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Month: May 2026

BLUEJAY GIRLS COME UP SHORT AGAINST MARSHFIELD

Steve Dillon

In a game heard on WJMT and wjmtfm.com and seen on WJMT TV on YouTube, the Merrill girls’ softball team fell to the Marshfield Tigers 17-5 in six innings at home in a non-conference game on Friday.  Bluejays’ starting pitcher Abbie Krueger, the AmericInn Player of the Game, took the loss and came back to finish the game inside the circle after relievers Maddie Barker and Jaci Lyons were not able to stem the Tigers’ offensive tide.  At the plate, Krueger was 3-4 with two RBI to pace the bluejay…

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MERRILL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT: K9 DASTY SEARCH REVEALS POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES

Steve Dillon

The Merrill Police Department responded to eleven incidents during the week ending April 26th. Officers conducted approximately 52 traffic stops and 117 security checks. On Friday, a vehicle registration query by an officer revealed the owner had a suspended driver’s license. The officer stopped the vehicle, and during the stop K9 Dasty completed an exterior sniff of the vehicle. The K9 inspection produced a positive alert for an illegal substance, and a search by officers uncovered several methamphetamine items. A male and female subject were arrested for possession of methamphetamine.…

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BLUEJAY GIRLS DEFEAT LAKELAND 9-3 IN SLUGFEST

Steve Dillon

In a game heard right here on WJMT and wjmtfm.com. the Merrill Bluejay girls’ softball team defeat the Lakeland Thunderbirds in Great Northern Conference action 9-3 at the MARC yesterday.  The Bluejays gave up two runs in the top of the second and a single tally in the fifth but scored once in the bottom of the second and twice in the fourth before a six run outburst in the bottom of the fifth sealed the victory. In that frame, the Bluejays scored on a solo homerun by junior third…

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