morning of Nov. 29, like many other mornings, Donaghue and his co-worker, Chris, were driving down a highway to their jobsite in western North Dakota. It’s a busy stretch, and semitrailers outnumber cars by a ratio of 300-to-1. It was a cold morning, with a strong wind blowing the freezing snow across the road. For the fourth time that morning, Donaghue and Chris came upon a car that had gone into the ditch and they stopped to help. In the car were two brothers, ages 16 and 18. Realizing that they wouldn’t be able to push the car back onto the road, Donaghue went back to his work truck for a chain. While working at the back of his pickup, Donaghue was suddenly thrown into the snowbank. Another car had come from behind, skidding out of control, hitting the back end of the pickup truck and smashing Donaghue’s legs. The car then spun around and crashed into the front of the pickup, releasing Donaghue and tossing him into the snow. His left leg was almost completely severed and was bleeding profusely. Chris quickly tied on a tourniquet, hoping to stem the bleeding. “The driver of the other car and everyone else was asking what they could do,â€? Donaghue recalled. “I just said, ‘Pray.’â€? The 26-year-old man driving the car that hit Donaghue was obviously very shaken. Natalie Langford, the mother of the two teenagers who had gone off the road, wrote about it. One of her sons went to the car, she said, where the driver was still sitting with the air bags popped. “Opening his door, he fell to the ground, with his face against the snow,â€? she wrote. The young man got to his knees and lifted his arms toward heaven and cried out to God, asking why it happened, saying he was sorry and asking forgiveness. He spoke to the other men there, saying he had tried to slow down and steer away but couldn’t. “He slowly stood up and walked over to the open truck door, where Mike sat patiently waiting for the ambulance,â€? Langford wrote. When he told Donaghue that he was sorry, asking for forgiveness, Donaghue fought back tears and comforted the young man. “Through the whole calamity,â€? she writes, “Mike showed extraordinary love, courage and faith. He exHPSOLĂ€HG D VWUHQJWK EH\RQG KLV RZQ DQG DWWULEXWHG LW WR the Lord. He maintained complete composure and displayed incomprehensible serenity through his trauma. “In need of comfort, himself, he comforted others. There was no blame placed on anyone, only forgiveness and total acceptance of things as they were. Concerned for the soul of a stranger who might have killed him, he was ready to meet his maker.â€? Donaghue said that Langford’s account of what happened was exactly correct, although he was uncomfortable with the attention. “I just grabbed him and took him to my chest,â€? said

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Donaghue. He told the young man that everything would be OK, going on to share his faith in Jesus Christ. “I’d like to meet him again, after I get my new leg, so KH FDQ VHH HYHU\WKLQJ LV Ă€QH Âľ VDLG 'RQDJKXH “I’m hoping my testimony proves to everybody that there is a God who cares. If there’s not, well, prove it to me.â€? ••• Shannon Donaghue, a local wedding planner for several years, resigned from her position in early September to be home more. With her husband gone four out RI Ă€YH ZHHNV VKH VDLG VKH QHHGHG PRUH WLPH WR KRPH school their two daughters and take care of their farm. Anyway, that’s what she had in mind when she left her job. “God had other plans,â€? she said. “If I had still been in that position, there would have been a wedding right at that time.â€? It was about 9 a.m. Wisconsin time, 8 a.m. where Mike was, on Nov. 29 when Shannon received a phone call. It was Mike, calling from the cab of his truck where he had been taken after the accident. “He didn’t tell me how bad it was,â€? she said. He did tell her, however, that she might want to come out by them. Shannon made the seven-hour drive, “calling every prayer warrior I know,â€? she said. Their girls, 15-yearold Valerie and 13-year-old Vanessa, were back home praying. “Vanessa answered the phone that morning,â€? Shannon said. “As soon as I got off she said, ‘We just need to pray.’ “That’s exactly what they did. They started praying. They are remarkable.â€? It was about two hours before Mike got to the nearest hospital, at Watford City, N.D. It had taken 45 minutes IRU Ă€UVW UHVSRQGHUV WR DUULYH DQG DQRWKHU PLQXWHV IRU the ambulance. The Donaghues see God’s hand in keeping Mike alive during that time. Just the fact that it was one of the rare cars that hit him, rather than a semi, was a miracle. It was cold, so his blood was moving slower. His coworker quickly thought to use a tourniquet. The nature RI WKH ZRXQG ZLWK WKH Ă HVK WRUQ UDWKHU WKDQ FXW PHDQW VORZHU EORRG Ă RZ “And I just felt God’s peace through it all,â€? said Mike. “I am sure that having his peace lowered my heart rate.â€? Even the EMTs and doctors, said Mike, know that, medically speaking, he should not have been alive when the ambulance arrived. 'RQDJKXH ZDV Ă RZQ IURP WKH KRVSLWDO LQ :DWIRUG City to Bismark, N.D., where he underwent three surgeries. At the end of the next week he was well enough to be transferred to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., ZKHUH KH KDG DQRWKHU Ă€YH VXUJHULHV ´+H KDG VXUJHU\ HYHU\ RWKHU GD\ IRU WKH Ă€UVW GD\V Âľ said Shannon. Just as the Donaghues thank God for a quick and smooth transfer from North Dakota to Minnesota, despite workers’ compensation and other red tape, they also credit God with bringing them to an orthopedic VXUJHRQ RI WKH KLJKHVW UHSXWDWLRQ 'RQDJKXH¡V Ă€QDO surgery was Dec. 15, and he was released to go home Dec. 17. Contrary to earlier predictions, doctors say that Donaghue will be able to bear weight on his right leg within a PRQWK VHYHUDO ZHHNV VRRQHU WKDQ Ă€UVW DQWLFLSDWHG +H EHJDQ ZRUNLQJ ZLWK 7LOOJHV &HUWLĂ€HG 2UWKRWLF Prosthetic Inc. of Maplewood, Minn., on Dec. 11, and this week he has another appointment. The couple has made connections with Wiggle Your 7RHV D QRQSURĂ€W RUJDQL]DWLRQ RXW RI %ORRPLQJWRQ Minn., that helps individuals and families of individuals

