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1996-2000

1996

January
3 January p.2B Rural Churches: Trout Run, New Hope, NB Presbyterian
10 January p.18 Fairview Catholic Church
17 January p.21 Prior January Events: Part One
24 January p.7B Prior January Events: Part Two 
31 January p.7B Logging and Railroad
February
7 February p.7B February Events
14 February p.7B Early Jackson County Post Offices: Part One
21 February p.9B Jackson County Post Offices: Part Two
28 February p.9B Jackson County Post Offices: Part Three
March
6 March p.11B Black River Falls Methodist Church Fire: Part One
13 March p.7B Black River Falls Methodist Church Fire: Part Two 
20 March p.7B March Events
27 March  p.13B Women in Jackson County History
30 March p.7B Prior March Events
April
3 April p.5B Rural Churches
10 April p.7B Prior April Events
17 April p.7B Where Have All the Aprons Gone?
May
1 May p.9B County Clerks of Jackson County
8 May p.7B E.L. Brockway-Steamboating: Part One
15 May p.7B E.L. Brockway-Steamboating: Part Two 
22 May p.7B Setting Up a Household in 1926
28 May p.7B Prior May Events
June
5 June p.7B Alma Center High School, 1899 Graduating Class
12 June p.7B Prior June Events
19 June p.7B Alma Center Grace Lutheran Church
26 June p.7B Rural Churches of Jackson County
July
3 July p.5B Prior July Happenings
17 July p.7B Reminiscence of Merrillan: Part One
24 July p.7B Reminiscence of Merrillan: Part Two
31 July p.7B Reminiscence of Merrillan: Part Three
August
7 August p.5B August Events of Years Ago
14 August p.7B Shamrock Area Church
21 August p.7B Historic Places in Black River Falls: Part One
28 August p.5B Historic Places in Black River Falls: Part Two
September
4 September p.7B Merrillan Study Club Drama
11 September p.7B September Past Events
18 September p.7B Pray
25 September p.7B West Wisconsin Railroad Depot: Part One 
October
2 October p.7B West Wisconsin Railroad Depot: Part Two 
9 October p.7B October 6, 1911 Flood
16 October p.8B October Happenings: Part One
23 October p.7B October Happenings: Part Two 
30 October p.8B Peterson – Gilbertson Wedding 100 Years Ago: Part One
November
6 November p.7B Peterson – Gilbertson Wedding 100 Years Ago: Part Two
13 November p.6B Moe Hardware Store
20 November p.7B Tuesday Club 100 Years: Part One
27 November p.15B Tuesday Club 100 Years: Part Two 
December
4 December p.5B Prior November Events
11 December p.8B Early Schools in Black River Falls: Part One
18 December p.8B Early Schools in Black River Falls: Part Two 
25 December p.7B Black River Child Care Center Celebrates 20 Years

1997

January
1 January p.5B Black River Child Care Center Celebrates 20 Years
8 January p.7B Black River Falls Place Names
15 January p.7B Prior January Events
29 January p.8B Jack Sypulski’s Photographs
February
5 February p.8B Prior February Events
12 February p.11B Looking Back 40 Years: Part One
26 February p.9B Looking Back 40 Years: Part Two
March
5 March p.9B Winter Fun in Merrillan
12 March p.7B Past March Events
19 March p.7B Men’s Bowling
26 March p.5B April Happenings
April
2 April  p.5B Beauty in Area Cemeteries
9 April p.11B Beautifying the Back Yard
16 April p.7B Black River Falls Fire Department: Part One
30 April p.9B Animal Stories I Have Written
May
7 May p.7B Black River Falls Fire Department: Part Two
14 May p.9B Tornado Which Hit the City
21 May p.7B Prior May Events: Part One
28 May p.7B Prior May Events: Part Two
June
4 June p.7B Prior June Events
11 June p.9B Old Days in Pray: Part One
18 June p.7B Old Days in Pray: Part Two
25 June p.7B Animal Stories I Have Written
July
2 July p.7B Passenger Pigeons
2 July p.7B 105 Year Tradition Ends in Jackson County
9 July p.7B Happenings in July
16 July p.7B Black River Falls Lions Club
23 July p.7B Melrose Churches
30 July p.7B Prior August Events
August
6 August p.11 Prior August Events
13 August p.5B Jackson County Fair
20 August p.5B Jackson County fair
27 August p.7B More Rural Churches: Price, Taylor, and Hixton
September
3 September p.7B More Rural Churches: U.M. of Hixton & Community Christian of Black River Falls
10 September p.7B Items From the Month of September
17 September p.7B Mayors
24 September p.7 More Rural Churches: Part One
October
7 October p.15B Recipes of Yesteryears
14 October p.7B October Items
November
5 November p.6B October Events of the Past
12 November p.5B Humbird
19 November p.7 November History
26 November p.5B Jackson County Bank Building
December
3 December p.13B Jackson County Bank Building
10 December p.17B December Events
17 December p.7B Wal-Mart Came to our Town
24 December p.4B Jackson County Bridges: Part One
31 December p.5B Jackson County Bridges: Part Two

