By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development Committee has approved the continued use of an existing 20-foot-wide access easement instead of requiring a 66-foot wide road for a property in the Town of Sherman. Scott and Anita Sykora own 33 acres on 410th Street in the Town of…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — The St. Croix County Board has approved issuing $80 million in general obligation bonds to fund the expansion and remodeling project of the government center on Carmichael Road in Hudson. The resolution to issue general obligation bonds for the government center project has been “repackaged” after the St. Croix…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph GLENWOOD CITY — The son of a World War II veteran who credits Ellen Ainsworth with saving his father’s life in 1944 during the Battle of Anzio has visited Glenwood City to honor her memory. Keith Giddens, the author of “Payne City, A personal account from a lone survivor during WWII,…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: National Weights and Measures Week, March 1-7, marks the signing of the first weights and measure law by President John Adams on March 2, 1799. DATCP would like to offer media outlets the opportunity to meet with inspectors in the field to observe and report on the inspection process. MADISON, Wis. – The…
Read MoreFebruary 19th-25th It’s beginning to look a lot like…ugh, old man winter apparently has something to say. The residents were so enthralled with the storm on Tuesday. Most of them were staring out the windows, enjoying the fresh snow pile up. Excited chatter about the wind whipping swirls of powder around in the courtyard and…
Read MoreGreetings from Havenwood. It’s been a while but I was away on a much needed vacation but now am back in the swing of things. On Valentine’s Day we crowned new royalty for our wing. The new Queen is Birdie Moe and the new King is Leonard Parent. The runners up are Princess Lois Kilde…
Read MoreGLENWOOD CITY — After months of discussion, the Glenwood City Board of Education took action to hire an elementary and middle school interventionist following a closed-door executive session at its February 21 meeting. Lara Draxler, who has been working the past couple of year’s as a full-time special education aide in the district and recently…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — If you have photographs you would be willing to share for the county’s new tourism website, the Dunn County Community Resources and Tourism Committee would love to hear from you. Maybe you’ve got photos of your son or daughter showing a 4-H project at the Colfax Free Fair or…
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EAU CLAIRE — A semi tractor-trailer traveling westbound on Interstate 94 near Eau Claire last Friday morning lost control in the wintry weather sending unit into the median and down an embankment where it struck a bridge support pillar. The driver and only occupant of the semi, 29 year-old Mahamed Farah Abdilahi of St. Cloud,…
Read MoreDC Zoning Board of Adjustment denies appeal by Barn at Copper Creek to operate restaurant and tavern
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Zoning Board of Adjustment has denied an appeal by the Barn at Copper Creek in the Town of Sherman to operate a restaurant and tavern under a special exception permit issued for an agricultural zoning district. The Board of Adjustment denied the appeal and affirmed…
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