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Scottie Lee Meyers | WPR News SUPERIOR - Slow but steady progress has been made on a massive ice sculpture in Superior that in time could grow to world-record proportions. Roger “Iceman� Hanson, the Minnesota-based engineer and software developer behind the wall of ice, has been creating ice sculptures since 2007. Each year, his sculptures get a little bigger. This year, he said he hopes his sculpture will be 70 feet tall and 50 feet wide — dimensions that would earn it a spot in the “Guinness Book of World Records� as the biggest freestanding ice sculpture in the world. “It’s coming along pretty well,� Hanson said. “We’ve had very, very good temperatures here, and good conditions for making ice so far this year.� That’s not to say there haven’t been challenges. The structure started to lean to the west due to the soft sand that had been dredged up from the St. Louis River. It has stabilized since, but Hanson still worries about catastrophe. Hanson built a high-tech weather station near the structure that monitors the weather, tracks wind speed and directs the spray of water. “It may seem primitive and it may make a lot of non-

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ghue has not let the loss of a leg stop him from doing things he loves. “I’m going to need a four-wheel-drive leg,â€? he jokes. “It’s going to have to keep up with me.â€? Just a week out of the hospital, Donaghue joined his family for a candlelight Christmas Eve service. An avid RXWGRRUVPDQ KH ZDV DEOH WR JR RXW LFH Ă€VKLQJ RQ 1HZ Year’s Day, thanks to Shannon’s brothers. And, more recently, he has taken up his bow and arrows for some target practice. The support and prayers of friends, family, acquaintances and even strangers have given the family much hope and encouragement, said the Donaghues. It’s tough to be on the receiving end, they say, but “the blessings are overwhelming.â€? Daily, said the Donaghues, they draw their strength from God. “If God brings you to it,â€? they said, “He will get you through it.â€?

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ing down onto the foredeck, catching up Patrick while sweeping the ship from bow to stern and back into the turbulent sea of blowing spray, foam and leaping whitecaps. No one witnessed the tragic end of a young man’s life. Patrick was never to be seen again, but not forgotten. Over the generations, 17-year-old Patrick McCleary from County Mayo and his twin brothers have lived on in stories told and retold around kitchen tables. Memory is most curious. We can lay down a memory of something we never witnessed. No one actually saw Patrick’s death, but we all carry its memory. He does not die alone. About the writer: Joanne Peterson and her husband have sailed a variety of ERDWV RQ WKH $WODQWLF DQG 3DFLÀF DV ZHOO as several of the Great Lakes. They moved WKHLU ÀYH FKLOGUHQ IURP DQ LVODQG LQ 3XJHW Sound into the lovely St. Croix Valley ZKHUH WKH\ FRQWLQXH WR WDNH DGYDQWDJH RI DOO LW KDV WR RIIHU LQFOXGLQJ D SURJUHVsive school system where she later enjoyed WHDFKLQJ $V FKLOGUHQ -RDQQH DQG KHU VLEOLQJV ORYHG OLVWHQLQJ WR WKHLU PRWKHU UHWHOO old family stories around the kitchen table. Writer’s Carousel, a revolving menagerie of pieces for your enjoyment, is created by participants in Carolyn Wedin’s Write Right Now WITC Community Education classes in Frederic and Luck. The Frederic class begins again this week, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 4-6 p.m., at the Frederic High School, and runs on Tuesdays through Feb. 24. The Luck class meets at the school library on Thursdays, 4-6, from Jan. 22 to Feb. 26. Aspiring writers welcome!

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surgeon she only had 60 minutes to live, tops. With his skill she might make it 120 minutes, all the way to glory. The family of Grandma huddled together in our living room, sipping beverages, eating snacks and with every good report out of the operating room we jumped up and slapped hands and hugged. Halfway through the surgery we began to relax. The surgery was going well. The report out of the RSHUDWLQJ URRP UHà HFWHG VRPH RI WKH troubles encountered. Twice early on they encounter a blockage, and despite the team’s best effort to cut their way through, the blockage remained. They had to go around. It worked but wasn’t the optimal solution, troubles remained. The skilled surgeon deftly maneuvered his surgical team through the obstacles, and with each passing moment it would appear that Grandma was going to not only survive but thrive. We relaxed. Forty minutes into the opHUDWLRQ ZH IHOW FRQÀGHQW 7LPH WLFNHG on, and at 50 minutes it was time for another snack, another drink, another VODS DQG D KLJK ÀYH $W PLQXWHV into surgery something happened. The pressures went up to dangerous levels and she started to hemorrhage. At 58

minutes she burst a vessel as one of the surgical members dropped the ball. Code Blue! As Grandma was going down the surgeon regained his composure and rallied the group. She was on life support but there was hope. The procedure was going into overtime and but there was hope if we could only stop the bleeding. I am sad to say that she made it through the surgery but died on her way to the recovery room. Her passing did not go unnoticed. Across Wisconsin and wherever the Packer nation has a presence, this event will be discussed and dissected until it is fully exposed, and then it will live in infamy. As painful as our loss was there was a great rejoicing in the West as the Seahawks had D JUHDW UHVXUUHFWLRQ LQ WKH ÀQDO PLQXWHV I offer my congratulations to Russell Wilson and the Hawks. In one small way a sliver of Wisconsin is still going to the Super Bowl, just not the way I expected or hoped. Football just a game? Not a matter of life and death? I don’t have time to dwell on the loss, I am getting ready for the preseason.