1998

January
7 January p.5B Past January Events
14 January p.7B Names and Places: Humbird, Hixton, Northfield, Melrose, North Bend, Pray, Price
21 January p.7B 140 Years Ago
28 January p.7B Merrillan 20 Years Ago
February
4 February p.17B Names of Area Places: Kirch Road, Brockway, Levis, Adams
11 February p.6B Black River Falls 125 Years Ago
18 February p.16B Prior February News
25 February p.8B His Bearship: Eustace Brockway
March
4 March p.7B Prior March News: Part One
11 March p.15B Prior March News: Part Two
18 March p.5B Library Board
18 March p.14 Looking Back-Monsos Rulland Moe Buildings-Melrose Chronicle
25 March p.5B Special Women in Jackson County
April
1 April p.5B Hixton High Hopes Homemakers
8 April p.8B Grave Robbers
15 April p.4B Prior April News
22 April p.5B Former Jackson County District Attorneys: Part One
29 April p.5B Former Jackson County District Attorneys: Part Two
May
6 May p.5B Jackson County Veterans
13 May p.5B County Treasurers of Jackson County
20 May p.6B Prior May Events
27 May p.5B Death of Shamrock Church-St. Columbkille’s
June
3 June p.8B Former June Items
10 June p.7B Clerk of Court Office Holders
24 June p.9B Black River Falls Post Office: Part One 
July
1 July p.5B Black River Falls Post Office: Part Two
8 July p.7B A Bit of Hixton History: Part One
15 July p.4B A Bit of Hixton History: Part Two
22 July p.7B Prior July Events
29 July p.5B Hixton Post Office: Part One
August
5 August p.7B Hixton Post Office: Part Two
12 August p.5B Jackson County Democrats
19 August p.7B Prior August Items
26 August p.6B Can You Believe the Newspapers?: Part One
September
2 September p.5B Can You Believe the Newspapers?: Part Two
9 September p.7B Merrillan Main Street 1920s: Part One
16 September p.7B Merrillan Main Street 1920s: Part Two
16 September p. 1B Black River Memorial Hospital Celebrates 30 Years
23 September p.9B September Items
30 September p.9 Black River Memorial Hospital Celebrates 30th Anniversary
30 September p.11B In the Not So Affluent Society
October
7 October p.8B Wisconsin Death Trip
14 October p.7B Black River Falls Water, Sewer and Electric Utilities
21 October p.7B History Comes Closer Home, WWII
28 October p.7B Green Bay & Western Railroad: Part One
November
4 November p.7B John Lane Hicks – Founder of Hixton
11 November p.7B John Lane Hicks – Founder of Hixton
18 November p.13B Rustic Mill
25 November p.7B Prior November Events
December
2 December p.7B Scandinavian Cooking
9 December p.15B Prior December Events
16 December p.9B News Pictures
23 December p.7B News Pictures
30 December p.5B News Pictures

