By: Cori Petersen
Mattoon, Wisc. had a population of 467 in 2019. It is a very rural village and doesn’t have much: a grocery store, a gas station, a bar, a factory, and several churches. As of 2016 Mattoon hasn’t even had a school since the town of Antigo centralized the schooling and has ...
WILL represented Shepherd’s Watch in lengthy legal dispute over vacant building
The News: A non-profit finally acquired a vacant elementary school in Mattoon, Wisconsin, subject of a lengthy legal dispute over ownership, and intends to start a private choice school in the underserved ...
Summary judgment hearing to determine fate of vacant elementary school
The News: Attorneys from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) will participate in a summary judgment hearing, Monday, in a rural school choice case before the Shawano County Circuit Court. WILL represents ...
Community group Shepherd’s Watch is now a party to legal dispute over vacant school
The News: The Shawano County Circuit Court granted a motion to intervene Wednesday to Shepherd’s Watch, a Mattoon-based Christian community group represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty ...
Antigo School District refuses to sell vacant building to local Christian community group
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed a motion to intervene in a legal dispute between the Village of Mattoon and Town of Hutchins, on the one hand, and the Antigo School District, ...