The Colfax Music Department is putting together a new event for the community this year. Swing Thing is a dance held on Thursday, November 17 in the high school cafeteria. A dance lesson will be given by English teacher Emily Krause at 6:30, and at 7:00 the jazz band will begin playing. The band has…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — The St. Croix County district attorney is waiting for DNA results from the state crime lab related to a stabbing incident on the Apple River in July that left four injured and one dead. St. Croix County District Attorney Karl Anderson said he was waiting for test results…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development Committee is recommending that the Dunn County Board approve a rezone from General Agriculture to General Commercial for Classic Protective Coatings in the Town of Sherman on state Highway 25 north of Menomonie. Ray Witke, owner of Classic Protective Coatings, owns…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Village of Colfax Zoning Board of Appeals has recommended the denial of a rezone from multi-family to agriculture for a two-acre parcel on the west side of Dunn Street. The land sale is contingent on being able to bring a horse or horses to the property, said…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will be awarding $10 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds as grants to replace, reconstruct, treat or abandon contaminated wells. There are many private wells in Wisconsin that provide water for people who are the most vulnerable to well contamination, such…
Read MoreA Glenwood City band student participated in the 2022 Middle Level State Honors Music Project. Students were selected by live audition consisting of a solo, memorized scales, and sightreading. One thousand musicians auditioned for the 305 positions in the State Honors Band, Choir, and Orchestra. Participating from Glenwood City was eighth-grade trumpter Erica Bauman, daughter…
Read MoreVeterans Day will be observed in Hudson on Friday, November 11, 2022. Veterans Day Ceremonies will take place at the St. Croix County Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson WI. The program will begin at 11:00 a.m. Musical selections will be performed by the Hudson High School Band. Master of Ceremonies will be John Helgeson.…
Read MoreThe School District of Glenwood City’s Annual Veteran’s Day program will be held on Friday, November 11th at 9:00 a.m. in the High School Gymnasium. All veterans and community members are invited to attend. Veterans are invited for breakfast at 8 a.m. in the high school cafeteria before the program begins. Questions about the program…
Read MoreOn Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 2:35 am, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a call of a one vehicle crash on 10th Avenue, just west of 20th Street in the Town of Clear Lake. Upon arrival of Law Enforcement, they observed a passenger car in the cornfield on the southwest side of…
Read MoreHUDSON — A Minnesota man is dead after his vehicle was struck by a wrong-way driver while traveling along Interstate 94 near Hudson early Sunday morning. 54-year-old Mark Douglas Filbrandt of Robbinsdale, MN was killed in the crash which occurred at approximately 12:32 a.m. Sunday, October 30 in the westbound lanes of I-94 at Mile…
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