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Walker rejects Melms’ $50K demand, stands by reporting

Lakeland Times and Northwoods River News publisher and WNA Foundation board member Gregg Walker this week rejected a demand for a $50,000 payment to attorney Frederick Melms and said he will not withdraw a professional misconduct complaint against the attorney or retract the newspaper’s reporting after Melms threatened a defamation lawsuit.