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Year: 2025

LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD APPROVES RESOLUTIONS FOR FUNDING PROTECTION OF LOCAL WATERWAYS

Steve Dillon

During their Tuesday, October 21st meeting, the Lincoln County Board approved seven resolutions focused on grant funding and donations to protect their 650 miles of rivers and streams, and more than 700 lakes and waterways. Included in the grants is funding for Clean Boats, Clean Waters; Lake Monitoring and Protection Network, Surface Water Planning, Surface Water Restoration, and Healthy Lakes and Rivers programs. The new funding will help grow educational and outreach programs, and support ongoing restoration and improvement work. Also included in the resolutions were local stakeholder pledges to…

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LACK OF RAINFALL CALLS FOR CAUTION BEFORE OUTDOOR BURNING

Steve Dillon

With the lack of rainfall in September and October, abnormally dry conditions still exist across most of our state. The Wisconsin DNR is requesting that residents be aware of local fire danger levels prior to any outdoor burning activity. As trees continue to shed their leaves and plant life enters dormancy stages, the risk of wildfires increases. Almost twenty acres have burned in October alone from more than fifty wildfires, most of them preventable according to the DNR.

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LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WEEK REPORT; TRAFFIC STOP ENDS IN ARREST ON MULTIPLE CHARGES

Steve Dillon

Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 47 traffic stops and 44 security checks. There were 14 calls involving cars hitting deer. On Wednesday a deputy on patrol in the Town of Merrill was traveling N/B on STH 17 near Norwegian Rd, following a vehicle traveling below the speed limit and weaving in the travel lane. After conducting a traffic stop of the vehicle, the deputy made contact with the 65-yr-old female driver from Merrill and noticed signs of impairment. The driver agreed to complete some sobriety testing and as…

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GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WILL DELAY FOODSHARE BENEFITS IN NOVEMBER

Steve Dillon

November benefits for FoodShare members will be delayed as a result of the lingering federal government shutdown. Local United Way organizations are reminding the community that residents whose access to food has been impacted by the shutdown can dial 211, download the 211 Wisconsin App, or text their zip code to 898211 Monday thru Friday 8 a.m til 4 p.m. to find food nearby. FoodShare benefits may not be available on QUEST cards to make purchases in November, which may include funds that remain on your car at the end…

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LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD APPROVES FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF FLOCK LPR CAMERA SYSTEM FOR SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

Steve Dillon

During last Tuesday’s Lincoln County Board meeting, a resolution to accept a $184,000 donation from the Bierman Family Foundation was approved for implementation of the Flock LPR camera system program for 10 years. The grant allows Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office to move from using the law enforcement camera system in a trial phase to full use. Lincoln County Sheriff Ken Schneider shared that during the trial period, the agency strategically placed six small, solar-powered cameras along roads to search for previously flagged vehicles as part of open investigations, through reading…

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WISCONSIN AND MISSOURI GROCERY CHAINS MERGER FINALIZED

Steve Dillon

The 1939 Group, the Missouri-based holding company for Schnuck Markets, has finalized its acquisition of Wisconsin-based Festival Foods and Hometown Grocers — known locally as Dave’s County Market in Merrill. The deal was first announced in September. The resulting total store network increases to 164, as the 51 Festival and Hometown locations in Wisconsin are adjoined with 113 Schnuck Markets in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. The merger includes the purchase of shares held by Festival and Hometown CEO Mark Skogen, as well as those held by employees through a stock…

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MERRILL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 19 – OFFICERS ARREST MAN AFTER PUSHING HIS WIFE INTO FIREPLACE

Steve Dillon

MERRILL – During the week ending October 19, the Merrill Police Department responded to seven incidents, while officers conducted approximately 41 traffic stops and 43 security checks. A male party was arrested for Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest after he had pushed his wife into a fireplace and eventually needed to be carried out of the house by officers. There was a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday at the intersection of on E 14th St and N Center Ave. A report of a Public Disturbance on Monday where a person…

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LINCOLN COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORT WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 19; UNSAFE DRIVING COMPLAINT LEADS TO FIRST OFFENSE OWI

Steve Dillon

Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 30 traffic stops and 15 security checks. There were 18 calls involving cars hitting deer. On Sunday a complaint was received regarding a reckless driver traveling all over the road on USH 51 near CTH S in the Town of Skanawan. A deputy who was sent to the area located a car matching the suspect vehicle, and followed it for a short time noticing similar driving patterns. The deputy completed a traffic stop, and while speaking with the 19-yr-old male driver noticed signs…

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