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Polk County Genealogy Society begins new year LUCK - As the Polk County Genealogy Society begins the new year with their regular meeting on the fourth Monday, Jan. 26, they encourage their current members to renew their $5 yearly membership. Dues can be mailed to Joyce Bergstrand, treasurer, at 1631 S. White Ash Trail, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. Any and all people interested in family history are welcome to attend the meeting and/or to become a member. The building will be open at noon. Group or individual research help is available from noon until the 1 p.m. meeting begins. PCGS meetings are held in the Luck Historical Society Museum building on the Main Street of Luck. Refreshments will follow the meeting/ program. Several topics are up for discussion including the new PCGS website and additions that still need to be included. Feedback from members and visitors to the PCGS site is encouraged . The genealogy research room needs a few items, and the long-term direction of their meeting space will be discussed. Some funds are

available for discretionary spending. There will also be a review of the Monday PCGS activity at the museum. Following the business discussion, PCGS member Russ Hanson will begin a presentation of how to move from a three-ring binder – scrapbook, family history pamphlet or memory folder – to a printed, affordable, color book, using two examples for viewing. Mark your calendar for February’s presentation on the life and times of the PCGS “genealogy roadshowâ€? person, George A. Nelson. His life includes a farm near Milltown, a lumber mill in the Twin Cities, mining gold in Alaska, and being a cooperative activist to socialist vice presidential candidate. Hanson has spent about 25 KRXUV FRS\LQJ Ă€OHV DQG SKRWRV DQG LV QRZ EHJLQQLQJ WKH SURFHVV RI RUJDQL]DWLRQ 7KLV Ă€UVW SUHVHQWDWLRQ ZLOO be on Nelson’s early years, weaving genealogy with the stories. – from PCGS

League of Women Voters comes to western Wisconsin ST. CROIX FALLS - The nascent League of Women Voters members-at-large group, of Western Wisconsin, will host a wine, cheese, chocolate and information event to celebrate its formation as a new chapter serving western Wisconsin. The event will take place Saturday, Jan. 24, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the home of Judge Molly GaleWyrick, 1397 45th Ave., near Amery. The league is a nonpartisan organization that advo-

cates for informed and active participation in government. Membership is open to all. All area men and women interested in learning more about this nonpartisan organization are cordially invited to attend the event. Please RSVP to Marceleen Mosher at lwvupperstcroix@gmail.com or 612-296-5811. – submitted

Luck FFA officers attend conference LUCK - Nicole Dittbrenner and Julia Campion of the Luck FFA Chapter attended the Wisconsin Association of FFA Half-Time Leadership Conference in Stevens Point, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 9-10. Over 450 FFA members, advisers DQG VWDWH ))$ RIĂ€FHUV SDUWLFLSDWHG The theme of the conference was Recipes for Success. This conference provides an opportunity for FFA chapter leaders from around the state to set goals and prepare for the second half of their year of service in their local FFA chapters. At the conference, FFA members attended workshops focused on leadership and personal development, membership and 1LFROH 'LWWEUHQQHU DQG -XOLD &DPSLRQ RI WKH /XFN ))$ SRVH ZLWK ))$ 6WDWH 3DUOLDPHQ chapter development and oppor- WDULDQ (WKDQ 'DGR RI $PHU\ GXULQJ WKH ))$ +DOI 7LPH /HDGHUVKLS &RQIHUHQFH 3KRWR tunities in FFA. They learned about VXEPLWWHG preparing for FFA events and getting involved in community seragriculture education and the FFA, so they can build vice. their local programs.â€? “Half-Time is one of the premier leadership conferFFA advisers, including Luck’s Kelly Warwick, were ences in our state and designed by student leaders. It also busy during the weekend as they attended training allows FFA chapter leaders to develop their leadership sessions in the areas of meat animal quality assurance, skills, learn more about FFA activities and meet people award applications and other key issues in agricultural while having fun,â€? said Cheryl Zimmerman, state FFA education. The teachers were also involved in the Wisexecutive director. “We are able to provide young peo- consin Association of Agricultural Educators board ple with an excellent experience to develop their lead- meetings and committee meetings. - from Luck Schools ership skills and get them excited about agriculture, Kids of all ages are active in 4-H. When children enter kindergarten, they are eligible to become members of a club and the county program. In the years following, their minds are opened up to a variety of experiences and opportunities for learning. Club meetings allow for hands-on parliamentary procedure, team building, friendships and project meetings. County-level events include contests, fairs, camps, trips and awards. When 4-H’ers reach junior high, they become eligible for regional and state trips/camps. Many young leaders, high school age, qualify gaining and attend national trips, gaining more time and achievement within 4-H. For more information and to get involved, contact the

