By Renee Bettendorf GLENWOOD CITY- After working for 30 years and two weeks as the executive director of West CAP, Peter Kilde retired on February 7. Kilde, who was born in Eau Claire and spent 25 years working for another organization based in St. Paul, ended up in Glenwood City and at West CAP in…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — Although it seemed as if the Boyceville Community Fire District Board was making progress on calming down tensions in the fire department — but now maybe not. The Boyceville fire board appointed Lee Kegan, representative for the Town of Tiffany, as chair of the fire board at the February…
Read MoreBy WisPolitics.com To Republicans, he’s Tony the Taxer. To Dems, he’s Tony the Tax Cutter. Which is it? Maybe a little bit of both. It looks like Dem Gov. Tony Evers is emphasizing past and newly proposed tax cuts as he enters what could be the year before another run for governor. Evers hasn’t declared…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Community Resources and Tourism Committee has approved providing $5,000 in additional funding for the Colfax Public Library from the county’s contingency fund. All four of Dunn County’s libraries received less funding from the county for this year, but for the Colfax Public Library, the reduction in…
Read MoreRecent Activities It has been a busy month. Besides their regular club meetings, multiple Dunn County 4-H Clubs have been holding food drives for their communities trying to see which club could gather the most non- perishable food items per member. The winners will get to have an ice cream party! Dunn County 4-H was…
Read MoreDunn County school districts recently received a boost in educational innovation through the distribution of teacher mini grants, aimed at enhancing classroom learning and student engagement. Funded by The Community Foundation of Dunn County’s General Teacher Mini Grant Fund, along with multiple designated funds, donor-advised funds, scholarship funds, and public crowdsourcing, these grants support creative…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Colfax Board of Education report that they had positive experiences at this year’s Wisconsin State Education Convention in Milwaukee January 22-24. There are 421 school districts in the state, and there were a majority in attendance at the delegate assembly for a quorum, said Ken Neuburg,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Jon K. Miller, the suspect accused of killing Mary Schlais in the Town of Spring Brook in February of 1974, is scheduled for a plea and sentencing hearing in Dunn County Circuit Court on March 27. Miller, along with his attorneys Shelly Tomtschik and Travis Satorius, appeared in court…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Bloomer man charged with two felony counts of the repeated sexual assault of the same child in the Village of Colfax has pleaded guilty in Dunn County Circuit Court. Timothy L. Klich, age 40, appeared in court February 21, along with his attorney Laura Megan Coss, for a…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — In addition to the Menomonie Farmers Market from May until October, Menomonie’s Wilson Park also will be the site of two events in July, “The bEAT Concert” and “Let’s Paint the Town.” The Menomonie City Council approved special event permits for The bEAT Concert on July 5 and Let’s…
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