The City of Mellen will be sponsoring a Halloween Decorating Contest for residents and businesses located within the City of Mellen. You can register if you would like to by calling City Hall at 715-274-2136, but it is not required. Judging will be done by the Beautification Committee on October 30, 2024. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes will be awarded to the winners.
City of Mellen full time employees are sponsoring a Halloween coloring contest for Mellen School District student’s Pre-K through 6th Grade. There will be the following 4 age group categories: Pre-k & Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd Grade, 3rd & 4th Grade, and 5th & 6th Grade. The schoolteachers have been provided the coloring pages. Only one entry per child is allowed. Completed pages need to be turned into Mellen City Hall by Monday, October 21, 2024. Judging will be done by 3 community members on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. 1st & 2nd place will be awarded cash prizes in each of the 4 categories.
Sign up for a library card at Legion Memorial Library during the month of September and you could win a $50 prize! September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month so it’s the perfect time to get a library card if you don’t already have one. Sign up for a library card at your library from September 1-30, or self-register for an e-card, and you’ll be automatically entered into a prize drawing for a $50 Visa gift card. Already a NWLN cardholder? You can enter the drawing by telling us why you love your library. There are paper forms available at the library for you to fill out and enter the drawing.
Legion Memorial Library 106 Iron Street, Mellen, WI 54546 https://www.legionmemoriallibrary.org/
Mellen’s Legion Memorial Library has two monthly book clubs that meet at the library. One meets the 2nd Monday of the month at 6:00 pm and the other on the third Wednesday at 9:00 am. The list of books and book club dates may be found on their website at legionmemoriallibrary.org. Click on Find Books, then Book Clubs to find the books they are reading. Click on Events to see the calendar of library events. The book for the Monday night October discussion will be “1984” by George Orwell. Books are provided by the library so no need to purchase any books.
More information about the library can be found on the City Services page. If you would like to join a book club, call 715-274-8331 or stop by the library and let them know. Think about it. It’s a fun way to meet other readers, find a new author, and read books you never knew you would like (or dislike)!
The public is invited to an open community meeting to review how the county’s plan will protect them from future disasters. The meeting is FREE. It will be held on Tuesday, September 17, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at the Town of Morse town hall. Light refreshments will be served. And, all who attend will be eligible to win one of several devices needed to stay safe during a disaster or emergency.
Copies of the plan can be found at the following locations for the public to review from 8/16/24 thru 9/16/24: on the Ashland County’s website at https://ashlandcountywi.gov/emergency_management; at the Ashland and Mellen libraries, and at the Ashland County UW Extension office in Room 107 in the Ashland County Courthouse.
If you cannot attend the meeting in person, comments can be made and sent to christina.dzwonkowski@ashlandcountywi.gov. For more information, contact Christina Dzwonkowski at 715-685-7640 x856.
Mellen’s historic city hall was built in 1895. Check out this website to learn more about the City of Mellen!