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50 years ago Joan Chelmo, who had just graduated from UWRiver Falls in November, was hired as a general music teacher at Sheboygan Urban Junior High School.–The Wisconsin Education Association released statistics about teacher salaries. The average annual salary for all teachers in Wisconsin was $6,157. For the 1960-61 school year, it was $5,208, up from $3,950 10 years before.–Among students on the dean’s list at River Falls were Barbara Larson, St. Croix Falls, and Diane Fansler, Amery, who both had straight A’s; Dale Jensen, Balsam Lake; Rodney Erickson, Grantsburg; Mary Jane Maser, Webster; Douglas Swanson, Cushing; Joanne Prell, Danbury; Elaine Owens, St. Croix Falls; and Harvey Stower, Grantsburg.–Susan Lindquist and Dennis Swenson were married at Calvary Covenant Church in Alpha on Nov. 21, 1964.–Frederic cheerleaders Debbie and Leah Rudell, Judy Sederlund, Julie Johnson and Nancy Orgeman showed off their new RXWĂ€WV ZLWK EOXH DQG JROG YHUWLFDO VWULSHG VZHDWHUV blue culottes and Scottish berets.–Four-year-old MarMRULH ´0LGJHÂľ +ROPEHUJ KDG WKH WLS RI KHU LQGH[ Ă€QJHU amputated after it was mangled in a machine at her mother’s place of employment.–JoAnne Karpenske, 19, from Amery, was killed in a car accident near the Amery Golf Course, when she left the roadway and struck an electric pole.

40 years ago The new managers at the Luck Golf Course were Dennis and Jan Berklund, who would be moving to Luck from Eau Claire.–Jens Fossum Sr. died on Jan. 11. He was almost 89. “There are few homes in the community today that do not have some millwork or cabinetwork from Fossum and Son,â€? said his obituary. He also served many years on the Frederic Village Board, the Frederic Volunteer Fire Department DQG KHOSHG VWDUW WKH ULĂ H FOXE ²5RQQLH .RVORVNL of Siren, was credited with saving his brother, Gary Kosloski, from serious injury to his leg in a snowmobile incident. Gary’s leg was caught between the track and the machine, his boot was torn to shreds, and Ronnie braced his own boots in the gap to relieve the pressure on Gary’s leg, then ran home for help stocking footed.–Kenneth Ogren, from Frederic, received his master’s degree in vocational rehabilitation from UW-Stout.–Terri Palmberg, from Milltown, and James Shattuck, from Frederic, were on the dean’s list at UW-La Crosse.–The Milltown Women’s Club decided to make the Milltown Library their project for the year, since additional space had been donated in the village building after the vet clinic moved out. Library committee members were Joan Stanze, Barb Capaul and Jane Juleen. They hoped to carpet and redecorate the library, and have it done by National Library Week in April.–With some machines yet to be installed, work began at the new McMillan Co. plant in Frederic.–Carl Glockzin, manager at Burnett Dairy, appeared in an interview on the WCCO Channel 4 news as a ton of cheddar cheese was donated by the dairy to the Red Cross, to be shipped to Haiti to relieve hunger, the reVXOW RI KXUULFDQHV DQG Ă RRGLQJ

20 years ago 'DQEXU\ DUHD SRWWHU 0DUW\ 3HDUVRQ ZDV SURĂ€OHG LQ this paper. The story described his use of local clay and his interest in Native American and Scandinavian symbols.–Ten-year-old Jake Benton and 7-year-old Tyler Starks were presented with Junior Rescuer Awards by the North Ambulance Service “In recognition of a display of courage, quick thinking and assistance to emergency medical services,â€? for their composure and quick action when Jake’s little brother was bitten by a dog and Tyler’s dad passed out while he was home with Tyler and his younger brother.–Linda Plath caught the tagged northern in the Yellow Lake LFH Ă€VKLQJ FRQWHVW WKDW PDGH KHU WKH ZLQQHU RI or a new truck.–In academic news, Shawn Peterson, daughter of Jerald and Betty Crandell, Frederic, was a resident adviser for the fall semester at UW-Stout. Cory Sederlund, from Frederic, was on the dean’s list at Minnesota’s Bemidji State University. Tim Richard, also of Frederic, was awarded an AAL scholarship at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.–Olga Burda, 96, presented Lakeside Community Church at A&H with VQRZĂ DNHV VKH KDG FURFKHWHG IRU WKH FKXUFK¡V Christmas tree and a crocheted seven-piece angel choir for the piano.–Mike and James Miles, both of Luck, and Steve Clark, of Cushing, were arrested at a demonstration near the village of Clam Lake, protesting the Navy’s Project ELF.–Monti Hallberg was hired as the middle school principal at Unity.

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RICE LAKE — Experience the joyful music of Shanren – literally translated mountain men. Hailing from ethnic minority groups who live in the beautiful mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, this Chinese folk-fusion band presents the rich but largely unknown heritage of Southwestern China. Through original compositions and traditional songs, the four musicians fuse their indigenous music with modern styles from around the globe, creating a fresh sound in China’s increasingly diverse music scene. Since its founding in 2000, Shanren has earned critical and popular acclaim at major music festivals in China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, Canada and Spain. “We’re thrilled to have another Arts Midwest World Fest group coming to our area. We’ve already hosted groups from Quebec, Israel and Brazil and look forward now to experiencing Chinese folkfusion music and culture,� said Doug Edwardsen, UWBC director of continuing education. “It’s not something we get to hear and enjoy very often. Shanren will visit many schools and community locations during the week and present a full

