KNAPP — An Elmwood woman had died as the result of a two-vehicle crash near the Village of Knapp last Wednesday morning, February 16. Armida Lockwood, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident which occurred on County Road Q near County Road N in Dunn County at approximately 8:24 a.m. February 16.…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has authorized using $100,000 of the $8.8 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds awarded to Dunn County for broadband grant applications. The Community Resources and Tourism committee held a special meeting on February 7 so that the request could come before the executive committee…
Read MoreMADISON, Feb. 17, 2022 – Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2022 crop year have until March 15, 2022, to sign a contract. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers these two safety net programs to provide vital income support…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — As of the day of the Colfax Board of Education’s February 14 meeting, there were zero active cases of COVID-19 in the school district. There has been a significant decrease in cases in recent weeks, said William C. Yingst Jr., district administrator. The numbers are down, and during the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — “It was shameful,” said Jaclyn Ackerlund. Two Colfax Board of Education members, Ackerlund and Ken Neuburg, who attended the Wisconsin Association of School Board’s delegate assembly in January and reported on the assembly at the February 14 school board meeting, say the reaction of some attendees to the resolution…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Wayne May, publisher of “Ancient American” magazine, will be doing a presentation March 5 at the Colfax Municipal Building on “Mound Builders of North America.” May will be talking about the history of Indian burial grounds from New York to Wisconsin. “Ancient American” has been a quarterly publication for…
Read MoreBOYCEVILLE — The Village Board spent some time on a problem with the location of the proposed new sidewalk along East Street to the new Dollar store. East Street is State Highway 79 North. Eric Barclay of MSA engineering firm out of Rice Lake, that is doing the design work for the new sidewalk, explained,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 56-year-old Boyceville man has been sentenced to five years in prison and five years of extended supervision for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Franklin J. Bignell appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court for a sentencing hearing February 11 before Judge Christina M. Mayer. Bignell was charged…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — After the ambulance service director and an EMT were called out on a run, the Boyceville Community Ambulance District Board tabled until next month a policy on the EMT roster but did begin discussing a complaint and behavior policy. About fifteen or 20 minutes into the February 9 meeting…
Read MoreEditor’s note: Dr. Randy Ketola, a local resident, teacher at the Glenwood City High School and a member of the City Council fulfilled one item on his bucket list and that was to travel to the Antarctica, the seventh Continent this past January. The following is his story of the trip. A couple of years…
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