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Once widespread across North America, elk were eliminated from Wisconsin in the 1880s. With the support of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF), Ho-Chunk Nation, Jackson County Wildlife Fund (JCWF) and several other partners, the DNR began a multi-year effort to re-establish elk in the...
Three area businesses and a non-profit organization will be honored during the Black River Area Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) Virtual annual meeting Monday, March 21.
The Banner Journal & Shopper will receive the 2021 Business of the Year Award (less than 20 employees); Co-op Credit...
Melrose-Mindoro’s Decathlon team finished first in the state among all schools with high school enrollments of 650 students or less in the 2022 State Academic Decathlon Competition. Pictured (front, l-r) are Cadence Holliday, Caitlyn Haas, Kadence Bailey, Sofia Gonzalez, (back) Mytchell Wollin, Julius Meyer, Noah Hanson and Dorian Bautsch.
The Melrose-Mindoro (Mel-Min) Academic Decathlon team finished first in the state among all schools with high school enrollments of 650 students or less in the 2022 State Academic Decathlon Competition that was held Feb. 25. The Mustangs competed against the top 20 schools in the state in a...
When Jackson County Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers (Interfaith) started as an idea over 30 years ago, few could have anticipated the growth the organization would experience over the following three decades. The non-denominational, faith-based, service organization now has multiple programs,...
At the Feb. 21 Black River Falls School District (BRFSD) School Board meeting, there was a discussion about the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) convention held in January in Milwaukee.
“There was a lot of praise for having an in-person convention during a pandemic, as well...