By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Red Cedar Racing Association is asking to have 100 percent capacity in the grandstands for the Punky Manor event in September even though there has been a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in Dunn County. Over the past week, there have been 77 new cases of COVID-19, which…
Read MoreSt. Croix County, WI resident Jessica Klatt has some questions for the School District of Somerset. Somerset parents have organized and have been attending school board meetings and advocating for medical freedom for their children for months. Each meeting, the parents are met with push-back from board members, some whom have ties to people in…
Read MoreAccording to a report aired on Channel 13 (WEAU) a Jennie-O truck carrying 800 turkeys overturned early Monday morning north of Baldwin on Highway 63. The St. Croix County Sheriff’s office reported that Highway 63 was closed to traffic for over eight hours. The accident happened between county Highways DD and E. There were no…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Adding economic development to a new Dunn County planning and zoning administrator’s duties would not replace the Dunn County Economic Development Corporation. Tom Quinn, county board supervisor from Downing and chair of the Planning, Resources and Development Committee, said at the August 10 meeting he had been in discussion…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 25-year-old woman has pleaded “no contest” and has been found guilty of first degree reckless homicide in connection with a murder that happened in the Town of Dunn last November. Ashley A. Gunder appeared with her attorney, Bernardo Cueto, before Judge Christina Mayer in Dunn County Circuit Court…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Community Resources and Tourism Committee has approved a proposal from Your Web Choice to develop a rural tourism website for Dunn County. The 2021 budget includes $10,000 for the rural tourism website, and at the July meeting, the committee reviewed several options for the website, said…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A three-week jury trial has been scheduled next June in Dunn County Circuit Court for a 38-year-old man charged in connection with a homicide in the Town of Dunn last November. Ryan L. Steinhoff appeared before Judge Christina Mayer August 16 by video from the Dunn County jail while…
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TOWN OF STANTON – A St. Croix County motorist has died from injuries sustained in a crash that occurred after he was briefly pursued by officers, then continued on and failed to stop for a stop sign. The St. Croix County Emergency Communication Center received a call at about 3:25 a.m. Aug. 1, 2021, of…
Read MoreMADISON – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Donker, 63, Eagle River, Wisconsin, was sentenced Thursday, August 12, 2021, by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 14 months in federal prison and fined $25,000 for conspiracy to the defraud the Internal Revenue Service.…
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