1999

January
6 January p.10B News Pictures
13 January p.8B County Clerks 22 Years
20 January p.18B D.A.R.E. In Jackson County
27 January p.8B News Pictures
February
3 February p.8B Prior February Events
10 February p.7B Prior February Events
17 February p.9B On the Farm Breakfast
March
3 March p.12B Prior On the Farm Breakfast
10 March p.17B Herman Siefert…Buttermaker
17 March p.8B Thimbles – Small in Size, Big in History: Part One
24 March p.7B Thimbles – Small in Size, Big in History: Part Two
31 March p.9B 38 Years of Court Service: Elva Larson Retires
April
7 April p.5B Prior March Events
14 April  p.16B Prior March Events
21 April p.9B Maple Syrup Making
28 April p.5B Prior April Events
May
5 May p.10B 1980: A 7-Part Series: Businesses, The Iron Mine, Farming
12 May p.15B 1980…A 7-Part Series: Gifts of the Land
19 May p.8B 1980: A 7-Part Series: County Medical Services
26 May p.11B 1980: A 7-Pat Series: Jackson County Communication
June
2 June p.11B 1980: A 7-Part Series: Jackson County’s Virgin Forests – Yesterday and Today
9 June p.10B 1980: A 7-Part Series: Jackson County Governments
16 June p.7B 1980: A 7-Part Series: Education – Jackson County 
23 June p.7B May News: 1879, 1899, 1929, 1939, 1949, 1954, 1979
30 June p.9B The Martyrs’ Chapel -Recapturing a Memory
July
7 July p.7B June News: 1879, 1904, 1929: Part One
14 July p.6B June News: Part Two
21 July p.7 Jackson County Fair Buildings
28 July p.12B Judkins School – Rural Alma Center
August
4 August p.7B Prior July Events: Part One
11 August p.9B Prior July Events: Part Two
18 August p.9B Prior August Events
25 August p.7B Charles Low Cloud
September
1 September p.1B Fairgrounds Pavilion
8 September p.4B “400” Stops at Merrillan: Part One
15 September p.14B “400” Stops at Merrillan: Part Two
29 September p.7B Forestry and Parks
October
6 October p.8B September News: 1879, 1899, 1904, 1929, 1939, 1949,  1954, 1965, 1969
13 October p.8B Oldest Brick Building on Main Street-Black River Falls
20 October p.9B October News: 1879, 1899, 1904, 1929, 1939
27 October p.7B October News: 1939, 1949, 1954, 1965, 1969, 1979
November
3 November p.9B November News: 1879, 1899, 1904
10 November p.11B November News: 1929, 1939, 1949, 1954,1965, 1969
17 November p.16B Deer Hunting in Jackson County
24 November p.7B Deer Hunting in Jackson County
December
1 December p.7B December News: 1879, 1899, 1929, 1939
8 December p.12B December News: 1939, 1949, 1949, 1954, 1965, 1969, 1979
15 December p.14B Early Anniversary Years
22 December p.17B January News: 1880, 1905
29 December p.7B January News: 1930, 1940, 1950

2000

January
5 January p.5B January News: 1955, 1970, 1980
12 January p.13B Early Game Wardens
19 January p.9B Lahmayer Eye Clinic
26 January p.9B 25 Years Ago
February
2 February p.9B 25 Years Ago
9 February p.8B February News: 1880, 1905
23 February p.7B February News: 1930, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1965
March
1 March p.7B 25 Years Ago
15 March p.15B Pearson Hardware: 50 Years of Family Tradition
22 March p.7B March News: 1880, 1905, 1930
29 March p.11B March News: 1930, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1965
April
12 April p.9B Hixton Elementary School PTO
19 April p.9B Hixton Elementary School PTO
26 April p.9B April Events: 1880, 1905, 1930
May
3 May p.7B April Events: 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1965, 1980
June
14 June p.9B Humbird Church of Christ
July
19 July p.15B July News: 1880, 1905, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1955, 1965
26 July p.7B Links Link Together for a Reunion
August
16 August p.14B Ashbel S. Haydon’s’ 1850 Letter
23 August p.10B Ashbel S. Haydon’s’ 1850 Letter
30 August p.7B Cyclones – Tornados: Part One
September
6 September p.9B Cyclones – Tornados: Part Two
13 September p.11B September News
20 September p.9B September News: 1940, 1950, 1955, 1965, 1970
October
11 October p.14B October News: 1880, 1905, 1930, 1940, 1955
November
1 November p.7B November News: 1880, 1905, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1955,  1970, 1980
December
6 December p.15B December News: 1880, 1905, 1910, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1955
20 December p.17B Banner Journal: Part One
27 December p.10B Banner Journal: Part two

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