Parkside Preschool Center 4k-sa

105 E 1st St, Merrill, WI 54452 · Lincoln County

1cited violations

1serious

2inspection visits

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Group center
Licensed capacity: 19
Ages: 2 years – 13 years, 11 months
Hours: 05:30 AM-06:00 PM (Jan-Dec)
Licensee: Keith Cohrs
Contact: Pikus, Amy
Phone: 715-536-7716
YoungStar: 3 Stars
Regulated since: 02/01/1989
DCF IDs: Facility 620145 · Provider 5000556565/002
Official record: DCF Child Care Finder

Violations by category

Safety & premises 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2024	1	1	Safety & premises (1)

Inspection visits

Dec 17, 2024 Licensing visit · 316 rules checked, 0 not met

No violations cited on this visit.

DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
Mar 7, 2024 Licensing visit · 357 rules checked, 1 not met 1 serious

The DCF Finder's main page now lists this visit as "No Violations found". Its own visit report below still cites these rules. DCF's list drops violations after about two years.
- Safety & premises Serious
  There Is Deteriorating Paint On The Yellow Trucks In The Outdoor Play Space.
  
  DCF 251.06(2)(i) — Deteriorating Paint
DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)

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DCF publishes about 3 years of monitoring. Older history, complaint files and self-reported incidents require a public records request. Wisconsin's public records law (Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31–19.39) gives anyone the right to ask. You don't have to say why.

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Send to: DCF Records Custodian · DCFRecordsRequest@wisconsin.gov · fax (608) 422-7161 · 201 W. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703 · agency instructions
Copy: DCF Northern Regional Licensing Office · DCFPlicBRLNRO@wisconsin.gov · 715-361-7700

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Letter text

Dear Records Custodian,

Under Wisconsin's public records law, Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31–19.39, I request copies of the following records for the child care program Parkside Preschool Center 4K-Sa, 105 E 1st St, Merrill, WI 54452-2303 (DCF facility number 620145; provider number 5000556565, location 002; applicant/licensee number 8100094080), for January 1, 2019 to the present:

1. Every licensing or certification monitoring, renewal and follow-up visit report, including noncompliance statements, compliance statements and rule-monitoring summaries.
2. Every complaint investigation: intake summaries, investigation reports, and the finding for each allegation.
3. Every warning letter, order, forfeiture or other enforcement action, with related correspondence.
4. Every plan of correction the program submitted, and the department's response.
5. Every incident the program reported to the department (for example under DCF 251.04(3) or 250.04(3)): injuries requiring medical care, prohibited actions, suspected abuse or neglect, communicable disease, and children whose whereabouts were unknown.

I understand that child and reporter identities, and material made confidential by Wis. Stat. § 48.981, may be redacted; please release the remainder and cite the basis for anything withheld. Please provide the records electronically (PDF by email). If the estimated cost exceeds $5.00, please send me an estimate before proceeding. Please confirm receipt of this request.

Thank you,

[Your name]
[Email] · [Phone]

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Source: Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, via the Child Care Finder and the licensed and certified directories. Last read Oct 16, 2026. Violation text is DCF's own wording. The categories are ours, added to help you scan. About this data.