A BARN WAS DESTROYED by fire last Tuesday evening at a farm in Hartland Township. The Ellsworth Fire Department went to the Randall Peterson residence, W5590 CTH EE, Bay City, shortly before 7:30 p.m. The barn was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived and they worked to save an adjacent silo. Two horses were evacuated from the burning building, which otherwise contained hay. Lightning may have caused the blaze, as several strikes were seen in the vicinity during a passing storm earlier in the evening. The local fire department was assisted by units from Bay City and Maiden Rock at the scene, just west of CTH EE's intersection with CTH D.

A $5 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit regarding an Ellsworth Senior High School student paralyzed during a rehearsal for a school play.

The scene at Sunnyside Elementary School last Thursday brought an April tragedy in Littleton, Colo., to mind.

In a prepared statement released last week, Ellsworth Co-op Creamery General Manager Ken McMahon described the recent first meeting between the Creamery's board and the Ellsworth Village Board as a positive step toward ending the dispute over alleged tampering with sewage samples.

The environment, the economy and community harmony are among reasons supporters have given Pierce County officials for a one-year moratorium on large-scale agricultural operations in Martell Township.

DEVON MURPHY, six-year-old leukemia patient from Hager City, was the center of attention for one group of participants in last Saturday's Great Walk for Life. The youngster was joined by his mother, Yvette, and her co-workers at Red Wing Shoe Company. Local 527 of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union sponsored the group, which left the Pierce County Fairgrounds in Ellsworth on a six-mile route to the Harsdorf farm near Beldenville.

Among last Saturday's participants in the Pierce County Great Walk for Life was a six-year-old leukemia patient.