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Polk County Forest has free deer-damage harvest tags available. These tags are available on 4 different sites of Polk County Forest all located in Sterling Township. Tags will be issued on a firstcome, first-served basis until we run out. Tags will be valid for a two-week period, not to extend past March 31. The purpose of this program is to protect regeneration sites on the Polk County Forest from excessive deer browse. How to get your tag: • Stop by the Polk County Forestry Dept. during guaranteed office hours. > Tuesdays 7 - 10 a.m. (except Feb. 24) > Thursdays 2 - 5 p.m. • You must have a current (2014) deer hunting license. • Typical hunting regulations apply. > Shooting hours > Blaze orange required • Anterless deer only. For more information, please call the Polk County Forestry Department at 715-485-9265 or stop by during office hours at 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 40, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

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Edna Dolores Wicklund Robertson, 95, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at Putnam Ridge Nursing Home in Brewster, N.Y. She was born Nov. 18, 1919, the youngest of eight children to proud parents Ida Marie Warner Wicklund and Emil Wicklund. She spent her younger years living in the Town of Wood River, a part of Alpha, Wis. She was baptized and attended the Mission Covenant Church at Wood Lake, attended the Alpha grade school and eventually graduated from high school in Grantsburg, Wis. By 1940, she met and married Clarence Robertson of Frederic, Wis., and moved to Kankakee, Ill., where they resided for four years. In 1941, their only daugher, Dolores Edna, was born. The fall of 1944 found the family moving north to Luck, Wis., which became their permanent home. Edna was asked to work at the Duncan Yo-Yo Factory where she spent eight years working in a variety of positions. She left there to work for the next 23 years at $OFDQ 0DQXIDFWXULQJ &R LQ &HQWXULD :LV LQ WKH RIÀFH Besides working full time, she taught Sunday school for many years and served as vice president of the women’s group. In 2004, she moved to Brewster, N.Y., to live with her daughter. 6KH ZDV SUHFHGHG LQ GHDWK E\ ERWK SDUHQWV ÀYH EURWKers; two sisters; her husband, Clarence; and grandson, Dean Lockshiss. Interment will be at the Luck Village Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Rowe Funeral Home, Luck.

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Inez Louise Pearson, of Siren, Wis., passed away Jan. 14, 2015. Inez was born at home on Feb. 12, 1930, to Henry and Lida (McCarty) Mangelsen. She was raised in the Coomer and Hertel area. She graduated from Shell Lake High School in 1947. Inez met her future husband, Arvid Pearson, April 16, 1949, at Indian Creek Dance Hall. They were married Oct. 17, 1950. To this union six children were born. Inez was a hard worker and enjoyed every job she had. When she was dating Arvid, she worked at the Frederic Bakery. After they got married, they moved to Texas for a short time. When they returned to Wisconsin, they bought a dairy farm south of Lewis. She enjoyed farming and being able to raise her family and be a stay-at-home mom. In the early ‘60s she started to work outside the home having numerous jobs such as the Woolen Mill, Duncan Yo-Yo, then at the Frederic Hospital as a secretary. She worked there until Arvid started up his own business and she had to stop working at the hospital to help with the farm. She drove school bus for a while in the spring for Arvid. She enjoyed that so much that she even picked up a summer school route. After the bus driving job, she started working at Stokely Van Camp in quality control. After Stokely’s closed down, she got bored and started working at the Intercounty Leader as a proofreader until she retired in 1992. In 1979 she and Arvid sold the farm south of Lewis and built a house in Lewis where they lived until 2004. They sold the home in Lewis and moved to Siren. She and Arvid loved to travel and went on many trips across the U.S. They invited her sister, Marlene, and her husband, Dick, one year, which started an annual adventure. She loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as she would say, “to pieces.â€? She loved making cookies which earned her the name “Cookie Grandmaâ€? and the great-grandchildren called her place the “Cookie House.â€? She leaves to mourn her husband, Arvid; three sons, James (Verlene) Pearson, Robert (Debbie) Pearson, Lonny (Terri) Pearson; six grandchildren, Jessie Pearson and Jodi (Andrew) Vollmuth, Jason (Marceleen) Pearson, Melissa (Lance) Horozewski, Jessica (Zeb) McInerny and Savanna Pearson; 10 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Marlene Swearingen, Nina (Lawrence) Hines, Donna (Jerry) Hines and Lida Nordquist; three brothers, Nick (Esther) Mangelsen, Henry Jr. (Karen) Mangelsen and Gerald (Pauline) Mangelsen; 12 nieces and 12 nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Jess; two infant brothers, Donald Wayne and Kenneth Dale; three infant children, Donald, Patti and Stan Lee; four brothers-in-law, Richard Swearingen, Donald Nordquist, Roy Pearson and Arnold Thompson; two sisters-in-law, Paula Pearson and Eileen Thompson; niece, Suzie; and nephews, Dennis and Gary. Memorial services were held at Siren United Methodist Church, Siren on Monday, Jan. 19, with the Rev. Gil :KLWH RIĂ€FLDWLQJ 0XVLF ZDV SURYLGHG E\ SLDQLVW 6XH Renno and vocalists Richard and Kathy Hutchison. An online guestbook is available at rowefh.com or wicremationcenter.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home of Frederic, 715-327-4475, and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown, 715-825-5550.

Edward Woodrow Melquist, 97, Grantsburg, Wis., passed away Jan. 17, 2015, after a brief illness. Eddie was born July 30, 1917, in the Town of Wood River, Burnett County, to John and Ida (Ackerlind) Melquist. He was married to Bernice Halverson on May 25, 1940, who preceded him in death in 2012. Eddie is survived by three children, including Karen Rudsdil of Prior Lake, Minn., Janice Marek of Grantsburg, and Wayne Melquist of Saint Maries, Idaho; three grandchildren, DebELH 7RQ\ DQG &KHU\O DQG ÀYH JUHDW grandchildren, Jenna, Kjersten, Gustaf, Anna and Erika. No memorial services are planned at this time. Arrangements are entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Grantsburg. Online condolences can be made at swedberg-taylor.com.

