Distance Learning Grant Provides Window to the World for Rural Students
Halfway between Park Falls and Ashland is the rural community of Mellen, population 698. Nestled between the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and nearby Copper Falls State Park, this small community is humming with activity on an early Monday morning in March.
Students are trickling out from the large 1910 brick and stone building for their first break of the day. The school’s mascot, a Granite Digger, is a nod…
