An update to the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office’s homicide investigation, late yesterday, warrants were issues for two suspects in connection with this homicide case. One of the suspects has been arrested on our warrant by St. Paul Police Department and is being held in the Ramsey County Jail. The suspect arrested is Darren Lee McWright…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd says he has a “high degree of certainty” that the suspect(s) responsible for four homicide victims found in the Town of Sheridan Sunday afternoon are no longer in the area. “We are confident that this was a place these victims were randomly brought to,”…
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TOWN OF SHERIDAN — Four people have been found murdered in a corn field in the Town of Sheridan. The victims have been identified as Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, female, age 30, of Stillwater, Minn.; Matthew Isiah Pettus, male, age 26, of Saint Paul, Minn.; Loyace Foreman III, male, age 35, of St. Paul, Minn.; and…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — A Dunn County jury has found a 49-year-old Boyceville man guilty on two felony counts related to the repeated sexual assault of a child. Following a three-day trial in Dunn County Circuit Court that began on August 31, the jury found Timothy Scott Cocherell guilty on both counts. The…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski HUDSON – On September 9, the St Croix County Board of Supervisors approved a tentative plan for supervisory districts meant to provide equal representation for all county residents considering the population has grown by 10.9 percent since the 2010 census. The County did not receive 2020 Census data until August 16,…
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BOYCEVILLE – Starting July 1st there has been a new face leading the parishioners at the United Methodist church in Boyceville, Vicky Strupp. The smiling, Pastor Vicky also stands at the helm of the United Methodist churches in Prairie Farm and in Wheeler as it is a three point parish. Vicky, who grew up in…
Read MoreThe New Auburn Area Community Choir is back!! Our rehearsals are held in the music room of the New Auburn school on Monday evenings from 7:00 until 8:30 p.m. Rehearsals will begin on Monday, September 20th. Anyone high school age or older is welcome to join this well-established, close-knit group of singers and enjoy the…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Health Department is expecting the current surge of COVID-19 infections fueled by the Delta variant to increase over the next six to eight weeks. Some sophisticated modeling is looking at the Delta variant surge from a risk management standpoint and from a healthcare system standpoint, said…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 10-day jury trial has been scheduled in Dunn County Circuit Court next July for a 38-year-old man charged in connection with a homicide in the Town of Dunn last November. Chad D. Turgeson appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court, along with his attorney, Michael Covey, before Judge James…
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James Harvey informed the Tribune Press Reporter that the Boyceville High (BHS) is the first High School in the state to incorporate the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) “You Can Fly” High School Aviation STEM curriculum into its elective course selection. The incoming BHS freshmen (Class of 2025) are eligible to participate in this…
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