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Celebrate the season of hope by giving blood or platelets during a blood drive in your community

By Editor | December 17, 2024

EAU CLAIRE — December is a time to close out the year by making new memories. With just two weeks left in 2024, the American Red Cross asks donors to give blood or platelets now to help those in need enjoy the rest of the holiday season with loved ones. Donors with type O negative…

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Train vs. SUV crash with injury

By Editor | December 17, 2024

On December 12, 2024, at approximately 3:16 p.m., the Dunn County Communication Center was notified of a train vs. car crash at the railroad crossing near the intersection of 970th St and US Hwy 12 in the Village of Elk Mound, Dunn County, Wisconsin. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin State Patrol, Elk Mound Police,…

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Colfax man found guilty of possessing methamphetamine, sentenced to 4 years

By Editor | December 17, 2024

By LeAnn R. Ralph EAU CLAIRE — A 31-year-old Colfax man has been found guilty of possessing a little more than four pounds of methamphetamine and has been sentenced to four years in prison. Dalton D. Clayton appeared in Eau Claire County Circuit Court with his attorney, Matthew Krische, before Judge Douglas Hoffer on December…

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Cold case murder suspect pleads not guilty

By Editor | December 17, 2024

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Jon K. Miller, the suspect accused of killing Mary Schlais in the Town of Spring Brook in February of 1974, has pleaded not guilty in Dunn County Circuit Court.  Miller was scheduled for a preliminary hearing December 13, but Miller’s attorney, Travis Satorius, told the court that Miller wanted…

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Menomonie City Council approves $45,000 in funding for Mabel Tainter and $25,000 for Downtown Menomonie

By Editor | December 17, 2024

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Menomonie City Council has approved $45,000 in funding for the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts and $25,000 for Downtown Menomonie as part of the Tax Increment Finance District 15 budget for 2025.  The Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts is an economic driver for Menomonie because in…

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St. Croix County to host open house for Kitty Rhoades Memorial Memory Care Center

By Editor | December 10, 2024

New Richmond, WI: St. Croix County is excited to announce the reopening of the Kitty Rhoades Memorial Memory Care Center, featuring a new Dementia Crisis Stabilization Unit (DCSU). To celebrate this milestone, the County invites the public to an Open House on Thursday, December 19 from 5 -7 p.m., located at 1426 N 4th Street…

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Boyceville Village Board approves 2025 tax levy at $227,034

By Editor | December 10, 2024

BOYCEVILLE-At their meeting held on Monday evening the Boyceville village board unanimously approved the 2025 levy limit, which is the maximum amount of property taxes the village can collect in a year, at $227,034 with board trustee Ben Hitz absent.  Village clerk treasurer Brittany Halvorson presented the 2025 budget to the board. In 2025 the…

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Wheeler approves budget of $477,000 for 2025

By Editor | December 10, 2024

By LeAnn R. Ralph WHEELER  — The Wheeler Village Board has adopted a revenue and expense budget for 2025 of $476,770. The village board approved the 2025 budget and a property tax levy of $58,664 December 4. The property tax levy for the 2025 budget represents a $2 increase over the property tax levy for…

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Boyceville fire board receives 4 applications for fire chief

By Editor | December 10, 2024

By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE  — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board has received four applications for the position of fire chief. The Boyceville fire board received the applications for fire chief at a special meeting on December 3 at the Boyceville fire station. Karl Hackbarth, representative for the Town of Stanton and chair of…

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Glenwood City’s Fire Chief asks city to make changes to the false alarm ordinance

By Editor | December 10, 2024

GLENWOOD CITY — The city council pushed through their open meeting agenda Monday evening in just 18 minutes and covered the dozen items on the agenda including a request from Fire Chief Greg Holden to make a change to the City’s False alarm ordinance. At present a location can have two false alarms per year…

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