The Rustic Lore Days Committee is pleased to announce the 2021 Grand Marshals – Dennis and Doris Berends – who will lead our home-town festivities this year! Congratulations to them on being deserving of this honor! Dennis was born to Duane and Barbara (Bobbie) Berends and raised in Glenwood City on the family farm and…
Read MoreMADISON — Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today that eligibility for the $100 COVID-19 Vaccine Reward Program will be extended to Sun., Sept. 19, 2021. The program opened Aug. 20 and is available to anyone ages 12 and up in Wisconsin who gets their first dose of COVID-19…
Read MoreThe Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and Department of Public Instruction (DPI) have released guidance on strategies districts and schools can use to best protect students during in-person learning this school year. “As a parent planning for this school year, it’s great to see so many schools and districts taking steps to keep students,…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — After not being held in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 53rd Annual Colfax Firefighters’ Ball will be held Saturday, September 11. Line up for the Grand Parade will begin at 9 a.m. in the Colfax High School parking lot. Parade units can sign up the day of…
Read MoreThe St. Croix County Emergency Communication Center received a call at about 3:14 p.m. on Aug. 27, 2021, of a crash with injuries between two vehicles at the intersection of USH 63 and CTH N in Eau Galle Township. Deputies arrived on scene and located a 2013 Chevy Silverado 2500 pickup truck operated by Jenna…
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UPDATE 9-8-2021: The name of the driver that struck a power poll on County Highway P just north of Highway 64, at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday August 31st has been released. According to the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department Mathew Anderson, 19 of Clear Lake was air lifted to Regions Hospital following the accident. There were…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 38-year-old man living in Downing has been charged with seven felony counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and one felony count of receiving stolen property. Brandon J. Hermanson is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Dunn County Circuit Court October 8 before Judge…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 51-year-old Eau Claire man charged with recklessly endangering safety after attacking another person with a hatchet in the Town of Dunn has reached a plea deal and has been placed on probation. John Jeffrey Rose, along with his attorney, Jonathan Lundeen, appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court for…
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On August 24, 2021 about 11:11 AM the Dunn County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from a construction crew working on at a construction site 390th St in Town of Menomonie reporting two males were down and had possibly been struck by lightning. One male was reported to be not breathing. The Dunn…
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