Roy H. Bracht of St. Croix Falls, Wis., died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Willow Ridge Health Care at the age of 86. Roy was born Aug. 16, 1928, in Linton, N.D., to Henry and Christine Bracht. He was baptized and conĂ€UPHG LQ 1RUWK 'DNRWD 7KH IDPily farmed there and later moved to Stacy, Minn. Roy graduated from Forest Lake High School in 1946. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korea War. On Dec. 23, 1951, he married his wife, Sylvia, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wyoming, Minn., when home on leave. After his service to his country, Roy worked at BF Nelsons and FMC. While working he also tended his hobby farm in Stacy, milking, raising horses, chickens, sheep and pigs. In his free time he enjoyed square dancing, SROND GDQFLQJ KXQWLQJ Ă€VKLQJ DQG SOD\LQJ &DQDVWD +H was a member of Legion Post 143 in St. Croix Falls. He also enjoyed visiting friends and relatives. Roy was a loving husband, father, grandpa, brother, uncle and friend. Roy was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Christine; brothers, Herbert, George, Clifford and Paul; sisters, Hulda, Viola, Lillian and Pauline; and greatgrandson, Anthony. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Sylvia; children, Christine (Ronald) Wilson of Balsam Lake, Alan Bracht of St. Croix Falls, Marian Aikin of New Richmond, Neil Bracht of Milltown and Dale Bracht of Trade Lake; 28 grandchildren, 44 and three much-anticipated great-grandchildren; sisters, Rosemarie Buske of Wyoming, Minn.; brother, Cleitus Bracht of Stacy; and numerous other relatives and friends. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 22, at Kimberly T. Phernetton, 50, passed away Jan. 12, 2015, Bethesda Lutheran Church, rural Dresser, Wis. Visitation was 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Grandstrand Funeral at Spooner Health System. Kimberly was born Aug. 2, 1964, home in Osceola, Wis. Interment will be with military honors at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cem- in Chicago, Ill., to Stuart and Frances (Oiyotte) Decorah. On Sept. 10, 1998, etery. grandstrandfh.com. she and Scott were married at the St. Croix Tribal Center. She was a 1982 graduate of Siren High School. KimEHUO\ HQMR\HG Ă€VKLQJ JRLQJ RQ ELNH runs, beading and attending powVera “Pollyâ€? Mager (Thayer) passed away with her wows. family by her side on Jan. 14, 2015. She was 77 years old. Kimberly was preceded in death by her dad, Stuart; Polly was born in Pine County, Minn., on May 8, 1937, father-in-law, Lloyd Phernetton; paternal grandmother, to Julia and Chester Thayer. She marTheresa; brother, Lyle T. Yoder; and special aunts, Ann ried Francis Mager in 1957. They lived Oiyotte and Harriet LaSarge. for many years in Fridley, Minn., She will be sadly missed by her husband, Scott; her where she worked as a homemaker, daughters, Katrina (Josiah Thunder) Decorah, Charisse UDLVLQJ Ă€YH FKLOGUHQ EHIRUH PRYLQJ WR Phernetton, Deanna (Jordan Dailey) Phernetton, ShawChandler, Ariz., in 2013. nee Phernetton and Justine Phernetton; her grandchilPolly is survived by her husband of dren, Josiah Thunder III and Jocelyn Thunder; brothers, 57 years, Francis; her children, LeRoy Mike (Marla Henseler) Decorah, Pat Decorah and Ryan (Diane) Mager, Michael (Jacqueline) (Danielle) Decorah; along with numerous nieces, nephMager, Cheryl (Richard) Keller, Janis ews, other relatives and good friends. (Thomas) Hooker and Pamela (Mark) Jensen; sisters, DorFuneral services were held Thursday, Jan. 15, at the St. thy Wistrom, Diane (Andrew) Myers and Sharon Mathe- &URL[ 7ULEDO &HQWHU LQ +HUWHO ZLWK $QWRQ 7UHXHU RIĂ€FLson; brother, George Lafave; six grandchildren and three ating. Interment will be at Sand Lake Cemetery in the great-grandchildren. Town of LaFollette. Pallbearers were John Lerol, Jordan She will be deeply missed by her family and friends. Dailey, Josiah Thunder, Dean Phernetton, Gunner Spears She will be remembered for her caring nature, laughter and Carson Funmaker. Honorary pallbearers were Jorand joy of making friends. Her many hobbies included dan Decorah, Brandon Geshick, Preston Decorah, Jusbowling, playing pool, softball and crocheting. tin Decorah, Sammy Taylor, Payton Decorah, Cameron She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Decorah, Neil Oustigoff Jr. and Chad Songetay Jr. ArRaymond, Basil and Wayne Thayer. rangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Services were held Monday, Jan. 19, at Legacy Funeral Home, Webster. Online condolences can be made at Home 1374 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler, AZ 85225. swedberg-taylor.com.

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Clara Peterson Clara Peterson of Lindstrom, Minn., formerly of Centuria, Wis., died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Parmly LifePointes at the age of 89. Clara was born July 2, 1925, in Jackson, Minn., to James and Winnifred Jensen. In January of 1945 she married Edgar Peterson in St. Paul. She worked in restaurants as a cook and waitress; later at the yo-yo factory in Luck, but she was primarily a homemaker. In her free time she enjoyed JDUGHQLQJ à RZHUV ELUG ZDWFKLQJ ÀVKLQJ FRRNLQJ DQG crocheting. Clara was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Edgar; brothers, Wesley and Leslie Jensen; sisters, Donna Jean Frokjer and Shirley Peterson; grandson, Big John Peterson; and infant grandson, Christopher. She is survived by her children, Richard of Burnsville, Minn., Rosemarie Stone of Balsam Lake, Wis., Loretta (Robert) Tourville of Milltown, Wis., and Lois Aherns of Lindstrom, Minn.; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 23, at the Grandstrand Funeral Home in Osceola with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at New Home Cemetery. grandstrandfh.com.

Shawn J. Cottor Shawn J. Cottor, of Star Prairie, Wis., died at home surrounded by his family on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at the age of 47. Shawn was born June 6, 1967, in Vacaville, Calif. He graduated from Osceola High School in 1985. He received his associate degree in business management through the University of Wisconsin online. On Sept. 19, 1987, he married his wife, Angie, at Peace Lutheran Church. Shawn worked at Andersen Windows for 29 years as a paint specialist. ,Q KLV IUHH WLPH KH HQMR\HG ÀVKLQJ IRXU ZKHHOLQJ FDPSing, snowmobiling, all sports especially the Packers and Badgers, and his family. Shawn was preceded in death by his father, Larry Cottor; grandparents, Floyd Kastens and Joyce Kastens Hanson; and grandparents-in-law, Oliver Olson, Leslie and Ruth Reardon. He is survived by his wife, Angie; daughter, Mickayla (Eric) Karikari of Albuquerque, N.M.; son, Alec (Ashley Osting) of Osceola, Wis.; mother, Linda (Bill) Henck of Milltown, Wis.; birth father Randy (Tina) Rud; sister, Kari (Erik) Gangestad of Hudson, Wis.; half brother, Gus (Tara) Rud; parents-in-law, Jerry and Arlene Reardon of Osceola; brothers-in-law, Jeff (Inez) Reardon and Jay (Lisa) Reardon; nephews and nieces, Parker, Caty, Lydia and Jacob; grandpa, Don Hanson; grandmother-in-law, Pearl Olson; other relatives and friends. Visitation was held Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Grandstrand Funeral Home in Osceola. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Peace Lutheran Church in Dresser. Interment in the Mt. Hope Cemetery. MemoriDOV SUHIHUUHG LQ OLHX RI à RZHUV JUDQGVWUDQGIK FRP

Roy G. Reddig Roy G. Reddig, 87, of Luck, Wis., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at his residence. Memorial services were held at the Rowe Funeral Home in Luck on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, with the Rev. 5DOSK 7KRPSVRQ RIĂ€FLDWLQJ )XOO PLOLWDU\ KRQRUV ZHUH presented following the service by VFW Post 6856 - Milltown, Wis. An online guestbook is available at rowefh.com or wicremationcenter.com. Refer to these websites for updated information. Arrangements are entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home of Luck, 715-472-2444, and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown, 715-825-5550.

Bernard A. Hammelman Bernard A. Hammelman, of Amery, Wis., passed away quietly in his home on Jan. 15, 2015. Private family services will be held. Arrangements are entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home of Luck, rowefh.com, 715-472-2444.

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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC 605 Benson Road; Pastor John Redlich 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: 8:30 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

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, Amery 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St. Sun. Worship 8:30 a.m.; Sun. School 9:45 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 Cont. Serv. 8:30 a.m.; Education hr.: 9:30 a.m.; Traditional Serv. 10:45 a.m. BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws Pastor Ann Fenlason, 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; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday Of The Month 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 Sunday Worship with Communion 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m. FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN 561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN, 651-465-5265 tflutheran.org Sun. Worship 9 a.m. (Memorial Day - Labor Day) FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Marilyn Crossfield, 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 Thomas McShannock Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m. IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter Office: 715-866-7191; Parsonage: 715-866-4622 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 Sunday Worship w/Communion 10 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m. LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Marilyn Crossfield, 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 (Sept.-May) Sun. Wor. 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m. MILLTOWN LUTHERAN Vicar Angie Kutney, Pastors Mel Rau & Maggie Isaacson; 113 W. Main St.. W., 715-825-2453 9:30 a.m. Sunday Schl.; 10:30 Worship Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the Month NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH Senior Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 Asst. Pastor Nate Johnstone 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 Office: 715-866-7191; Parsonage: 715-866-4622 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. facebook/OurRedeemerWebster PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA) 2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 plcdresser.org Pastor Valerie Peterson Sunday Worship 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 Sunday Worship 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 June 1, 2014 - Sept. 7, 2014 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Communion twice a month YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN 1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, yellowlakelutheranchurch.org 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.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Bible class 9:15 a.m.; Thurs. Wor. 4:30 p.m. ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE Pastor Tim Faust, Cell 612-390-8620; Parsonage, 320-384-6321 Worship - 11 a.m.; Sunday School - 10 a.m. ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE Pastor Thomas McShannock 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 Pastor Medhat Yoakiem 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St., St. Croix Falls Sunday Wor. - 10 a.m. ; Fellowship - 11 a.m. METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST - UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH Rev. Kris Johnson; Rev. Mike Brubaker, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m. CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST - UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH - GRANTSBURG Rev. Kris Johnson; 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 - 8:45 a.m. GRACE UNITED METHODIST - 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. 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 PARISH Rev. Kris Johnson; Rev. Mike Brubaker Sunday Worship Serv. - 10 a.m.; Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available ST. LUKE UNITED METHODIST - 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. Kris Johnson; 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. Andy Anderson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Sunday 9 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 Father Gene Murphy; 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. Sunday 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. 7 a.m. & 11 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 Gene Murphy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC Rev. Andy Anderson 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola, 715-294-2243 Masses: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 11 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 2492 Education Drive Saturday Service 6:30 p.m.; Sunday Service - 10 a.m. Child care offered at both services SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 9:30 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, 715-327-8387 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

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CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Rev. Richard Brunner, 715-483-3696 Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. FAITH COMMUNITY 7534 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Pastor Jason Peterson Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

ST. CROIX UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP 715-483-1113 201 N. Adams, St. Croix Falls

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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 Rev. Thomas Reaume MyOmc.org/specialtyserv 1chapel.php Chapel open daily for meditation.

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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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• Clam Lake Community Ice Racing, noon. Entrance at Jed’s Laker Lounge. • Cub Scout Pack 564 Youth Fishing Fun Day for all youths, at Crooked Lake, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-349-7671.

MONDAY/Ĺ”Ĺ˜ Balsam Lake • Adoption support group, Unity High School band room, 7:15 p.m.

Osceola • Blood drive at Hope Evangelical Church, 12:306:30 p.m., 800-733-2767.

Balsam Lake • Blood drive at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, 1:30-6:30 p.m., 800-733-2767. • Teddy Bear Sleepover at the library, 5:30 p.m., 715485-3215.

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• 1st rehearsal for Communiversity Band at UWBC, 7 p.m. To join, call 715-458-4803.

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• Burnett County Republican Party meeting at the government center, 7 p.m., 715-349-2859.

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St. Croix Falls

• Informational meeting on new Farm Bill programs at ag station, 10 a.m. or 1 p.m.

• Baby and Me at the medical center, 1:30-2:30 p.m. • Open Arms hosted by Alliance Church of the Valley. Meal & fellowship, 5-6:30 p.m., 715-483-1100.

St. Croix Falls • The Latch (breastfeeding moms group) meeting at the medical center, 10:30 a.m.-noon, 715-483-0576.

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Webster

• Food & Friends community dinner at Grace United Methodist Church, 5 p.m.

• Parkinson’s support group, 2 p.m. at the library, 715220-3193.

THURSDAY/Ŕś Amery

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• Bingo at the VFW post, 6:30 p.m.

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• Rabbit hunt at the rod & gun club. RSVP 5-9 p.m. Fri. for Sat. daybreak - 3 p.m. hunt, 715-755-2633.

• Library Friends meeting at the library, 6:30 p.m., 715327-4979.

FRIDAY/Ŕŕ

St. Croix Falls • The Latch (breastfeeding moms group) meeting at the medical center, 10:30 a.m.-noon, 715-483-0576.

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SATURDAY/ŔŖ Amery • Vinter Fest at DD Kennedy Park, skinnyski.com, 715268-6857. • Celebrating the Haggis, Scottish songs & poems, at Northern Lakes Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m., northernlakescenter.org. • Youth in Harmony Festival concert at the high school, 4:30 p.m., youthinharmonyfestival.org.

Centuria • Habitat home dedication on Centurion Avenue, 1011 a.m., 715-483-2700.

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St. Croix Falls

• Turn Around concert at Peace Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., 715-755-2515.

• “Language Revitalization and Traditional Subsistence through the Eyes of an Anishinaabe Singer and Dancerâ€? DW WKH 5LYHU $VVRFLDWLRQ 2IĂ€FH D P 5693 stcroxriverassociation.org, 715-483-3300.

Frederic • Haystack supper at Hacker’s Lanes, 4-7 p.m.

Grantsburg • Build a Birdhouse Workshop at Crex, 10 a.m.-noon. Preregister at 715-463-2739, crexmeadows.org.

Rice Lake • Shanren to perform at UWBC Fine Arts Theatre, 7 p.m. For tickets: barron.uwc.edu/ce.

Siren • 4-H music contest at the school, 6 p.m.

SUNDAY/Ŕŗ

• “Ole & Lena’s Family Reunionâ€? at Festival Theatre. Fri. 7:30 p.m., Sat. 2 p.m., 715-483-3387, festivaltheatre. org.

FRIĆ Ĺ‘SATĆ /Ĺ•Ĺ’ & Ĺ•Ĺ“ SUNĆ /Ĺ“ Balsam Lake • Winterfest! Sat. ice drags, 715-755-0211, Fire & Ice plunge, tourneys; Sun. LFH Ă€VKLQJ FRQWHVW, 715-2967837.

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Siren • Destination Wedding Fair at Northwoods Crossing Event Center, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-349-8399.

Luck Winter Carnival buttons available LUCK – Preparations for Luck Winter Carnival have begun. The business students in Nancy Hunter’s classes had a button design contest before Christmas. Each student designed two buttons. There is a jungle theme for Winter Carnival this year so they could either go with the jungle theme or a wintery theme for the buttons. The designs were then given to the Luck Winter Carnival Committee, who chose the winning button. Senior Trent Strapon was the lucky winner with his tiger design. Many of the students

helped produce the buttons, using the business department’s button machine. Winter Carnival buttons are for sale for $2 each. They can be purchased at Luck businesses or from any of the girls running for Miss Luck. If anyone is interested in having buttons made, you may contact Hunter at the school, 715-472-2151, ext .146. They are offered for sale at a reasonable price. $OO SURÀWV JR WR WKH EXVLQHVV VFKRODUVKLS fund. - submitted

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